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Endigo

Tobias Ulf Eddie Endigo Öberg (born 10 March 1992), known professionally as Endigo, is a Swedish YouTuber, musician, and drag queen.[2] She is best known as a metal singer, a TV personality in Japan and the creator of several viral meme songs. Endigo currently lives in Tokyo, Japan, and is a transgender woman.

Endigo
Endigo at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Tobias Ulf Eddie Endigo Öberg

(1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 (age 32)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupations
Years active2010–present
Known for
Musical career
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
LabelsMr. Poke
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
GenreMusic
Subscribers664 thousand[1]
Total views221 million[1]
Last updated: 23 March 2023

In 2023, Endigo participated in the first season of Drag Race Sverige.[3]

Career edit

2009–2014: Early musical career edit

Coming from a family of musicians, Endigo grew up always wanting to do music for a living.[4] In 2009, after attending a MUCC concert in Stockholm,[5] Endigo discovered her love for Japanese music and would go on to begin her professional music career as the lead guitarist for the Swedish visual kei-inspired band, Still Echo.[6] After departing from Still Echo, Endigo subsequently formed a new band called Overworld in 2011.[7] The band would go on to gain popularity within the Swedish and European visual kei community, drawing heavy inspiration from Japanese rock music and aesthetics.[citation needed] In 2013, the music video for My Reality won the International Platinum Award at the "Wasaga Beach Short Film Festival".[8] Endigo left the band in 2014.

2015–2022: YouTube ventures and viral songs edit

In 2016, Endigo became a vocalist for BatAAr.[9] The band's song "Vrede" was featured on Japanese video game Tekken 7.[10][11] It was also featured on their mini-album GRAVITAS released later that year.[12] This made BatAAr the first rock band to ever be featured in a Tekken game.[13] BatAAr would go on to tour Japan during 2016.[14]

Endigo has also collaborated with and composed music for various artists such as Donna Burke,[15] - with whom Endigo created the Making it in Japan podcast[16] - Babybeard,[17] and Guy Perryman for InterFM.[18]

Endigo launched her self-titled YouTube channel in 2013, initially as a hobby, focusing on music covers, original songs, and vlogs. She later expanded their content to include video game playthroughs, collaborations with other YouTubers, including TheOdd1sOut,[19] and remixes of popular internet memes. The channel would gain notoriety in 2017, after PewDiePie featured reacted to one of Endigo's remix music videos.[20] Following this, Endigo would go on to create many more remixes of popular YouTubers such as Ninja and DanTDM, who in turn would often react to them in their videos.[21][22]　

During their career, Endigo has created many viral songs based around popular internet memes. One of these include Big Chungus,[23] a theme song for a fictional video game of the same name that gained notoriety online in 2018.[24] In 2021, Endigo released a song called Huggy Wuggy[25] based on a character from the video game Poppy Playtime The song gained popularity in 2022 when it went viral on TikTok,[26] with users (mainly children) incorporating it into their Poppy Playtime-related videos. This led to some controversy, as parents around the world expressed concerns about their children's safety due to the song's graphic and violent lyrics and the game's creature design. Many articles worldwide covered the song, translating the lyrics into different languages and discussing its potential dangers.[27][28][29][30][31][32]

In 2021, after a comment made by DanTDM where he mentioned wanting to make a song with Endigo followed by eight months of no communication, Endigo released a comedic opera song called DanTDM Betrayed Me in which she sang about her frustration in the role of a typical Disney villain.[33] DanTDM would respond to the song in a video called "I'm a Bad Person",[34] in which he reiterated his want to make a song with Endigo and claiming this seemed like the beginning of Endigo's "villain arc". Endigo would respond with another song called The Cursing of DanTDM[35] to which DanTDM responded with a video called "i have been cursed.."[36] This led to a back-and-forth between Endigo and DanTDM in which they would communicate through Endigo's opera songs, and DanTDM's response videos. In early 2022, Endigo would release the song Goodbye DanTDM,[37] seemingly ending the saga with 11 total songs having been made. These songs would eventually be remade in Japanese and put out as 悪役の物語, a symphonic rock opera album.

2023–present: Drag Race Sverige edit

In 2023, Endigo participated in the first season of Drag Race Sverige, the Swedish adaptation of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race. She gained recognition for her creative runway looks and performances, showcasing her versatility and talent in the competition. On the show, Endigo opened up about the possibility of identifying as transgender but stated that she was not sure yet.[38] In the first episode, Endigo landed at the bottom and lip-synced against Almighty Aphroditey to "Puss & Kram" by Daniela Rathana. Later on, she was placed at the bottom again with Elecktra and lost the lip-sync to "Sexual Revolution" by Army of Lovers, finishing in 7th place.

Personal life edit

Endigo came out as non-binary in 2022 and used they/she/he pronouns.[39][40] In 2023, Endigo announced on Instagram that she is dating Alison "Kawaiiconic" Jones.[41] In November 2023, Endigo came out as a transgender woman.[42]

In late 2023, Endigo announced she had signed a management partnership with the Swedish company Clap Your Hands AB.[43] This was followed by the release of her new single "Living as a Ghost," marking her return to the metal scene. Shortly after, Endigo relocated to Stockholm, Sweden to focus on her music career full-time.

Discography edit

See also: Overworld and BatAAr

Singles edit

  • "Kickoff" (2015)
  • "Peace!" (2017)
  • "See you in Tokyo" (2018)
  • "I'm Still Here" (2018)
  • "Burn Together" (2019)
  • "My Senpai (feat. Bijuu Mike)" (2019)
  • "Tomorrow is in Your Hands" (2019)
  • "Face OFF" (2019)
  • "Metaverse" (2023)
  • "Living as a Ghost" (2023)
  • "All Star" (2024)

Studio Albums edit

Title Release Date
Year of Independence 11 December 2015
Inter. 21 February 2020
Akuyaku no monogatari [悪役の物語] 9 March 2022

With Overworld edit

Title Release Date
Perfect Anomaly 25 May 2012
My Reality 2 June 2013
Final Destination 29 October 2013
Bring Down the Sky 29 September 2014
Time is Music 25 May 2022

With BatAAr edit

Title Release Date
REBIRTH 14 January 2016
ALWAYS DIE YOUNG 8 April 2016
VREDE 21 May 2016
GRAVITAS 11 September 2016
DEVOUR 25 March 2018
Under Isen 28 November 2018
GHOSTMODERN(ism) 12 April 2019
THE FINAL TRAIN 11 September 2019

Filmography edit

Video games edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Tekken 7 Fated Retribution Singer Tack "VREDE" [44]
2017 Tekken 7 Singer Tack "VREDE"
2022 Deathverse: Let it Die Additional Voices Trailer VO [45]
2022 Pitstop in Purgatory Composer [46]
2022 P Street Fighter V Singer/Lyricist Track "ASCEND"
2023 Poetry in Purgatory Composer [47]
2023 ALICE Fiction Singer Track "AMNESIA"
2024 Tekken 8 Additional Voices
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Singer Track "Desert Rush" [48]

TV/Film/Radio edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Robert Geinin Promotion Self [49]
2020 The Guy Perryman Show Composer/Singer [50]
2021 COOL JAPAN〜発掘!かっこいいニッポン〜 [ja] Self [51]
2021 Sony Bravia XR Narrator [52]
2022 BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream! Singer [53][54]
2022 Let's Play English Singer [55]
2022 Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 Singer [56]
2023 Drag Race Sverige Self/Contestant 7th place [citation needed]
Drag Race Sverige: Untucked

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