Julia Nunes on Her Living Room Concert Tour, Growing Up as a YouTube Star

It seems like we've been living with YouTube stars forever, but the entire concept was a wild frontier not long ago. Riding among the forerunners way back in 2008 was Julia Nunes, who earned millions of views from her bedroom with techniques that would soon become inescapable: Split-screened solo arrangements, ukulele covers alongside tender originals, total emotional and personal openness all along the way. She now boasts 215,000 subscribers.

"I was just a kid, I was just a teenager trying to figure out how to live, and I loved music and I loved attention," reflects the now-27-year-old, who released her fifth album, Some Feelings, in September. "I was pouring everything into those YouTube videos and that's what was making me happy back then. So it is really kind of crazy how well people know me." Watch the video above to hear more.