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. For Dream, only time will tell if assigning a face to the creator outweighs the allure of mystery he cultivated up until now.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. The latter also revealed their faces (not by choice-they were discovered by Internet culture journalist Brian Feldman, who pieced the puzzle together using public information). Outside of the gaming world, other anonymous creators have built devoted followings, including YouTuber tea drama channels like SpillSesh and the popular celebrity blind item Instagram page DeuxMoi. As someone who ascended to fame during the pandemic, he finally has a chance to meet his fans in person and connect with them as he’s done over the Internet. He has more opportunities now to be a creator in every sense of the word, without fear of his identity accidentally being leaked. It remains to be seen how this move will affect Dream’s content (although he says he will not be forgoing the mask during his streams), but it seems possible that it could serve to bolster his career. His deep voice is one of the most recognizable features about him, as his fans have also never seen his face. One of the other most popular creators in the gaming community is Corpse Husband. It wasn’t a calculated move, it was just something that happened.” He explained in the interview that while he didn’t set out to be anonymous, his popularity snowballed and it became too important a part of his persona to abandon.ĭream is not the only anonymous streamer (or the only one to reveal their face following a period of anonymity). In a 2021 interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla (formerly of the YouTube duo Smosh), Dream said, “I just blew up so quickly and then it became a part of the fan art, and a part of the community so quickly. Why has he been anonymous, and what made him reveal his identity now? He’s previously been accused of cheating during game play by using game modifications during Minecraft speedrunner, but he claimed the use of so-called “mods” was not intentional and that he he didn’t know they were active during the game. With a large following often comes some level of controversy and criticism, and Dream has not been immune. Dream’s anonymity has been one of the most alluring aspects of his persona online and that intrigue, paired with his vibrant personality, have helped him build a loyal following across social media platforms.
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