Corpse Husband (born August 8, 1997), commonly abbreviated as Corpse and stylized as CORPSE, is an American
YouTuber and musician. Corpse is best known for his music and "faceless" work on
YouTube. He is mostly known for his horror story narration and ''
Among Us'' content.
He also gained notable recognition for his
deep low-pitched voice.
Early life
Corpse was born on August 8, 1997, in
San Diego,
California.
Career
In 2015, Corpse began his career on YouTube by narrating horror stories on his channel, which he did consecutively until 2020. He made his musical debut in 2016, being featured on the single "Grim Grinning Ghost" by record producer The Living Tombstone and musical artist CrusherP.
In June 2020, Corpse released his debut single "Miss You!", which peaked at number 31 on the
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.
His follow-up single "White Tee", which was released in the same month, reached number 32 on the same chart.
In September 2020, Corpse began streaming and creating content on the video game ''
Among Us'', which brought him much recognition, and has since gained over 7 million subscribers on
YouTube. In the same month, he released the single "
E-Girls Are Ruining My Life!", featuring vocals from rapper Savage Ga$p, which generated wide-spread commercial success for Corpse in 2020. The song charted at 28 in Bulgaria, 90 on the
UK Singles Chart, and 24 in ''
Billboard
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''s
Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
It also reached more than 100 million streams on
Spotify, and was ranked second on Spotify's Viral 50 songs chart. In 2022, it became his first track to be certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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.
In October 2020, he worked with
U.S. representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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and
Ilhan Omar
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along with several other notable streamers including
Disguised Toast
Jeremy Wang (born 25 November 1991), better known as Disguised Toast, is a Taiwanese-Canadian streamer, YouTuber, and Internet personality. He got his start on YouTube, creating videos about the digital card game '' Hearthstone''. Wang later be ...
,
Cr1TiKaL and
Pokimane for a session of ''Among Us'' as part of a
get-out-the-vote
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initiative for the
2020 United States presidential election
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.
The same month, he released the single "Agoraphobic", which debuted at number 21 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart four months later.
In March 2021, Corpse was featured on
Machine Gun Kelly's song "
DayWalker".
On March 18, 2021, a music video for the song was released, featuring fellow YouTuber and streamer
Valkyrae portraying Corpse. The song became Corpse's first
''Billboard'' Hot 100 entry, charting at number 88, and second on the
UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 53.
In April 2021, Corpse participated in an hour-long charity ''
Among Us'' stream on ''
The Tonight Show'' with
Jimmy Fallon
James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, television host, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' and as the host of the late-night talk show ''The Ton ...
, members of
The Roots
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, fellow streamers
Valkyrae and
Sykkuno
Sykkuno ( ; born June 4, 1991) is an American live streamer. He is best known for his live streams, which were hosted on Twitch from 2019 to April 2022, before he began streaming exclusively on YouTube in May 2022.
Career
Twitch
While his Twit ...
, and ''
Stranger Things
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'' actors
Gaten Matarazzo and
Noah Schnapp
Noah Cameron Schnapp (born October 3, 2004) is an American actor. He gained recognition for playing Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series ''Stranger Things''. His film roles include Roger Donovan in Steven Spielberg's histori ...
, with proceeds going towards
Feeding America.
In September 2021, Corpse released a single entitled "
Hot Demon B!tches Near U!!!
"Hot Demon Bitches Near U!!!" (styled as ''HOT DEMON B!TCHES NEAR U! ! !'') is a song by YouTuber Corpse Husband, also known as Corpse, featuring Canadian rapper Night Lovell, that was released on September 3, 2021.
Background and composition
T ...
" in collaboration with
Night Lovell.
In February 2022,
Funimation announced Corpse's English dub debut voice role as Ōjirō Ōtori in the anime adaptation of
Kazutaka Kodaka's ''
Tribe Nine''.
Personal life
Corpse has conditions such as
fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition defined by the presence of chronic widespread pain, fatigue, waking unrefreshed, cognitive symptoms, lower abdominal pain or cramps, and depression. Other symptoms include insomnia and a general hyp ...
,
thoracic outlet syndrome and
GERD, the latter of which has partially caused his voice to become deeper. He has also stated that he frequently wears an
eyepatch
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due to strain from the brightness of
blue light screens.
Filmography
Television
Discography
Singles
As a lead artist
As a featured artist
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American artists
American male artists
American male rappers
American YouTubers
Gaming YouTubers
1997 births
American musicians of Mexican descent
American people of Irish descent
Unidentified musicians