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This week's Trends: lights, wind, guitars

By Kevin Allocca

Global Director of Culture & Trends, YouTube

Each weekday, we at YouTube Trends take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across this week:


  • We took in some dazzling videos of the Northern Lights captured on camera.

  • We collected video from Egypt's one-year anniversary of its revolution.

  • We examined how a certain very popular trend of 2012 has gone local.

  • We checked in on the ever-growing popularity of dubstep.

  • We were blown away by crazy footage of a California wind storm.

  • And we met an 8-year-old girl who might just be one of the best elementary school metal guitarist that we've seen:

Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at: www.YouTube.com/Trends

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