Ben J. Pierce

Ben J. Pierce, previously known on his YouTube channel as KidPOV is an American vlogger, actor, singer, dancer, and self-proclaimed eyebrow activist, known for his makeup tutorials and vlogs talking about himself, life and social issues in a preppy light and child-like personality.

He has also made multiple music collaborations with well known YouTubers and friends Dorothy ("Dodie") Clark and Thomas Sanders, along with Jon Cozart, the owner of the "PAINT" YouTube channel.

He also transformed Tyler Oakley to look like him in the video "TRANSFORMING TYLER OAKLEY INTO ME" in June 2015.

Music
His music debut came in 2014 (as "Benny", on the YouTube channel of the same name), reaching viral success with the self-produced music video "Little Game", a powerful song addressing the gender norms and stereotypes of society, released Oct 25, 2014 and being only 15 when made. The song currently has over 14 million views and is his most popular song to date.

On Dec 10, 2016 at 17 years old he released the follow-up to his music career, the song "Boys Will Be Boys", a song about toxic masculinity and the effects it can have on a person, although Pierce emphasizes that the song can mean something different and unique for every person. The music video currently holds over 4 million views.

“(Boys Will Be Boys) was sort of an accident,” Pierce said in a YouNow livestream. “I was sitting at the piano one night and wrote the ’cause if boys will be boys' part, and I was like, I really need to do this.”

“It’s kind of about taking that phrase “boys will be boys” and turning it on its head,” Pierce said. “I’m really happy with how it turned out.”

On Jun 1, 2017 he released the audio to his song "Never Apart", followed by a music video Jun 15th of the same year. The music video currently holds over 350K views.

Personal life
He was raised in Dallas, Texas with a brother and sister before later moving to Los Angeles, California. He began studying and professionally working as an actor at the age of eleven. Finding success in fields such as sketch comedy, improv, and stand-up comedy, he created a YouTube channel in 2010 where he has gathered an audience of 200,000+ weekly subscribers.

History
He created his YouTube channel on August 28, 2011, posting a video called "'Call Me Maybe' - Swift Youth Group, Alabama Roadtrip" on June 27, 2012.

Trivia

 * He appeared in a feature film called Hiding in Plain Sight in 2012.


 * He also recently starred in season 2 of Guidance as 'Smiley' (2016).


 * He came out as gay Jun 6, 2017 on a video, titled, "✰ sincerely, an internet gay boy ✰ | (coming out)"