"This... this may very well be the last NateWantsToBattle content you'll see."

"When I started this channel, this was a silly side project, I was in a pop-punk band, I was doing quote, 'serious covers', I was working a job as a music tutor that barely paid while living in my parents house."

"All that while going through a pretty rough breakup, I was... confused, I was... tired, I was... overall... not- not great"

"Video games were a very, very important release for me, I had also created what I would call at the time my 'side channel' and wantеd something lighthearted. Somеthing fun."

"Pokémon was no doubt one of the most important things in my childhood; so I called it 'NateWantsToBattle'."

"In June of 2012, I was driving home from the gym and Payphone by Maroon 5 was on the radio - yes, it was ten years ago... so I was still listening to the radio. - I was also trying to learn competitive Pokémon play, Black and White had been out for a couple years, and Black and White 2 were just around the corner, and on my drive home, these... lyrics for Payphone just started popping into my head. And they were about Pokémon, and two hours later, I had created I'm at a Center, my first ever Pokémon parody."

"And it worked, it worked man, nothing I had ever done in my life as a musician had ever performed that well, and nothing had also gained that much traction in such a short amount of time, so I... rolled with it, I combined my love for making music and my love for video games, and just kept combining them and making parodies off of popular songs about video games."

"And before I knew it, I was... moving out of my parents house into my first apartment to pursue this full-time, to be a 'YouTuber', it was slow and steady growth for the next few years, and I was happy."

And I don't know about you
But I need that Pikachu

"In November of 2014, it was impossible to ignore the popularity of a game called Five Nights at Freddy's, everyone was lets playing this game, everybody was talking about this game. - songs, original songs about the game, not even covers, just fan songs were popping off."

"And I said, 'Hey, no one's doing rock music about this, no one's making - whatever you wanna call it - metal...core, emo? Whatever you would label it as, no one is making heavy rock music about this game, and that could be a I guess fun idea, why not?'"

"And that would change my life forever, so I rolled with it and I mean, I, I rolled with it, it molded my career, I made a lot of FNaF songs, and through that I've collaborated with a bunch of big content creators that I've looked up to, I got to work on official songs for shows that I grew up watching, I voiced in official dubs for anime that I love. It opened doors for me that I never imagined would be possible, and I'll be forever grateful for that."

"And now, after over a decade of writing music about other people's stories and having a Spotify library of over 300 songs, which is more than any musician should do in their lifetime. I... I think it's time to move onto other things"
"But not without one - last - big - hoorah on October 25th, 2022, I am releasing my compilation album called Scrap Heap, it has all of my fandom-inspired songs since In My Head, the Arcane song, it has Young Forever about Poppy Playtime, To My Grave, and four brand new Five Nights songs, there's a link down in the description if you wanna pre-save it, and you can also pre-order a physical CD and/or merch bundle, and if you order your CD or merch bundle before September 7th, I will autograph your CD."

"And I know I talk about burnout, I know I've been talking about how many FNaF songs I've made and how much I've been doing this, but, in all honesty, I love these songs, they might actually be some of my favorite tracks I've ever worked on."

"And that in itself feels like a really powerful ending to a very, very important chapter of my life, of my career, of this YouTube journey. As for what the future holds, I have a lot of cool things planned, I have a ton of projects that I'm basically working full-time on that are not related to the regular stuff you're used to, but I think, I think you're gonna like."

"In addition to being so excited to share those with you, I also wanna open up the floor for other Give Heart artists to shine, I feel like I have been posting enough content of my own under my name, and I feel like there's space for maybe some new blood in the near future. And I'll still make music, that's, that's who I am, that'll never stop."

"But as far as FNaF songs and fandom songs and things in that realm, this, this may very well be the last NateWantsToBattle content you’ll see for a very long time."

"So, all that said, let's try and blow this up, and I'll see y'all soon."