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=== Music videos ===
=== Music videos ===
Following the production of the history videos, Wurtz turned his attention to releasing music videos. Between August 21 and December 25, 2018, he released a new song and music video every two weeks, for a total of nine.<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=I am humbly grateful for your uploads every two weeks, even surprising me ahead of schedule; honestly, I wasn't expecting long, long, long, journey until Thursday or Friday. This one has been my morning alarm and have given me wings each time I listen to it [...] |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201811031841 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=June 26, 2019 |date=November 3, 2018 |quote=i would probably call it the 2-week song schedule}}</ref> Having taken up to fourteen weeks to make videos before this point, Wurtz explained the new schedule as a breakthrough, a "training exercise to increase the quality in ways I never would have found otherwise".<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=it's ok if you don't finish the video by Tuesday [...] we (the fans) get brand new content from you bi-weekly, which feels great, remembering that it used to take 8–10 weeks to get a single music video. but what about you bill? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201810141853 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=June 26, 2019 |date=October 14, 2018 |quote=that's not true [...] this is a training exercise to increase the quality in ways i never would have found otherwise [...] it's the biggest breakthrough i've had since the 5-day schedule in early 2014}}</ref> Wurtz has since decided to create a music video for every new song he releases, despite it slowing down his songwriting considerably.<ref group="q">{{Cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=[...] keeping up with making the videos to go with the music is going to slow down the whole songwriting process, yes? [...]|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201906111537|website=billwurtz.com|access-date=June 26, 2019|date=June 11, 2019|quote=[...] ah but have you considered if you had the same passionate drive i do for videos}}</ref>
Following the production of the history videos, Wurtz turned his attention to releasing music videos. Between August 21 and December 25, 2018, he released a new song and music video every two weeks, for a total of nine.<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=I am humbly grateful for your uploads every two weeks, even surprising me ahead of schedule; honestly, I wasn't expecting long, long, long, journey until Thursday or Friday. This one has been my morning alarm and have given me wings each time I listen to it [...] |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201811031841 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=June 26, 2019 |date=November 3, 2018 |quote=i would probably call it the 2-week song schedule}}</ref> Having taken up to fourteen weeks to make videos before this point, Wurtz characterized the new schedule as a breakthrough, a "training exercise to increase the quality in ways I never would have found otherwise".<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=it's ok if you don't finish the video by Tuesday [...] we (the fans) get brand new content from you bi-weekly, which feels great, remembering that it used to take 8–10 weeks to get a single music video. but what about you bill? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201810141853 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=June 26, 2019 |date=October 14, 2018 |quote=that's not true [...] this is a training exercise to increase the quality in ways i never would have found otherwise [...] it's the biggest breakthrough i've had since the 5-day schedule in early 2014}}</ref> Wurtz has since decided to create a music video for every new song he releases, despite it slowing down his songwriting considerably.<ref group="q">{{Cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=[...] keeping up with making the videos to go with the music is going to slow down the whole songwriting process, yes? [...]|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201906111537|website=billwurtz.com|access-date=June 26, 2019|date=June 11, 2019|quote=[...] ah but have you considered if you had the same passionate drive i do for videos}}</ref>


Wurtz's song "Just Did a Bad Thing" and the accompanying video spawned [[TikTok]] videos of people [[lip-sync]]ing to the opening lines; in the platform, #ididabadthing became the top hashtag of March 2019.<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=Scheetz|first=Cameron|date=August 20, 2020|title=Follow the Old Town Road: 20 songs that got a boost from TikTok fame|url=https://music.avclub.com/follow-the-old-town-road-20-songs-that-got-a-boost-fro-1844701225|access-date=September 18, 2020|work=[[The A. V. Club]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Dami|title=TikTok turns one: its first 12 months, as told through TikToks|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/2/20748800/tiktok-1-year-anniversary-bytedance-most-popular-hashtags-monthl|work=[[The Verge]]|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> Following this, Wurtz would only post four more videos before his break, ending with "Might Quit," a song seemingly about quitting YouTube. After the "Might Quit" video was released, Wurtz would not post any new videos to YouTube for nearly two years. He stated that he was working on content, but took longer to create them since he was in the process of learning new video editing and 3D animation software, including [[Blender (software)|Blender]].<ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=November 19, 2020|title=On your wiki article it said you are learning blender what are your thoughts on blender 2.9|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=202011191643|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=like a hole in the head, do i need another catastrophic upgrade transition. i am using 2.8 and will be there for the next several years until i am ready to rip my life apart once more}}</ref><ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=November 13, 2020|title=you say that you're working on learning to do 3D graphics, but there's a 3D spaceship and a 3D toaster in andthedaygoeson, and a 3D building-thing in mightquit (as well as probably others). how is what you're doing now different from either of those?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=202011131657|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=[...]all of my 2D software tools were discontinued, or changed so much that they became unrecognizable to me. so this was a good excuse to migrate to a completely new system, with completely new methods. so far, this has either ruined my life or saved it. i will keep you updated.}}</ref><ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=August 18, 2019|title=Why haven't you made a video for 5 months?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201908181416|access-date=June 21, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=[...]it occurred to me that now might actually be the most fine time to go ahead and do what is known as the 'finalcut transition', which long story short means i have to entirely abandon the primary video editing software i have used for the last 5 years. the reason for that is because it was discontinued in 2011. [...] i always used to say, 'there's never a good time to re-learn everything i know'[...]}} </ref> On January 18, 2021, Wurtz released the music video for a new original song "''Here Comes the Sun,''" utilizing the software he had been learning.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=January 18, 2021|title=here comes the sun|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNTaVTMoNTk|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=YouTube}}</ref>
Wurtz's song "Just Did a Bad Thing" and the accompanying video spawned [[TikTok]] videos of people [[lip-sync]]ing to the opening lines; in the platform, #ididabadthing became the top hashtag of March 2019.<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=Scheetz|first=Cameron|date=August 20, 2020|title=Follow the Old Town Road: 20 songs that got a boost from TikTok fame|url=https://music.avclub.com/follow-the-old-town-road-20-songs-that-got-a-boost-fro-1844701225|access-date=September 18, 2020|work=[[The A. V. Club]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Dami|title=TikTok turns one: its first 12 months, as told through TikToks|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/2/20748800/tiktok-1-year-anniversary-bytedance-most-popular-hashtags-monthl|work=[[The Verge]]|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> Following this, Wurtz would only post four more videos before his break, ending with "Might Quit," a song seemingly about quitting YouTube. After the "Might Quit" video was released, Wurtz would not post any new videos to YouTube for nearly two years. He stated that he was working on content, but took longer to create them since he was in the process of learning new video editing and 3D animation software, including [[Blender (software)|Blender]].<ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=November 19, 2020|title=On your wiki article it said you are learning blender what are your thoughts on blender 2.9|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=202011191643|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=like a hole in the head, do i need another catastrophic upgrade transition. i am using 2.8 and will be there for the next several years until i am ready to rip my life apart once more}}</ref><ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=November 13, 2020|title=you say that you're working on learning to do 3D graphics, but there's a 3D spaceship and a 3D toaster in andthedaygoeson, and a 3D building-thing in mightquit (as well as probably others). how is what you're doing now different from either of those?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=202011131657|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=[...]all of my 2D software tools were discontinued, or changed so much that they became unrecognizable to me. so this was a good excuse to migrate to a completely new system, with completely new methods. so far, this has either ruined my life or saved it. i will keep you updated.}}</ref><ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=August 18, 2019|title=Why haven't you made a video for 5 months?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201908181416|access-date=June 21, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=[...]it occurred to me that now might actually be the most fine time to go ahead and do what is known as the 'finalcut transition', which long story short means i have to entirely abandon the primary video editing software i have used for the last 5 years. the reason for that is because it was discontinued in 2011. [...] i always used to say, 'there's never a good time to re-learn everything i know'[...]}} </ref> On January 18, 2021, Wurtz released the music video for a new original song "''Here Comes the Sun,''" utilizing the software he had been learning.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=January 18, 2021|title=here comes the sun|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNTaVTMoNTk|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=YouTube}}</ref>


