EXCLUSIVE: Andrew W.K. Addresses Fraud, Illuminati Rumors | Larry King Now | Ora.TV

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    In a particularly candid moment, rocker Andrew W.K. weighs in on the plethora of internet rumors questioning his true identity and his potential connections with societies like The Illuminati or The Freemasons.
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Komentáře • 191

  • @JanderVK
    @JanderVK Před 7 lety +207

    Such a troll lol I like how he added the "formally" at the end too hahaha

    • @trevorhubbard6006
      @trevorhubbard6006 Před 6 lety +5

      JanderVK thank you for pointing it out. Lol now i don't have to

    • @aaronmerrill4730
      @aaronmerrill4730 Před 2 lety +3

      lol yeah, "informally," on the other hand....
      😂

    • @Alfenium
      @Alfenium Před 3 měsíci

      Formally Chuck's...

  • @Kingu
    @Kingu Před 6 lety +15

    Larry King solved the fucking riddle in two seconds.
    It's just to create buzz. Andrew is Andrew.
    Even if he wasn't- he's the best Andrew W.K. we've had so far.

  • @Neceros
    @Neceros Před 3 lety +28

    RIP Larry. He's always been in the background since I was a child. Will be weird that he's not here.

  • @UtoKeyaStageKB
    @UtoKeyaStageKB Před 6 lety +47

    If I close my eyes, it sounds like I'm listening to Chris Jericho

  • @CavemanJesus4Life
    @CavemanJesus4Life Před 5 lety +23

    Let's just all admit the truth, the truth is Andrew WK is time traveler from Bill & Ted's future that only comes in when he's needed in music.

  • @bimscutney1242
    @bimscutney1242 Před 6 lety +15

    Be nice if Larry King didn’t talk all over Andrews answers. Let the man speak.

  • @carace06
    @carace06 Před 6 lety +15

    Andrew W.K. Is a badass. Don't hate on the Ambassador of Partying.

  • @jimmyz7218
    @jimmyz7218 Před 7 lety +129

    I wish I knew what they were talking about

  • @dominicaltomare7442
    @dominicaltomare7442 Před 5 lety +3

    who else could ever go against Larry King and make it so elegant and so classy to the point where even Larry King goes yep that's a good man

  • @varicosevisage4794
    @varicosevisage4794 Před 7 lety +26

    I love AWK and I have no doubt that he is who he says he is. Party hard!

  • @guyinpajamapants6892
    @guyinpajamapants6892 Před 4 lety +2

    Hysterical!!!! He’s awesome!!!

  • @teddyharvester
    @teddyharvester Před 6 lety +43

    "I'm not a member of the Illuminati" is something a member of the Illuminati would probably say.

    • @whitewidow6749
      @whitewidow6749 Před 6 lety

      Lmao oh god

    • @emmylou-ks1md
      @emmylou-ks1md Před 4 lety +3

      But on the other hand, a person who's not part of the Illuminati would say the same thing. Sooooo....

    • @law-cd1sx
      @law-cd1sx Před 4 lety +8

      He said he wasn't a apart of it formally. Which sounds like he is saying he is now. Lol

    • @MrFreeGman
      @MrFreeGman Před 4 lety +1

      @@emmylou-ks1md Not necessarily. I'm not a member of the illuminati, and I'm definitely a member of the illuminati.

    • @emmylou-ks1md
      @emmylou-ks1md Před 4 lety

      @@MrFreeGman mmm what if you ARE in fact part of the illuminati and you claim you're part of the illuminati to deceive us, so we'd think " ah ah sure, a member of the illuminati would never admit it, she's clearly joking, ah you rascal!"
      Reverse psychology....you think you're clever, don't you? 😏

  • @alibabah1690
    @alibabah1690 Před 5 lety +14

    andrew wk is a mantle, like batman. the world will always need an andrew wk

  • @Aurumk1
    @Aurumk1 Před 5 lety +1

    Its not that he is a different person its that he is looking at different influences in his life making him feel different. The truth is there.

  • @gunkanjima3408
    @gunkanjima3408 Před 3 lety +12

    I just want to know if this is the guy who sang on the album “I Get Wet”

  • @MoogIsle
    @MoogIsle Před 2 lety +5

    He's an epic troll. He has a very distinct face and since he gained the muscle back and grew his hair out again, he more or less looks the same as his 2001 self, just older. He doesn't use the deep "party dude" speaking voice he employed back in the early 2000's that's about the only current difference.

