Horses returns to Elvis through three shorter chapters
Michael Sorensen's new uploads trace prescription drug use, addiction and collapse alongside his longer Elvis essay.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Elvis Presley’s Introduction to Drugs
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Elvis fills the upload schedule. Horses posted three videos, each focusing on a narrower part of the story Michael Sorensen explored in his longer essay last month.
The most watched, "Elvis Presley's Introduction to Drugs", uses archival photographs and footage to trace Presley's amphetamine use to his military service. Sorensen describes a performer who regarded the pills as a means of staying energetic and productive, rather than as a vice. The short then follows that belief into his movie career, where the narration describes uppers being used to endure long shooting schedules.
"Elvis Presley's Drug Addiction" and "Elvis Presley's Collapse" followed. The introduction has the largest total audience of the three, though the addiction upload had a slightly stronger first day. "Collapse", the newest, is currently drawing views fastest among the new releases.
The longer essay remains the main draw among individual videos. "The Slow, Hot, and Mean Death of Elvis Presley" has passed 819,000 views and is adding far more daily views than any of the shorter chapters. Its description lists Peter Guralnick's paired Presley biographies, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, as reading sources.
Across Horses, daily views are running above their usual level, while the subscriber count was unchanged over the week. The channel drew roughly 833,000 weekly views, close to Speak English With Class among nearby-sized education channels. For Horses, the sustained attention remains centered on Sorensen's Elvis portrait.
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The videos drawing views on Horses right now
- Channel
- Horses
- Subscribers
- 1,610,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 833,155
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 5,857
- Views on its first day
- 3,137
The numbers
Here is how Horses' viewing and subscriber totals moved this week.