== Style ==
== Style ==
Wurtz has developed an [[Surreal humour|absurdist]], surreal style on both his music and animation.<ref name="vice">{{cite web|last=Shi|first=Diana|title=Watch This Absurd Animation Where a Little Man Climbs a Mountain to Avoid Taxes|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3knakb/watch-this-absurd-animation-where-a-little-man-climbs-a-mountain-to-avoid-taxes|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=July 9, 2017|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="gizmodo">{{cite web|last=Muncy|first=Julie|title=This Surreal Inspirational Cartoon Will Have You Ready To Face Anything|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/this-surreal-inspirational-cartoon-will-have-you-ready-to-face-anything|work=[[Gizmodo]]|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> 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 (musician)|Thundercat]] and [[Knower (duo)|Louis Cole]], with pretty pop melodies, unexpected chords and multi-layered rhythms as the common thread.<ref name=":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".<ref name="lvweekly"/> Nick Douglas of ''[[Lifehacker]]'' summarized him as "somewhere between comedy and education and [[vaporwave]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Douglas|first=Nick|title=Where to Waste Time Online|url=https://lifehacker.com/where-to-waste-time-online-1826043076|work=[[Lifehacker]]|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
Wurtz has developed an [[Surreal humour|absurdist]], surreal style on both his music and animation.<ref name="vice">{{cite web|last=Shi|first=Diana|title=Watch This Absurd Animation Where a Little Man Climbs a Mountain to Avoid Taxes|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3knakb/watch-this-absurd-animation-where-a-little-man-climbs-a-mountain-to-avoid-taxes|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=July 9, 2017|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="gizmodo">{{cite web|last=Muncy|first=Julie|title=This Surreal Inspirational Cartoon Will Have You Ready To Face Anything|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/this-surreal-inspirational-cartoon-will-have-you-ready-to-face-anything|work=[[Gizmodo]]|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> 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 (musician)|Thundercat]] and [[Knower (duo)|Louis Cole]] and highlighting Wurtz's pretty pop melodies, unexpected chords and multi-layered rhythms.<ref name=":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".<ref name="lvweekly"/> Nick Douglas of ''[[Lifehacker]]'' summarized him as "somewhere between comedy and education and [[vaporwave]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Douglas|first=Nick|title=Where to Waste Time Online|url=https://lifehacker.com/where-to-waste-time-online-1826043076|work=[[Lifehacker]]|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>


