I sit down with Kieran Murray AKA Kiki, a Brisbane-born, Webby-nominated video editor, photographer, videographer, and co-founder of Paparazzi Boys, who has been quietly living one of the more interesting lives in New York City for the past decade. We get into the Paparazzi Boys origin, Halloween 2021 on the streets of NYC, 50 million views on a 12-part series with zero monetization because Tiktok hadn't figured out payments yet, how a Nissan brand deal with Tim Tebow at the Heisman ceremony came together, the $300 birthday party gigs vs waiting for actual brand money, Viral Hog licensing and the passive income that just keeps coming, and why they're now pivoting toward longer-form narrative content. Plus 12 years as a traveling barista doing latte art at pharmaceutical trade shows in Madrid, London, and Shanghai, a film degree that started it all, and Reddit being the platform that actually found them first. We also get to the Summer of Kieran 2023, quitting alcohol cold turkey after a breakup, losing 20 pounds in a month from daily yoga and cooking every single meal, Saturn's return, why he ate at a restaurant only four times last year, the open mic he's been hosting at The Flower Shop on Eldridge Street every Tuesday for 18 months, eating tarantula in Laos, accidentally going on a honeymoon with strangers in Thailand??? And what it's like being 6'5 and recognizable enough in NYC to unknowingly spend an hour at a bar chatting up a Paris Olympics athlete. Chapters: 00:00 – How Kiki ended up in New York and why Buffalo is basically Canada 03:08 – Only eating at a restaurant four times last year and learning to cook by watching line cooks on shift 04:16 – Never been on a dating app, and landing three brand deals through Hinge by accident 05:37 – Parents divorced, dad working 12 hour shifts, and cooking Jamie Oliver meals so he didn't come home to a Vegemite sandwich 09:11 – Growing up in Brisbane, spending Christmas at the beach, and the huntsman spider the size of a wall 10:54 – Going to a Thai wedding on a one-way ticket, eating fried tarantula in Laos, and sleeping in tree houses with pumas outside 16:21 – The summer of Kieran, a breakup, quitting alcohol, and losing 20 pounds in a month 18:13 – Curing SIBO after doctors said it was uncurable and they wanted to give me a colostomy bag 21:01 – Yoga philosophy, red light therapy, and why vitamins are pointless if your diet is right 24:50 – How the Paparazzi Boys started as a Halloween costume in 2021 and what the concept actually is 29:08 – The Nissan deal, Tim Tebow showing up to the Heisman in a mud-covered car, and how brand deals come in 36:47 – Running a music open mic every Tuesday at the Flower Shop on Eldridge Street and what makes it work Come on the pod, sponsor an episode, collab, or just reach out  ⁠▫️ https://linktr.ee/maditellsall Follow my world outside the podcast (food, tailgates, health, behind-the-scenes life) ⁠▫️ https://linktr.ee/madelinehall.nyc Thanks for being here guys. Like, share and subscribe! Catch me yap same time next week, bring snacks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices