Wilbur Soot

Will Gold (born 14 September 1996), better known as Wilbur Soot, is a British internet personality, Twitch streamer, and singer-songwriter. He first became known in 2017 for his work with the group comedy YouTube channel SootHouse, where he made recurring appearances and was the lead editor and a co-founder. He later started his own channel, Wilbur Soot, on 29 March 2019. He released his first single, "The 'Nice Guy' Ballad", in January 2018. His sixth single, "Your New Boyfriend", peaked at No. 65 on the UK Singles Chart.
Career.
YouTube and Twitch career.
Gold became well known as an editor for the YouTube group channel SootHouse, which was founded by Gold and some of his friends. The channel consisted mostly of reaction videos, with its members viewing memes and life hacks among other topics.
He created his main channel, Wilbur Soot, on 29 March 2019. The channel features content pertaining to video games, most commonly, the 2011 sandbox game "Minecraft". Gold also actively live streams on Twitch, where he has amassed over 3 million followers as of April 2021, making him the 41st most-followed channel on the platform.
In 2020, Gold joined the roleplay-focused "Minecraft" server Dream SMP, run by the eponymous YouTuber Dream. On the server, Gold would found the nation of L'Manberg and eventually become a lead writer. Gold has also competed in multiple "Minecraft" tournaments, including MC Championships and Minecraft Monday. In January 2021, Gold was one of the eight participants of the chess tournament BlockChamps, hosted by WFM Alexandra Botez and her sister, Andrea. Gold was eliminated in the tournament's first round, when he lost to fellow YouTuber and Twitch streamer GeorgeNotFound.
On 3 April 2021, Gold started a podcast, titled "Hey and Stuff".
Musical career.
Although mainly known as a YouTuber, Gold is also a musician and multi-instrumentalist. He released his first single, "The 'Nice Guy' Ballad", in January 2018. Gold first charted with his sixth single, "Your New Boyfriend", released in December 2020, which peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 65. The song also appeared on the UK Indie Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 10 and 100, respectively. Gold has also appeared on several artists charts, including "Billboard" Emerging Artists Chart and "Rolling Stone" Top Breakthrough Chart. In May 2021, his band Lovejoy released their first EP titled "Are You Alright?" The songs "One Day" and "Taunt" debuted at numbers 60 and 94 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.