1. Camera test.Copy !req
2. That's it.Copy !req
3. The world is so fucked up.Copy !req
4. Systematic oppression.Copy !req
5. Income inequality.Copy !req
6. The other stuff.Copy !req
7. And there's only one thing
that I can do about it,Copy !req
8. while… while being paid,
and being the center of attention.Copy !req
9. I'm bored.Copy !req
10. Hi.Copy !req
11. Welcome to, uh, whatever this is.Copy !req
12. Um, I've been working
for the last couple months,Copy !req
13. um, testing this camera,
and testing lights, and writing,Copy !req
14. and I've decided to, uh,
try to make a new special.Copy !req
15. For real.Copy !req
16. Um, it's not gonna be a normal specialCopy !req
17. because there's no audience,
and there's no crew.Copy !req
18. It's just me and my camera,Copy !req
19. and you and your screen.Copy !req
20. Uh, the way that… that our Lord intended.Copy !req
21. Um…Copy !req
22. And the whole special
will be… will be filmed in this, uh, room.Copy !req
23. And instead of being filmedCopy !req
24. in a single night, it will be filmed inCopy !req
25. uh, however long it takes to finish.Copy !req
26. I hope you, uh, enjoy it.Copy !req
27. I… I hope this special
can maybe do for youCopy !req
28. what it's done for me
these last couple months,Copy !req
29. which is, uh, to distract me from wantingCopy !req
30. to put a bullet into my head with a gun.Copy !req
31. So…Copy !req
32. Yeah, thank you.Copy !req
33. And a warning.Copy !req
34. Um, I can already sort of tell
that this special is going to beCopy !req
35. a little all over the place,Copy !req
36. so don't expect
incredibly smooth transiti—Copy !req
37. Hey, kids.Copy !req
38. Today, we're gonna learn about the world.Copy !req
39. Hey, everyone.
Look who stopped by to say hello.Copy !req
40. It's Socko.Copy !req
41. Hey!Copy !req
42. Where you been, Socko?Copy !req
43. I've been where I always am
when you're not wearing me on your hand.Copy !req
44. In a frightening,
liminal space between states of being.Copy !req
45. Not quite dead, not quite alive.Copy !req
46. It's similar to a constant state
of sleep paralysis.Copy !req
47. Socko, we were just talking
about the world and how it works.Copy !req
48. Boy, that sounds complicated.Copy !req
49. Do you have anything you'd want
to teach us about the world?Copy !req
50. I wouldn't say anything that you probably
haven't already said yourself.Copy !req
51. I don't know about that, Socko.Copy !req
52. How about you give it a try?Copy !req
53. All right.Copy !req
54. Really?Copy !req
55. That's pretty intense.Copy !req
56. No shit.Copy !req
57. What can I do to help?Copy !req
58. Read a book or something. I don't know.Copy !req
59. Just don't burden me
with the responsibility of educating you.Copy !req
60. It's incredibly exhausting.Copy !req
61. I'm sorry, Socko.Copy !req
62. I was just trying
to become a better person.Copy !req
63. Why do you rich fucking white peopleCopy !req
64. insist on seeing
every socio-political conflictCopy !req
65. through the myopic lens
of your own self-actualization?Copy !req
66. This isn't about you.Copy !req
67. So either get with it,
or get out of the fucking way.Copy !req
68. Watch your mouth, buddy.
Remember who's on whose hand here.Copy !req
69. But that's what I—
Have you not been fucking listening?Copy !req
70. - We are entrenched in—
- All right.Copy !req
71. Wait! No, please!
I don't want to go back.Copy !req
72. I can't go… I can't go back.Copy !req
73. Please. Please.Copy !req
74. I'm sorry.Copy !req
75. Are you gonna behave yourself?Copy !req
76. Yes.Copy !req
77. Yes, what?Copy !req
78. - Yes, sir.
