Brendan Jordan

Brendan Jordan
Personal information
Born (1999-09-25) September 25, 1999
Nationality American
Residence Las Vegas
Occupation Personality
Height 5'2
YouTube information
Years active 2
Subscribers 264,516
(as of June 28, 2018)
Total views 15,493,976
(as of June 28, 2018)

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, and POPSUGAR. During the last three months, the video has been viewed more than 3.5 million times.

Other work

In October 2014, Brendan was on the stage of The Queen Latifah Show where they met Raven (drag queen) from RuPaul's Drag Race. In November 2014, they were a model for the American Apparel brand.[1][4] They were chosen for the way they used their platform to raise awareness towards the LGBT communuty.[4] On 14 February 2016, Jordan came out as gender fluid at the "Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference.[5]

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Down, Randy. "'Did my thing': Dancing boy channels Lady Gaga, steals spotlight in live newscast". Today. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Boy Video-Bombs Local TV Reporter With Dance Moves". ABC News. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 Feldman, Jamie (12 November 2014). "Viral Dancing Sensation Brendan Jordan On American Apparel And Perfecting The Stank Face". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Kheraj, Alim (18 February 2016). "This Viral YouTuber Just Came Out As Gender-Fluid". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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