=== Music ===
=== Music ===
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Wurtz's music has been classified as [[jazz]]-[[Pop music|pop]], incorporating elements of [[lo-fi music]], [[smooth jazz]], [[funk]] and [[easy listening]].<ref name=":2"/><ref name="pandora">{{cite web |last1=Ring |first1=Julian |title=These Viral Musicians Are Still Making Great Songs |url=http://blog.pandora.com/us/these-viral-musicians-are-still-making-great-songs/ |website=Pandora Blog |access-date=August 14, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091206/http://blog.pandora.com/us/these-viral-musicians-are-still-making-great-songs/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> Despite this, Wurtz tends to reject genre categorization,<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=is there a genre of music you don't feel confident you could actually pull off [...], or do you think you could tackle pretty much anything? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201606141526 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=August 3, 2019 |date=June 14, 2016 |quote=i don't respect genre names [...]}}</ref><ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=do you think music genres help or hinder the art of music? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201812020425 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=September 9, 2020 |date=December 2, 2018 |quote=they are a fun and useful source of hopeless confusion and ambiguity}}</ref> and does not consider himself to be a jazz musician.<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=Would you consider your style to be a sub-genre of or a derivative of jazz? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201901211529 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=September 17, 2020 |date=January 21, 2019 |quote=no}}</ref> Overall, his music evokes [[malaise]], [[self-deprecation]], and a "blurring of the lines between [[irony]], parody and honesty".<ref>{{Cite web|first=Walker|last=Manning|url=https://www.theodysseyonline.com/bill-wurtz-the-musician-our-generation-deserves|title=Bill Wurtz Is The Musician Our Generation Deserves|date=January 31, 2018|website=[[Odyssey (publication)|The Odyssey Online]]}}</ref> This is often paired comedically with dire circumstances or sobering undertones.<ref name="harbinger">{{cite news |last1=Vroman |first1=Ben |title=REVIEW: Although unorthodox, Wurtz creates captivating complex pieces |url=https://arhsharbinger.com/16850/ae/although-unorthodox-wurtz-creates-captivating-complex-pieces/ |access-date=August 25, 2019|date=February 14, 2019|work=The Harbinger |publisher=[[Algonquin Regional High School]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807181349/https://arhsharbinger.com/16850/ae/although-unorthodox-wurtz-creates-captivating-complex-pieces/ |archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with [[Genius (website)|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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Reneau|first=Steven|title=Bill Wurtz Breaks Down The Meaning Of "Mount St. Helens Is About To Blow Up"|url=https://genius.com/videos/Bill-wurtz-breaks-down-the-meaning-of-mount-st-helens-is-about-to-blow-up|publisher=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>{{rp|at=0:00:46|q=timestamp}} Wurtz's voice has been described as "silky [[tenor]] with range and energy".<ref name=":2"/> Some artists have expressed admiration for Wurtz's music, including indie musicians [[Daði Freyr]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Get To Know… Daði Freyr|url=https://diymag.com/2020/05/27/get-to-know-dadi-freyr|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=May 27, 2020|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> and [[Sidney Gish]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Beriss|first=Ben|title=WBRS brings indie spirit to campus|url=http://brandeishoot.com/2019/01/25/wbrs-brings-indie-spirit-to-campus|work=[[The Brandeis Hoot]]|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> fellow YouTube musician [[Adam Neely]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Neely|first=Adam|title=MUSICA ANALYTICA 2 <nowiki>|</nowiki> Livestream with 12tone, Sideways and 8-bit Music Theory|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5150&v=MYhEDazNoBY&feature=emb_title|publisher=YouTube|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>{{rp|at=1:25:50|q=timestamp}} DJ and producer [[Porter Robinson]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Bein|first=Kat|title=Porter Robinson Shouts-Out Mat Zo, Nina Las Vegas and More of His Favorite Artists to Celebrate His Birthday|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8465511/porter-robinson-favorite-artists-birthday-tweets|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 16, 2018|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> as well as Australian singer [[Sia (musician)|Sia]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1061166072647180288|user=Sia|last=Furler|first=Sia|author-link=Sia (musician)|title=Get into this weirdness|publisher=Twitter|date=November 10, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
Wurtz's music has been classified as [[jazz]]-[[Pop music|pop]], incorporating elements of [[lo-fi music]], [[smooth jazz]], [[funk]] and [[easy listening]].<ref name=":2"/><ref name="pandora">{{cite web |last1=Ring |first1=Julian |title=These Viral Musicians Are Still Making Great Songs |url=http://blog.pandora.com/us/these-viral-musicians-are-still-making-great-songs/ |website=Pandora Blog |access-date=August 14, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091206/http://blog.pandora.com/us/these-viral-musicians-are-still-making-great-songs/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> Despite this, Wurtz tends to reject genre categorization,<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=is there a genre of music you don't feel confident you could actually pull off [...], or do you think you could tackle pretty much anything? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201606141526 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=August 3, 2019 |date=June 14, 2016 |quote=i don't respect genre names [...]}}</ref><ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=do you think music genres help or hinder the art of music? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201812020425 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=September 9, 2020 |date=December 2, 2018 |quote=they are a fun and useful source of hopeless confusion and ambiguity}}</ref> and does not consider himself to be a jazz musician.<ref group="q">{{cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|title=Would you consider your style to be a sub-genre of or a derivative of jazz? |url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201901211529 |website=billwurtz.com |access-date=September 17, 2020 |date=January 21, 2019 |quote=no}}</ref> Overall, his music evokes [[malaise]], [[self-deprecation]], and a "blurring of the lines between [[irony]], parody and honesty".<ref>{{Cite web|first=Walker|last=Manning|url=https://www.theodysseyonline.com/bill-wurtz-the-musician-our-generation-deserves|title=Bill Wurtz Is The Musician Our Generation Deserves|date=January 31, 2018|website=[[Odyssey (publication)|The Odyssey Online]]}}</ref> This is often paired comedically with dire circumstances or sobering undertones.<ref name="harbinger">{{cite news |last1=Vroman |first1=Ben |title=REVIEW: Although unorthodox, Wurtz creates captivating complex pieces |url=https://arhsharbinger.com/16850/ae/although-unorthodox-wurtz-creates-captivating-complex-pieces/ |access-date=August 25, 2019|date=February 14, 2019|work=The Harbinger |publisher=[[Algonquin Regional High School]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807181349/https://arhsharbinger.com/16850/ae/although-unorthodox-wurtz-creates-captivating-complex-pieces/ |archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with [[Genius (website)|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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Reneau|first=Steven|title=Bill Wurtz Breaks Down The Meaning Of "Mount St. Helens Is About To Blow Up"|url=https://genius.com/videos/Bill-wurtz-breaks-down-the-meaning-of-mount-st-helens-is-about-to-blow-up|publisher=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>{{rp|at=0:00:46|q=timestamp}} Wurtz's voice has been described as "silky [[tenor]] with range and energy".<ref name=":2"/> Artists who have expressed admiration for Wurtz's music include indie musicians [[Daði Freyr]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Get To Know… Daði Freyr|url=https://diymag.com/2020/05/27/get-to-know-dadi-freyr|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=May 27, 2020|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> and [[Sidney Gish]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Beriss|first=Ben|title=WBRS brings indie spirit to campus|url=http://brandeishoot.com/2019/01/25/wbrs-brings-indie-spirit-to-campus|work=[[The Brandeis Hoot]]|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> fellow YouTube musician [[Adam Neely]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Neely|first=Adam|title=MUSICA ANALYTICA 2 <nowiki>|</nowiki> Livestream with 12tone, Sideways and 8-bit Music Theory|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5150&v=MYhEDazNoBY&feature=emb_title|publisher=YouTube|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>{{rp|at=1:25:50|q=timestamp}} DJ and producer [[Porter Robinson]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Bein|first=Kat|title=Porter Robinson Shouts-Out Mat Zo, Nina Las Vegas and More of His Favorite Artists to Celebrate His Birthday|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8465511/porter-robinson-favorite-artists-birthday-tweets|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 16, 2018|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> as well as Australian singer [[Sia (musician)|Sia]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1061166072647180288|user=Sia|last=Furler|first=Sia|author-link=Sia (musician)|title=Get into this weirdness|publisher=Twitter|date=November 10, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>


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Wurtz's videos are typically in a [[Lo-fi photography|lo-fi]],<ref name=":3"/> [[Neon lighting|neon]]<ref name="nymag"/> aesthetic, and have been described as [[Surrealism|surreal]]<ref name="gizmodo"/> and [[Psychedelic art|psychedelic]].<ref name="h3"/><ref name="mashable">{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2016/02/06/history-of-japan-youtube/|title=Psychedelic history of Japan turns learning into an acid trip|last1=Strange|first1=Adario|date=February 6, 2016|website=[[Mashable]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209013522/http://mashable.com/2016/02/06/history-of-japan-youtube|archive-date=February 9, 2016|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref> They range from "nonsensical" shorts to animated music videos,<ref name=":3"/> and often involve [[deadpan]] humor, dancing [[stick figure]]s, [[vaporwave]]-like transitions<ref name=":2"/> and neon, [[sans-serif]] text on-screen.<ref name="vice"/> Wurtz often follows similar patterns in his videos such as multi-layering,<ref name="h3"/> including screenshots of built-in [[macOS]] applications such as [[TextEdit]],<ref>{{Citation|last=bill wurtz|title=unboxing video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bEWoblGZA|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> along with [[clip art]] images,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|first=Lexi|last=Pandell|date=January 16, 2019|url=https://www.okwhatever.org/topics/wtf/bill-wurtz-videos|title=How Bill Wurtz's Videos Make the Internet a Better Place|website=OK Whatever|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref> and showing himself playing "[[air drums]]", overlaying images where the [[drumhead]]s would be.<ref>{{Citation|last=bill wurtz|title=La de da de da de da de day oh|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0HCZ4YGqbw|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> He has stated the low-budget quality arose out of a necessity to publish videos regularly and evolved naturally.<ref name="h3"/>{{rp|at=0:35:27|q=timestamp}}
Wurtz's videos are typically in a [[Lo-fi photography|lo-fi]],<ref name=":3"/> [[Neon lighting|neon]]<ref name="nymag"/> aesthetic, and have been described as [[Surrealism|surreal]]<ref name="gizmodo"/> and [[Psychedelic art|psychedelic]].<ref name="h3"/><ref name="mashable">{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2016/02/06/history-of-japan-youtube/|title=Psychedelic history of Japan turns learning into an acid trip|last1=Strange|first1=Adario|date=February 6, 2016|website=[[Mashable]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209013522/http://mashable.com/2016/02/06/history-of-japan-youtube|archive-date=February 9, 2016|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref> They range from "nonsensical" shorts to animated music videos,<ref name=":3"/> and often involve [[deadpan]] humor, dancing [[stick figure]]s, [[vaporwave]]-like transitions<ref name=":2"/> and neon, [[sans-serif]] text on-screen.<ref name="vice"/> Wurtz often follows similar patterns in his videos such as multi-layering,<ref name="h3"/> including screenshots of built-in [[macOS]] applications such as [[TextEdit]],<ref>{{Citation|last=bill wurtz|title=unboxing video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bEWoblGZA|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> along with [[clip art]] images,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|first=Lexi|last=Pandell|date=January 16, 2019|url=https://www.okwhatever.org/topics/wtf/bill-wurtz-videos|title=How Bill Wurtz's Videos Make the Internet a Better Place|website=OK Whatever|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref> and showing himself playing "[[air drums]]", overlaying images where the [[drumhead]]s would be.<ref>{{Citation|last=bill wurtz|title=La de da de da de da de day oh|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0HCZ4YGqbw|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> He has stated the low-budget quality arose out of a necessity to publish videos regularly and evolved naturally.<ref name="h3"/>{{rp|at=0:35:27|q=timestamp}}