- Look at me.Copy !req
79. Yes, sir.Copy !req
80. That's better.Copy !req
81. No!Copy !req
82. Hello, my name is Bo Burnham.Copy !req
83. And I am a former comedian,Copy !req
84. turned social brand consultant.Copy !req
85. It's a very exciting time to be a,
uh, brand.Copy !req
86. It's also a bit of a scary time
because customers expect a lot moreCopy !req
87. from their brands
than they did in the past.Copy !req
88. During this incredibly necessaryCopy !req
89. and overdue social reckoning
that we're having in our culture,Copy !req
90. it is no longer acceptable for brands
to stay out of the conversation.Copy !req
91. Consumers want to know, "Are you willing
to use your brand awarenessCopy !req
92. to effect positive social change?"Copy !req
93. Which will create more brand awareness.Copy !req
94. The question I ask the brands I work with
is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is…Copy !req
95. "Are you gonna be
on the right side of history?"Copy !req
96. The question isn't,
"What are you selling?"Copy !req
97. Or… or "What service are you providing?"Copy !req
98. The question is, "What do you stand for?"Copy !req
99. Who are you, Bagel Bites?Copy !req
100. All these big companies, they're so scaredCopy !req
101. of all this social change, and I come in
and I put their fears to rest.Copy !req
102. You know, I tell them, "Just be honest."Copy !req
103. "Tell your customers
that… that JPMorgan is against racism."Copy !req
104. In theory.Copy !req
105. The question is no longer,Copy !req
106. "Do you want to buy Wheat Thins?"
For example.Copy !req
107. The question is now,Copy !req
108. "Will you support Wheat Thins
in the fight against Lyme disease?"Copy !req
109. There's no sugarcoating it. The world is…Copy !req
110. fucked up.Copy !req
111. And you've got a choice as a brand.
You can…Copy !req
112. hide and bury your head in the sand
and hope it fixes itself,Copy !req
113. or you can roll up your sleeves
and get to work,Copy !req
114. and sell Butterfingers.Copy !req
115. [Bo] Here's a question for you guys. Um…Copy !req
116. Is it… is it necessary?Copy !req
117. Is it necessary
that every single person on this planetCopy !req
118. um, expresses every single opinion
that they haveCopy !req
119. on every single thing that occursCopy !req
120. all at the same time?Copy !req
121. Is that… is that necessary?Copy !req
122. Um…Copy !req
123. Or to ask in a slightly different way,Copy !req
124. um, can… can anyoneCopy !req
125. shut the fuck up?Copy !req
126. Can… can anyone,Copy !req
127. any… any…Copy !req
128. any one, any single one,Copy !req
129. can any one…Copy !req
130. …shut the fuck up about anything—Copy !req
131. About any… any single thing?Copy !req
132. Can any single personCopy !req
133. shut the fuck up about any single thingCopy !req
134. for an hour?Copy !req
135. You know, is that… is that possible?Copy !req
136. And I know you're thinking,Copy !req
137. "You're not shutting
the fuck up right now,"Copy !req
138. and that's true, but…Copy !req
139. Hey, everybody.Copy !req
140. Um, I thought I'd do a reaction video
to the song that you just saw me perform.Copy !req
141. Thought that might be fun.Copy !req
142. Um, so I got my laptop all set up.
So I'm ready to go, and let's go.Copy !req
143. I like this song.Copy !req
144. Um, so the idea with this song
was basically that there's so many songsCopy !req
145. in the past about…
about working-class jobs,Copy !req
146. but not a lot about the labor exploitation
of the modern world,Copy !req
147. so that was the idea here.Copy !req
148. My beard is a little shorter in this video
'cause I filmed it a couple weeks ago.Copy !req
149. I think it holds up.
The song, not the beard.Copy !req
150. And then you cut.
I think it's funny to cut right on—Copy !req
151. …do a reaction video
to the song that you just saw me perform.Copy !req
152. - Thought that might be fun.
