Albert Dyrlund Jensen
Born(1998-10-10)10 October 1998
Helsingør, North Zealand, Denmark
Died28 July 2021(2021-07-28) (aged 22)
Val Gardena, Italy
Cause of deathFall
Resting placeEgebæksvang Church
NationalityDenmark Danes
Years active2012-2021
Known forYouTube, Splay Networks, music, film.
Honorsvlogger of the year - Guldtuben 2016, Robert prize 2019

Albert Dyrlund Jensen, known as Albert Dyrlund, (born 10 October 1998, Helsingør, North Zealand, Denmark; death 28 July 2021 Val Gardena, Italy[1][2]) was a Danish singer, songwriter, musician, film actor, cartoon dub/voice actor, actor and YouTuber in vlogs, music, sketches and comic. In 2014, Albert Dyrlund and 10 other YouTubers helped start the activities of the Nordic YouTube advertising company Splay up in Denmark.[3]

In 2018, Regner Grasten Film produced a autofictional film, Team Albert, with Dyrlund in the lead role.[4] From the film's premiere on 4 October 2018 and three weeks later it sold 53,190 tickets, despite film producer Regner Grasten's ambition to sell as many tickets as the audience success Anja og Victor from 1999, which sold 300,000 tickets in the first three weeks.[5] In addition, Albert Dyrlund has added voice to animated films, including The Emoji Film from 2017.[6]

The 28 July 2021 Dyrlund died in a crash from a 200 meter high cliff in Italy in connection with a video recording.[7]

Growing up

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Albert Dyrlund went to the small school in Helsingør and went to the scouts in Helsingør. He went to Stubbekøbing Efterskole in Stubbekøbing.[8][9] and he attended Helsingør Gymnasium in Helsingør.[10]

YouTube

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Albert Dyrlund started on YouTube with his friend Anton Cornelius in 2012 with the channel Novopleco drengene. The channel changed its name to Novopleco. [11] In 2014 Novopleco also became part of Splay. On 5 June 2016, Dyrlund started making his own videos, primarily vlogs and sketches, on his own channel, Albert Dyrlund. The channel has over 175,000 subscribers in August 2021.[12]

In 2019, he created an English-language channel, Albert Soap, primarily featuring sketches and vlogs. In August 2021, the channel has over 126,000 subscribers.[13]

In January 2020, he was featured by the world-famous English YouTuber KSI who responded to his video of him playing KSI's song in front of American Logan Paul's house. Dyrlund's video got 1.8 million views,[14] and KSI's video got 5.5 million views.[15]

Media Stunt

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In 2019, Albert Dyrlund released the song "Waffler" together with Sidney Lee and Jesu Brødre. In the music video, Dyrlund behaved psychotically and had changed appearance. It also followed in a series of postings on social media. According to several media outlets, several of Dyrlund's viewers and their mothers were frightened by Albert Dyrlund's performance, and people speculated whether Dyrlund was on drugs or had gone insane. He ended up partially withdrawing the video in June 2019.[16]

More than one year later, in November 2020, Dyrlund explains in a video that he did it because it dawned on him how young his viewers were. He said he just wanted people who were older to see his videos so he could go out and play in clubs and at the Roskilde Festival. Dyrlund chose to play insane to maximize publicity. He then did that in Waffler and in Instagram posts where he, among other things, kissed with Fie Laursen, and where he picked up dog shit with his hand. According to Albert Dyrlund himself, it worked when people thought he had gone insane, and "I stand by that" he said in a video on YouTube.[17]

Albert Dyrlund never went back to his old content on his Danish channel, but chose after the media stunt to create his English channel, Albert Soap. However, he managed to release 3 songs, Marabou, Drik Ud and SUMMER on the Danish channel after the media stunt.[12] Albert Dyrlund died just over a month after releasing his latest song, SUMMER.[7]

Death

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28 July 2021 Albert Dyrlund was hiking with some friends - a Dane and two Americans - on the route Forcella Pana, approximately 50 kilometers east of Bolzano in northern Italy .

According to Dyrlund's American friend and YouTuber Tucker Doss, the accident occurred when the group wanted to see the landscape away from the tourist areas one afternoon. The group spread out to record videos separately, and Doss was approximately 60 meters from Dyrlund. Dyrlund sat on a patch of soft grass close to the slope and recorded himself with a camera mounted on a tripod. Suddenly, Dyrlund slips uncontrollably and calls Doss, who turns and sees him falling over the cliff. Doss was shocked by the accident and called the emergency services immediately after the accident, who - according to Doss - appeared after 10 minutes with a rescue helicopter.[18]

Dyrlund fell 200 meters down the mountain and died on the spot.[7][19] Due to dense fog, the rescue helicopter had difficulty locating Dyrlund, but when he was finally found, he was pronounced dead on the spot by a doctor and mountain rescuer.

