What's It Like to Be A 16-Year-Old In Paris Today | i-D

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In the latest episode of our 1616 series, sixteen 16 year olds in Paris discuss their thoughts on the issues affecting their generation – from the Notre Dame fire, to climate crisis protests and European unity.⁣⁣

How do their experiences at 16 compare to yours?

Director Tom Ivin
Exec Producer Declan Higgins
Global Head of Content Elektra Kotsoni
Editor-in-chief Alastair Mckimm

DOP Anna Gudbrands
Production Assistant Regina Lemaire-Costa

Colour Tim Smith at Cheat @timotheous
Colour Producer Olivia Jessop at Cheat
Dubbing Mixer Matt Cheney, Ben Sims

Production Manager Lauran Clark
Production Coordinators Becs Rainey, Georgia Chandler

i-D France
Editor-in-chief Micha Barban-Dangerfield
Editor Antione Mbemba

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[milkylattee]

okay but get this : i live and was born in paris. my family isn't rich, however i live my life just like these young ppl. these are actual normal young people in paris.... whether you agree or not?

[carolineiscoolest]

none of them shown smoking cigarettes?
this video is

[aramintanavi]

my parents are neither rich nor poor, like the majority of citizens in France, a lot of teenagers coming from the middle social classes live and dress like them

[Ratsoftheswamp]

I'm going to be straight up, all these videos are classist as hell, you only ever show rich kids who are like fashionistas or whatever. You dont show the average teen, you show the "artsy, rich, aesthetic" teens. Come on dude be better than classism.

[carlouch]

As a parisian, I have to say this video depicts well parisian youth

[honeysuckle]

y’all be saying it’s not realistic but don’t even live in Paris, i live in Paris and i’m not rich neither are my friends but that’s really how people dress, ofc it depends where you go but a lot of people dress like this and it doesn’t automatically mean that they are rich

[mathildetrt]

Let’s be real. The comments under this video are :
30% Americans jealous of our flow who can’t believe that being in the middle class doesn’t mean dressing like shit
70% Parisian people trying to tell them the truth
0% comments about the brand (I don’t know what it is 🤷🏻‍♀️😂)

[AD-zkqg]

They are normal Parisian teenagers 😂« rich kids » in Paris are NOT like that😂

[juliabrahy]

As a Parisian myself, these kids aren’t necessarily wealthy but they are privileged. These are definitely kids that don’t have to worry about things that most teens worry about

[pagethreemodel]

Okay, this was three minutes of nothing but nice natural hairstyles and landscapes...

[chanellensengiyumva]

Les gens qui disent que ça ne représente absolument pas la jeunesse parisienne mentent.
Y’ a beaucoup de diversité dans les portraits des jeunes: je croise tous les jours des jeunes habillés de cette manière tout arrondissement confondu. Faut arreter de critiquer pour critiquer.

[shinaetae]

For everyone saying that these are rich teens, tbh with you I don’t see it. Because:
1- they dress well and everything but these days you can find very cheap clothing that are seen as stylish (generally rich teens are more sober and minimalist)
2- these kids want to change society so it means they are from those who need changing because they’re disadvantaged like “ free education because some ( rich ones ) have more possibilities that some others ( poor ) for instance” one girl says it in the video.
To me they seem just normal kids. Idk why everyone wants to ear what “poor” people have to say. The idea of “poor” in Paris that I have is guys who dress with gym clothing smoking weed and doing shisha all day long and talking with slang and saying swear words every two words. I see them as poor because they have a poor culture but these kids want to change the world they seem very educated and they talk nicely.

[harmonyVEVO]

*why everyone saying They're rich ? Wtf I'm french living in Paris, and they are normal. Rich people living in Paris are not like that lol ! They look way more elegant*

[dianadoraen]

It is awesome. Being 16 in Paris is awesome. If your family is wealthy.

[oliviairielle]

These 16 year olds are cooler than I’ll ever be

[ThatGirlyTomboy]

i don't get how this is unrealistic this is really how kids in paris are like, obviously not all cause that's not normal but yeah

[leavus]

these are normal 16 yos, it just seems cool and fresh cus of the language and the aesthetics. This video lacks content like every other 16 yo video

[MoldyStuff]

Rich kids of Paris lmao, try to interview the real people struggling. That's so annoying to watch

[wilowack]

calm down, they're not RICH, they're just artsy, most of them are actually like that

[jadetheresajnbaptiste]

As a French I can tell you guys that they are NOT rich🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️ most of us are like that and the Rich kids don't act like that.