Joel Gustaf Berghult (born 8 April 1988), better known as Roomie or Lil Pitchy, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, producer, and

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based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his YouTube channel ''RoomieOfficial'', which consists of music commentary, original songs, covers, comedy, and more music-related content. He has posted several

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s and collaborations with

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(David Brown). His most popular video is "One Guy, 43 Voices", featuring vocal imitations of singers such as

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, and

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. His main YouTube channel has 7.56 million subscribers

Personal life

Berghult was born and raised in

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, Sweden. His father, Bosse Berghult, is also a musician and had encouraged his musical endeavors growing up by providing him with instruments and high tech music production software, including drums. He used to play in a small band with his college friends. Berghult graduated in 2014 from , where he studied songwriting and music production. Berghult moved to the United Kingdom in 2015. He moved to Los Angeles in 2021.

Career

Berghult started his YouTube channel in 2010. In 2014, he rose to prominence by uploading a series of celebrity singer impressions. The first of which was titled "One Guy, 14 Voices" which became the first of Berghult's many viral videos. The next year Berghult released a follow up "One Guy, 15 Voices" in August 2015. He was subsequently invited to perform on ''

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'' in September 2015, followed by ''

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'' that October. The most recent of the series, released in 2017 is "One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)" which has over 95 million views and is Berghult's most viewed video . In 2014, Berghult began to release music with fellow Swedish YouTuber

(who is also a

native). The single "His Name is Pewdiepie" was released in 2014 and was made using samples of PewDiePie's voice; later that year, "Fabulous" was released, followed by "Brofist" in 2016. In 2019, Berghult again teamed up with PewDiePie and longtime collaborator

on the song "

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". The song peaked at number one on the US Comedy Digital Track Sales published by ''

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'' and has over 200 million views on YouTube as of 2021. In December 2019, Berghult uploaded daily videos as part of a series called "Daily December". In response to positive feedback, he continued releasing daily videos. He grew discontent with the daily upload schedule, and announced a hiatus from YouTube on 11 June 2020, which lasted until 22 July. On 20 July 2020, while still on break, Berghult released an album single "Livin' For That" on Spotify under the name "Lil Pitchy". The album consists of the song "Livin' For That", plus its instrumental and

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versions. On 31 May 2021, Berghult announced another hiatus from YouTube. He cited fatigue from uploading daily videos, and wanting to shift focus to larger-scale projects. He ended that hiatus on 28 September, with the video "We Bought 100 Microphones To Do This...".

Discography

Solo albums

*''Short and Stupid'' (2016)

Singles

* "

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" (Rock Version) (2011) * "Fabulous" (feat.

) (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) * "Worth It" (2021) * "Just For You" (2021, as Lil Pitchy) * "It Kills Me" (2021, as Lil Pitchy) * "Until I Have You" (2022, as Lil Pitchy)

Collaborations

*''Roomie & Friends: Covers Vol. 1'' (2014) – Roomie & Friends *"How to Get a Number One Song" (2014) –

(feat. Roomie) *"Circle of Death (Pubg Song)" (2018) –

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, Roomie, & The Living Tombstone *''Pizza Love'' (2018) –

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(feat. Roomie) *"

" (2019) – Roomie,

, &

*"Good Person" (2020) – Roomie &

Awards and nominations

References

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