KOALIPOPS
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USER CREATED: JUL 31ST, 2012KOALIPOPS
AND THE INGREDIENTS
TO YOUTUBE SUCCESS:
AN INTERVIEW WITH JK DENIM
JK Denim tells us how he developed his creative
voice through baking cakes.If you’ve ever found yourself try-
ing to make a creative cake for a
celebration — or have stumbled
down the internet rabbit hole of
cakes that look like everyday items
— then you’ve definitely familiar
with the YouTube channel known
as Koalipops. Koalipops is run by JK
Denim, an entertainer turned bak-
er, where he decorates a number
of cakes to inspire his audience to
go a few steps beyond what people
expect from a cake. We talked with
JK about how he got his start on
YouTube and the ingredients to
his channel’s success.EARLY START
Around 2008, way back when
YouTube was in its infancy, JK was
encouraged to make a YouTube
channel by his boss at Jamba Juice.
He recalls, “My boss thought I
was really funny... And so, she was
like, you should start a YouTube