Dozens of teens showed up to meet YouTube star Connor Franta - here's what happened
22-year-old YouTube star Connor Franta hosted a meet-and-greet event at New York City's Story boutique Tuesday afternoon.
More than 100 young fans showed up to take a picture, get autographs, and get a taste of Connor's new coffee line, Common Culture Coffee. Connor has more than 4.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, where he uploads videos of himself every Monday. His memoir, called "A Work in Progress," comes out in April.
When we arrived, the line to get in stretched around the block.
Once they made it inside, each one got to take a picture with Connor.
Her 16-year-old sister, Daniela, is also a big fan. "I like that he's so open," she said.
One mother - a Brooklyn native who was there with her 11-year-old daughter and four of her friends - said that many of the kids in the area had the day off of school because of spring break.
It looks like at least one fan, however, skipped school to meet Connor.
After getting their pictures taken, fans browsed the various Connor merchandise being sold in the store.
"Everything is so cute," one 15-year-old girl told us. "I literally want to buy it all."
People also got the chance to try Common Culture Coffee, Connor's new coffee initiative. For every bag of coffee that's purchased, $1 goes to the Thirst Project, which helps provide safe drinking water to people in Africa.
Story will be hosting a number of events like this one over the next few weeks. Other areas of the store were dedicated to other Internet stars, like Alli Simpson, Ingrid Nilsen, and Shane Dawson.