- What…Copy !req
153. Um, so I got my…Copy !req
154. Because this video played after that.Copy !req
155. Right. So, and now… Right.Copy !req
156. Okay, so I'll just keep reacting.Copy !req
157. So, this is me reacting to the song.Copy !req
158. Um…Copy !req
159. What I'm doing is I'm explaining
what the song means.Copy !req
160. Um, and what it's about.
I'm being a little pretentious.Copy !req
161. It's, uh… it's an instinct I have
where I need everything that I writeCopy !req
162. to have some deeper meaning or something.Copy !req
163. But it's a stupid song,
and, uh, it doesn't really mean anything,Copy !req
164. and, uh, it's… it's pretty unlikable
that I… that I feel this need,Copy !req
165. this desperate need,
to be seen as intelligent.Copy !req
166. And the video's ending here,
as you can see,Copy !req
167. and look, I'm very confused.
See, I'm very, very confused.Copy !req
168. 'Cause I'm staring at myself,
I don't know what I'm looking at,Copy !req
169. and I'm starting to catch up now,
and realizing what's going on.Copy !req
170. And, uh, yeah, now I'm deciding to reactCopy !req
171. to the reaction to the video.Copy !req
172. So here, um, I'm reacting
to my own reacting,Copy !req
173. and I'm criticizing my initial reaction
for… for being pretentious,Copy !req
174. which is… which is honestly,
it's a… it's a defense mechanism.Copy !req
175. I'm… I'm so worried
that criticism will be levied against meCopy !req
176. that I levy it against myself
before anyone else can.Copy !req
177. And I think that, "Oh, if I'm self-aware
about being a douchebag,Copy !req
178. it'll somehow make me less
of a douchebag." But it… but it doesn't.Copy !req
179. Um, self-awareness does not absolve
anybody of anything.Copy !req
180. Am I balding?
This is really, really disturbing.Copy !req
181. I don't like looking at myself like this,
and I want… I want this to stop.Copy !req
182. Okay, I want this to stop.
I'm… I'm stopping this.Copy !req
183. So, yeah,
that was, uh, my reaction to the song,Copy !req
184. and I hope you enjoyed it.Copy !req
185. I don't know about you guys,Copy !req
186. but, um, you know,
I've been thinking recently that…Copy !req
187. that you know, maybe, um, allowingCopy !req
188. giant digital media corporations toCopy !req
189. exploit the neurochemical dramaCopy !req
190. of our children for profit…Copy !req
191. You know, maybe that was, uh…Copy !req
192. a bad callCopy !req
193. by us.Copy !req
194. Maybe…Copy !req
195. maybe the… the flattening of the entire
subjective human experienceCopy !req
196. into a… lifeless exchange of valueCopy !req
197. that benefits nobody,Copy !req
198. except for, um, you know,Copy !req
199. a handful of bug-eyed salamanders
in Silicon Valley…Copy !req
200. Maybe that as a… as a way of life forever…Copy !req
201. maybe that's, um, not good.Copy !req
202. I'm…Copy !req
203. horny.Copy !req
204. SextingCopy !req
205. Hey, everybody.Copy !req
206. Um, I just wanted to make
a really quick video to say thank you.Copy !req
207. - Thank you for watching my content.Copy !req
208. As you guys know,Copy !req
209. I work really hard
to try to bring you guysCopy !req
210. high-quality content
that I think you'll enjoy.Copy !req
211. So the fact that you are enjoying it,
means everything to me.Copy !req
212. So thank you, and also keep watching,Copy !req
213. 'cause there's a lot more content
where that came from.Copy !req
214. All right, guys, see you later.Copy !req
215. I took a big fucking breath.Copy !req
