Joel Gustaf Berghult (born 8 April 1988), better known as Roomie, is a Swedish YouTuber, singer-songwriter, and producer based in Los Angeles, California.
He is best known for his YouTube channel RoomieOfficial, which consists of music commentary, original songs, covers, comedy, and more music-related content. He has posted several viral videos and collaborations with PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg), TheOdd1sOut (James Rallison), and Boyinaband (David Brown). His most popular video is "One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)", featuring vocal imitations of popular singers such as Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth, and Brendon Urie. His main YouTube channel has 7.57 million subscribers as of August 2023.[update]
In 2020, while on a hiatus from daily YouTube uploads, he started to release music under the name Lil Pitchy.
Personal life
Joel Gustaf Berghult[1] was born on 8 April 1988[2][3] in Lerum, Gothenburg, Sweden.[4] His father, Bosse Berghult, is also a musician and had encouraged his musical endeavors growing up by providing him with instruments and high-tech music production software, including drums.
He used to play in a small band with his college friends.[5] Berghult graduated in 2014 from Musikmakarna [sv], where he studied songwriting and music production.[6]
Berghult moved to London, England, in 2015.[4] He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 2021.[7]
Career
Berghult started his YouTube channel in 2010.[8][9] In 2014, he rose to prominence by uploading a series of celebrity singer impressions.[10][11][12] The first of which was titled "One Guy, 14 Voices" which became the first of Berghult's many viral videos.[13][14] The next year Berghult released a follow-up "One Guy, 15 Voices" in August 2015.[15][16] He was subsequently invited to perform on Nyhetsmorgon in September 2015,[17] followed by Good Morning America that October.[18] The most recent of the series, released in 2017, is "One Guy, 43 Voices (with music)" which has over 97 million views and is Berghult's most viewed video as of February 2023[update].[19]
In 2014, Berghult began to release music with fellow Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie (who is also a Gothenburg native). The single "His Name is Pewdiepie" was released in 2014 and was made using samples of PewDiePie's voice;[9] later that year, "Fabulous" was released, followed by "Brofist" in 2016. In 2019, Berghult again teamed up with PewDiePie and longtime collaborator Boyinaband on the song "Congratulations".[20][21] The song peaked at number one on the US Comedy Digital Track Sales published by Billboard[22] and has over 200 million views on YouTube as of 2021.[23]
In December 2019, Berghult uploaded daily videos as part of a series called "Daily December". In response to positive feedback, he continued releasing daily videos. He grew discontent with the daily upload schedule, and announced a hiatus from YouTube on 11 June 2020, which lasted until 22 July.[24] On 20 July 2020, while still on break, Berghult released an album single "Livin' For That" on Spotify under the name "Lil Pitchy". The album consists of the song "Livin' For That", plus its instrumental and a cappella versions.[25] On 31 May 2021, Berghult announced another hiatus from YouTube. He cited fatigue from uploading daily videos, and wanting to shift focus to larger-scale projects.[26] He ended that hiatus on 28 September, with the video "We Bought 100 Microphones To Do This...".[27]
