"Please, musicians": Paul Bernard II's church clip won't settle down
A request to sit down meets an organ, drums and tambourines, giving the channel a much faster start than usual.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 123,331 views a day, 29 times a normal first day on this channel (4,216).
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The preacher has barely asked everyone to sit when the band supplies a reason to stand back up. A chord rings out, the rhythm kicks in, and his next request is directed at the musicians: "Please, musicians, please, please."
That is the moment at the center of Paul Bernard II's newly posted church Short, which drew roughly 123,000 views in its first day, almost thirty times the channel's usual start for the format.
The shared church footage begins with the preacher singing "How Great Is Our God" in purple and white vestments. He invites applause, then asks the congregation to be seated. Instead, the choir and congregation begin dancing, tambourines join in, and the camera cuts to the guitarist, organist and drummer keeping the music going.
Viewers are picking out individual contributions to the commotion: the drummer's timing, the tambourines and a praise flag passing through near the end. Others turn the preacher's repeated requests into a gentle joke about getting to lunch on time.
Bernard's channel mixes Christian encouragement with church humor. Here, the contrast needs little explanation: the voice at the pulpit is asking for a pause, while the musicians keep supplying the next beat.
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What viewers say
Drummer knew the assignment!! PRAISE TIME!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@biggboss742See it on YouTubePastor wanted to go to lunch at a decent time, but the musicians were full with the bread of life. 😂
@RiderZer0See it on YouTubeThe person running through with the praise flag at the end!!! YESSSSSSS
@mariahsalim5091See it on YouTube
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As soon as I heard him say be seated in the presence of the Lord, before the beat even dropped, I said ut uh now you know it's way too much energy in the room still for sittin Pastor 😂
@JesseJammzSee it on YouTubeThat One Chord…Turned into a Holy Ghost Revolution. The Pastor knew it was coming when Those Tambourines Turned Up!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
@yakishaervin-rv9lmSee it on YouTubeIt was the tambourines that set it off. He almost rangled everything in with the 3rd please 😂
@pineapplegritz7281See it on YouTubeI feel like this how the angels be in heaven 😄🙏❤️
@NXBXDSee it on YouTubeThe joy of Lord is my strength hallelujah
@Brad-v8dSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Paul Bernard II
- Subscribers
- 450,000 ▲ 11,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 12,868,828
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,188,923 (on a normal day: 1,570,354)
- Video published
- October 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 151,920 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 140,078
The numbers
The Short's first-day views far exceeded Paul Bernard II's usual start. Its comment section was also much busier than usual.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which singer co-wrote and recorded "How Great Is Our God"?
Chris Tomlin co-wrote the song with Jesse Reeves and Ed Cash and recorded it for his album Arriving.