216. One more.Copy !req
217. Or not burn it. Is burning it bad?
What should I do with it?Copy !req
218. Sh—Copy !req
219. So, um…Copy !req
220. I've been working on this special now
for six months.Copy !req
221. And… the whole time
I've had a… a goal in mind,Copy !req
222. which is I wanted to finish this thingCopy !req
223. before I turned 30.Copy !req
224. Um, because the idea of… of turning 30,Copy !req
225. while still in this fucking room,Copy !req
226. working on this thing alone,Copy !req
227. um, that just seemed…Copy !req
228. I just… I just wanted to avoid that.Copy !req
229. So…Copy !req
230. And you might be thinking, "Well,
that's fine. You know, look at you."Copy !req
231. "You radiate such youth."Copy !req
232. "You must not be turning 30 for years."Copy !req
233. And that's very, uh, nice of you to say.Copy !req
234. But the truth isCopy !req
235. um, I turn 30Copy !req
236. in less than a minute.Copy !req
237. So I'm just gonna sit here and enjoyCopy !req
238. uh, my twenties,Copy !req
239. and then get back to work.Copy !req
240. Yay.Copy !req
241. Ah.Copy !req
242. Yeah, I was born in 1990.Copy !req
243. God… God damn it.Copy !req
244. Oh fuck.Copy !req
245. Oh yeah? Well, your fucking phones
are poisoning your minds. Okay?Copy !req
246. So when you develop
a dissociative mental disorderCopy !req
247. in your late twenties,
don't come crawling back to me.Copy !req
248. - Okay.Copy !req
249. Check that one.Copy !req
250. - We'll do one more.Copy !req
251. I just wanna say for the record, um,
that I do not want to kill myself, okay?Copy !req
252. I don't wanna kill myself,
and I'm not going to kill myself.Copy !req
253. Um, and if you're out there and you're
struggling with suicidal thoughtsCopy !req
254. and you want to kill yourself,Copy !req
255. I just want to tell you don't.Copy !req
256. Okay? Can you not, please?Copy !req
257. Just don't. All right?Copy !req
258. Fucking quit it with the—Copy !req
259. But really, don't kill yourself.
You don't want to, because…Copy !req
260. There are people that love you…Copy !req
261. That's not true necessarily,Copy !req
262. but there could be people
that love you in the future,Copy !req
263. and just don't.Copy !req
264. I've had people close to me
kill themselves,Copy !req
265. and I'll be honest with you,
didn't love it.Copy !req
266. Didn't love that.Copy !req
267. So just don't.Copy !req
268. But if I could kill myself for a year…Copy !req
269. If I can— I'd do it today.Copy !req
270. If I could kill myself today and be deadCopy !req
271. until like 18 months from now,Copy !req
272. um, I would do it, but alas…Copy !req
273. …when you kill yourself,
you're dead forever,Copy !req
274. and we shouldn't be dead forever yet.Copy !req
275. So let's not. Right?Copy !req
276. Come on, guys.Copy !req
277. What's up, boys. Welcome to the stream.Copy !req
278. Um, I'm gonna be doing
some live play todayCopy !req
279. for the first time in a while.Copy !req
280. Uh, you guys have been wanting that,
so we're gonna do—Copy !req
281. This is the title, Inside.Copy !req
282. I've got a lot of requests
for this game in chat.Copy !req
283. It's some indie developer.
I'm not really sure.Copy !req
284. I'm going in totally cold on this.Copy !req
285. Um, JB, thank you for the three months.
My dude, much appreciated.Copy !req
286. Um… Okay.Copy !req
287. That looks pretty good, graphics-wise.
I mean, I know it's a cinematic, but…Copy !req
288. So we're gonna be trying
to do live plays every day this week,Copy !req
