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James Charles stepped out into the convention hotel’s lobby on Saturday to toss freebies of his desirable eyeshadow palette to the crowd– which led to a massive mob.

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  • The tenth anniversary Playlist Live convention collected more than 13,000 attendees at a Marriott hotel and convention center in Orlando, Florida this past weekend.
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    The huge number of participants made for a tricky WiFi and data circumstance throughout the weekend, to the point where WiFi totally crashed in several hotels– consisting of the Marriott that Playlist was held in– on Sunday.

    ” I don’t have service” was a refrain heard consistently throughout the halls, specifically because Playlist Live presents a major opportunity to make viral material.

    But Playlist has a track record for having looser guidelines than VidCon, which has taken more steps to tighten up security in current years.

Playlist Live takes place at the Orlando World Center Marriott– a huge, upscale hotel linked to a convention center, simply minutes away from Disney World.

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The Marriott resort that hosts Playlist Live is stretching, with creators using golf carts to get around behind-the-scenes.

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The convention kicked off Sunday early morning with long registration lines that foretold a jam-packed convention.

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Registration to get Playlist Live qualifications was staggered throughout the weekend, however numerous individuals lined up each day to get their badge.

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Depending on what type of ticket they bought, some fans got to see beauty YouTuber James Charles right away at the first Friday panel.

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Charm YouTuber James Charles positioned with a fan after the first panel at Playlist Live in Orlando, Florida.

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Tickets varied from $130 to a $220 “Insight & Industry” pass, and the most expensive alternative was a $500 “Premium” pass.

Fans might utilize their badges to get access to all the centerpieces, that included efficiencies from influencers who double as musicians, as well as food trucks.

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Fans had creators sign everything– handmade art, their bodies, and for one fan in line for food, an LGBTQ pride flag.

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But some influencers, like 18- year-old TikTok star Zoe Laverne (listed below), went to the crowd waiting outside the creator lounge to take pictures and videos.

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TikTok super star Zoe Laverne paused outside the developer lounge to take photos with fans.

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Playlist staffers prompted convention-goers to stay inside the lines taped to the floor (VidCon uses barriers), but some fans were able to get away with spontaneous meet-ups with their preferred web stars.

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One Playlist participant was commemorating her 16 th birthday, and hung out outside of the developer lounge to snap images with creators going by.

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There was likewise a “TikTok Motel,” one of the convention’s lots of efforts to be inclusive to the brand-new generation of TikTok stars.

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Next to the creator lounge was the TikTok-focused “motel” location, where the new generation of social networks stars mingled.

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The more secluded hallways that were kept personal for creators gave them opportunities to socialize and make content without fans disrupting.

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Influencers and fans alike postured for photos around the convention center, with locations like floor-to-ceiling windowed hallways supplying fantastic lighting and ambiance.

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In the Marriott lobby, fans might buy their own Playlist merchandise to take house.

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The Playlist Live main product showed a few of the clothing patterns popular among Gen Z and older millennials.

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And down the hall in the primary stage room, numerous individuals collected to see Q&A s and challenge segments with popular YouTubers and TikTokers.

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The primary phase at Playlist hosted the convention’s greatest stars, including Hype Home TikToker Addison Rae.

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Great deals of different brands and merchants targeted the Gen Z audience with vibrant, interactive booths.

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Various brand names and sponsors set up cubicles with interactive activities to entice guests.

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There was likewise a reasonable amount of mayhem, like when 17- year-old TikTok megastar Chase Hudson came down to the Marriott lobby’s Starbucks on Saturday.

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Chase Hudson AKA lilhuddy was mobbed as he went into the Starbucks inside the Orlando convention center.

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Fans of Hudson, who goes by “lilhuddy” online and becomes part of the collaborative Hype Home buddy group on TikTok, swarmed the influencer in the Starbucks.

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Hudson could not keep a smile off his face as he was escorted out of the Starbucks by personnel.

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To leave the mob, Hudson leapt over-the-counter and was escorted out by Starbucks workers and security guards.

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Hudson’s Starbucks ousting demonstrated how harmful it can be for creators to communicate with their fans in public.

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Afterward, security around the Starbucks tightened up, and guard patrolled both its entryways and the surrounding area all weekend.

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After the lilhuddy Starbucks incident, security was tightened up.

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Attendees were still able to imitate teens though, like when someone tossed toilet paper around the decorative awnings surrounding the hotel pool.

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Some Playlist participants had a little too much enjoyable with their complimentary toilet tissue.

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The pool was established as part of the convention, and while lots of fans took images and made TikToks around it, the mid-60 s weather in Orlando was too cold to swim.

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The Marriott’s pool area was dressed up with Playlist decoration, but it was too cold to swim.

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Inside, another mob swarmed around 20- year-old James Charles when he made a spontaneous lobby look to toss out free copies of his eyeshadow scheme cooperation with Morphe Cosmetics.

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James Charles marched into the convention hotel’s lobby on Saturday to toss giveaways of his coveted eye shadow combination to the crowd– which resulted in a huge mob.

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More than a hundred people collected pushing and yelling around Charles, who was flanked by guard, and crowds even collected on the verandas above.

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Veranda observers towered over the mob that surrounded James Charles.

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One lucky fan had the ability to capture among Charles’ combinations, but the crowd pushed her to the floor in the process.

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One of the fans who captured a James Charles palette fell the crowd amidst the turmoil.

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