Who is Corpse Husband?
Maksym ShylovMany people have gotten used to associating famous media and internet figures with particular persons in real life. But there are cases when streamers, bloggers, or artists want to stay anonymous, despite their popularity. Today, we will talk about Corpse Husband, a YouTuber, and musician who hides his identity accurately, although sharing some facts from his life.
The appearance on YouTube
Corpse Husband created his channel on the streaming service YouTube on July 16, 2015. YouTuber was recording videos with various horror stories and creepypastas, which were popular on the internet back then, for a long time. Corpse Husband released such content until September 28, 2020, after which the blogger had a series of Among Us letsplay videos, the game became a hit rapidly at the moment even though the game had been released in June 2018.
His popularity led to the blogger making collaborations with famous people in the USA. For example, he worked with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, the representative of the Democratic Party, with whom he was playing the above-mentioned game. The objective of this performance was to attract a young audience to participate in the 2020 United States presidential election. Besides, the player was playing together with Disguised Toast, Cr1TiKaL, Pokimane, PewDiePie, and other famous bloggers.
In April 2021, Corpse Husband took part in a one-hour stream at The Tonight Show together with its host Jimmy Fallon, his friends Valkyrae and Sykkuno, the members of the band The Roots, and also actors from Stranger Things. All revenue from the broadcast was sent to the organization Feeding America, which helps low-income families and other Americans with low or no income by providing them with food.
The latest video was released by the famous blogger on November 22, 2021, and it is called “CHOKING MY FRIENDS”. On it, Corpse Husband is playing with his teammates in Friday the 13th: The Game. Later, the YouTuber took a break from making letsplay videos.
The music career and the “platinum” single
Besides blogging and streaming, Corpse Husband tried himself in music. And we can say confidently that he made it pretty successfully. The debut of the freshly-made musician happened in 2016 on the song CrusherP - Grim Grinning Ghost, Corpse Husband was a featured artist. His debut single under the nickname Corpse was out in June 2020 and was called “Miss You!”.
In total, Corpse released 12 singles and E-Girls Are Ruining My Life! received the platinum certification by RIAA. It is worth noting that platinum means that more than 1,000,000 copies of the single were sold. The latest song called “Life Waster” was published by the musician on June 3, 2022.
Health issues and the well-known facts about Corpse Husband’s identity
Corpse Husband was born in San Diego, California on August 8, 1997. The future internet star graduated from a school on the second attempt and was studying not that well in the university, succeeding only in computer sciences and English.
The blogger hides his identity accurately, although there were attempts by the “extremely passionate” fans to unveil his appearance. Simply put, they were stalking him.
However, the author willingly shares details about his health condition and current diagnosis.
Corpse Husband’s chronic diseases and conditions include:
- Fibromyalgia
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
In general, the YouTuber and musician can’t boast of good health and his audience regularly worries about his condition.
Subscriber metrics at the moment of writing:
- YouTube — 7,57 million
- Twitter — 3,8 million
- Instagram — 3,2 million
- Twitch — 1,3 million
It is worth noting that Corpse Husband has been inactive recently. There have been no new videos on his YouTube channel since the end of 2021 and the blogger’s Twitter page has not been updated since August 26, 2022.
Conclusion
Corpse Husband is one of the representatives of video blogging who has managed to succeed despite working in the niche genre. But the mystical image, covered with a shadow of an unknown, low voice, and talent helped him to achieve heights both on YouTube and in music. For now, Corpse has taken a break from his activity but fans believe that he will return and can surprise them with new achievements.
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Maksym has been working at EGamersWorld since 2017. Joining the company during his first year at university, he worked as a translator until 2022. After that, Maksym began working as an editor. His main discipline is Dota 2, and over time, Maksym's responsibilities expanded to include CS:GO, CS2 and Valorant. Additionally, as an editor, he publishes various materials on gaming topics.