His body was flown to a nearby hospital.[20]

Dyrlund's sudden death became a reported story in the Danish media, and several well-known Danes offered their condolences in the wake of the news of the death, including Johnni Gade[21], Julia Sofia[2], Anders Hemmingsen[22], Faustix[23] and film producer Regner Grasten.[24]

Dyrlund's death was also discussed internationally. The 5th. August]] 2021 the world-famous English YouTuber KSI uploaded a video on his channel where he condoled the death and shared old videos of Dyrlund with his viewers.[25]

Albert Dyrlund was buried at Egebæksvang Church in Egebæksvang Parish in Espergærde 17 August 2021.[26][27]

Filmography

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TV Series

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Year Title Role/Job Note(s)
2018 BaseBoys YouTuber, Season 1
2018 Denmark's Biggest Youtuber YouTubers
2018 The evening show Himself
2019-2021 GG Horsens Wall Hack

Web, video, film & short films

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Year Title Role/Job Note(s)
2016 Angry Birds The Movie Burt and other supporting roles Film, Danish voice
2017 Escaping the Dead Zombie Movie[33] [29][30][31]
2017 LEGO Batman Film Robin/Dick Grayson, Film, Danish voice
2017 The Emoji Movie Travis/Travis jr. Film, Danish voice
2018 Team Albert

Albert

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Music

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Dyrlund released his first single, Bamboo, under his own name in October 2014. He released his second single, Hellerup-dreng, under his own name in November 2016. Hellerup-dreng charted for 4 weeks and peaked in 15th place.[34] The song has 2.4 million listens on Spotify and 2.9 million views on YouTube.[35] He released several songs for his film, e.g. Friends For Life.[citation needed]

Discography

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Singles

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Title Year Top position
DEN
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"Bamboo" 2014
"Hellerup boy" 2016 15
"Emoji" 2017 6
"Ulla" 2017 34
"Beautiful Without Filter" 2017
"slipper hero" 2018
"ICE" (feat. Niklas) and Albert Dyrlund 2018
"Friends for life" 2018
"Friends For Life - Duet version" (ft. Laura Kjær) 2018
"Albert Dance" 2018 13
"Autotune" 2018
"Everybody Knows My Name" 2018
"Waffler" (ft. Sidney Lee, Jesu Brødre, Albert Dyrlund 2019 4
"Drink Out" 2019
"Marabou" (ft. Bubber, ADHD) and Albert Dyrlund 2019
"SUMMER" 2021 1

References

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  1. ^ Ritzau (30 July 2021): "22-year-old YouTuber Albert Dyrlund has died in an accident" from politiken. dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Madsen, Nanna Bay (30 July 2021): "Breaking down: - I am completely in shock" from ekrabladet.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ Reseke, Louise (5 September 2014): "Two new YouTube networks open in Denmark" on Mediawatch. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ Madsen, Fie West (14 May 2018): "Danish YouTube star gets her own feature film" from bt.dk. Retrieved on 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ Madsen, Fie West and Kristian Dam Nygaard (24 October 2018): "Regner Grasten bet big on the YouTube star Albert Dyrlund, but was wrong about the young people: 'Now we know what to do' " from bt.dk. Retrieved on 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ The film database: "The Emoji Film". Danish Film Institute.
  7. ^ a b c Bjerregaard, Morten (30 July 2021). "The well-known YouTuber Albert Dyrlund is dead". DR Kultur. Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Stubbekøbing Efterskole | En særlig skole til særlige behov" [A special school for special needs]. stubbekoebingefterskole.dk.
  9. ^ https://www.efterskolerne.dk/da/Schools/Sjaelland-og-Bornholm/Stubbekoebing_Efterskole
  10. ^ https://sn.dk/Helsingoer/Nekrolog-Ulykke-slukkede-kometkarriere/artikel/1458320
  11. ^ Novopleco on youtube.com
  12. ^ a b Albert Dylund on YouTube. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ^ Albert Soap on YouTube. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  14. ^ Albert Soap (30 December 2019): "Playing "KSI - Down Like That" Infront of Logan Paul's House Until Someone Stops me". YouTube. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  15. ^ JJ Olatunji (6 January 2020): "STOP DOING THIS!!!". YouTube. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  16. ^ Nygaard, Laura Rode (28 June 2019): "After a media stunt and scared children: Albert Dyrlund must drop a new song" from bt.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Sådan lavede jeg danmarks største mediestunt". 29 November 2020 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ Madsen, Nanna Bay and Signe Søgaard (31 July 2021): "Albert Dyrlund's friend comes forward: Saw him crash into death" from ekstrabladet. dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  19. ^ Madsen, Nanna Bay (30 July 2021): "Albert Dyrlund is dead" from ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  20. ^ Roelsgaard, Peter (30 July 2021): "Tragic accident: Albert Dyrlund declared dead on the spot" from ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  21. ^ Gade, Johnni (30 July 2021) : "Rip Albert Dyrlund" on YouTube. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  22. ^ Søgaard, Signe (30 July 2021): "- He didn't care what others thought" from ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021 .
  23. ^ Busk, Emma (30 July 2021): "8731124 Mourning Dyrlund's death: - Life is unfair" from estrabladet.dk. Retrieved on 31 July 2021.
  24. ^ Christensen, Claus (30 July 2021): "GRASTEN: Albert was a modern artist" from ekkofilm.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  25. ^ Austin Mcbroom Said What?! - YouTube
  26. ^ Albert Dyrlund's parents: - We will love you for forever | WATCH and HEAR
  27. ^ "Et sidste farvel: Albert Dyrlund bisat". ekstrabladet.dk. 17 August 2021.
  28. ^ "DanskeFilmStemmer.dk". www.danskefilmstemmer.dk.
  29. ^ a b "Albert Dyrlund Jensen | Actor". IMDb.
  30. ^ a b "Escaping the Dead". www.dfi.dk.
  31. ^ a b "Escaping the Dead (2017)". IMDb.
  32. ^ "DRTV - Albert mod stjernerne".
  33. ^ "Escaping the Dead (2017) ⭐ 5.4 | Horror". IMDb.
  34. ^ Albert Dyrlund Archived 12 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine on danishcharts.com
  35. ^ Albert Dyrlund on youtube.com
  36. ^ "danishcharts.com - Discography Albert Dyrlund". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

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