All this top talent comes together and essentially uses Minecraft as a playground for whatever stories they want to tell and act out.ĭream and the rest of the members of DreamSMP have also inspired one of the biggest and most prolific fandoms of the late 2010s and early 2020s. That year, he co-founded the DreamSMP the DreamSMP group of creators and their Discord server have since become a sort of an incubation chamber for some of YouTube’s top talent, since each creator who has participated has grown a massive audience in their own right. In 2020, he was named YouTube’s top breakout star of the year, after which he shot up to become the No. Today, his most popular form of content is “manhunt” videos, in which he tries to beat the game as quickly as possible while someone else tries to hunt him down and kill his character.ĭream has quickly risen to become a YouTube sensation, going from 1 million subscribers to over 30 million subscribers on his main account in less than two years. Dream launched his own channel in 2014, but it took off roughly three years ago after he published a video about trying to find PewDiePie’s Minecraft seed. He’s a co-founding member of a collective of other Minecraft content creators called DreamSMP the group carries out role-play scenarios that have overarching narratives, making their videos feel more serialized and dramatic. Unlike Twitch streamers, who narrate games as they play them, Dream is largely known for his heavily edited videos, in which he layers cartoonish sound effects and music on top of his game footage.
Who is Dream?ĭream, whose real name is Clay (last name unknown), is a 23-year-old American YouTuber known for creating content featuring the survival sandbox game Minecraft. But the reveal was a huge deal to his fans, who’ve been waiting years for this. In this moment, he just seemed like a normal kid. As he reached behind himself to point at a sign in the background, he pointed the wrong way because as he explained it, he wasn’t used to the way the video mirrored the feed. Despite having spent hundreds of hours editing and releasing video content and becoming one of the most-viewed content creators on YouTube, Dream looked slightly uncomfortable about being on camera - after all, it was happening for the first time. He sat alone in a dark room with black walls and a single bed. The moment was remarkable, but it was also quiet and awkward.
The reveal has made a big splash, and since he posted his unmasking video, his name started trending on Twitter at time of publication, the video has over 29 million views. The strange part was, they’d never seen it before.īefore Sunday night, Dream had only been seen by the world through his avatar, which consisted of a white mask with a black smiley face drawn on it. Rather, he did something that sounds simple: He showed his real face to his millions of followers. No, he didn’t have a brand partnership or make content with some celebrity. from Breaking Bad and everyone else in between, here's some of the biggest reactions.Dream, a massively popular YouTuber known for creating Minecraft content, took what might have been one of the biggest and most important steps of his career on Sunday night.
From comparisons to Shane Dawson, Edward Cullen, Walt Jr. This is such a big step!! So proud of Dream for making this step."Īnd of course, when the news spread over to Twitter, the memes began. Friend and fellow YouTuber GeorgeNotFound called the reveal "YouTube history," while others called it "the end of an era".Īnother added: "The fact that Dream’s face matches his voice PERFECTLY astounds me. At one point, over 1.5 million people were watching live. Almost 15 million people have watched Dream's face reveal (at time of writing, it's been 9 hours since he uploaded the video). In a 5-minute video titled, ' hi, I'm Dream.', Dream (real name Clay) gave fans the very first glimpse at this face online and the reaction from the community has been wild. Dream face reveal memes go viral after YouTuber shows his via Instagram, Dream via YouTube
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