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| Also known as | Billy Wilds (2009-2010)[1] | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2002–present | |||||||||
| Website | billwurtz | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5.49 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 758 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: February 5, 2024 | ||||||||||
Bill Wurtz (often stylized in all lowercase) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, video producer, animator, and internet personality. He is known for his distinctive style of music, with deadpan delivery and singing, and his animated music videos, with surrealist, psychedelic graphics.
Wurtz has published music and videos since 2002. He has uploaded videos on Vine, where he first gained popularity, and on YouTube. Two of his animated videos on YouTube, History of Japan (2016), and History of the Entire World, I Guess (2017), went viral and inspired internet memes. In 2016, Wurtz won the Shorty Award for Best in Weird.