Rain on hot pavement and pine needles: 'Pure nostalgia' gets viewers sharing smells
The only new upload in the week was a short about a scent that sends you straight back, and the comments turned into a list of everyone's own.
North Valley GroupStory of 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.
Pure nostalgia
North Valley Group, whose about text promises nothing more than "just men being boys," usually goes for the laugh. Its one upload in the week, "Pure nostalgia," went softer, and it has passed 280,000 views.
The comment section reads like a shared memory box. The most liked note describes something many people seem to know: a smell you cannot place, even though some part of your brain recognizes it right away. Then the list grows. People mention summer rain finally hitting dry ground, sun-warmed pine needles, chalkboard dust and wet concrete. Others write about the song and the sound of laughter behind it. More than one regular admits that a channel that normally makes them laugh had them close to tears this time.
The clip with the most momentum is a slightly older one. "Always the scenic route 😩," eleven days old, has passed 1.2 million views and is still drawing far more each day than anything else on the channel. "A warning would've been nice" sits near 1.5 million.
After one upload, daily views are running well below their usual level, and the channel added about a thousand subscribers. Among comedy channels close to its size, it sits in the middle of the pack this week. Kountry Wayne and Biggy Bailey are having the big weeks, and Tyler Warwick and B Mo the Prince are quieter too. On a slow week, a short that gets people writing about rain and pine needles is a good one to have.
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What viewers say
For me, I can never remember where it's from, but my brain _knows_ the smell.
@MW-sd9yzSee it on YouTubePine needles on the forest floor warmed by the summer sun.
@knottedthreadSee it on YouTubeSummer and it finally rains. THAT SMELL, CAN CURE EVERYTHING
@konstantinnaumow505See it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on North Valley Group right now
- Channel
- North Valley Group
- Subscribers
- 720,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,767,779
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- September 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 279,594
- Views on its first day
- 124,475
The numbers
Here are North Valley Group's numbers for the week.
💡 Test your knowledge
Several viewers named the smell of rain on dry ground. What is that smell called?
Australian scientists Isabel Bear and Richard Thomas coined the word petrichor in 1964 to describe the earthy scent of rain falling on dry soil.