At [[VidCon|Vidcon 2018]], Wurtz was asked why his style is so different from other YouTube musicians. He explained that rather than taking inspiration from other creators on the platform, he simply relies on his own experience. "My secret is just live under a rock, and stay there," he said.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPyycggjrc&t=6m12s|first=Miranda|last=Winters| date=June 23, 2018 | title=MIRANDA SINGS & THE EXPO HALL | medium=video |access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref> He states on his website that one of his most important goals is to "go my own way and deliver things that challenge and defy… expectations".<ref group="q">{{Cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201604182329|title=Why not take requests for Patrons that pay more than $25? A custom song for those who want it, and it pays for the electricity|website=billwurtz.com|access-date=March 12, 2019|date=April 18, 2016|quote=one of the most important things i aim to do is go my own way, and deliver things that challenge and defy the expectations. if that is not what you are interested in, then you should not be supporting me}}</ref> Wurtz has struggled with [[Perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionism]] and is actively trying to overcome it by creating schedules and setting deadlines for himself.<ref name="h3"/> In response to a fan question he explained that in the process of overcoming perfectionism he has "been forced to become an expert on carelessness".<ref group="q">{{Cite web|first=Bill|last=Wurtz|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201810170919|title=i'm not sure if you're a perfectionist or a bit anything goes. which is it?|website=billwurtz.com|access-date=June 26, 2019|date=October 17, 2018|quote=i have a deeply rooted and incapacitating perfection problem, and in the process of overcoming it i have been forced to become an expert on carelessness. [...]}}</ref>
At [[VidCon|Vidcon 2018]], Wurtz was asked why his style is so different from other YouTube musicians. He explained that rather than taking inspiration from other creators on the platform, he simply relies on his own experience. "My secret is just live under a rock, and stay there," he said.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPyycggjrc&t=6m12s|first=Miranda|last=Winters| date=June 23, 2018 | title=MIRANDA SINGS & THE EXPO HALL | medium=video |access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref> He states on his website that one of his most important goals is to "go my own way and deliver things that challenge and defy… expectations".<ref group="q">{{Cite web |first=Bill|last=Wurtz|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201604182329|title=Why not take requests for Patrons that pay more than $25? A custom song for those who want it, and it pays for the electricity|website=billwurtz.com|access-date=March 12, 2019|date=April 18, 2016|quote=one of the most important things i aim to do is go my own way, and deliver things that challenge and defy the expectations. if that is not what you are interested in, then you should not be supporting me}}</ref> Wurtz has struggled with [[Perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionism]] and is actively trying to overcome it by creating schedules and setting deadlines for himself.<ref name="h3"/> In response to a fan question he explained that in the process of doing this he has "been forced to become an expert on carelessness".<ref group="q">{{Cite web|first=Bill|last=Wurtz|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201810170919|title=i'm not sure if you're a perfectionist or a bit anything goes. which is it?|website=billwurtz.com|access-date=June 26, 2019|date=October 17, 2018|quote=i have a deeply rooted and incapacitating perfection problem, and in the process of overcoming it i have been forced to become an expert on carelessness. [...]}}</ref>


Wurtz has been unwilling to run advertising on his videos, or accept sponsorships, although he has admitted the pressure to do so is "enormous".<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":3"/> He has explained that advertisements make him "uncomfortable"<ref name="h3"/> and that he thinks they "suck".<ref name=":3"/> As a result, all of Wurtz's videos and music are available for free on his website.<ref name=":4"/> Wurtz does receive direct fan support, which includes crowdfunding on [[Patreon]],<ref name="tubefilter"/> streams on [[Streaming media#Music streaming platforms|music streaming services]], and merchandise sales,<ref name=":3"/><ref name="h3"/>{{rp|at=0:44:15|q=timestamp}} but does not heavily promote any of these revenue streams.<ref name="h3"/>
Wurtz is decidedly against running advertising on or accepting sponsorships for his videos, despite admitting an "enormous" pressure to do so.<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":3"/> He has explained that advertisements make him "uncomfortable"<ref name="h3"/> and that he thinks they "suck".<ref name=":3"/> As a result, all of Wurtz's videos and music are available for free on his website.<ref name=":4"/> Wurtz does receive direct fan support, which includes crowdfunding on [[Patreon]],<ref name="tubefilter"/> streams on [[Streaming media#Music streaming platforms|music streaming services]], and merchandise sales,<ref name=":3"/><ref name="h3"/>{{rp|at=0:44:15|q=timestamp}} but does not heavily promote any of these revenue streams.<ref name="h3"/>


