Brendan Jordan
| Brendan Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 25, 1999 |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence | Las Vegas |
| Occupation | Personality |
| Height | 5'2 |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2 |
| Subscribers |
267,826 (as of June 16, 2017) |
| Total views |
14,793,929 (as of June 16, 2017) |
Brendan Jordan (born September 25, 1999 in Las Vegas) is a YouTube personality.
In October 2014 Brendan "went viral" after dancing moves from Applause in the background of a live broadcast on NewsChannel 8.[1]
Biography
Brendan Jordan was born in September 25, 1999 to a Peruvian father and an American mother in Las Vegas.
The Buzz
The 9th October 2014, NewsChannel 8 was filming Brendan Jordan in the background of their live duplex about the opening of Downtown Summerlin.[1] While being filmed, Brendan started to reproduce the dance moves of Applause music video from Lady Gaga, released nearly two months before.[1]
The next day, Lady Gaga tweeted that she "liked him", while the drag community - including RuPaul and Pandora Boxx was actively sharing the video.[1] The video was also widely diffused by medias like The Today Show,[2] ABC News,[3] The Daily Mail[4] and POPSUGAR[5]
During the last three months, the video has been viewed more than 3.5 million times.
"Going viral"
In October 2014, Brendan was on the stage of The Queen Latifah Show where he met Raven (drag queen) from RuPaul's Drag Race.
In November 2014, he was a model for the American Apparel brand.[1][6] He was chosen for the way he used his platform to raise awareness towards the LGBTQ communuty.[6]
On 14 February 2016, Jordan came out as gender fluid at the "Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Robinson, Melia (3 August 2015). "15-year-old Brendan Jordan tells us what it’s like to wake up famous". Tech Insider. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ Down, Randy. "'Did my thing': Dancing boy channels Lady Gaga, steals spotlight in live newscast". Today. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ "Boy Video-Bombs Local TV Reporter With Dance Moves". ABC News. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ Steve Hopkins (13 October 2014). "Are you watching Simon Cowell? Hilarious moment boy breaks out dance routine behind unaware news broadcasters goes viral". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ Mercedes Lara, Maria (13 October 2014). "Watch One Boy Unleash His Sassy Dance Moves on Live TV". Pop Sugar. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- 1 2 Feldman, Jamie (12 November 2014). "Viral Dancing Sensation Brendan Jordan On American Apparel And Perfecting The Stank Face". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ McCormick, Joseph Patrick (18 February 2016). "Viral voguing star Brendan Jordan comes out as trans". Retrieved 5 March 2016.