  • @iamahab7600
    @iamahab7600 Před 3 lety +8

    I think you guys are looking into it too deeply lol Larry figured it out in like 15 seconds. Ask yourself the hilariously simple yet logical question, why wouldn't his father not just come out and confirm that's his son? Because Andrew told him not to lol. Notice how when Larry asks him about his dad confirming his identity he deflects the question with a joke. "he's probably on the toilet right now". "I am not a member of those groups formally no". This dude is well read. Way smarter than he might look. He knows what it implies by saying "not FORMALLY". He's messing with everyone lol
    It's all Andrew W.K's doing. Almost every last thing. Steev Mike??? A mysterious collective of powerful figures in the music industry who conspired to create a persona to manipulate and influence the masses into believing in/consuming..... fun? overall positivity? and general self worth??? lmao that almost sounds even more silly than the normal illuminati stuff. If this is what they do then I mean hey guys what's everyone so worried about? This guy in my opinion is a metalhead philosopher and probably literal genius in some capacity for pulling this 20 year light hearted con off. Not some secret society puppet.
    I know he did take a break from music for some years as well and people point to that as a sign of him not legally being able to talk/make music or whatever. Maybe he was just simply burnt out and needed time away, and it fit perfectly in the overall narrative to just say he was legally binded that entire time? I'm not sure as to why he would perpetuate this conspiracy. Could be 300 IQ level self promo. Could be to purposely confuse everyone about him as an individual so they become frustrated and stop worrying about him as an individual or his "celebrity" and just take the music and message for what it is. Could be purely for the luls. Probably a mixture of all those things and more if I were to guess. But I mean hey this is all just my personal opinion and theory so for all I know it could be true. Such is life.

    • @tomtanaka841
      @tomtanaka841 Před 2 lety +1

      I think you are 100% right!

    • @bryanlee5522
      @bryanlee5522 Před rokem +1

      yeah. i think its just andrew's idea of a joke and way to deal with his persona and celebrity and separate himself from it

  • @TheCreatureFeatureJohnCampbell

    It's always been the same Andrew WK. Andrew has lost and gained back a bunch of weight since he first broke onto the scene. You can tell this, especially in his face. I remember when all of this started. Pretty much what happened is one day someone claiming to be Steev Mike hacked Andrew's website with a bunch of weird and cryptic messages. This may have been a business associate of his. Then there were a bunch of legal battles and it basically killed Andrew's mainstream career. This is when he began doing spoken word and solo shows until he was legally able to tour again and rebuild (and do things like his show Destroy, Build, Destroy). Andrew deflects because he's legally not allowed to talk about some of this stuff. If you notice, a lot of the music from then to now really doesn't sound the same. That is because the Steev Mike group was the producer of all of it. Now Andrew does his own thing. Listen to IGW and The Wolf, then listen to Close Calls With Brick Walls and The Party All God Damn Night albums. Vastly different. There's lots of things that I don't know, but I do know this is the same Andrew WK.

    • @chrismathewsjr
      @chrismathewsjr Před 3 lety +2

      BZZZZ WRONGO. I seen him at a house show in the early 2000s where he shaved his head and then I saw him again less than four months later at another show and his hair was long again. There are at least two discrete Andrew WKs.

    • @KingCrimson82
      @KingCrimson82 Před rokem

      weird i stopped watching tv around 2004ish after a massive drug fueled relationship that more or less imploded all i was..i just was about to write a song a month worth recording and saw this guy on mtv etc allot. yesterday i revisitted him because of a computer game music band and my first thought was, either i am in different universe or thats not the guy i remember. Edit: now i find this comment and whoops whats going on here

    • @crawlingamongthestars3736
      @crawlingamongthestars3736 Před rokem +1

      He's clearly a cyborg half-lizard creature representing a mega-corporation from an alternate dimension bent on domination of the earth.

    • @irysh9
      @irysh9 Před 6 měsíci

      @@chrismathewsjr Why stop at 2? There could be a whole partyverse of Andrew WK's out there, man!

