Andrew Hales

This article is about the YouTube personality. For the basketball player, see Andrew Hayles.
Andrew Hales

Andrew Hales at Playlist Live 2016
Born Andrew Gerald Hales
(1990-05-20) May 20, 1990
Ithaca, New York
Residence Los Angeles[1][2]
Nationality American
Other names King of Awkward
Education Utah Valley University
Occupation YouTuber, prankster, actor
Years active 2009–present
Home town Utah
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[3]
Relatives
Website lahwf.me

YouTube information

Channel(s) LAHWF, LAHWFextra
Genre Pranks, vlogs
Associated acts

Andrew Gerald Hales,[7] known as Andrew Hales is an American YouTube personality and prankster whose main YouTube channel named LAHWF has videos featuring hidden-cameras of pranks and comedy social interactions.[8][9] As of September 18, 2016, his channel has more than 294 million views and more than 2 million subscribers.[1] Videos on his second YouTube channel named LAHWFextra, where he releases extra footage from his main videos and also posts vlogs, have more than 35 million views.[10]

Early life

Hales was born on May 20, 1990 in Ithaca, New York in a Mormon family but no longer practices the religion.[7][8][11] His father, as a pharmaceutical salesman, moved their family from New York to New Hampshire and then to Bountiful. Although he grew up in multiple places, he calls Utah his home state. He attended Utah Valley University for 3 years.[8][9]

YouTube

Hales started filming videos for his channel at UVU, but had to leave and go to other places such as BYU because people started to recognize him.[8][12][13] He has filmed videos around the globe as well as places around the United States, such as New York, Los Angeles, Colorado, Idaho, Miami, London, Rome, Amsterdam, and Chengdu in China.[8][9] He paid for school using money earned from his videos.[14]

Hales has collaborated with other notable YouTubers such as Stuart Edge,[15] Dawson Gurley,[16] Luke Donohue[17] and his sister Jaclyn.[4][5]

LAHWF

LAHWF, the name of Hales's YouTube channel, stands for "losing all hope was freedom," which is a quote from the movie Fight Club[13][18] which is originally from the novel of the same name by American novelist Chuck Palahniuk.

"Holding People's Hand"

Hales as a part of UVU students filmed a video where he went to random people who are walking by and tried to awkwardly hold their hands, this original prank idea was released on June 11, 2012 and went viral. The second part of this video which Hales was on a family vacation, filmed in Lake George, New York featuring his sister Jaclyn and was released on July 22, 2012.[19][20][21][5]

Macklemore Look-alike

On October 28, 2013, Hales released a video which was recorded during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's tour stop at Utah's Maverik Center where he wears a hoodie and sunglasses and pretends to be Macklemore and starts pranking people. Later on, Macklemore reacted to this prank on Twitter.[22][23]

"DumbPranksTV"

In an episode of Hales channel, he posts parody of staged/fake prank videos under the title of "DumbPranksTV" where the other YouTube personalities may or may not use hired actors/actresses to create a viral video.[24]

Adderall

Hales has talked about how he was diagnosed with A.D.D. many times and released a documentary video about Adderall on August 8, 2016. He mentioned he was prescribed Adderall about 6 months before he started his channel and said he has never seen the doctor who diagnosed him with ADD again. He also said that Adderall is the reason behind all his videos, but mentioned he doesn't want to talk about the subject because he doesn't take treatment any more.[9][25]

References

  1. 1 2 "LAHWF's Channel". YouTube. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Andrew Hales on Twitter". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Andrew Hales (September 27, 2012). LAHWF FAQs Answered By Andrew Hales. LAHWFextra.
  4. 1 2 3 Andrew Hales (August 13, 2012). random bloopers. LAHWFextra.
  5. 1 2 3 Andrew Hales (July 22, 2012). Holding People's Hand 2. LAHWF.
  6. ↑ Andrew Hales (June 12, 2016). Saying Hi to People. LAHWF.
  7. 1 2 Andrew Hales (June 8, 2016). Q & A. LAHWFextra.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Kelsey Drapkin (July 30, 2013). "Meet the 23-Year-Old Who Only Has to Work 4 Hours a Week Because His Awkward Videos Are Such a Hit". TheBlaze. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Jimmy Hall (March 24, 2014). "Andrew Hales, experimenting with awkward". UVU Review. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ "LAHWFextra's Channel". YouTube. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ Andrew Hales (July 6, 2016). Why I Left Mormonism. LAHWFextra.
  12. ↑ Sean P. Means (August 12, 2012). "Utah County videomakers spark a viral explosion". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  13. 1 2 Carlie Ellett (February 12, 2013). "YouTube channel has fans "LAHWF-ing"". The Daily Universe. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Meet the Utahn behind viral videos" (Interview). Interview with Meredith Forrest Kulwicki and Allison Croghan. Utah: KSTU. August 14, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  15. ↑ Andrew Hales (September 9, 2013). Sweeping Girls Off Their Feet. LAHWF.
  16. ↑ Andrew Hales (January 19, 2015). Coming on Too Strong to Girls. LAHWF.
  17. ↑ Luke Donohue (May 13, 2015). Can I Come With You?. Luke Donohue.
  18. ↑ Andrew Hales (Jul 20, 2016). Girl Gets LAHWF Tattoo!. LAHWFextra.
  19. ↑ Daniel Distant (June 14, 2012). "'Holding Hands With Strangers' Prank Goes Viral, Almost 2 Million Hits in 3 Days (VIDEO)". The Christian Post. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  20. ↑ Nadine DeNinno (June 13, 2012). "?Holding Hands With Strangers? Prank By UVU College Student Andrew Hales Goes Viral On YouTube [VIDEO]". International Business Times. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  21. ↑ Andrew Hales (June 11, 2012). Holding People's Hand. LAHWF.
  22. ↑ "A Man Successfully Pretends to be Macklemore". Miss Info. October 28, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  23. ↑ Macklemore (October 29, 2013). "This dude gets free VIP for life". Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  24. ↑ "DumbPranksTV on YouTube". Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  25. ↑ Andrew Hales (August 8, 2016). King of Awkward | A Film About Adderall. LAHWFextra.

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