Jon Cozart
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Born | Jonathan Charles Cozart April 26, 1992 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | |||||||||
Education | University of Texas at Austin | |||||||||
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Years active | 2010–present | |||||||||
Subscribers | 4.72 million[1] | |||||||||
Total views | 524.2 million[1] | |||||||||
Network | Sarah Weichel Management | |||||||||
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Updated: February 14, 2021 |
Jonathan Charles Cozart (born April 26, 1992), also known by his online alias Paint, is an American YouTube personality, musician, and comedian. As of March 2021, his main YouTube channel has over 4.72 million subscribers.
Personal life[]
Cozart was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and raised in Houston, Texas, from the age of six.[2] After graduating from Cypress Creek High School in 2011,[3] he moved to Austin, Texas and studied film at University of Texas. Cozart took piano lessons as a child.[2]
Cozart is bisexual, and came out publicly in June 2017.[4]
Career[]
YouTube career[]
This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (September 2019) |
His YouTube channel "Paint", an account gifted to him by his brother,[5] was created on December 27, 2005, and has over 4.72 million subscribers as of March 2021. 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.[6]
On July 17, 2011, Cozart uploaded "Harry Potter in 99 Seconds", which quickly became a viral video, with 56 million views as of March 2021.
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 92 million views, as of July 2021. "After Ever After 2" was released in 2014 and "After Ever After 3" was released in 2018.[7] He then went on hiatus after November of that year, but returned in October 2020 with "If Trump Was In Hamilton."
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."[8]
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.[9]
Other work[]
Cozart hosted the 7th Streamy Awards on September 26, 2017. He is now looking to host the 2021 Streamy Awards with his brother. His hosting turn was described as "vicious" by Newsweek, and the show included a musical number in which Cozart compared nominee Jake Paul to then-U.S. President Donald Trump.[10] Cozart described his approach as satirizing the perceived "hypocrisy of the new media industry."[11] He was also part of the Tin-Can Bros web-series, Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye, playing the role of Donny Meadows.[12]
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Nominee | Result |
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2016 | Streamy Awards – Collaboration | Jon Cozart and Various Creators for "YouTube Culture: A Song" | Nominated[13] |
2017 | Streamy Awards – Collaboration | Jon Cozart and Thomas Sanders for "RIP Vine: A Song" | Nominated[14] |
References[]
- ^ a b "About Paint". YouTube.
- ^ a b Cavna, Michael (March 15, 2013). "Student finds viral fandom by satirizing Disney princess tales with 'After Ever After'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Jensen, Clare; Buckner, Kennan (August 2013). "Prodigy for Parodies" (PDF). Cy-Fair Magazine. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "'After Ever After': 13 Questions With YouTube Sensation Jon Cozart". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "A cappella darling Jon Cozart is making the jump from YouTube to the stage". The Daily Dot. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Jon Cozart – Laughter Ever After". BroadwayBaby. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ "Transatlantic Tour featuring Dodie Clark , Tessa Violet, Rusty Clanton, Jon Cozart". Live Nation. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ Gaudette, Emily (September 27, 2017). "2017 Streamys End with Vicious Song About Donald Trump, YouTube Star Jake Paul". Newsweek. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Nguyen, Terry (September 27, 2017). "Streamy Awards: Diversity, Politics Are Hot Topics as YouTube Stars Walk the Red Carpet". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ "Wayward Guide". Tin Can Brothers. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "6th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamy Awards. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "7th Annual Nominees". Streamy Awards. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
External links[]
- Paint on YouTube
- Jon Cozart on Twitter
- 1992 births
- 21st-century American comedians
- 21st-century American male musicians
- Bisexual entertainers
- Bisexual men
- Bisexual musicians
- Comedians from Arkansas
- Comedians from Texas
- LGBT YouTubers
- LGBT people from Arkansas
- LGBT people from Texas
- People from Houston
- People from Arkansas
- YouTubers from Texas
- People from Austin, Texas
- Musicians from Houston
- Living people
- Male YouTubers
- Music YouTubers
- Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas
- Musicians from Texas
- Entertainers from Houston
- Moody College of Communication alumni
- 20th-century LGBT people
- 21st-century LGBT people