Lovejoy is an English indie rock band featuring YouTuber Wilbur Soot as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band. They debuted on May 10, 2021 with their EP Are You Alright? along with a music video for their song One Day, directed by Gold.
Band members[]
- Will Gold - lead vocals, guitar
- Joe Goldsmith - guitar
- Ash Kabosu - bass
- Mark Boardman - drums
Discography[]
EPs[]
Are You Alright?[]
- Taunt
- One Day
- Sex Sells
- Cause for Concern
Pebble Brain[]
- Oh Yeah, You Gonna Cry?
- Model Buses
- Concrete
- Perfume
- You'll Understand When You're Older
- The Fall
- It's All Futile! It's All Pointless!
Wake Up & It's Over[]
- Portrait of a Blank Slate
- Call Me What You Like
- Consequences
- Warsaw
- Scum
- It's Golden Hour Somewhere
Singles[]
- Knee Deep at ATP (cover of the 2008 Los Campesinos! song, released December 2021)
- Privately Owned Spiral Galaxy (cover of the Crywank song, released February 2022)
- Call Me What You Like (released February 2023)
- Normal People Things (Released October 2023)
Trivia[]
- The music video for Taunt features YouTuber GeorgeNotFound, who is a friend of Gold.
- The music video for One Day hit 1 million views within 21 hours of its initial release.[1]
- The music video for Taunt hit 1 million views within 22 hours of its initial release.[2]
- The Are you Alright? EP reached #1 on the US iTunes Charts.[3]
- One Day, Taunt and Sex Sells peaked at #54, #75 and #93 respectively on the UK Official Singles Chart.[4]
- The band was originally called "Hang the DJ". Its currently name comes from Benedict Lovejoy, a friend and video editor that would sit with the band during early songwriting.
- TommyInnit, who is a good friend of Gold, was Lovejoy's very first subscriber.[5] He has also performed with the band on stage.
- Warsaw was originally nicknamed ‘Choke’ due to the bridge being “She hopes to god I just choke” being repeated. It’s popularly believed that it’s now called Warsaw due to it being debuted in Warsaw, Poland.
- They have toured multiple times with the band Good Kid.[6][7]
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 100,000 subscribers: May 9, 2021
- 200,000 subscribers: May 10, 2021
- 300,000 subscribers: May 10, 2021
- 400,000 subscribers: May 11, 2021
- 500,000 subscribers: May 11, 2021
- 600,000 subscribers: May 13, 2021
- 700,000 subscribers: May 16, 2021
- 800,000 subscribers: May 21, 2021
- 900,000 subscribers: June 19, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: September 11, 2021
Video view milestones[]
- 1,000,000 views: May 10, 2021
- 5,000,000 views: May 12, 2021
- 10,000,000 views: May 18, 2021
- 20,000,000 views: June 21, 2021
- 30,000,000 views: September 16, 2021
Gallery[]
Lovejoy (Left to right, Mark Boardman, Joe Goldsmith, Wilbur Soot & Ash Kabosu)
Cover art for their debut EP Are You Alright?
Cover art for their second EP Pebble Brain
Cover art for their third EP Wake Up & It's Over
References[]
- ↑ Post on Twitter by LVJYupdate, accessed on 14 August 2022.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/LVJYupdate/status/1392133477315776512
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1392144527381647363
- ↑ Lovejoy full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. Retrieved on May 23, 2021.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tommyaltinnit/status/1391773608461193218
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlcqmvg8BJE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a7fE67ZAZI