  • @stuarthossack5351
    @stuarthossack5351 Před 2 lety +2

    How ironic that they question this but not Dave Dave.

  • @bottledfart
    @bottledfart Před 3 lety +4

    *RIP Larry King*

  • @mikelake2796
    @mikelake2796 Před 6 lety +9

    Gah, the beginning of each of AWK's answers sound so interesting, I wish Larry didn't interrupt so much

  • @dominicaltomare9960
    @dominicaltomare9960 Před 6 lety +5

    He's so intelligent , Andrew is a good man

  • @jewelfewel
    @jewelfewel Před 2 lety +13

    “I want to craft my own non-existence” is what Andrew WK supposedly said in acting class in high school. Larry figured it out..it’s all a gimmick that he himself plays into

    • @bryanlee5522
      @bryanlee5522 Před rokem

      yeah i think it has something to do with his anxiety. kind of protecting himself from psychic energy or something

  • @NeedASammich
    @NeedASammich Před 7 lety +118

    I've been following this for years. Here's the deal. That guy being interviewed is Andrew WK. Steev Mike is a group of people which used to include AWK that write and produce the music for the musical act "Andrew WK". The musical act was named after this dude, but for some reason they thought he shouldn't actually be the front man for said musical act. So they hire a dude that looks similar to the guy in case anyone asks questions. Then one day for one reason or another, the front man that they hired was no longer available to front the act. So instead of finding yet another doppelganger, the real dude who the persona was based on said "fuck it, ill just do it". Insert this guy, and there you have it. So when he says "I've always been AWK", hes not lying. He is in fact, AWK. He just isn't the original front man for the musical act AWK.

    • @AcidinmyShoe
      @AcidinmyShoe Před 7 lety +11

      oh woah, this makes total sense.

    • @HiMyNameIsJonathan
      @HiMyNameIsJonathan Před 7 lety +6

      Stephen Ficeti so the Andrew wk in the party hard video is not this guy in the interview??

    • @MayorMcCheese78
      @MayorMcCheese78 Před 7 lety +4

      I remember that other AWK that looked too soft and feminine when he was saying he was him but this guy looks the same as the guy in the videos. If they are all different people either they found exact dopplegangers of these people or this guy cloned

    • @TheCreatureFeatureJohnCampbell
      @TheCreatureFeatureJohnCampbell Před 6 lety +34

      It's always been the same Andrew WK. Andrew has lost and gained back a bunch of weight since he first broke onto the scene. You can tell this, especially in his face. I remember when all of this started. Pretty much what happened is one day someone claiming to be Steev Mike hacked Andrew's website with a bunch of weird and cryptic messages. This may have been a business associate of his. Then there were a bunch of legal battles and it basically killed Andrew's mainstream career. This is when he began doing spoken word and solo shows until he was legally able to tour again and rebuild (and do things like his show Destroy, Build, Destroy). Andrew deflects because he's legally not allowed to talk about some of this stuff. If you notice, a lot of the music from then to now really doesn't sound the same. That is because the Steev Mike group was the producer of all of it. Now Andrew does his own thing. Listen to IGW and The Wolf, then listen to Close Calls With Brick Walls and The Party All God Damn Night albums. Vastly different. There's lots of things that I don't know, but I do know this is the same Andrew WK.

    • @HiMyNameIsJonathan
      @HiMyNameIsJonathan Před 6 lety

      Stephen Ficeti shit I'm confused lol makes sense tho thanks for the info.

  • @a.graham7979
    @a.graham7979 Před 6 lety +65

    My own understanding of it is that the rock star we know as "Andrew WK" has always been the same guy. Andrew Wilkes-Krier has always been the real guy under that stage-name/persona. That persona was not created by Andrew Wilkes-Krier, though. A creative team came up with the concept of a super-positive-about-everything party-all-the-time carpe diem rockstar, and Andrew Wilkes-Krier agreed to play that role and sing those songs. After a few years he wanted to break off from that creative team and go be Andrew WK on his own and they wouldn't let him, because the Andrew WK persona and concept were their intellectual property.

