Brendan Jordan
Brendan Jordan (born September 25, 1999 in Las Vegas) is a YouTube personality.
Brendan Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Brendan Jordan September 25, 1999 Las Vegas |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence | Las Vegas |
| Occupation | Personality |
| Height | 5'2 |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 4 |
| Genre | LGBT/ Drag/ Makeup |
| Subscribers | 264k (as of April 6, 2020) |
| Total views | 16,158,662 (as of April 6, 2020) |
| Updated April 6, 2020 | |
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 9 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 he met Raven from RuPaul's Drag Race. In November 2014, he was a model for the American Apparel brand.[1][4] He was chosen for the way he used their platform to raise awareness towards the LGBT community.[4]
References
- 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.
- Feldman, Jamie (12 November 2014). "Viral Dancing Sensation Brendan Jordan On American Apparel And Perfecting The Stank Face". Retrieved 5 March 2016.