▁real ised ▁pretty ▁quickly ▁that ▁[ she ] ▁was ▁involved ", ▁she ▁" ch ose ▁not ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁it , ▁because ▁[ she ] ▁just ▁wanted ▁people ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁what ▁[ they ] ▁were ▁doing ", ▁and ▁to ▁speak ▁about ▁who ▁she ▁is ▁" as ▁an ▁individual , ▁doesn ' t ▁feel ▁relevant ". ▁ ▁History ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 – 2 0 1 1 : ▁First ▁upload s ▁and ▁B ount y ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁i am ami who ami ▁videos ▁were ▁uploaded ▁to ▁YouTube ▁on ▁ 4 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁were ▁forward ed ▁from ▁an ▁anonymous ▁email ▁account ▁to ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁music ▁journal ists ▁and ▁blog s . ▁These ▁videos ▁continued ▁and ▁featured ▁an ▁unknown ▁bl onde ▁woman ▁whose ▁face ▁had ▁been ▁dist orted , ▁and ▁displayed ▁them es ▁such ▁as ▁bir thing ▁and ▁growth . ▁Im ag ery ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁fol kl ore ▁of ▁the ▁mand rag ora ▁( the ▁flow ering ▁hum ano id , ▁ber ries , ▁dogs ▁used ▁to ▁pull ▁out ▁the ▁mand ra ke , ▁and ▁sem en ▁of ▁a ▁h anged ▁man ) ▁recurs ▁throughout ▁i am ami who ami ' s ▁videos . ▁Each ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁six ▁cli ps ▁end ▁with ▁a ▁drawing ▁of ▁a ▁different ▁animal ▁( a ▁go at , ▁ow l , ▁wh ale , ▁be e , ▁ll ama , ▁and ▁mon key ). ▁Having ▁blog ged ▁about ▁the ▁videos , ▁MTV ▁journalist ▁James ▁Mont gom ery ▁received