Finding a substantial following on social media with raunchy comedic songs full of love, teen lust, and ironic political incorrectness when he was just 16, it wasn't long before Bo Burnham parlayed his Internet celebrity to sold-out music comedy shows and the top of the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Opportunities to act in film and TV soon materialized, though Burnham continued to work on his own material, including the 2010 special Words Words Words and 2013's what., which reflected steadily increasing attention to things like choreography, lighting effects, and use of pre-recorded audio. Following 2016's Make Happy, worsening on-stage panic attacks led to a screenwriting and directorial debut, 2018's Eighth Grade, before he returned in 2021 with Inside, a comedy special written, performed, and shot entirely alone at home during a year of pandemic sheltering. The companion album Inside (The Songs) debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200. Wikipedia
Finding a substantial following on social media with raunchy comedic songs full of love, teen lust, and ironic political incorrectness when he was just 16, it wasn't long before Bo Burnham parlayed his Internet celebrity to sold-out music comedy shows and the top of the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Opportunities to act in film and TV soon...