    • @thundercleez7699
      @thundercleez7699 Před 6 lety +6

      nice copy paste,kid

    • @TourettesOrc
      @TourettesOrc Před 6 lety +1

      A. Graham sounds like fuckin mk ultra!

    • @nogoodbastid
      @nogoodbastid Před 4 lety +10

      No copy paste. These are my words.

    • @virusinternationalmotionpi2477
      @virusinternationalmotionpi2477 Před 3 lety +1

      There is a skinny Andrew and a ripped Andrew. He is also in fact a free Mason and cannot speak on it.

    • @bryanlee5522
      @bryanlee5522 Před rokem +1

      he said that but I think he was making stuff up. it sounds like a kind of artistic direction. the guy obviously came up with it himself. if he was just some idiot i'd believe that but he clearly has a deep artistic mind. his personality shows that he likes to mess around and has a sense of humor. so if you put two and two together he just is making up a story to mess with people. and also to deal with the strangeness of having a persona

  • @watchALLthethings
    @watchALLthethings Před 4 lety +3

    Dude ain't changed his shirt since 2004. Just constantly partying.

  • @LuckySinghMusic
    @LuckySinghMusic Před 6 lety +1

    Not formerly but is now 🤣

  • @JReed7560
    @JReed7560 Před 5 lety +1

    He's the real deal. Red Eye.

  • @stephenkane2464
    @stephenkane2464 Před 6 lety +1

    that's your party! lmfao

  • @NWforager
    @NWforager Před 6 lety +6

    lol , same with Dave Chappelle , get some muscles and "Aliens cloned him" =)

  • @NoManLP
    @NoManLP Před 6 lety +4

    That is Andrew, he just lost a lot of weight and put on a bit more muscle. I'm horrible at remembering peoples names but noticing a face is huge for me. And his facial structure is exactly the same but with less fat on it and more defined muscle because the dude has probably just been working out and doing small time stuff to get back into the game.

    • @orange70383
      @orange70383 Před 4 lety

      face recognition is super huge for everybody

  • @RayleneSteves
    @RayleneSteves Před rokem +4

    He started those rumors for his own entertainment, it’s genius really

  • @shourov4637
    @shourov4637 Před 6 lety +7

    his hesitation makes the rumors stronger!!!

  • @morganophelia5963
    @morganophelia5963 Před rokem +1

    i feel so bad i have NO CLUE who this is lol smh i don't even recognize the music i was on alot of drugs back then lol i feel like this is that alternate timeline🤣😂

  • @SeattleSundown
    @SeattleSundown Před 8 lety +26

    This just in: You can still "party hard" AND bathe.

  • @nartron3000
    @nartron3000 Před 4 lety +2

    Formally?

  • @augustandjune
    @augustandjune Před 5 lety

    Andrew WK was a frequent guest on “Red Eye.” This is the same guy.

    • @orange70383
      @orange70383 Před 4 lety

      red eye, what is red eye, are you talking about the late night plane departure.

  • @sku56
    @sku56 Před 3 lety

    i feel like the dad questions hit him hard and he took it....anyone know anything?

  • @melissawright1979
    @melissawright1979 Před 6 lety

    I have total hair envy right now x

  • @dominicaltomare7442
    @dominicaltomare7442 Před 5 lety

    Commenting like you're going to be the next Stephen King LOL

  • @a.graham7979
    @a.graham7979 Před 6 lety +13

    The TRUTH: The rock star we know as "Andrew WK" has always been the same guy. Andrew Wilkes-Krier has always been the real guy under that stage-name/persona. That persona was not created by Andrew Wilkes-Krier, though. A creative team came up with the concept of a super-positive-about-everything party-all-the-time carpe diem rockstar, and Andrew Wilkes-Krier agreed to play that role and sing those songs. After a few years he wanted to break off from that creative team and go be Andrew WK on his own and they wouldn't let him, because the Andrew WK persona and concept were their intellectual property.

    • @chronic2001n
      @chronic2001n Před 6 lety

      Exactly.

    • @KingCrimson82
      @KingCrimson82 Před rokem +1

      obviously, all late 90s rockstars where "fakes" milli vanillies. All of them are as coached n casted as todays internet stars are, famous bands playing pop metal are. This was the time music as a revolutionary force got 150% undermined.