From his first video up until early 2019, Wurtz used [[Final Cut Express]] 4, a program that was discontinued as far back as in 2011.<ref name="h3" /><ref>https://billwurtz.com/questions/Screenshot2018-12-24at12.28.47PM.png</ref> In 2019, he switched to the more modern software [[Final Cut Pro X]].<ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=August 18, 2019|title=Why haven't you made a video for 5 months?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201908181416|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=billwurtz.com|quote=[...] it {{sic|occ|ured|hide=y}} to me that now might actually be the most fine time to go ahead and do what is known as the 'finalcut transition', which long story short means i have to entirely abandon the primary video editing software i have used for the last 5 years. [...]}}</ref><ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=January 2, 2018|title=Will you upgrade to final cut 10?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201901021039|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=billwurtz.com|quote=i wouldn't consider that an upgrade, that would be more like switching to something entirely new. but i am still probably going to do it}}</ref> Wurtz also taught himself the 3D animation software [[Blender (software)|Blender]], which enabled him to create significantly more complex and realistic graphics for his videos.<ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=November 19, 2020|title=On your wiki article it said you are learning blender what are your thoughts on blender 2.9|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=202011191643|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=like a hole in the head, do i need another catastrophic upgrade transition. i am using 2.8 and will be there for the next several years until i am ready to rip my life apart once more}}</ref>
From his first video up until early 2019, Wurtz used [[Final Cut Express]] 4, a program that was discontinued as far back as in 2011.<ref name="h3" /><ref>https://billwurtz.com/questions/Screenshot2018-12-24at12.28.47PM.png</ref> In 2019, he switched to the more modern software [[Final Cut Pro X]].<ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=August 18, 2019|title=Why haven't you made a video for 5 months?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201908181416|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=billwurtz.com|quote=[...] it {{sic|occ|ured|hide=y}} to me that now might actually be the most fine time to go ahead and do what is known as the 'finalcut transition', which long story short means i have to entirely abandon the primary video editing software i have used for the last 5 years. [...]}}</ref><ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=January 2, 2018|title=Will you upgrade to final cut 10?|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201901021039|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=billwurtz.com|quote=i wouldn't consider that an upgrade, that would be more like switching to something entirely new. but i am still probably going to do it}}</ref> Wurtz also taught himself the 3D animation software [[Blender (software)|Blender]], which enabled him to create significantly more complex and realistic graphics for his videos.<ref group="q">{{Cite web|last=Wurtz|first=Bill|date=November 19, 2020|title=On your wiki article it said you are learning blender what are your thoughts on blender 2.9|url=https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=202011191643|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=billwurtz.com|quote=like a hole in the head, do i need another catastrophic upgrade transition. i am using 2.8 and will be there for the next several years until i am ready to rip my life apart once more}}</ref>

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Bill Wurtz
Wurtz's YouTube icon
Wurtz's YouTube icon
Background information
OriginNew York City[q 1]
GenresJazz-pop[note 1]
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
  • composer
  • YouTuber
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • bass guitar
  • drums
Years active2002–present
Websitebillwurtz.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genres
Subscribers4.56 million[2]
Total views533.5 million[2]
100,000 subscribers2016
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: February 3, 2021

Bill Wurtz (stylized in lower case as bill wurtz) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and online video creator based in New York City. He is known for his distinctive musical, comedic, and narrative style which includes deadpan delivery and singing paired with colorful surrealist, psychedelic, and non-sequitur graphics.

Wurtz first published material on YouTube in 2013. He set up a website in 2014, presenting a catalog of music and videos he had created since 2002. Wurtz proceeded to upload edited versions of his videos on Vine, where he gained his initial popularity. He experienced breakout success on YouTube with his animated videos, History of Japan (2016), and History of the Entire World, I Guess (2017). Wurtz released music videos regularly from 2017 to early 2019. Through 2019 and 2020 Wurtz was inactive on YouTube, revamping his setup for video creation, but returned to the platform in 2021 with a new visual style of 3D animation.

Notable projects and videos

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.[5] He began by taking short videos he had previously published to his website and re-editing them to fit Vine's six-second restriction.[5] Before transitioning fully to YouTube, Wurtz was uploading a video to Vine nearly every day.[6] He received early attention in 2015 for the short video "Shaving My Piano", which was covered briefly in The Verge.[7] 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".[8] His acceptance speech for the award was notably curt, as he walked up to the mic, said "Thank you", and immediately walked off the stage.[9] He has stated in a video on his website that this was directly inspired by an acceptance speech given by André 3000.[10]: 0:00:36 

History of Japan

Alongside interest on Vine, Wurtz achieved wider popularity in 2016 with History of Japan, a nine-minute YouTube video that outlines Japan's history.[11] The video covers key events of its history: "Buddhism, internal conflict, alliances with Britain, World Wars I and II, the dropping of atomic bombs and its post-war economic miracle".[12] It showcases Wurtz's quirky visual and comedic style through a mixture of fast-paced narration and animation, intercut with short musical jingles. The video was described as "an entertaining new approach to education".[13] It went viral on social media after its release on February 2, 2016, and under a week later, received over four million views by February 8.[12] It particularly received considerable attention on Tumblr[3] and Reddit.[11] As of September 12, 2020, the video boasts over 60 million views. Writer German Lopez for the news website Vox called it a "strange", "pretty good – and suprisingly funny" video. Nevertheless, Lopez noted the poor coverage of Japanese war crimes committed against Korea and China in the 20th century, particularly the Nanjing Massacre and the use of Korean sex slaves, and attributed this omission to the video's short runtime.[14] Wurtz has responded to these criticisms on his questions page, suggesting to viewers to look for other YouTube channels that cover these topics.[q 3]

History of the Entire World, I Guess

External videos
video icon History of Japan, YouTube video or download
video icon History of the Entire World, I Guess, YouTube video or download

Wurtz is best known for History of the Entire World, I Guess, a 20-minute follow-up to History of Japan released on May 10, 2017.[15] Expanding greatly on the subject matter – the video took over 11 months to produce, including almost 3 months of research[6] – it briefly covers the topics of natural history and human civilization spanning from the Big Bang to the near future.[16] Like its predecessor, the video features short "jazzy" musical interludes, which were compared to Thundercat's album Drunk.[17]

History of the Entire World, I Guess was the top video on the YouTube trending page on the day of its release, receiving 3.2 million views on its first day, 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 December 19, 2020, it has over 110.5 million views. Writer German Lopez for the news website Vox praised the video for not heavily focusing on western and US history, and successfully covering other areas in world history which may be neglected in US schools, such as powers in China, Persia, and India.[21] It has been called a "must-see"[17] and is considered to be Wurtz's magnum opus.[5][22] In 2020, Thrillist ranked the video at number 40 on its list of best YouTube videos of all time.[23]

Music videos

Following the production of the history videos, Wurtz turned his attention to releasing music videos. Between August 21 and December 25, 2018, he released a new song and music video every two weeks, for a total of nine.[q 4] Having taken up to fourteen weeks to make videos before this point, Wurtz characterized the new schedule as a breakthrough, a "training exercise to increase the quality in ways I never would have found otherwise".[q 5] Wurtz has since decided to create a music video for every new song he releases, despite it slowing down his songwriting considerably.[q 6]

Wurtz's song "Just Did a Bad Thing" and the accompanying video spawned TikTok videos of people lip-syncing to the opening lines; in the platform, #ididabadthing became the top hashtag of March 2019.[24][25] Following this, Wurtz would only post four more videos before his break, ending with "Might Quit," a song seemingly about quitting YouTube. After the "Might Quit" video was released, Wurtz would not post any new videos to YouTube for nearly two years. He stated that he was working on content, but took longer to create them since he was in the process of learning new video editing and 3D animation software, including Blender.[q 7][q 8][q 9] On January 18, 2021, Wurtz released the music video for a new original song "Here Comes the Sun," utilizing the software he had been learning.[26]

Style

Wurtz has developed an absurdist, surreal style on both his music and animation.[27][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.[5] 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".[17] Nick Douglas of Lifehacker summarized him as "somewhere between comedy and education and vaporwave."[29]

Music

Wurtz's music has been classified as jazz-pop, incorporating elements of lo-fi music, smooth jazz, funk and easy listening.[5][1] Despite this, Wurtz tends to reject genre categorization,[q 10][q 11] and does not consider himself to be a jazz musician.[q 12] Overall, his music evokes malaise, self-deprecation, and a "blurring of the lines between irony, parody and honesty".[30] This is often paired comedically with dire circumstances or sobering undertones.[31] 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."[32]: 0:00:46  Wurtz's voice has been described as "silky tenor with range and energy".[5] Artists who have expressed admiration for Wurtz's music include indie musicians Daði Freyr[33] and Sidney Gish,[34] fellow YouTube musician Adam Neely,[35]: 1:25:50  DJ and producer Porter Robinson,[36] as well as Australian singer Sia.[37]

'[Music] 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. One of the classical composers said 'We will never understand music, but music understands us readily and instantly'.

