Oh, what a truly insane year we have finally reached the end of together. We live through the threat of World War II like every week. Gen Z protests spreading across the world. [music] AI taking over, tariff wars, animals being resurrected and brought back from extinction, whatever the hell this was. Oh my. And now that we have survived all that this year could throw at us, I want us to all hold hands. No diddy though. Absolutely no diddy though. And walk down memory lane so I can show to you how truly insane [music] the year you just lived through really was. Oh, this is going to be a fun and traumatizing video. So, I think for one of the final times of the year, let's stop the yapping and let's get 2025. [laughter] CRAP. [music] So 2025 wasted zero time trying to destroy our lives because in the very first week of January, LA was hit with the costliest wildfires in global history. Yeah, global history. And then what makes it even crazier is that later in that year, police arrested a 29-year-old man who they believed that maliciously started the fire, literally on New Year's Eve. It was seconds into the year and this happened. And then just to make it even crazier, we find out that in the total summary, 130 billion of damages. Imagine being responsible one person for that. 130 billion. Also in January, the year kicked off with the year of Trump. He got sworn in as president. The infamous ICE raids officially began, and boy did they cause a lot of havoc throughout the year. Trump tried to buy Greenland. Deep Sea got everyone shook when it hit number one in the app store, and everyone started looking at China a little different. We witnessed humanity's largest gathering ever in history. 400 million people all went to this place at once, and they all washed in the same water. uh which can't be safe, can it? But we survived and you'll see that's a pretty recurring theme throughout the year. Oh, and how could we forget this? Tik Tok is planning to shut down its app to users in the United States this Sunday. February kicked off with a bit of a strange one. North Korea opened its borders. I was on the edge of going and then I remembered all the edits that Alex has done of Kim and I thought, I want to live. >> [music] >> This was the month where Trump officially began the tariff wars. How monumental was that? I mean, I bet in fact, I bet hardly anyone even knew what tariffs were before 2025. Microsoft, they created an entirely new state of matter. Yes, this year we created new states of matter. That app went viral where you could hire bodyguards like it was Uber. That was pretty insane. Oh, and the world was left stunned at what we witnessed at the White House. I think this is probably top three moments of 2025. >> If you didn't have our military equipment invited, >> if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. >> You say thank you. I said that they're saying you don't want to see I want to cease. You don't have the card. You got to be more thankful because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. >> March is the month where Elon Musk started getting abused in every single way possible. And as a consequence, pretty much everyone who bought Teslas, remember that's when we started [laughter] getting those um people buying those stickers of I bought this before Elon went crazy. That's how crazy things got, guys. We witnessed the most embarrassing leaked group chat I would say of all time because we literally saw the vice president of one of the most powerful countries in the world. We along with his secretary general of war just chatting it up about bombing other countries and speaking [ __ ] about another continent like it was freaking Mean Girls. This is also the month where North Korea closed its borders again. Yeah, it lasted a couple weeks. This is also the month where Tik Tok tried to permanently ban my account for reasons till this day we still don't know. March is also the month where Canada and USA started beefing like crazy after Trump wanted to make them the 51st state. Oh, and the astronauts who were stranded in space for a whole 9 months. They were there in 2024. Well, finally in 2025 March they returned to Earth. April was the month when we really started realizing this year is aging like milk because stock markets around the world started crashing because of the tariffs. But then they kind of rose again and then they dropped again and then they rose again and it real roller coaster actually. The freaking Pope died. Oh my gosh. Canada got a new prime minister. NASA confirmed that China's dam was so big that it was literally slowing Earth's rotation. Oh, but also this was the month where scientists literally resurrected the extinct direwolf after 10,000 years. In May, we saw white smoke and we were told that the new pope was American. Lady Gaga broke the world record for the most attended standalone concert in history. The GTA 6 trailer dropped and blew everyone's minds. This was the month we got the real life prison break. the world was introduced to the legendary King Charles and uh a ship was introduced to the Brooklyn Bridge. This man's face was introduced very forcefully to the ground in the UK's very strange uh cheese rolling contest. Oh my Oh my god. >> Trump classified white South African farmers as refugees and the US received their first group >> because they're being killed and uh we don't want to see people be killed. Oh, and this was the month where no one could decide who would win in a fight. 100 men or one gorilla. And I mean, didn't we come to the conclusion finally that 100 men would win? I Alex and I, we literally did like a 10-minute scientific proof that 100 men would win. So, 100 men would win. I don't want to hear a word out of it. Halfway through the year in June, this was the month where the bromance finally ended and Trump and Elon started beefing. Oh, and this was also the start of when like it really kicked off that like Trump was in the Epstein files and because of Elon. Elon was saying Trump was in the Epstein files and he's never shook it off since. This was also the month that World War II started trending because not only did uh Iran and Israel start bombing each other, but then the USA got involved and we got I remember the panic of that month. That was crazy. and they carried out the largest operation of B2 bombers on any country in American history. Hey yo, the Doritos are coming. They're about to strike you. Looking back at it, I do think that that was like the