Joel Berghult

Joel Gustaf Berghult (born 8 April 1988),[2] better known as Roomie or Lil Pitchy, 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 6.8 million subscribers as of December 2020.[3]

"Roomie (singer)" redirects here. For other uses, see Roomies (disambiguation).

Joel Berghult
Born
Joel Gustaf Berghult

(1988-04-08) 8 April 1988
Gothenburg, Sweden
Other namesLil Pitchy, Roomie
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • YouTuber
Years active2010–present
Notable work
"One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)", "Livin' for That"
Musical career
Instruments
Labels
  • Roomie Records
Associated acts
YouTube information
Channel
Genre
  • Vlog
  • commentary
  • music
  • comedy
Subscribers6.90 million
(January 2021)
Total views1 billion
(January 2021)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2013
1,000,000 subscribers 2015
Updated: 19 January 2021

Personal life

Berghult was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden.[4] 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.[1]

Berghult graduated in 2014 from Musikmakarna, where he studied songwriting and music production.[5] Berghult moved to the United Kingdom in 2015.[4]

Career

Berghult started his YouTube channel in 2010.[3][6] In 2014, he rose to prominence by uploading a series of celebrity singer impressions.[7][8][9] The first of which was titled "One Guy, 14 Voices" which became one of Berghult's first of many viral videos.[10][11] The next year Berghult released a follow up "One Guy, 15 Voices" in August 2015.[12][13] He was subsequently invited to perform on Nyhetsmorgon in September 2015,[14] followed by Good Morning America that October.[15] The most recent of the series, released in 2017 is "One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)" which has over 91 million views and is Berghult's most viewed video as of December 2020.[16]

In 2014, Berghult began to release music with fellow Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie (who is also from Gothenburg). The single "His Name is Pewdiepie" was released in 2014 and was made using samples of PewDiePie's voice;[6] 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".[17][18] The song peaked at number one on the US Comedy Digital Track Sales published by Billboard.[19]

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 11 June 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.[20] On 20 July 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.[21]

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" (2020) – mashup of the Arizona Zervas song and the Police song
  • "Slideshow" (2020)
  • "Livin' for That" (2020, as Lil Pitchy)

Collaborations
  • Roomie & Friends: Covers Vol. 1 (2014) – Roomie & Friends
  • "How to Get a Number One Song" (2014) – Boyinaband (feat. Roomie)
  • "Circle of Death (Pubg Song)" (2018) – Dan Bull, Roomie, & The Living Tombstone
  • Pizza Love (2018) – The Gregory Brothers (feat. Roomie)
  • "Congratulations" (2019) – Roomie, PewDiePie, & Boyinaband
  • "Good Person" (2020) – Roomie & TheOdd1sOut

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