# Vikkstar123

Vikram Singh Barn (born 2 August 1995), better known as Vikkstar123 or simply Vikkstar, is an English influencer. He is a member of the YouTube group the Sidemen.

## Early life and education

Barn is of Indian descent and was born on 2 August 1995 in Guildford, Surrey, England, where he lived until eight years of age. He moved to Sheffield where he attended Silverdale School. Barn was offered a place to study natural sciences at University College London, but he ended up declining the offer in order to pursue his YouTube career full-time. He is the youngest of three children.

## Online career

Barn joined YouTube in 2010; having played games with his friends, he got into watching YouTubers and making videos of their own. Eventually, he decided to launch his own channel, initially creating gaming and tutorial videos on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. As his popularity increased, he began to take it more seriously, branching out into Minecraft.
He moved in with three other members, sharing a house with them from 2014 to 2018, when he announced he was moving out of the Sidemen House. He was a member of the Minecraft group the Pack along with JeromeASF, Lachlan, Preston, Woofless, and Bajan Canadian. He was also part of the Dream SMP server.
In January 2021, he announced on his channel that he was quitting playing Call of Duty: Warzone due to a proliferation of cheating, saying hackers would be "the death of the game" if it went unfixed. Along with criticism from several other high-profile streamers, the resulting uproar caused Activision to update the game's anti-cheat software. On 13 July 2024, Barn appeared in a MrBeast video titled "50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000".

## Music career

On 5 December 2022, Barn, KSI, and TBJZL released a Christmas-themed charity single titled "Christmas Drillings" under the Sidemen banner featuring Jme, which charted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

## Other ventures
### Sidemen businesses

Barn and the Sidemen have founded multiple businesses throughout their online careers. In 2014 the group launched a clothing brand under the Sidemen Clothing banner. In November 2021, they founded a restaurant chain known as Sides in collaboration with Reef. In October 2022, they launched their own vodka brand known as XIX Vodka. in March 2024, they launched a breakfast cereal brand known as Best Cereal in collaboration with Mornflake.

### Investment

In January 2021, it was revealed that Barn had invested in the London Royal Ravens, a Call of Duty esports team, speaking of his desire to 'build a blueprint' for the wider popularisation of the sport.

## Personal life

Barn privately began dating a British woman named Ellie Harlow in 2019, although she later appeared in Barn's social media posts beginning in 2020. They became engaged at the Burj Al Arab in December 2021, and married in September 2023. In a Sidemen video released in March 2024, Barn revealed he has Crohn's disease.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2022 | Talk to Me | Himself | Uncredited; archival footage |
| 2023 | KSI: In Real Life | Himself | Documentary |
| 2023 | The Naughty List | The Baker | Short Film |
| 2024 | The Sidemen Story | Himself | Documentary |
Web :
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2014 | The Sidemen Experience | Himself | Comedy Central UK | Main role; 5 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | YouTube Rewind | Himself | YouTube | Episode: "The Ultimate 2016 Challenge" Episode: "The Shape of 2017" |
| 2018 | The Sidemen Show | Himself | YouTube Premium | Main role; 7 episodes |
| 2020 | How To Be Behzinga | Himself | YouTube | 1 episode |
| 2024 | The Chase: Sidemen Edition | The Chaser | YouTube | Special Spin-Off Episode |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2021 | The Wheel | Himself / Celebrity expert (Gaming) | BBC One | Series 1, episode 6 |
| 2023 | Untold | Himself | Channel 4 | Episode: The Cost of Being A YouTuber |
| 2024-present | Inside | Host | YouTube, Side+, Netflix | Reality show created by the Sidemen |
Music videos :
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role |
| 2018 | "Manchild" | Randolph | Himself |
| 2022 | "Don't Lie" | A1 x J1 featuring Nemzzz | Himself |
| 2025 | "365" | Talia Mar | Himself |

## Discography
### Singles

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | HUN | MLT Dom. Air. | NOR | Album |
| "Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" (with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin) | 2023 | 1 | — | 30 | Walkerworld |
| "Humans" (with Shaun Farrugia) | 2023 | — | 1 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Know Me Better" (with Masked Wolf featuring Jme) | 2024 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Have It All" (with RetroVision and Dyson) | 2024 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Where Do I Go" (with Nicky Romero, Alpharock, and Oaks) | 2024 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

### Charity singles

List of charity singles, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Notes |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Ind. | IRE | NZ Hot | Notes |
| "Christmas Drillings" (as part of Sidemen featuring Jme) | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 7 | Produced for a Sidemen Sunday video and raised money for FareShare. |

### Remixes

List of remixes :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Barcelona (Vikkstar remix)" (with Alan Walker and Ina Wroldsen) | 2024 | Barcelona (Remixes) |

### Music videos

List of music videos :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| As lead artist ||||
| "Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" (with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin) | 2023 | Mads Neset |
| "Humans" (with Shaun Farrugia) | 2023 | Troy Roscoe |
| "Know Me Better" (with Masked Wolf featuring Jme) | 2024 | Guy Davies |
| As featured artist ||||
| "Christmas Drillings (as part of Sidemen featuring Jme) | 2022 | Konstantin |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| 2016 | NME Awards | Vlogger of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| 2017 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Gamer | Himself | Nominated |
| 2017 | British Book Awards | Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | "Sidemen: The Book" (shared with the Sidemen) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Shorty Awards | Best YouTube Ensemble | Himself (shared with the Sidemen) | Nominated |