ol ade . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Internet ▁radio ▁interview , ▁K ut iman ▁described ▁how ▁he ▁first ▁conce ived ▁of ▁Th ru ▁You : ▁At ▁first ▁I ▁took ▁some ▁drum mers — before ▁I ▁had ▁the ▁idea ▁about ▁Th ru ▁You , ▁I ▁took ▁some ▁drum mers ▁from ▁YouTube ▁and ▁I ▁played ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁them — just ▁for ▁fun , ▁you ▁know . ▁And ▁then ▁one ▁day , ▁just ▁before ▁I ▁plug ged ▁my ▁guitar ▁to ▁play ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁drum mer ▁from ▁YouTube , ▁I ▁thought ▁to ▁myself , ▁you ▁know — maybe ▁I ▁can ▁find ▁a ▁bass ▁and ▁guitar ▁and ▁other ▁players ▁on ▁YouTube ▁to ▁play ▁with ▁this ▁drum mer ... ▁K ut iman ▁spent ▁two ▁months ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁Th ru ▁You ▁project , ▁and , ▁as ▁K ut iman ▁described : ▁It ▁took ▁me ▁two ▁months , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁really ▁inten se . ▁I ▁bare ly ▁a te , ▁I ▁just ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁computer ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁sleep ... day ▁and ▁night , ▁and ▁night ▁and ▁day ... did n ' t ▁see ▁any ▁friends , ▁no ▁family ... not ▁even ▁the ▁sun . ▁ ▁After ▁dis clos ing ▁his ▁work ▁to ▁only ▁twenty ▁friends , ▁K ut iman ' s ▁project ▁spread ▁vir ally ▁across ▁the ▁web , ▁ra ck ing ▁up ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁million ▁views ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁week . ▁After ▁view ing ▁Th ru ▁You , ▁open ▁source ▁advoc ate , ▁Lawrence ▁Less ig