The Story of CHI-CHI - Nerdcore Musician • Chazingdra Chats: A Pokémon Podcast

Having sung on the soundtrack for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships, her songs about the series Hazbin Hotel, the game Among Us & more having amassed millions of views on YouTube, discover the fascinating life story & 6 Dream Team Pokémon of nerdcore musician Chi-Chi!

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🤔 Want to learn more about Chi-Chi? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for her RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions she hasn't prepared for... Links below!

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Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join
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👋 My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature! My passion for Pokémon has made me a host & commentator for its Video Game Championships Series, and beyond that I love taking on all kinds of challenges & adventures in the games which I stream and make videos about right here on this channel. Come join in! I'm currently playing through every generation of Pokémon & catching 'em all on stream - and I've got more big plans for Pokémon's 30th anniversary this year...

🎧 More than 90 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community including MANDJTV, WOLFE GLICK, AUSTIN JOHN PLAYS & many more - enjoy!
All episodes so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin
Listen on Spotify - 10,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27
We're now in Season 2! Guests: CandyEvie, Jrose11, Bonstevawich, SophChan, PhillyBeatzU, Chi-Chi, Joshua Lorcy, AuraLaur, PKMNcast, Brian David Gilbert

🎥 RELATED EPISODES:
Cam Steady - https://youtu.be/JXLYD41x1DY
NateWantsToBattle - https://youtu.be/MQ6KHmLhTQM
Anna Prosser - https://youtu.be/a9dp_d2AOto
GlitchxCity - https://youtu.be/PdI1BCszyb4

Keep up with Chi-Chi's latest and hear her fantastic music - @ChichiAi on YouTube & across socials (@chichiaii on Instagram)

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Welcome!
01:33 Growing Up
05:55 Chi-Chi's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
08:23 Starting Music Online
14:52 Chi-Chi's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
16:44 Fandom/Nerdcore Music
22:00 Chi-Chi's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
23:57 Ebbs & Flows
31:47 Chi-Chi's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
32:44 The Pandemic
39:22 Chi-Chi's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
40:22 Relationships with & through Media + Worlds 2025
46:25 Chi-Chi's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
47:12 Chi-Chi's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
47:53 If Chi-Chi were a Pokémon, what would she be?
48:22 Community Questions
50:34 What's next for Chi-Chi?
53:30 What advice would Chi-Chi give her younger self?
54:45 Chi-Chi's Rapidash Round Teaser
55:30 Get involved!

🙏  A HUGE thank you to my channel members & patrons for supporting the channel: ashthekarp, Jacrepid, CaseyPKMN, 19TokinToken, pokemontrainermike1, Shad0wFeevke, BroseidonLive, 0megasoul, drifloonsupremacyassociation, wolfganghahn2490, Rich.2288, elliefawnx, KayDeeVGC, BlueVacktor, duckyz_, GymLeader_J, indiepctv, ZiggyVanderhyden, AddiRockART, dmfried858; doobsnax, Ben Kyriakou, Casey Kort, Possumbreath, Morten Schødts Pedersen, AerialAC

Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

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