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Roomie
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Born
Joel Gustaf Berghult

(1988-04-08) 8 April 1988 (age 36)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Other namesLil Pitchy, Roomie
OccupationYouTuber
Years active2010–present
Notable work"One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)"
Musical career
Instruments
Labels
  • Roomie Records
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
  • Vlog
  • Commentary
  • Music
  • Comedy
Subscribers6.54 million[2]
(October 2020)
Total views886 million[2]
(October 2020)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2015
Last updated: 26 October 2020

Joel Gustaf Berghult (born 8 April 1988),[3] better known as Roomie, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, YouTuber and comedian. He is best known for his YouTube channel RoomieOfficial, which consists of music commentary, original songs, covers, and more music-related content. He has posted several viral videos and collaborations with PewDiePie and Boyinaband. His most popular video is "One Guy, 43 Voices", featuring vocal imitations of singers such as Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth, and Brendon Urie. His YouTube channel has over 6.5 million subscribers as of September 2020.[4]

Personal life

Berghult was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden.[5] His father, Bosse Berghult, is also a musician and had encouraged his musical endeavors growing up by providing him with instruments and music production software Roomie.[1]

Berghult graduated in 2014 from Musikmakarna [sv], where he studied songwriting and music production.[6] Berghult moved to the United Kingdom in 2015.[5]

Career

Berghult started his YouTube channel in 2010.[4][7] In 2014, he rose to prominence by uploading a series of celebrity singer impressions.[8][9][10] The first of which was titled "One Guy, 14 Voices" which became one of Berghult's first of many viral videos.[11][12] The next year Berghult released a follow up "One Guy, 15 Voices" in August 2015.[13][14] He was subsequently invited to perform on Nyhetsmorgon in September of 2015,[15] followed by Good Morning America that October.[16] The most recent of the series, released in 2017 is "One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)" which has over 90 million views and is Berghult's most viewed video as of November 2020.[17]

In 2014, Berghult began to release music with fellow Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie. The single "His Name is Pewdiepie" was released in 2014 and was made using samples of PewDiePie's voice;[7] later that year, "Fabulous" was released, followed by "Brofist" in 2016. In 2019, Berghult again teamed up with PewDiePie and longtime collaborator Boyinaband on the song "Congratulations".[18][19] The song peaked at number one on the US Comedy Digital Track Sales published by Billboard.[20]

At the start of 2020, Berghult began uploading videos daily onto his channel, with a greater emphasis on commentary, Reddit, and other fan-created videos as well as covers. However, on June 11, 2020, Berghult announced a break from creating videos, stating that daily uploads were tiring and prevented him from producing bigger projects and that he would be scaling back to five videos a week on his return.[21] On July 20, 2020, while still on break, Berghult released an album single Livin' For That on Spotify under the handle "Lil Pitchy". The album consists of the song Livin' For That, plus its instrumental and acapella versions.[22]

After 40 days on hiatus, he returned to YouTube with his singing impressions video of "One Guy, 17 Voices", just a few days before his 10th anniversary.

Discography

Solo albums

  • Short and Stupid (2016)

Singles

  • "Bed Intruder Song" (Rock Version) (2011)
  • "Fabulous" (feat. PewDiePie) (2014)
  • "His Name Is Pewdiepie" (feat. PewDiePie) (2014)
  • "Numb" (2014)
  • "Won't Back Down" (2014)
  • "Long Distance Love" (2015)
  • "Brofist" (feat. PewDiePie) (2016)
  • "Zelda" (2017)
  • "Lost It All" (feat. Custom Phase) (2017)
  • "Own You" (2018)
  • "Roxanne / Roxanne" (Mashup) (2020) – mashup of the Arizona Zervas song and The Police song
  • "Slideshow" (2020)
  • "Livin' for That" (2020, as Lil Pitchy)

Collaborations

References

  1. ^ a b "About Roomie". Tumblr. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "About RoomieOfficial". YouTube.
  3. ^ Joel Berghult [@roomieofficial] (8 April 2020). "Celebrating my birthday by singing a little bit pitchy" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b "RoomieOfficial". YouTube. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Joel Berghult". Curators of Sweden. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Joel "Roomie" Berghult | Musikmakarna". Musikmakarna. Retrieved 25 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Kiley, Rachel (30 October 2014). "Rock Out With Roomie! | New Media Rockstars". NewRockstars. Retrieved 8 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Bihani, Raksha (2 September 2015). "He Can Sing in 23 Different Voices, From Bruce Springsteen to Sam Smith". NDTV. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. ^ "This Guy Can Imitate 15 Famous Singers and You Won't Be Able to Tell the Difference". Inside Edition. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ Grant, Stacey. "This Guy Can Impersonate So Many Artists, He's Got To Be A Robot". MTV News. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. ^ From Bon Jovi to Bruno Mars, This Kid Can Sing Just Like the Stars, 20 March 2014, retrieved 11 May 2020
  12. ^ "Imituje śpiew 14 znanych piosenkarzy FILM". Fakt.pl (in Polish). 19 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Ten chłopak z powodzeniem udaje 15 wokalistów". Interia Muzyka (in Polish). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "WATCH: YouTuber's Uncanny Musical Impressions Of Everyone From Sam Smith To Jason Derulo". Capital. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ ""Roomie" härmar världsstjärnorna - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)". YouTube. Nyhetsmorgon. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Viral Sensation Joel Berghult Impersonates Rock Stars Live on 'GMA'". ABC News. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Social Blade - RoomieOfficial's 50 Most viewed Videos". socialblade.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "PewDiePie vs T-Series: The battle for the biggest YouTube channel - ABC News". ABC News. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Ramadhan, Rafli (1 April 2019). "Perang Berakhir! PewDiePie Mengakui Kekalahannya Terhadap T-Series". Media Formasi (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Comedy Digital Track Sales". Billboard. 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 13 October 2019 suggested (help)
  21. ^ Allen, Siân (15 June 2020). "Roomie Announces Break From Making Videos". TenEighty. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ spotify:album:764Mva9FRWm8csIMxa6Aea
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