Paul Smith names his Aldi-inspired girl band "Middle Aisle"

Four audience members answer in chorus, giving the Liverpool comic an imaginary audition to pitch to Simon Cowell.

Channel: Hot Water Comedy Club Story of October 27, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 74,212 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (4,362).

The Girlband | Paul Smith LIVE at Hot Water Comedy Club

Paul Smith asks a theater box whether anyone is celebrating a special occasion. The answer comes back as a harmonized "Nooooo," which is more musical material than the question usually provides.

In "The Girlband | Paul Smith LIVE at Hot Water Comedy Club," four women seated together become an impromptu vocal group, at least in Smith's imagination. The Short drew about 45,000 views in ten hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for this format.

Smith initially notices how tightly the group is packed into the box. But their synchronized replies give him something else to work with. When audience member Emily says she works at Aldi, he asks whether they all do. Another choral denial follows.

That is enough for a band name and a mock talent-show introduction. Smith imagines addressing Simon Cowell: "Hello, Simon, we are the newest girl band on the block and we are called Middle Aisle."

The supermarket detail supplies the name, but the women supply the setup twice: an ordinary crowd-work question keeps coming back with its own backing vocals.

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The numbers

The girl-band clip has passed Hot Water Comedy Club's usual first-day Short audience before completing its first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,362

this video

74,212

subscribers

511,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

532,132,407

views per day

902,156

typical day: 1,107,735

the video

views

45,458

likes

959

comments

9

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Don't Tell Comedy

2,440,000

Hot Water Comedy Club

511,000

Soho Theatre

161,000

As of October 27, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.