There aren’t many artists who have transformed themselves as complexly as Bo Burnham. This video essay explores how Bo reinvented himself between his first YouTube song in 2006 and his 2021 release of “Inside”, while still scratching the same itches that made his audience love him in the first place. Speaking for myself, Bo gives me them good scritches dog. Socials - I rarely use them but what if one day I do? How can you miss the opportunity for a potential tweet from a random YouTuber you barely know? ► https://twitter.com/johnnyrmarks ► https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrmarks Credit: -All Eyes on Me (Piano cover by Pauliano) -White Woman’s Instagram (Piano cover by Pauliano) -Kirby's Dreamland 3 Grassland Stage 1 remix (Artificial Ignorance) -Be Thankful for What You Got instrumental cover (FERGUNIZED) -It’s An Interlude, Baby! (Wednesday) Chapters: 0:00 the difference between Bo Burnham and beans 0:29 a YouTube star singing show tunes 0:39 Bo’s goal early in his career 1:14 bo talks instead of weird internet man 1:21 yuck, dumbo is talking again 1:38 BO’S BACK BABY 1:50 ugh 2:03 so why does Bo still feel like Bo? 2:26 a gem of a YouTube playlist 2:38 how Bo reinvented himself while maintaining his essence 3:20 portraying insane things feels like satire 3:53 back to beans, bucko