Danny Gonzalez in Jacksonville

Six seconds was all Danny Gonzalez needed to get started. He grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, and began making Vines in late 2013, after Bo Burnham started posting on the app. By the time Vine closed in early 2017, about 2.9 million people followed him there.

He moved to YouTube full time and found his lane in commentary, long videos that pick apart internet culture, odd movies and viral trends with a dry, deadpan delivery. Along the way he made videos for Corridor Digital's Corridor Crew and built a main channel with millions of subscribers. His frequent collaborators include fellow YouTubers Drew Gooden and Kurtis Conner.

Music is a big part of the act. Danny writes and records comedy songs, among them "Beef with Me" (2017), "We Are Not the Same Person" with Drew Gooden (2019) and "I Ghosted Kevin Jonas" (2021), and he put out the EP Bump This on his own in 2019.

The stage came next. In 2019 he and Drew Gooden toured as We Are Two Different People, with Kurtis Conner as a guest, in a show built on comedy songs, sketches, roasts and improv. His Danny Gonzalez and Friends shows bring that same internet energy into comedy clubs and theaters.