  • @Ojthemighty
    @Ojthemighty Před 6 lety

    Its hard not to hesitate when u keep getting interrupted

    • @BananaGeekLord
      @BananaGeekLord Před 6 lety +1

      Ojthemighty Yeah, I was kind of getting annoyed with that. Especially when King jumped to the conclusion that he's using it to promote himself, and when he tried to say something to explain things the best he could, King just kept throwing out the accusations.

  • @niceguy1774
    @niceguy1774 Před 8 měsíci

    If Larry knew what the claims are, he would have had better questions like "Who sang lead on each album?", but he didn't, Andrew counted on it and used it to escape.
    Not everyone says he's a body snatcher or whatever.
    There are just people who say that multiple members of the Stev Mike artist collective created the WK character concept.

  • @rennyzero420
    @rennyzero420 Před 4 lety

    He does seem a bit different - what we do know is Donald Marshall is on cover of Dave Mustaine album.

  • @RetroHabit82
    @RetroHabit82 Před 5 lety

    Seriously, Are any of us the same person we were in 2005??

    • @KingCrimson82
      @KingCrimson82 Před rokem

      yes, just the level of irritation and noise rises and falls which obstructs your main core persona

  • @lfietime1234
    @lfietime1234 Před 9 měsíci +1

    if there is a member of such between the to that wouldnt be awk

  • @templar-yu5ve
    @templar-yu5ve Před 6 lety +2

    Is that Redeye

  • @theoriginaltoadnz
    @theoriginaltoadnz Před 4 lety +1

    How T. F does Andrew W.K not age?!

  • @Nothoughtpolice-xv7kv
    @Nothoughtpolice-xv7kv Před 8 lety +33

    Why does he avoid the question

    • @MrAnonymousness
      @MrAnonymousness Před 8 lety +27

      Because the conspiracy is true.

    • @Pingu65716
      @Pingu65716 Před 8 lety +6

      he doesn't

    • @jacobs1834
      @jacobs1834 Před 6 lety +1

      Colton Stewart oh fuck off

    • @kuwinsitall
      @kuwinsitall Před 6 lety +9

      maybe he answered the question

    • @kabztunes
      @kabztunes Před 6 lety +12

      Because people are idiots and he's perpetuating the rumour for fun lol

  • @suzettemaha5413
    @suzettemaha5413 Před 4 lety +8

    "..ask the father."
    Plot twist - the father is behind it all.

  • @seanwest5330
    @seanwest5330 Před 5 lety +1

    Andrew WK is awesome! However I still am curious to this day who Steev Mike is lol

  • @MrJackWorse
    @MrJackWorse Před 5 lety

    someone got a bit schoolboyed!

  • @ProbablyLying
    @ProbablyLying Před 6 lety +1

    Larry King lost his mind years ago.

  • @scandanavianpopfan2262

    Andrew WK is a big guy but damn he looks like a wrestler in this vid

  • @darrenthetuber743
    @darrenthetuber743 Před 6 lety

    To put it terms everyone understands......Larry the Cable Guy is not a real person, he is the persona of Dan Whitney

    • @thundercleez7699
      @thundercleez7699 Před 6 lety

      damn without your expert explanation,us lowly cavemen would NEVER have comprehended this.thank you so much

  • @joshh7118
    @joshh7118 Před 3 lety +1

    This guy never looks the same. So....

  • @SCYTHE2525
    @SCYTHE2525 Před 6 lety

    Dude buffed up. What else?

  • @Edelwiess1066
    @Edelwiess1066 Před 4 lety

    The male version of Teal Swan

  • @ElBloeTigre
    @ElBloeTigre Před 7 lety +3

    How the fuck did Andrew W.K. get on Larry King?

  • @TheHonestPeanut
    @TheHonestPeanut Před 4 lety +2

    I've been listening to him since I get wet and I've never heard any of this... Also I don't think I care.

    • @Mohawks_and_Tomahawks
      @Mohawks_and_Tomahawks Před 4 lety +4

      Yup. It's not worth the search. What positive could it lead to? Party on Linus Thunderhorse 🤘✌

  • @S1MPLYAS1MPP
    @S1MPLYAS1MPP Před 8 měsíci

    hes sos silly :33

  • @teeniebeenie8774
    @teeniebeenie8774 Před 8 lety +23

    dang he so hot
    want some o dat

  • @TroyArn
    @TroyArn Před 8 lety +4

    candid? being candid involves answering the question, which he didn't do.

