This megastar YouTuber’s new album is ‘Brat’ meets ‘Animal Crossing’

To become an online sensation “you have to give the internet something that they never knew they needed,” says Charlie Green. And the musician also known as CG5 knows a thing or two about viral success. More than 10million people subscribe to his YouTube channel and another five million follow him on TikTok where he posts EDM-inspired bangers about indie video games. READ MORE: The Simpsons’ silly, subversive video game legacy isn’t done yet There’s ‘Sleep Well’, a euphoric electro-pop anthem that dives into the motivations behind the nightmarish enemies that plague survival horror Poppy’s Playtime, which has been viewed more than 310million times. You’ve also got ‘Show Yourself’, a sleek pop cut that dives into the world of social deduction game Among Us, jaunty ode to Luigi’s Mansion‘s ‘Phantom Dancing’ and the fist-pumping Minecraft rave-rock of ‘Hold The Mine’. He’s also put his spin on big-screen hits (an a cappella cover of Jack Black’s popular ditty ‘Peaches’, from The Super Mario Bros. Movie, for example) and makes songs about memes including Skibidi Toilet, Big Chungus and Backrooms. It’s the sort of content that gets passed around the school playground at lunchtime but it...