height of the panic of the year. Now, luckily, World War II didn't kick off, but what did was Gretthmber was arrested by Israeli forces. Kabi Lane was deported by the US. There was that Air India crash which killed 243 and left one sole survivor. This is his luckiest year ever. North Korea opened a beach resort. I made that video asking to be invited to America's military birth birthday and then I got invited to the White House. What a weird month for me that was. Oh, and I also ate my first ever black chicken. >> If you don't like it, you're racist. >> Wow, that June. What a month. Moving on. No, I don't do moving ons in this video. I just go to the next month now. July, not gonna lie to you, pretty horrific month. Diego Ja horrifically died in a car crash. Also this month, Aussie Osborne died. So did Hulk Hogan. Did he in July escaped a life sentence? It's a real slippery one. This is also when huge global pressure started mounting against Israel for the starvation crisis in Gaza. The UK's age verification law came into effect. AON city was officially after many, many years abandoned. Trump crashed Chelsea's FIFA World Cup celebration wins and stayed while they lifted the trophy and he was in every single picture. The 19-year-old pilot was detained in Antarctica. Oh, and this was the month where Coldplay exposed what has become the world's most famous affair. And looking back on it now, you think, why did we even care about that? Like, why did this go as viral as it did? [snorts] We were so cooked. Moving. No, not moving on. August was the month where Roblox had by far their biggest problems yet. And that was after they banned Schle and then caused basically an uprising that eventually got them threatened by state attorneys and also got a documentary being made about them and their child safety issues. Also this month, a massive typhoon had its way with Taiwan. Mr. Beast broke the world record for the most amount of money ever raised on a live stream for charity. Trump and Putin met. Raja Jackson just bewildered everyone and attacked for almost no reason a wrestler. And this is also the month where uh Africa, the African Union, they said, "We want a new map. You're making us look smaller than we actually are. We want it that they haven't got it yet, but there's always 2026." In September, for the first time ever, we saw Putin, Kim Jong-un, and Xi Jinping all together. And then they started speaking about immortality. Makes sense. >> [laughter] >> Nepal overthrew their government and gave the Gen Z protest which dominated 2025 their official symbol and it came from Japanese anime. The UN Commission of Inquiry officially said that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Africa's largest hydropower dam was opened in Ethiopia after 14 years of construction. The world's first AI minister was introduced in parliament in Albania. Everyone started walking out on Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN summit. Oh, and of course, this was the month where the most searched event of the year happened. Spooktober kicked off in epic fashion after 22-year-old inventor Julian Brown. He ran the first ever muscle car on plastine, which for those who don't remember this amazing news story, it's his 110 octane gasoline converted from plastic waste, and he did it all with a box of scrapes in his back garden. A ceasefire was officially agreed in October between Israel and Gaza. Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. 67 was named word of the year, which has internal frustrations lingering in me till this day because it's not even a word. We also witnessed the most insane heist in my lifetime, that's for sure, at the Louv in Paris. And no, till this day, they have not recovered those jewels. Also in October, we had the first recorded sighting in history of a lucistic Iberian links. I still can't believe this is real. Uh, and speaking about things you can't believe are real, uh, also this month, Sora was released, and boy did it so very quickly get out of hand. have an announcement in three, two, one. I'm gay. >> In November, Zoran Mandani became one of the most searched people on the planet after he won the New York mayor election. Rockstar broke our hearts yet again after delaying GTA 6. Trump and Ronaldo linked up at the White House. 33 school children were abducted in Nigeria. Apple released their $230 iPhone Pocket, which right now, let's just declare that the most overpriced and ridiculous product of 2025. There you go, champion. Woo! It sold out immediately. Raccoon started showing early signs of domestication. Hong Kong witnessed one of the most deadly fires in their history. Tanzania witnessed their most deadly protests in their history. And the United States witnessed their longest government shutdown in their history. And then in December, just to round out the year nice and peacefully, right, Ghana's Ion Noah said that the world was going to end after it floods on Christmas Day. So, he started building his arcs. And did it happen? Don't think it did. The Diddy documentary was released. >> This is amazing. I think he's going to say this is the best documentary I've seen in a long time. >> The Epstein Files with heavy redactions got released kind of. We're still working through that. Australia had their most deadly terror attack in three decades. And they also became the first country ever to ban social media for children under 16. Christmas came early for many people after both J. Paul and Andrew Tate lost their fights within one day of each other. And this is also the month where I officially started my Asia tour, which you haven't even seen the content for yet. Boy, it was a long December. Give yourself a round of applause. What a wild year we have lived through together all of that. And also, this YouTube channel's become old enough that some of you, this will be your second year doing our yearly roundup. So, thank you to you. Honestly, this YouTube channel has meant so much this year to the News Daddy Empire. And don't tell Tik Tok, but love you guys just a little bit more. Anyway, I hope you guys have a fantastic New Year's and let's hope for 2026 to start off nice and slowly because that means things are going well. Lord knows we need it. So, from both myself and Alex, thank you very much for an amazing year. And as always, we'll keep you updated. Woo! OH, OH, THIS OH THIS. OH, OKAY GUYS. OH, WHAT is going oh. [screaming] Oh, OH, OH, OH. What a truly insane year we have finally reached the end of