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THE DOLAN  
TWINS
ON TOUR, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DREAMS!
 
INTERVIEWED BY:
BASHAR ZIDANE
   
 
 
  Within the last three years, The Dolan Twins turned into a social media sensation attracting millions of fans around the World, who can finally meet them on the "4OU Tour" in the U.S. in June and July, Internationally in the Fall. Sixteen-year-old Grayson & Ethan Dolan talk to Glamoholic about hitting the road, growing up on social media, and what they love/hate about each other.  
 
 
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What is it like to grow up in the social media era? What kind of effect do you think it had on your personalities? 
There is never a dull moment growing up in the social media era. Social media has definitely affected our personalities in many different ways. Some people may argue that social media depletes your social skills and makes you become more introverted while we think that it does the exact opposite. We have met some of our best friends through the apps that we use on a daily basis. Social media has also helped us to become better and more confident public speakers. Even though we're only looking at a camera when we film, our YouTube videos are still going out to millions of individuals. This made filming very nerve-racking at first, but after we built our confidence with public speaking, it became more and more fun. 

What made you decide to share your life with the world? 
We share our lives on the Internet because we feel that we have a lot in common with our viewers. We believe that by publicizing our every day lives, our viewers are able to connect to us on a much more personal level which we feel is very important because we want them to know that we are no different from them. 

When did you realize that this is becoming something beyond the normal vine user when you first started out? 
After months of making vines together for fun in the summer of 2013, we realized that others were finding interest in the content we were uploading to the platform. We stayed consistent with our uploads and eventually we started to gain followers and build an amazing fan base. 

How do you usually come up with the ideas for your weekly YouTube videos? 
A lot of our ideas that you see in our weekly YouTube videos come from the crazy things that we do off camera. Coming up with ideas for our videos is a hard process to explain because usually the ideas hit us at random times, even when we're not thinking of video ideas. 

How do you decide who publishes each video? 
Once we decide on an idea, and both approve of the idea, we then publish the video for viewers to enjoy it. We will only upload a video if we are BOTH in love with what we created. 

Are there any celebrities you wish to feature in your videos?
Lil Wayne.

You're on tour this summer! How excited are you for this? And what can your fans expect?
We are EXTREMELY excited to be on tour all summer and meeting our fans! Our fans can expect a lot of laughs, live challenges (as seen in our YouTube videos), exclusive merch, live music by our special guest Alex Aiono, and a lot of hugs!

How would you like your career to develop from this point? What are your dreams?
Our goal for our career's is to move into acting in movies and remain active on social media. 

 
 

Tell me one thing that people don't know yet about you?
One thing that people don't know about us is that we do not know if we are fraternal or identical. We've asked doctors and have received different answers but we've never been formally tested to see. 

What are the funniest things you remember about each other from your childhood? 
We've always been very close and on the first day of kindergarten, we held hands when we walked into school because although we were nervous, we were always there for each other. 

 
 

What do you love the most about yourself? 
Our determination. The fact that we won't stop until we reach our goal of changing many peoples lives for the better. But even then there will be more positivity to be spread. 

What do you hate the most about one another? 
When we wear the same clothes and argue until one of us changes what we're wearing.

What do you think is the best thing about being twins?
Having a permanent-best friend. We are never lonely [smiles]. 

Did you start to find your own fashion style? How would you describe it? 
We found our own fashion style. We wear a wide variety of things that we just think are cool. We would describe it as chill [laughs]. We're not into buying expensive clothing just for the name of the brand.

Is there any fashion trend you wish if it disappears? 
We don't really wish any fashion trend would disappear. Everyone likes what they like and we feel that anyone should be able to wear whatever makes them happy.

What is the one thing people should stop doing on social media? 
Hating. The WORLD would be such a better place. 

What is your favorite meal / dessert? 
FROYO. I know it was trendy a while ago but we can go for Froyo at literally any given time [laughs].

What is your favorite fragrance? 
We don't want to give our secret fragrance away [winks].

Are you Glamoholic?
If Glamoholic means "wear/do whatever you want to make you the two happiest boys in the world," then yes.

This story is part of Glamoholic magazine's Issue #35. Click here to order a printed copy of this issue.

   
 
 
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