Essentially, the show demonstrates the same insight the audience can find in any other show made on mental illnesses of influencers and adds nothing new when it comes to the general mental health of celebrities. However, it does not try to find a different perspective on it. This show, like many other shows about influencers, does touch upon the mental toll social media can have on these young adults. The entire dynamic of the Hype House is disrupted by this less than ideal reality. In fact, most of the best characters on the show like Larray Merritt and Nikita Dragun do not even live in the house.

On top of this, some of the show’s lead draw-ins, like Chase Hudson and Vinnie Hacker, are extremely unenthusiastic and plain boring during their screen time and confessionals. However, the number-to-number analysis and attempts to figure out what the viewers want to see rather than making videos authentically seem forced. Of course, this is their main income stream and it is understandable for them to want to make money. At many times, the members are found complaining and stressing over their following and view numbers dipping or how many brand deals they are getting that month compared to the month before. Quickly afterwards, the show falls into a spiral of focusing on the monetary and numbers side of social media. The main storyline, introduced in the first episode, is the struggle that house co-founder, Thomas Petrou, faces to keep other members encouraged to film the brand deals that pay the rent on their house. However, it falls short on achieving basically everything it had set out to do. It is a place for Tiktokers to live together and make videos as a group and individually. The Hype House is a TikTok content creator house. This eight-episode reality series tries to dive into the “exclusive” lives of nine specific Hype House members. The show was announced in April of 2021 and had been getting backlash since then.

On January 7, Netflix released the first season of its brand new show, Hype House.

First hype house members