Bill Wurtz, interview from Bass Guitar magazine[38]

Wurtz has claimed to be "wholly self-taught" as a musician.[38] He has also stated to have perfect pitch.[q 13][q 14] Wurtz has professed a cautious approach to music theory, insisting that the sound and feeling of music should be prioritized over attempts to conform to theory.[38] A writer for the student newspaper The Harbinger identified the song "I Wanna Be a Movie Star" as an example of Wurtz's subversion of typical approaches to composition, with a mixture of unusual time signatures[note 2] at the risk of sounding "either incomplete or too long". Instead, the song manages to "feel completely natural" and "pop-ish", despite most pop music conforming to common time.[31]

Wurtz has used different programs to edit his music, including GarageBand from 2009 to 2010,[q 16] and long-discontinued Logic Express 9 until at least 2016.[40]

Videos

Wurtz's videos are typically in a lo-fi,[41] neon[3] aesthetic, and have been described as surreal[28] and psychedelic.[6][13] They range from "nonsensical" shorts to animated music videos,[41] and often involve deadpan humor, dancing stick figures, vaporwave-like transitions[5] and neon, sans-serif text on-screen.[27] Wurtz often follows similar patterns in his videos such as multi-layering,[6] including screenshots of built-in macOS applications such as TextEdit,[42] along with clip art images,[41] and showing himself playing "air drums", overlaying images where the drumheads would be.[43] He has stated the low-budget quality arose out of a necessity to publish videos regularly and evolved naturally.[6]: 0:35:27 

At Vidcon 2018, Wurtz was asked why his style is so different from other YouTube musicians. He explained that rather than taking inspiration from other creators on the platform, he simply relies on his own experience. "My secret is just live under a rock, and stay there," he said.[44] He states on his website that one of his most important goals is to "go my own way and deliver things that challenge and defy… expectations".[q 17] Wurtz has struggled with perfectionism and is actively trying to overcome it by creating schedules and setting deadlines for himself.[6] In response to a fan question he explained that in the process of doing this he has "been forced to become an expert on carelessness".[q 18]

Wurtz is decidedly against running advertising on or accepting sponsorships for his videos, despite admitting an "enormous" pressure to do so.[5][41] He has explained that advertisements make him "uncomfortable"[6] and that he thinks they "suck".[41] As a result, all of Wurtz's videos and music are available for free on his website.[45] Wurtz does receive direct fan support, which includes crowdfunding on Patreon,[4] streams on music streaming services, and merchandise sales,[41][6]: 0:44:15  but does not heavily promote any of these revenue streams.[6]

From his first video up until early 2019, Wurtz used Final Cut Express 4, a program that was discontinued as far back as in 2011.[6][46] In 2019, he switched to the more modern software Final Cut Pro X.[q 19][q 20] Wurtz also taught himself the 3D animation software Blender, which enabled him to create significantly more complex and realistic graphics for his videos.[q 21]

Website

While Wurtz has a larger audience on external platforms like YouTube, he is the most active on his own website, billwurtz.com.[45] Despite being launched in 2014, it has been compared to a late 1990s website due to its simple design.[41] Apart from containing all of his released songs and most of his videos dating back since 2002,[5] the website also features many other types of content not available elsewhere. This includes a questions page, as well as an anagram page, where Wurtz allows fans to request words or phrases out of which he creates anagrams.[47] Additionally, Wurtz has posted audio clips of musical improvisation both with vocal and vocal with music usually being piano or keyboard,[48] jazz covers,[49] original instrumental tracks,[50] as well as vlog-style 'reality' videos depicting his creative process.[51][5]

Questions page

Bill Wurtz maintains a section on his website to answer anonymously submitted questions. Wurtz used to have an Ask.fm page,[52] but he discontinued it and created his own questions page to allow for complete anonymous questions and to avoid ads.[q 22] His answers to questions are considered an aspect of Wurtz's creative output; the style of his answers have been described as "verging on the poetic"[41] and "earnest, if somewhat loopy-sounding".[5] The first question was posted on May 10, 2015,[q 23] and the list of questions and answers has been updated nearly on the daily.[q 24] One such answer, highlighted in by the website Ok Whatever, addresses a question concerning Wurtz's personality:[41]

10.9.18  7:48 pm   how the heck are you so gosh darn wacky      i'm just trying to be reasonable[q 25]

Reality page

Wurtz continuously keeps an audio journal, frequently recording himself explaining his thoughts, frustrations, and breakthroughs. Following his History of Japan project in early 2016, Wurtz proceeded to take three months off to take the recordings saved up to that point and turn them into videos, adding elements such as text and screenshots to the audio.[q 26] These are now available on the "reality" section of his website. The earliest available video is based on an audio recording from November 16, 2010, and as of August 2019, a total of 251 videos have been released. Wurtz has confirmed that he is planning to create "1000s more" in the future.[q 27] Wurtz has justified the reality project by stating that it is "a way of coaxing [himself] into success at a mountain-movingly hard project" and that it keeps him "calm and organized". He also expressed that "first hand documentary materials should surely be of very high value".[q 28]

Collaborations

Wurtz is primarily known as a solo multi-instrumentalist, rarely recording with other musicians in the past. However, since 2019, Wurtz has appeared on two videos involving the LA-based cover band Scary Pockets, playing drums in a funk cover of the song "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League on March 11, 2019,[53][q 29] and "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals on April 1, 2019.[54] Wurtz has expressed a desire to start collaborating more,[q 30] stating that he "has become insanely sick of himself" and that he is "desperate to collaborate with as many people as possible".[q 31]

Awards

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2016 Shorty Awards Tech & Innovation: Best in Weird Bill Wurtz Won[8]

Discography

Music videos

Since May 2014, Wurtz has published numerous full-length music videos, following the same format of his shorter videos. He has made them available on his YouTube channel:

