The Loneliest Chicken of 2025
The Loneliest Chicken of 2025 (stylized in all caps) is an informational animation recounting some of the events and records of the year 2025.
Inside a village, where most houses have a roof made of copper blocks, two allays and various animals play together, while Steve and Alex construct a house with a copper roof. A chicken walks outside the dark gap between two houses where it is standing. It is labeled as the only lonely chicken in the game. Trying to find someone to talk with, it scares two armadillos and gets ignored by two villagers and a busy copper golem. While the copper golem is busy organizing a copper chest, an iron golem plants a poppy on the former's lightning rod. The chicken tries to talk to both golems, but they ignore it as villagers in the background build a full copper tower. The chicken then gets startled by a warm pig ridden by Steve, and gets disappointed when Steve ran to Noor who holds a saddle to their pet donkey before riding it. Soon, the lonely chicken tumbles down because of a cold cow leashed by Alex. The chicken, on the ground, spots Sunny riding a happy ghast with a boat with chest leashed to it. The chicken tries to get Sunny's attention to no avail, becoming depressed. It stumbles then across a sitting oxidized copper golem statue. The chicken stays sadly alongside the statue as night falls. Kai notices the chicken and wears a carved pumpkin, decreasing the located players counter by 1. Suddenly, it gets startled as the ground shakes and all villagers hide in their houses. The chicken looks at an empty field and notices the shaking is caused by a zombie horseman, who approaches the chicken and ignores it, revealing a baby zombie behind it. The chicken and the zombie soon become friends as fireworks are launched into the sky. They become a chicken jockey who jumps above a fence to chase a warm pig in circles. At the same time, Steve charges outside the fence wielding a netherite spear as they run away from the zombie horseman from earlier. The chicken jockey, as well a horse-riding Alex, catch up behind the zombie horseman. As they go by, two nautiluses pop up of a lake watching the riders. The chicken jockey falls over as the sun begins to rise.
On happy ghasts you rose up to Chase the Skies for a vibrant visual view. Marched into the Copper Age with the copper golem. Couldn’t wait to Spring to Life and join new mob variants. And when the Mounts of Mayhem were unleashed, you raised your spears and rode into the fray. And of course CHICKEN JOCKEY! Enjoy the free Inflatable Chicken Jockey CC item and thank you for all your creativity (and chaos).
| Type | Mojang cinematic |
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| Starring |  Lonely Chicken
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| Production companies |
Element Animation |
| Date | December 27, 2025 (Minecraft LIVE) December 30, 2025 (YouTube) |
| Length | 2:28 |
The Loneliest Chicken of 2025 (stylized in all caps) is an informational animation recounting some of the events and records of the year 2025.
Summary
Inside a village, where most houses have a roof made of copper blocks, two allays and various animals play together, while Steve and Alex construct a house with a copper roof. A chicken walks outside the dark gap between two houses where it is standing. It is labeled as the only lonely chicken in the game. Trying to find someone to talk with, it scares two armadillos and gets ignored by two villagers and a busy copper golem. While the copper golem is busy organizing a copper chest, an iron golem plants a poppy on the former's lightning rod. The chicken tries to talk to both golems, but they ignore it as villagers in the background build a full copper tower. The chicken then gets startled by a warm pig ridden by Steve, and gets disappointed when Steve ran to Noor who holds a saddle to their pet donkey before riding it. Soon, the lonely chicken tumbles down because of a cold cow leashed by Alex. The chicken, on the ground, spots Sunny riding a happy ghast with a boat with chest leashed to it. The chicken tries to get Sunny's attention to no avail, becoming depressed. It stumbles then across a sitting oxidized copper golem statue. The chicken stays sadly alongside the statue as night falls. Kai notices the chicken and wears a carved pumpkin, decreasing the located players counter by 1. Suddenly, it gets startled as the ground shakes and all villagers hide in their houses. The chicken looks at an empty field and notices the shaking is caused by a zombie horseman, who approaches the chicken and ignores it, revealing a baby zombie behind it. The chicken and the zombie soon become friends as fireworks are launched into the sky. They become a chicken jockey who jumps above a fence to chase a warm pig in circles. At the same time, Steve charges outside the fence wielding a netherite spear as they run away from the zombie horseman from earlier. The chicken jockey, as well a horse-riding Alex, catch up behind the zombie horseman. As they go by, two nautiluses pop up of a lake watching the riders. The chicken jockey falls over as the sun begins to rise.
Video statistics
- 998 million copper golems spawned
- 270 million mounts tamed
- 16 million saddles crafted
- 335 billion blocks traveled on mounts
- 1,258,697,620 players located
- For a moment before Kai put on the pumpkin, 1,258,697,621 players showed up
- 41 million spears crafted
Characters
Alex
Allay
Armadillo
Axolotl
Baby Villager
Baby Zombie
Bee
Black Sheep
Blue Parrot
Butcher
Camel
Cartographer- Chicken
Chicken Jockey
Cleric
Cold Cow
Copper Golem
Dolphin
Donkey
Farmer
Fisherman
Happy Ghast
Iron Golem
Kai
Leatherworker
Librarian- Mason
Nautilus
Noor
Pale Wolf
Red Cat
Red Parrot
Shepherd
Snifflet
Steve
Sunny
Warm Pig
White Sheep
Zombie Horseman
Settings
Quotes
On happy ghasts you rose up to Chase the Skies for a vibrant visual view. Marched into the Copper Age with the copper golem. Couldn’t wait to Spring to Life and join new mob variants. And when the Mounts of Mayhem were unleashed, you raised your spears and rode into the fray. And of course CHICKEN JOCKEY! Enjoy the free Inflatable Chicken Jockey CC item and thank you for all your creativity (and chaos).
Disclaimer: Inflatable Chicken Jockey requires the latest version of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (sold separately), with access to Minecraft Marketplace.
Trivia
- The music is a remix of otherside.
- The camel and snifflet from A Tale of Two Friends appear as a cameo in the beginning of the video.
- Shortly after the video's release, a tweet was issued showing the same statistics, with an added reference to the chicken jockey sensation.[1] It is unclear if this was the reason behind the video's plot.
Errors
- In the first frame, a happy ghast can be seen carrying a boat with a copper chest.
- In the video, mason villagers are shown wearing purple clothes.
- At one point, "0 lonely chicken" shows up instead of "0 lonely chickens".
Gallery
Official artwork
Screenshots
References
- ↑ "One last CHICKEN JOCKEY to send off 2025... here's how we did this year! Now onto 2026! 🥳" – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X (formerly Twitter), December 31, 2025
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