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Who The Heck Are The Dobre Brothers?
Have you seen that viral video circulating over the hilariously awkward meet & greet? The vid showed a young fan waiting in line for a meet & greet, saying hi, posing, and leaving, while the four band members hardly moved a muscle. The clip went up on TikTok and was shared to Twitter with the caption, "IS THIS A JOKE?", before prominent influencers like James Charles and JC Caylen responded to how "sad" it was.
yo this is actually hella sad. i rewatches this shit too many times. she paid $200 & prolly waited months for this moment & that’s what she got.... https://t.co/cQEgfqRnjE
— jc (@jccaylen) October 7, 2019
The boyband in question is The Dobre Brothers, a family YouTuber group that's released a few original songs and amassed millions of subscribers on the video platform. Lucas Dobre, one of the members, apologized for the cringe-worthy moment, blaming "48 hours of restless filming and touring then meeting thousands of fans with no sleep."
We just wanted to apologize. After a long 48 hours of restless filming and touring then meeting thousands of fans with no sleep we were exhausted by the end of our show. Our true apologies ❤️ we are sincerely sorry. https://t.co/H6MW5oLdKv
— Lucas Dobre (@lucasdobre) October 7, 2019
If you've never heard of them before — same. But we've done a little research so that you can be the most informed while you're talking to your friends about this awkward AF viral meet & greet video.
The members
The four band members are Lucas Dobre, Marcus Dobre, Cyrus Dobre, and Darius Dobre and they range from age 20 to 26. Lucas and Marcus are 20-year-old twins and Cyrus and Darius are their older brothers, 26 and 24, respectively. Lucas and Marcus originally started a channel called "Lucas and Marcus" as dancers and first hit it big on Vine as "Twinbotz" and joined Team 10.
Famous parents
The boys' parents are Aurelia Dobre, an Olympic gymnast, and famed gymnastics coach Boz Mofid. Aurelia was the all-around world gymnastics champ in 1987 and won the Olympic silver medal two years later for Romania. Boz was an Iranian gymnastics coach when they met, married, and moved to the U.S. to have a family.
The music
The Dobre Brothers have released a few original songs including "You Know You Lit," "The Walk," "On the Real Tho," and "No Fakes." I guess the guys were just being "no fakes" in that video showing off just how they tired were of meeting all the fans?
YouTube channel
Besides releasing ~orignal music~, the guys also play pranks on one another on their YouTube channel. Cyrus and his wife Christina also have a channel, too, where they do challenges like "24 HOURS HANDCUFFED TO MY WIFE," and "DOING MAKEUP WITH THINGS FROM OUR FRIDGE." Lucas and Marcus's channel, however, has over 5X the subscribers that Cyrus and Christina do.
How much did the meet & greet cost?
According to their website, a meet & greet with the brothers — no matter how awkward it is — can cost between $75 and $600. The higher price point is for 'the ultimate ... experience,' which we're hoping the poor girl in the video didn't pay for because nothing about that "joke" of a video even whispers "ultimate."