List of songs with a music video, showing year released.
[View counts accurate as of January 2021]
Year Name Views
(millions)
2014 "New Canaan"[55] 0.6
"I Like"[56] 0.3
"Hey Jodie Foster"[57] 0.1
2015 "I'm Crazy / It's Raining"[58] 1.2
"You're Free to Do Whatever You Want to"[59] 1.7
"I Don't Wanna Go to School"[60] 9.4
2016 "Alphabet Shuffle"[61] 6.7
2017 "I Wanna Be a Movie Star"[62] 3.7
"Outside"[63] 5.5
2018 "La De Da De Da De Da De Day Oh"[64] 11.4
"And the Day Goes On"[65] 6.7
"Hello Sexy Pants"[66] 2.9
"Hallelujah"[67] 1.7
"I'm Best Friends with my Own Front Door"[68] 2.6
"Mount St. Helens Is About to Blow Up"[69] 6.7
"The Moon Is Made of Cheese (But I Can't Taste It)"[70] 3.0
"When I Get Older"[71] 2.1
"Long Long Long Journey"[72] 2.5
"Slow Down"[73] 1.9
"Christmas Isn't Real"[74] 2.0
"Just Did a Bad Thing"[75] 7.3
2019 "At the Airport Terminal"[76] 2.4
"Might Quit"[77] 10.8
2021 "Here Comes the Sun"[78] 4.6

Other songs

Wurtz has published many other full-length songs not accompanied by music videos. They are all available on his website,[79] and some are also available on streaming services. Songs include:

2009

  • "The Song Song" (released August 10, 2009)[80]

2010

  • "Dance the" (July 12, 2010)[81]
  • "2010" (September 7, 2010)[82]
  • "Eat Bread (Feel Sure)" (September 13, 2010)[83]
  • "The Trees" (October 14, 2010)[84]
  • "I'm About to Graduate from School" (November 7, 2010)[85]
  • "Fever" (November 11, 2010)[86]
  • "Dream of Evil" (November 24, 2010)[87]

2011

  • "Murder Your Demon" (January 14, 2011)[88]
  • "How Am I Spost" (May 22, 2011)[89]
  • "Home Again" (May 23, 2011)[90]
  • "No Place like Home" (June 16, 2011)[91]
  • "Do the Thing" (June 20, 2011)[92]
  • "I Love You" (June 20, 2011)[93]
  • "Go to the Store" (June 24, 2011)[94]
  • "(What) Love Is" (July 11, 2011)[95]
  • "Do What You Want to Do" (July 15, 2011)[96]
  • "All U Need Is Love" (August 2, 2011)[97]
  • "The World" (September 2, 2011)[98]
  • "Home" (September 9, 2011)[99]
  • "I Guess I've Got to Listen to Bob Marley" (September 23, 2011)[100]
  • "Stupid Song" (September 26, 2011)[101]

2014

  • "Textin on my iPhone" (February 12, 2014)[102]
  • "Rabbit Snakes" (February 26, 2014)[103]
  • "The Future Song" (March 5, 2014)[104]
  • "Icy James" (March 12, 2014)[105]
  • "We Could Just Get High" (March 19, 2014)[106]
  • "I'm in Bryant Park" (March 26, 2014)[107]
  • "Tuesday" (April 2, 2014)[108]
  • "It's Gonna Be Alright" (April 23, 2014)[109]
  • "Write a Song on the Count of 3" (May 28, 2014)[110]
  • "I'm Confused (I Love You)" (June 4, 2014)[111]
  • "This Is a Song for my Next Album" (June 11, 2014)[112]
  • "Goo Soup" (July 9, 2014)[113]
  • "I Wanna Sail You Away" (July 23, 2014)[114]
  • "I Can Play" (September 3, 2014)[115]
  • "The Road" (September 17, 2014)[116]

2017

  • "In California" (May 30, 2017)[117]
  • "I Love You" (June 6, 2017)[118]
  • "Got to Know What's Going On" (June 20, 2017)[119]

Furthermore, Wurtz has published a myriad of shorter songs or jingles on his website ranging from a couple of seconds to up to a minute in length.[79]

Notes

  1. ^ While commentators have assigned genres to Bill Wurtz's music,[1] Wurtz has expressed no interest in these attempts, stating '[I] don't respect genre names'.[q 2]
  2. ^ The Harbinger displays the most prominent time signature in the song as 18
    8    ; Wurtz, however, considers it to be 9
    4    ,[39] composed of alternating 4
    4     and 5
    4    .[q 15]

