Internet star Gabbie Hanna returned to YouTube and announced that she's releasing a song about Trisha Paytas

• Internet star Gabbie Hanna returned to the internet with a new YouTube tell-all video over a month after deactivating her Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok accounts.
• The wide-ranging video included Hanna talking about abusive friendships, shadow-banning, and what's next for her, since she has new music and book projects coming out soon.
• Near the end, Hanna said she would release a new single next month, and that it would be "about" and "for" YouTuber Trisha Paytas, who she's feuded with.

After having what she described herself as a "breakdown" on Twitter, becoming a TikTok meme, and taking a leave of absence from social media, YouTube star Gabbie Hanna is back online.

Hanna posted a new 46-minute YouTube video on Tuesday, and it covers a wide range of topics, including Hanna hinting at what led to her departure. Without naming names, but alluding to her drama with former Vine star Jessi "Smiles" Vasquez, Hanna talked about having an abusive friendship that haunted her for years.

She also discussed her allegations that YouTube "shadow-banned" her, which YouTube denied to Insider in late July. Hanna says her channel was visible to the public, but that starting in April 2019 her content was age-restricted and marked unsuitable for some monetization.

Near the end of the video, Hanna also mentioned her upcoming projects: a new book and a new album. She said she'll release her first single from the album next month — and that it will be "about Trisha Paytas" and "for Trisha Paytas." Paytas is another long-time YouTuber, who has notably feuded with Hanna over the past two years.

A feud between Paytas and Hanna is what led to the blow-up between Hanna and Vasquez

Paytas is one of the only names that Hanna drops throughout her video, apart from thanking her fans, family, and boyfriend. Hanna brings up Paytas more than once, because she also discusses how "trolling" hate from creators like Leafy, a notorious YouTube commentary channel, and Paytas, who is widely known for her comments about other creators, doesn't affect her as much as lies spread by former friends.

Hanna echoed that sentiment in June during an interview with Insider, during which she said she doesn't even pay attention to the things that Paytas says about her.

The two YouTubers have a history of feuding that dates back to November 2019. Last year, Paytas issued an explosive takedown about Hanna after Hanna informed Paytas' then-boyfriend Jason Nash, a Vlog Squad member (a YouTube-famous friend group Hanna used to be a part of), that Hanna had heard Paytas had herpes.

Paytas denied having herpes and said it was inappropriate for Hanna to spread rumors about her sexual health. Paytas also said she barely knew Hanna and threatened legal action against her.

As the drama between Hanna and Paytas was heating up, some Twitter users began recalling old, offensive tweets that Hanna allegedly posted in early 2014. Hanna denies the tweets ever existed, but the resurfacing led to an exposé posted by Vasquez that would haunt Hanna up until the present.

In Vasquez's video, the most-watched video the former Vine star has ever uploaded to YouTube, she says Hanna tweeted in defense of her former boyfriend, another former Vine star who pleaded guilty to felony assault charges in 2014 after Vasquez accused him of raping her. In that 2019 video, Vasquez also said that Hanna defended hanging out with Vasquez's former boyfriend's friend group, despite Vasquez asking her to stop.

The allegations Vasquez made led to Hanna's current downfall, which she is attempting to climb back out of. In June and July, Hanna denied Vasquez's account and said Vasquez, along with other former Vine stars Hanna used to be friends with, had conspired to destroy her career and reputation.

Without naming anyone, Hanna reiterated her claims in her comeback video and said she had considered filing a lawsuit against her former friends, but eventually decided not to.

"By doing this and engaging in this forever, I'm only hurting myself," Hanna said. "And then I finally realized that there's another option. I could let it go. So this is me letting it go."

But apparently, she's not letting go of her feelings toward Paytas just yet – which we can expect to learn about from Hanna's new debut single next month, which she says she'll release more information about soon.

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