  • @thelifeofdrae16
    @thelifeofdrae16 Před 2 lety

    He admitted to all of the accusations and lied esoterically.

  • @wearealljustclowns
    @wearealljustclowns Před rokem

    Larry...King....The enlightened one

  • @IanMcGarr
    @IanMcGarr Před 4 lety

    Isn't this like the Avril Lavigne thing.

  • @chimricholds1910
    @chimricholds1910 Před 3 lety +1

    His eye contact is weak

  • @matthewstelwagon7421
    @matthewstelwagon7421 Před 3 lety +1

    He's like the fourth andrew w.k.

  • @martijnpennings7054
    @martijnpennings7054 Před 4 lety

    It os deffenetely not a mistery to larry

  • @jackmazza5742
    @jackmazza5742 Před 4 lety

    WHENITSTIMETOPARTYWEWILLPARTYHARD.

  • @ggthewhale
    @ggthewhale Před 3 lety +1

    S t e e v M i k e

  • @chvishal
    @chvishal Před 3 lety

    Lol height of interviews. Larry King falling down , Andrew ck falling up

  • @Nifelheim664
    @Nifelheim664 Před 5 lety +1

    Larry...strawman special here....and even threwing in another question, before you had an answer......

  • @coronapapi
    @coronapapi Před 6 lety

    Oooh Andrew left a tell! Two, really.

  • @jaysonm5733
    @jaysonm5733 Před 2 lety

    So what? Seriously?

  • @corkydelarge4440
    @corkydelarge4440 Před 5 lety

    Its like when. Rob and Fab of "Milli Vanilli" made an album after they were exposed as not singing on the first one. It was Rob and Fab singing, just nowhere as good. The original Andrew WK singer is no longer singing. This guy is named Andrew WK, but he isnt good singing, but thats what their stuck with. Now Andrew WK is Andrew WK. Before, some other dude was Andrew WK.👍👌Now, was this guy always the one in the videos? Or was that also the other guy who can sing? Are they doppelgangers? Or did they "Milli Vanilli" us?

    • @jongregory8554
      @jongregory8554 Před 3 lety

      His singing has improved with practice, and with voice lessons. I've seen him live over the years, and while it's definitely possible imposters or paid look-alike have been involved, the (long-haired) guy in this video has been Andrew W.K. since the beginning.

  • @DigitalDuelist
    @DigitalDuelist Před 6 lety

    To the point of hollywood conspiracists he doesent look like the same guy who called himself Andrew WK and used to be all over MTV in the early days of reality tv.
    I really hope all his videos don't end up in my feed as a result if watching this and commenting as can happen if you watch ONE TYT or Info-Wars video. . .

  • @williepoe9026
    @williepoe9026 Před 3 lety

    I would say yes arë no.. he is clone. Formally

  • @philbabb6460
    @philbabb6460 Před 4 lety

    He's a messer but Larry's wise to it

  • @alexanderarmstrong5306
    @alexanderarmstrong5306 Před 11 měsíci

    Larry was always very rude... not trying to talk ill of the dead but hes good at being very rude to his guests...

    • @alexvergara1487
      @alexvergara1487 Před 5 měsíci

      Nah Larry King is a creepy pervert, he left his woman out of the will and lead her on cause what 30 year of woman would want to be with that now dead bag of bones???

  • @Wesley_C
    @Wesley_C Před 4 lety

    He’ll going to see when she’s beautiful.

  • @I0U13
    @I0U13 Před 7 lety +11

    What a crappy interview. Retire Larry, props to AWK.

  • @boulderthefat154
    @boulderthefat154 Před 4 lety +1

    Terrible music, but awesome dude.

  • @orange70383
    @orange70383 Před 4 lety

    I have no idea who this wk guy is, he looks like some guy who had made poor choices and has ignorant looking tattoos.

  • @jrmiller15
    @jrmiller15 Před 7 lety

    He's a nobody

    • @evanmitchell5349
      @evanmitchell5349 Před 6 lety +14

      You're a nobody

    • @Skullkan6
      @Skullkan6 Před 6 lety +5

      He has a supernatural ability to make people have a good time