Bill Wurtz

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Bill Wurtz
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Background information
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • keyboards
  • bass guitar
  • drums
Years active2002–present
Website billwurtz.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genres
Subscribers5.47 million [1]
Total views751 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2016
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: February 5, 2024

Bill Wurtz (stylized in lower case as bill wurtz or billwurtz) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, animated video creator, and internet personality. He is known for his distinctive style which includes calm, deadpan delivery and singing paired with colorful surrealist, psychedelic graphics.

Contents

Wurtz has published music and videos dating back to 2002. He proceeded to upload his videos on Vine, where he gained his initial popularity, and on YouTube. He experienced breakout success on YouTube with his animated videos, history of japan (2016), and history of the entire world, i guess (2017), which both went viral and inspired internet memes. He won the Shorty Award for Best in Weird in 2016.

Career

Early work

Wurtz's first published composition was an instrumental named "Late Nite Lounge with Loud Lenny", which was recorded on June 17, 2002, and his first with vocals was "stuck in a rut" in March 2005. He released songs more frequently beginning in 2010. [2]

Vine videos

Wurtz was first known for his presence on the short-form video-sharing website Vine, [3] [4] where he first gained a following in 2014. [2] He began by taking short videos he had previously published to his website and re-editing them to fit Vine's six-second restriction. [2] Before transitioning fully to YouTube, Wurtz was uploading a video to Vine nearly every day. [5] He received attention in 2015 for the short video "Shaving My Piano". [6] On April 11, 2016, Wurtz won the Shorty Award for "Tech & Innovation: Weird" at the 8th Shorty Awards; during the awards ceremony, attention was given to one of his Vine uploads "I'm Still a Piece of Garbage". [7] At the awards ceremony, his acceptance speech consisted of the words "Thank you." [2] Wurtz withdrew from making Vines to focus on finishing history of japan. [r 1]

YouTube

Wurtz created his YouTube channel in September 2013. [2] Despite disliking online streaming, he joined YouTube on the advice of a friend to post content that was previously exclusive to his website. [8]

history of japan

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg history of japan, YouTube video or download

Alongside interest on Vine, Wurtz achieved wider popularity in 2016 with history of japan, a nine-minute YouTube video that outlines Japan's history. [9] Wurtz chose the topic due to his lack of knowledge of it. [r 2] [2] He took fourteen weeks to make it. [8] The video covers key events of Japan's history, such as the spread of rice farming, the introduction of Buddhism, internal conflicts between rulers, its alliance with Britain, World War I, World War II, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its post-war economic miracle. [10] [11] It showcases Wurtz's quirky visual and comedic style through a mixture of fast-paced narration and animation, intercut with short musical jingles. [12]

History of japan went viral on social media after its release on February 2, 2016 and received over four million views by February 8. [10] It received considerable attention on Tumblr [3] and Reddit. [9] It became a lasting internet meme, with people posting quotes and images from it while discussing subjects such as politics. [13] As of November 2023, the video has over 80 million views.

Adario Strange of Mashable described the video as "an entertaining new approach to education". [12] German Lopez of Vox called it a "strange", "pretty good – and surprisingly funny" video. Lopez noted the poor coverage of Japanese war crimes against Korea and China in the 20th century, and attributed this omission to the video's short runtime. [11] In 2021, Polygon listed it in its list of top 25 "dumb internet videos". [14]

history of the entire world, i guess

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Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg history of the entire world, i guess, YouTube video or download

Wurtz released a 20-minute overview of world history, history of the entire world, i guess, on May 10, 2017. [15] The video took over 11 months to produce, including almost 3 months of research. [5] It briefly covers the topics of natural history and human civilization spanning from the Big Bang to the near future. [16] The video marked the continued development of Wurtz's cinematic style, with fast-paced, absurdist humor and jazz-like musical interludes. [17]

On the day of its release, History of the entire world, i guess was the top video on the YouTube trending page, receiving 3.2 million views, and on Reddit it became the most upvoted YouTube link of all time. [4] [18] It became an internet meme [19] and was listed at eighth place on YouTube's list of the top 10 trending videos of the year. [20] As of June 2024, it has over 168 million views. [21]

Vox's German Lopez praised the video for not heavily focusing on western history and successfully covering areas in world history which may be neglected in US schools, such as powers in China, Persia, and India. [22] Las Vegas Weekly called it a "must-see", [23] and it has been considered to be Wurtz's magnum opus. [2] [15] In 2020, Thrillist ranked the video at number 40 on its list of greatest YouTube videos of all time. [24]

Other videos

In 2017, Wurtz released "hi, i'm steve", an absurdist animation about a man named Steve, which trended on Reddit. [25] [26] Other videos include music videos with funny animations, such as "Mount St. Helens is about to Blow Up" and "and the day goes on", as well as nonsensical shorts. [8] [27] [28]

