Why Dream kept his face hidden — and why he revealed it
Dream, a massively popular YouTuber known for creating Minecraft content, took what might have been one of the biggest and most important steps of his career on Sunday night. No, he didn’t have a brand partnership or make content with some celebrity. Rather, he did something that sounds simple: He showed his real face to his millions of followers. The strange part was, they’d never seen it before.
Before Sunday night, Dream had only been seen by the world through his avatar, which consisted of a white mask with a black smiley face drawn on it. The reveal has made a big splash, and since he posted his unmasking video, his name started trending on Twitter; at time of publication, the video has over 29 million views.
The moment was remarkable, but it was also quiet and awkward. He sat alone in a dark room with black walls and a single bed. Despite having spent hundreds of hours editing and releasing video content and becoming one of the most-viewed content creators on YouTube, Dream looked slightly uncomfortable about being on camera — after all, it was happening for the first time. As he reached behind himself to point at a sign in the background, he pointed the wrong way because as he explained it, he wasn’t used to the way the video mirrored the feed. In this moment, he just seemed like a normal kid. But the reveal was a huge deal to his fans, who’ve been waiting years for this.
Dream, whose real name is Clay (last name unknown), is a 23-year-old American YouTuber known for creating content featuring the survival sandbox game Minecraft. Unlike Twitch streamers, who narrate games as they play them, Dream is largely known for his heavily edited videos, in which he layers cartoonish sound effects and music on top of his
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