289. so tune in for that.Copy !req
290. I would be gifting 30 subs
at the end of the week.Copy !req
291. Um, day 50, 250… All right,
so this dude's been in here for a while.Copy !req
292. - So is this like an escape the room?Copy !req
293. - Or…Copy !req
294. Okay.Copy !req
295. So I can cry.Copy !req
296. So he's… he's not happy
about being in this room.Copy !req
297. I like the music.
The music is actually nice on this.Copy !req
298. Controls are actually pretty smooth.
So you're in this like 2D set up, right?Copy !req
299. Like, I can't control the camera.Copy !req
300. Um…Copy !req
301. I'll give it— I guess I'll cry again.Copy !req
302. - He's—Copy !req
303. So is the dude big, or is the room small?Copy !req
304. That's what I'm confused about.Copy !req
305. Chat's saying, try the door.
Yeah, well, okay.Copy !req
306. I mean, I don't think
it's gonna be that simple, but I will.Copy !req
307. Yeah, there ya go.Copy !req
308. Um, okay,
Well, I think he'll probably cry again.Copy !req
309. - It's tough, dude.Copy !req
310. - It's tough. He's been in here a while.Copy !req
311. Um, see, I don't like that.Copy !req
312. I don't know why they feel the need
to give the hint so quick.Copy !req
313. I just wish they'd let me…
let me explore a little bit.Copy !req
314. Wha… I'm holding the flashlight
like a… like a cop.Copy !req
315. - Why is he doing that?Copy !req
316. Ah.Copy !req
317. All right. Okay. So…Copy !req
318. All right.Copy !req
319. Okay, he seems a little happier now.
That's nice.Copy !req
320. I don't know.Copy !req
321. I'll cry, I guess, again.Copy !req
322. Okay, I'm not sure
what I'm supposed to be do—Copy !req
323. Oh! Nice.Copy !req
324. Okay, yeah.Copy !req
325. Yeah, great. Um…Copy !req
326. All right, I'm into this.Copy !req
327. Yeah, it's giving me
sort of like Death Stranding vibes,Copy !req
328. you know,
'cause it's, like, it's fucking boring,Copy !req
329. but that's, like, the point, I think.Copy !req
330. Dante, thank you for the four months.
Appreciate it.Copy !req
331. - [Bo] How we feeling out there tonight?Copy !req
332. Yeah.Copy !req
333. I am not feeling good.Copy !req
334. [Bo] So, um, my…Copy !req
335. uh, my current mental health is… is…Copy !req
336. rapidly approaching, um, an ATL,Copy !req
337. which is, um, that's an "all-time low,"Copy !req
338. not… not Atlanta.Copy !req
339. And…Copy !req
340. You know, I feel okay when I'm asleep.
Like when I'm asleep, I feel all right,Copy !req
341. but it's basically
from the moment I wake up,Copy !req
342. I, uh, I just get this—Copy !req
343. Yeah, so, um…Copy !req
344. Yeah. Not…Copy !req
345. Not doing great.Copy !req
346. You know,Copy !req
347. it wasn't always like this.Copy !req
348. Oh.Copy !req
349. I've been freaking out for a long time,Copy !req
350. thinking I'm never gonna finish
this special and be working on it forever.Copy !req
351. And recently, I've been feeling like,Copy !req
352. "Oh, man, maybe I am
getting close to done with this."Copy !req
353. "Maybe I'm gonna finish it after all."
And that has made me completely freak outCopy !req
354. because if I finish this special,Copy !req
355. that means that I have to,
um, not work on it anymore.Copy !req
356. And that means
I have to just live my life,Copy !req
357. and so I'm not gonna do that,
and I'm gonna not finish the special.Copy !req
358. I'm gonna work on it forever, I think.Copy !req
359. So, yeah, I'm gonna work on this forever,Copy !req
360. and I'm never gonna release it.