Music

Wurtz's song "i just did a bad thing" and the accompanying video spawned TikTok videos of people lip-syncing to the opening lines; #ididabadthing became the platform's top hashtag of March 2019. [29] [30]

Style

Wurtz has developed an absurdist, surreal style on both his music and animation. [25] [28] Eddie Kim wrote for MEL Magazine that Wurtz "refuses to mimic anyone else's animation or musical style, but it's not weird for weirdness' sake alone", comparing him to Thundercat and Louis Cole and highlighting Wurtz's pretty pop melodies, unexpected chords and multi-layered rhythms as commonalities. [2] Geoff Carter of Las Vegas Weekly stated: "Merge Don Hertzfeldt, Jenny Holzer and Thundercat and you might get someone a little bit like Bill Wurtz". [23]

Music

Wurtz's music has been classified as jazz pop, incorporating elements of lo-fi music, smooth jazz, funk, and easy listening. [2] [31] His music evokes malaise, self-deprecation, and a "blurring of the lines between irony, parody and honesty". [32] In an interview with Genius, Wurtz stated that "it's a good... songwriting technique to write about something bad with a good sounding melody, because if you can get people to feel good about something bad, then you're bulletproof in life." [33] : 0:00:46  Wurtz's voice has been described as "silky tenor with range and energy". [2] He plays instruments including piano, bass guitar, and drums. [2] His songs feature prominent basslines, which he records on a keyboard rather than a bass guitar. [34]

Artists who have expressed admiration for Wurtz's music include indie musicians Daði Freyr [35] and Sidney Gish [36] and DJ and producer Porter Robinson. [37]

Wurtz started playing music at a very early age. [q 1] In an interview with Bass Guitar magazine, he said he was "wholly self-taught" as a musician, and he downplayed the importance of music theory in songwriting and composition, saying,"'Theory' may be fun, but it's made of liquid and has a tendency to melt. The music comes first and then you figure out how to describe what happened, although fully describing it can never be done." [34]

Videos

Wurtz's videos are typically in a lo-fi, [8] neon [3] aesthetic, and have been described as surreal [28] and psychedelic. [5] [12] They often involve deadpan humor, dancing stick figures, vaporwave-like transitions and neon, sans-serif text on-screen. [2] [25] [8] Wurtz often follows patterns in his videos such as multi-layering, [5] and clip art images. [8] He has stated the low-budget quality arose out of a necessity to publish videos regularly and evolved naturally. [5] : 0:35:27  His aesthetic has been compared to compared to that of the early internet. [8] [18]

Wurtz is against running advertising on or accepting sponsorships for his videos, despite admitting an "enormous" pressure to do so. [2] [8] He has explained that advertisements make him "uncomfortable" [5] and that he thinks "they suck". [8] Wurtz receives direct fan support through crowdfunding on Patreon, [4] streams on music streaming services, and merchandise sales, but he does not heavily promote any of these revenue streams. [8] [5] : 0:44:15 

Public image

Wurtz has a devoted fanbase, including a subreddit. [2] He is known as a private person. He infrequently does interviews; his first major interview was on the H3 Podcast. On the podcast, he said that he "doesn't have time to do anything but make music." He has not gone on tour. [8] Wurtz struggles with perfectionism, making use of schedules and deadlines to overcome it. [8] [5]

Website

10.9.18  7:48 pm how the heck are you so gosh darn wacky?
i'm just trying to be reasonable
— A question and answer on Wurtz's website [q 2] [8]

Wurtz launched his personal website billwurtz.com in 2014. [8] Its simple design has been compared to late-1990s websites. [8] The website contains all of his released songs and most of his videos dating back to 2002, as well as short journal posts and vlog-style "reality" videos depicting his creative process. [2] Wurtz maintains a section on his website to answer anonymously submitted questions. The style of his answers has been described by the website OK Whatever as "verging on the poetic" [8] and by MEL Magazine as "earnest, if somewhat loopy-sounding". [2]

Wurtz is active on Instagram and Twitter, with humorous Tweets in the style of Weird Twitter. [2]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.
2016 Shorty Awards Tech & Innovation: Best in WeirdBill WurtzWon [7]

