Jon Cozart

Jon Cozart
Personal information
Born Jonathan Charles Cozart
(1992-04-26) April 26, 1992
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Nationality American
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
YouTube information
Channel
Years active 2010–present
Subscribers 4.5 million
(October 2018)
Total views 426 million
(October 2018)
Network Sarah Weichel Management
Associated acts Peter Hollens, Thomas Sanders, Dodie Clark

Jonathan Charles Cozart (born April 26, 1992), better known by his online alias Paint, is an American YouTube personality, a musician, and comedian. As of June 2018, his main YouTube channel had over 4.5 million subscribers.

Early life

Cozart was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and raised in Houston, Texas, from the age of six.[1] After graduating from Cypress Creek High School in 2011,[2] he moved to Austin, Texas and studied film at University of Texas. Cozart took piano lessons as a child.[1]

Career

YouTube career

His YouTube channel "Paint", a domain name gifted to him by his brother,[3] was created on December 27, 2005, and has over 4.4 million subscribers as of June 2018. Cozart's career in video started in middle school as a way to avoid writing papers, offering to make videos instead, and he continued this through high school.[4]

On July 17, 2011, Cozart uploaded "Harry Potter in 99 Seconds", which quickly became a viral video, with 43 million views as of September 2018.

Cozart grew his audience on YouTube with his Disney parody videos, which place Disney Princesses into modern circumstances through a cappella layering of his own voice to supply the music. "After Ever After" was uploaded in 2013, and has amassed 83 million views, as of September 2018. Two additional "After Ever After" videos were released in 2014 and 2018.

Live shows

In 2015, Cozart performed his own one-man show, "Laughter Ever After", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His live performance of musical comedy was well-reviewed by attendees, stating "Jon Cozart delights with his witty, heartfelt music."[5]

Cozart joined fellow YouTube musicians Dodie Clark, Tessa Violet, and Rusty Clanton in 2016 for selected shows of the small and intimate Transatlantic Tour along the east coast.[6]

Other work

Cozart hosted the 7th Annual Streamy Awards on September 26, 2017. His hosting turn was described as "vicious" by Newsweek, and the show included a musical number in which Cozart negatively compared nominee Jake Paul to U.S. President Donald Trump.[7] Cozart described his approach as satirizing the perceived "hypocrisy of the new media industry."[8]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominee Result
2016 Streamy Awards – Collaboration Jon Cozart and Various Creators for "YouTube Culture: A Song" Nominated[9]
2017 Streamy Awards – Collaboration Jon Cozart and Thomas Sanders for "RIP Vine: A Song" Nominated[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Cavna, Michael (March 15, 2013). "Student finds viral fandom by satirizing Disney princess tales with 'After Ever After'". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Jensen, Clare; Buckner, Kennan (August 2013). "Prodigy for Parodies" (PDF). Cy-Fair Magazine. p. 40. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "'After Ever After': 13 Questions With YouTube Sensation Jon Cozart". The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "A cappella darling Jon Cozart is making the jump from YouTube to the stage". The Daily Dot. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jon Cozart – Laughter Ever After". BroadwayBaby. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Transatlantic Tour featuring Dodie Clark , Tessa Violet, Rusty Clanton, Jon Cozart". Live Nation. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Gaudette, Emily (September 27, 2017). "2017 Streamys End with Vicious Song About Donald Trump, YouTube Star Jake Paul". Newsweek. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Nguyen, Terry (September 27, 2017). "Streamy Awards: Diversity, Politics Are Hot Topics as YouTube Stars Walk the Red Carpet". The Hollywood Reporter.
  9. ↑ "6th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamy Awards. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  10. ↑ "7th Annual Nominees". Streamy Awards. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
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