On This Day In YouTube, October 28

Katy Perry – Firework (Official Music Video)

Fan Collaboration: The production was part of an agreement with the European telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. Nearly 38,000 applications were received to participate, and only 250 fans were selected for the final scenes.

Iconic Filming Locations: The video includes aerial views of Budapest, the Chain Bridge, and the Buda Castle, where the final scene was shot. Katy Perry initially appears singing on a balcony in Budapest’s Astoria Square.

Accolades: The video won the Video of the Year award at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

Popularity: As of January 2022, the video had surpassed 1.345 billion views on YouTube, making it one of Katy Perry’s most-watched videos.

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman

52,578,149 views Oct 28, 2014

This video is a famous social experiment that documents the street harassment experienced by a woman (Shoshana B. Roberts) while walking silently through various neighborhoods in New York City for 10 hours.

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