Biography
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Born
14 September 1996 (age 27)
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Born In
Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
William Gold, more widely known as Wilbur Soot, is an English musician and lead vocalist for the indie rock band "Lovejoy." He is also a Twitch streamer and YouTuber, being a former member of the group channel "SootHouse" and creating the mysterious Editor Wilbur ARG.
He began his music career in 2018 by creating various comedic songs. In 2019, he released a 13 minute EP with four songs: "Maybe I Was Boring,” “For Memories,” “White Wine in a Wetherspoons,” and “It’s All Futile! It’s All Pointless!” the latter of which was remastered on Lovejoy's second EP in 2021. His first official project, "Your City Gave Me Asthma," was released on June 25th, 2020. He also released a few parody songs in 2020, with "Your New Boyfriend" being the most successful one, charting on Spotify and in the UK Singles Chart at #183 and #83 respectively. It also debuted at #2 on the Spotify Viral 50 chart and sold over 500,000 units in the US. His final parody, "Soft Boy," was released on September 26th, 2022, as a tribute to his fans. Adding onto that, on November 30th 2023, at exactly midnight, Wilbur released an album called "Mammalian Sighing Reflex" on Spotify.
Wilbur's music takes influence from artists like Los Campesinos, Crywank, Arctic Monkeys, and other indie rock and bedroom pop bands.
These days, he focuses on Lovejoy.
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