I'm not talking to anybody now.Copy !req
361. I'm just talking to myself.Copy !req
362. So, yeah, who fucking cares?Copy !req
363. Fuck you, and goodbye,
and let's keep going.Copy !req
364. Man, you guys are a great crowd.Copy !req
365. Give it up for yourselves for coming out,
by the way, tonight. Give it up.Copy !req
366. Supporting live comedy
in these weird times.Copy !req
367. Um, it's crazy. Um…Copy !req
368. These are some pretty crazy times,
but it's nice during these crazy timesCopy !req
369. that we can get together. We can laugh.Copy !req
370. You know? Um…Copy !req
371. I've learned something
over this last year,Copy !req
372. which is pretty funny.Copy !req
373. Um, I've learned thatCopy !req
374. real-world human-to-human
tactile contact will kill you,Copy !req
375. and that all human interaction,Copy !req
376. whether it be social, political,
spiritual, sexual, or interpersonalCopy !req
377. should be contained
in the much more safe, much more realCopy !req
378. interior digital space.Copy !req
379. That the outside world,Copy !req
380. the non-digital world,Copy !req
381. is merely a theatrical space
in which one stages and records contentCopy !req
382. for the much more real,
much more vital digital space.Copy !req
383. One should only engage
with the outside worldCopy !req
384. as one engages with a coal mine.Copy !req
385. Suit up, gather what is needed,
and return to the surface.Copy !req
386. Um…Copy !req
387. And is it just me, or do pirates need
to take a little bit better careCopy !req
388. of their fuckin' maps?Copy !req
389. You know, when I find a pirate's map,Copy !req
390. it's… it's always tea-stained,
and the edges are burnt,Copy !req
391. and it's like if you're a pirate,
all right, and you're gonnaCopy !req
392. make this map and expect me
to carry it around the globeCopy !req
393. as I search for your treasure,Copy !req
394. then laminate it.Copy !req
395. I can't really, uh,
play the guitar very well,Copy !req
396. um, or sing, so…Copy !req
397. You know, apologies.Copy !req
398. So, I—Copy !req
399. Jesus.Copy !req
400. So I've been working
on this, uh, special for…Copy !req
401. a year now.Copy !req
402. It—Copy !req
403. Fucking…Copy !req
404. So I've been working on this special
for, um, a year now,Copy !req
405. which is, um, a lot longerCopy !req
406. than I anticipated working on it.Copy !req
407. When I started…Copy !req
408. So I've been working on—Copy !req
409. I fucking…Copy !req
410. I can't. I fucking…Copy !req
411. Fucking…Copy !req
412. I am…Copy !req
413. not…Copy !req
414. um, well.Copy !req
415. [Bo] Thank you, guys. Thank you very much.Copy !req
416. Thank you.Copy !req
417. You guys have been incredible. Thank you.Copy !req
418. I couldn't have done this
without you guys.Copy !req
419. I couldn't, really. I…Copy !req
420. This last year has been…Copy !req
421. You know, there have been times
that, um…Copy !req
422. But just knowing you're here,Copy !req
423. you know, feeling you here with me.Copy !req
424. Um…Copy !req
425. Yeah, thank you.Copy !req
426. You know, I hate to ask because, uh,Copy !req
427. you've given me so much.Copy !req
428. But…Copy !req
429. I need you to do one more thing for me.Copy !req
430. Can you do that?Copy !req
431. You want to hear a funny story?Copy !req
432. So, uh,Copy !req
433. five years ago, I quitCopy !req
434. performing live comedy,Copy !req
435. because I was beginning to have, uh,
severe panic attacks while on stage,Copy !req
436. which is not a great place to have them.Copy !req
437. So, I… I quit.Copy !req
438. And I didn't perform for five years,
and I spent that time…Copy !req
439. trying to improve myself mentally.Copy !req
440. And you know what?Copy !req
441. I did!Copy !req
442. I got better.Copy !req
443. I got so much better, in fact,Copy !req
444. that in January ofCopy !req
445. 2020,Copy !req
446. I thought, "You know what, I should…Copy !req
447. start performing again."Copy !req
448. "I've been hiding from the world,Copy !req
449. and I need to…Copy !req
450. reenter."Copy !req
451. And then…Copy !req
452. the funniest thing happened.Copy !req
453. Get up. Get up.Copy !req
454. I'm talking to you,
get the fuck up!Copy !req
455. Hi.Copy !req
456. Welcome to, uh, whatever this is, um…Copy !req
457. I think—Copy !req
458. I think I'm… I'm done.Copy !req
459. Um, possible… uh, ending songCopy !req
460. that is not finished yet.Copy !req
461. Test.Copy !req
462. Take one.Copy !req