Do You Really Need Anyone Else? / "Come, Break Me Down" Montage

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Do You Really Need Anyone Else? refers to a clip of Twitch streamer InvaderVie giving an impassioned speech about why she loves Twitch and her viewers. InvaderVie originally made the speech on Twitch in February 2019. It then became the subject of memes that year, becoming associated with an ironic Call of Duty montage edit created by Biomez.

Origin

InvaderVie's "Do You Really Need Anyone Else?" Speech

Around February 24th, 2019, Twitch streamer InvaderVie was livestreaming on Twitch. At one point in the stream, InvaderVie went on an impassioned rant about her fans, haters, and why she loves Twitch. On February 24th, YouTuber^[1] Twitch Place posted a Twitch compilation video including the clip, gaining over 16,700 views in three years. On February 25th, YouTuber^[2] theOnionestMonk posted an isolated version of the clip along with a transcript of the speech, gaining over 259,000 views in a similar span of time (shown below).

Transcript

What I love about Twitch is I just get to be myself, I do get be myself. I get to be a very very different part of myself. It’s really interesting when people come into chat, and they accuse me of being fake. I don’t disagree with you, I don’t know who my authentic self is on stream yet. Every single day that I come on here I discover new things about myself that I’m willing to share with you, and new things about myself that feel important to share with you, and, and I love sharing them with you, you guys. I really really do. I surprise myself and I surprise you. I had another streamer recently say that I surprise them as well. And discovering that I have the ability to surprise even old pros at this game, really really makes me feel like I am where I’m supposed to be. Ehe, wishlistdestroyer: “ur not fake ur just crazy”! Yes! of course I’m crazy! I’m crazy in love, I’m crazy happy, I’m CRAZY high on life. I really really liked being where I am, I like the people that I’m with, and I have felt this way for my entire life. When it was in high school, when it was in elementary school, when it was in University, when it was in College. When I worked at summer camp, when I worked at the hot dog factory, when I worked for

"Come Break Me Down" Call of Duty Montage

On May 23rd, 2015, YouTuber^[10] Biomez, previously known as Native, uploaded a Call of Duty montage titled "Danji NE & Piku NE Dual Episode 1!" video featuring players Danji and Piku and set to "The Kill (Bury Me)" by 30 Seconds to Mars. The video garnered over 63,000 views before its removal sometime prior to May 2022. On May 24th, 2022, YouTube^[11] user Katie4's Dumping Grounds reuploaded the full montage (shown below).

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you

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On April 27th, 2020, X^[3] user @biomez posted an edit of the clip adding the "Come, Break Me Down" Call of Duty montage montage to the end of the video (the post has since been deleted).

On June 12th, X^[12] / Twitter user @falco reposted the video, describing it as, "it might be top 5 internet clips." The post (shown below) garnered over 3,800 reposts and 152,000 likes in four years. On June 13th, 2020, YouTube^[4] user shrimp dynamics reuploaded the clip, which gained 1.8 million views views in four years years (shown below).

On June 14th, 2020, YouTuber^[5] Grandayy posted a version of the meme using TwoMad clips, gaining over 455,000 views in four years (shown below).

On June 18th, 2020, Twitter^[6] user @kertia_ posted a version of the video using a compilation of Tekken footage, gaining over 190 likes in two years. On July 18th, the transcript was posted to /r/copypasta.^[7]

The video continued to resurge in memes in the following years, inspiring remakes and parodies, and with users combining the "Come Break Me Down" montage with passionate rants.

For example, on February 7th, 2021, Redditor dontworryboutmeg posted a version of the meme to /r/xqcow^[9] using xQc clips, gaining over 6,700 upvotes in a year. On May 18th, YouTuber^[8] harve posted an Osu! meme using the montage meme, gaining over 428,000 views in 10 months (shown below, left).

On September 7th, 2023, YouTube^[13] user Joubinour posted an Overwatch fan animation that received over 62,000 views in nine months (shown below, right).

The montage has also been together and separately from InvaderVie's speech to react to doomposting on social media. For example, on June 11th, 2024, X^[14] user @7Negative_Creep made a post that received over 5,500 reposts and 41,000 likes in one day (shown below).