References

Bill Wurtz's questions page

  1. ^ Wurtz, Bill (September 14, 2017). "If I came to new york would I be in close proximity to where you spend a lot of your time?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019. yes
  2. ^ Wurtz, Bill (June 14, 2016). "is there a genre of music you don't feel confident you could actually pull off, like if someone was all "bill i am paying you 400 bucks to make a heavy metal song" or so, or do you think you could tackle pretty much anything?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 3, 2019. i don't respect genre names, and that's one of the reasons i absolutely never record songs for hire
  3. ^ Wurtz, Bill. "[...] Why have you glossed over the atrocities Japan has committed, which are major events in Japan's history? Examples include the Rape of Nanking, the South Korean Comfort Women, and the human testing conducted on Chinese civilians.[...]". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 10, 2020. i think there are some other channels that have the type of video you are looking for
  4. ^ Wurtz, Bill (November 3, 2018). "I am humbly grateful for your uploads every two weeks, even surprising me ahead of schedule; honestly, I wasn't expecting long, long, long, journey until Thursday or Friday. This one has been my morning alarm and have given me wings each time I listen to it [...]". billwurtz.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019. i would probably call it the 2-week song schedule
  5. ^ Wurtz, Bill (October 14, 2018). "it's ok if you don't finish the video by Tuesday [...] we (the fans) get brand new content from you bi-weekly, which feels great, remembering that it used to take 8–10 weeks to get a single music video. but what about you bill?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019. that's not true [...] this is a training exercise to increase the quality in ways i never would have found otherwise [...] it's the biggest breakthrough i've had since the 5-day schedule in early 2014
  6. ^ Wurtz, Bill (June 11, 2019). "[...] keeping up with making the videos to go with the music is going to slow down the whole songwriting process, yes? [...]". billwurtz.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019. [...] ah but have you considered if you had the same passionate drive i do for videos
  7. ^ Wurtz, Bill (November 19, 2020). "On your wiki article it said you are learning blender what are your thoughts on blender 2.9". billwurtz.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020. like a hole in the head, do i need another catastrophic upgrade transition. i am using 2.8 and will be there for the next several years until i am ready to rip my life apart once more
  8. ^ Wurtz, Bill (November 13, 2020). "you say that you're working on learning to do 3D graphics, but there's a 3D spaceship and a 3D toaster in andthedaygoeson, and a 3D building-thing in mightquit (as well as probably others). how is what you're doing now different from either of those?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020. [...]all of my 2D software tools were discontinued, or changed so much that they became unrecognizable to me. so this was a good excuse to migrate to a completely new system, with completely new methods. so far, this has either ruined my life or saved it. i will keep you updated.
  9. ^ Wurtz, Bill (August 18, 2019). "Why haven't you made a video for 5 months?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020. [...]it occurred to me that now might actually be the most fine time to go ahead and do what is known as the 'finalcut transition', which long story short means i have to entirely abandon the primary video editing software i have used for the last 5 years. the reason for that is because it was discontinued in 2011. [...] i always used to say, 'there's never a good time to re-learn everything i know'[...]
  10. ^ Wurtz, Bill (June 14, 2016). "is there a genre of music you don't feel confident you could actually pull off [...], or do you think you could tackle pretty much anything?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 3, 2019. i don't respect genre names [...]
  11. ^ Wurtz, Bill (December 2, 2018). "do you think music genres help or hinder the art of music?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020. they are a fun and useful source of hopeless confusion and ambiguity
  12. ^ Wurtz, Bill (January 21, 2019). "Would you consider your style to be a sub-genre of or a derivative of jazz?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 17, 2020. no
  13. ^ Wurtz, Bill (December 27, 2018). "do you have perfect pitch? meaning you can name chords and notes instantly just by hearing them". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020. yes except sometimes the very first one of the week might take up to 3 to 4 instants
  14. ^ Wurtz, Bill (January 5, 2017). "do you think your composing process would be different if you didn't have perfect pitch?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020. absolutely not
  15. ^ Wurtz, Bill (December 24, 2018). "any examples/moments of 5/4 time signature in any of your released songs?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020. the main lines of movie star, i consider to be alternating 4/4+5/4
  16. ^ Wurtz, Bill (March 13, 2019). "do you use garageband? [...]". billwurtz.com. Retrieved September 12, 2020. i used it during 2009 and 2010 only
  17. ^ Wurtz, Bill (April 18, 2016). "Why not take requests for Patrons that pay more than $25? A custom song for those who want it, and it pays for the electricity". billwurtz.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019. one of the most important things i aim to do is go my own way, and deliver things that challenge and defy the expectations. if that is not what you are interested in, then you should not be supporting me
  18. ^ Wurtz, Bill (October 17, 2018). "i'm not sure if you're a perfectionist or a bit anything goes. which is it?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019. i have a deeply rooted and incapacitating perfection problem, and in the process of overcoming it i have been forced to become an expert on carelessness. [...]
  19. ^ Wurtz, Bill (August 18, 2019). "Why haven't you made a video for 5 months?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019. [...] it occured to me that now might actually be the most fine time to go ahead and do what is known as the 'finalcut transition', which long story short means i have to entirely abandon the primary video editing software i have used for the last 5 years. [...]
  20. ^ Wurtz, Bill (January 2, 2018). "Will you upgrade to final cut 10?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019. i wouldn't consider that an upgrade, that would be more like switching to something entirely new. but i am still probably going to do it
  21. ^ Wurtz, Bill (November 19, 2020). "On your wiki article it said you are learning blender what are your thoughts on blender 2.9". billwurtz.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020. like a hole in the head, do i need another catastrophic upgrade transition. i am using 2.8 and will be there for the next several years until i am ready to rip my life apart once more
  22. ^ Wurtz, Bill (January 17, 2017). "why did you opt for your own question page (your own domain) rather than a site like ask.fm ??". billwurtz.com. Retrieved July 24, 2020. the reason i thought ask.fm was good was because you don't have to sign-up just to ask a question. so i used ask.fm, and it worked great. but then about a year later, someone finally told me that that's not true, you actually do have to sign up to ask a question. so i made my own. and as with most things on the site, i like this much better because i can make it exactly how i want and there's no ads
  23. ^ Wurtz, Bill (May 10, 2015). "where has the fun gone (at bottom of page)". i will check
  24. ^ Wurtz, Bill (June 30, 2019). "do you answer these questions as they come or is there enough that you have to divide them into answerable chunks?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved July 19, 2019. usually 1 answer session per day
  25. ^ 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
  26. ^ Wurtz, Bill (March 14, 2019). "have you been recording 'reality' material and are therefore three years behind?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019. it's been a part of my life for at least 8 years. none of it was ever edited/produced until 2016 when i took 3 months off of all other content to only produce reality content 2010–2016. since then, i have never been able to find a way to produce it in any sizeable quantity without it taking away devastating amounts of time from the production of other content (videos/songs, etc). in addition, i wouldn't want the production to be fully up to date, because one of the things that makes the reality section more compelling is the fact that it is edited years later when i know how the story is going to turn out. so i can make much stronger use of foreshadowing that way
  27. ^ Wurtz, Bill (August 22, 2019). "Are you ever going to do more reality videos?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019. 1000s more
  28. ^ Wurtz, Bill (April 7, 2019). "what made you want to start doing the audio journal reality things?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019. as a way of coaxing myself into success at a mountain-movingly hard project. in other words, if i do actually succeed in moving a mountain, the first hand documentary materials should surely be of very high value. [...]
  29. ^ Wurtz, Bill (March 11, 2019). "YOOOO that scary pockets arrangement was fuckin fire!!!!! ... do you know which genius was responsible for it (the arrangement not the tour)?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020. the arrangement happened amongst the group within a very short time frame (about 45 minutes for the arrangement and recording)...
  30. ^ Wurtz, Bill (October 17, 2018). "Hey Bill ever thought of collaborating on a song with someone else". billwurtz.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019. i never thought about it before but i am thinking about it now
  31. ^ Wurtz, Bill (March 11, 2019). "Can we expect more collaborations like the one with scary pockets? Maybe opening up the door for the Bill Wurtz "real" big band?". billwurtz.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019. suddenly within the past year i've become insanely sick of myself. and i am now desperate to collaborate with as many people as possible

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  80. ^ "the song song".
  81. ^ "dance the".
  82. ^ "2010".
  83. ^ "eat bread (feel sure)".
  84. ^ "the trees".
  85. ^ "i'm about to graduate from school".
  86. ^ "fever".
  87. ^ "dream of evil".
  88. ^ "murder your demon".
  89. ^ "how am i spost".
  90. ^ "Home Again".
  91. ^ "no place like home".
  92. ^ "do the thing".
  93. ^ "i love you".
  94. ^ "go to the store".
  95. ^ "(what) love is".
  96. ^ "do what you want to do".
  97. ^ "all u need is love".
  98. ^ "the world".
  99. ^ "home".
  100. ^ "bob marley".
  101. ^ "stupid song".
  102. ^ "textin on my iphone".
  103. ^ "rabbit snakes".
  104. ^ "the future song".
  105. ^ "icy james".
  106. ^ "we could just get high".
  107. ^ "bryant park".
  108. ^ "tuesday".
  109. ^ "it's gonna be alright".
  110. ^ "write a song on the count of 3".
  111. ^ "i'm confused".
  112. ^ "this is a song for my next album".
  113. ^ "goo soup".
  114. ^ "i wanna sail you away".
  115. ^ "i can play".
  116. ^ "the road".
  117. ^ "in california".
  118. ^ "i love you (2017 version)".
  119. ^ "got to know what's going on".
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