Discography

Music videos

YearNameViews (millions) [note 1]
2014"I'm Sad"0.3
"I'm a Diamond"1.8
"Barf On Me"0.1
"Feel Okay"0.2
"Dance The"0.2
"Tape Deck"0.1
"New Canaan"0.7
"Still Silly"0.1
"I Like"0.3
"Tuesday"0.3
"Icy James"0.1
"I'm Confused (I Love You)"1.1
"Blind (To no Avail)"0.2
"Hey Jodie Foster"0.1
2015"I'm Crazy / It's Raining"1.4
"You're Free to Do Whatever You Want to"1.8
"School"11.6
2016"Alphabet Shuffle"7.7
2017"I Wanna Be A Movie Star"4.0
"Outside"6.4
2018"La De Da De Da De Da De Day Oh"13.6
"And the Day Goes On"7.9
"Hello Sexy Pants"3.4
"Hallelujah"1.9
"I'm Best Friends with my Own Front Door"3.1
"Mount St. Helens Is About to Blow Up"8.6
"The Moon Is Made of Cheese (But I Can't Taste It)"3.9
"When I Get Older"2.7
"Long Long Long Journey"3.4
"Slow Down"2.5
"Christmas Isn't Real"2.3
"Just Did a Bad Thing"9.2
2019"At the Airport Terminal"3.2
"Might Quit"14.2
2021"Here Comes the Sun"9.6
"I'm a Princess"4.0
"Got Some Money"4.9
"More Than a Dream"2.0
2022"I'm Scared"2.3
"Fly Around"1.2
"9 8 7"1.1
"At the Corner Store"1.2
"If the World Doesn't End"1.0
"I'm a Huge Gamer Most of the Time"1.4
"The Ground Plane"0.8
"Meet Me in September"0.6
"I Like to Wear Soft Clothing"0.7
"The Ending"1.1
"Where I've Been"1.7

Bandcamp releases

Albums: [38]

EPs:

Other songs

The following songs are available on Wurtz's website: [39]

2009

  • "The Song Song" (August 10, 2009)
  • "15 Minutes" (November 28, 2009)

2010

  • "Be Free and Don't Sell Records" (July 8, 2010)
  • "Desk and Chair" (July 15, 2010)
  • "Song 41" (August 26, 2010)
  • "2010" (September 7, 2010)
  • "Eat Bread (Feel Sure)" (September 13, 2010)
  • "The Trees" (October 14, 2010)
  • "I'm About to Graduate from School" (November 7, 2010)
  • "Fever" (November 11, 2010)
  • "Dream of Evil" (November 24, 2010)

2011

  • "Murder Your Demon" (January 14, 2011)
  • "Dumpies" (January 25, 2011)
  • "Blue Boy" (May 22, 2011)
  • "How Am I Spost" (May 22, 2011)
  • "Home Again" (May 23, 2011)
  • "The Stupid Song" (June 1, 2011)
  • "No Place like Home" (June 16, 2011)
  • "Do the Thing" (June 20, 2011)
  • "I Love You" (June 20, 2011)
  • "Go to the Store" (June 24, 2011)
  • "(What) Love Is" (July 11, 2011)
  • "Do What You Want to Do" (July 15, 2011)
  • "All U Need Is Love" (August 2, 2011)
  • "The World" (September 2, 2011)
  • "Home" (September 9, 2011)
  • "I Guess I've Got to Listen to Bob Marley" (September 23, 2011)
  • "Stupid Song" (September 26, 2011)

2014

  • "Textin on my iPhone" (February 12, 2014)
  • "Rabbit Snakes" (February 26, 2014)
  • "The Future Song" (March 5, 2014)
  • "We Could Just Get High" (March 19, 2014)
  • "I'm in Bryant Park" (March 26, 2014)
  • "It's Gonna Be Alright" (April 23, 2014)
  • "Write a Song on the Count of 3" (May 28, 2014)
  • "This Is a Song for my Next Album" (June 11, 2014)
  • "Goo Soup" (July 9, 2014)
  • "I Wanna Sail You Away" (July 23, 2014)
  • "I Can Play" (September 3, 2014)
  • "The Road" (September 17, 2014)

2017

  • "In California" (May 30, 2017)
  • "I Love You" (June 6, 2017)
  • "Got to Know What's Going On" (June 20, 2017)

Notes

  1. ↑ Last updated: April 2024

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References

Bill Wurtz's questions page

  1. ↑ Wurtz, Bill (February 15, 2021). "[...]Did people in your life have an influence on you developing this skill?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved February 16, 2021. i was able to hear a lot of music on records[...]and I will confess I also had access to a piano/keyboard instrument, and a drum set.[...] Having an extremely early start, it was pretty natural to find me in many many personal and professional music relationships with peers (well at first it was usually people much older than me because I was so young to start)
  2. ↑ Wurtz, Bill (October 9, 2018). "how the heck are you so gosh darn wacky". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019. i'm just trying to be reasonable

Bill Wurtz's reality page

  1. ↑ Wurtz, Bill (2016). "1.16.16". billwurtz.com. made a serious decision to stop doing vines which i know seems like madness, but we're doing it for a good reason: we're finishing the long projects and then we're finishing more projects after that.
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