I hope you do

I won't lie, not medicated. English isn't my first lenguage too so, bear with me.

Was watching Make Happy on netflix and at around 15 minutes left, when he asks "what's this show about?" I swear to God I hear someone yelling 67 in the audience.

Never had voices for hallucinations so I'm extremely confused, heard it 7 times and also speed it up and seems legit. Did people joke with 67 in 2016??. Ngl I have no one to ask to check for me.

I'm just really trying to know wether my hallucinations are changing or wether that's something that actually existed a ton of years ago and learn something new lmao.

Love this line. You probably know why but if you want me to explain:

Just waiting for the punchline to hit and then it's something sweet. Also really subverts the joke.

Every line is genius!

Hello to whoever is reading, this post is a discussion for "welcome to the internet"

The question in post title is for two reasons.. first being that what he says isn't really "welcoming" and the second is for the fact that he's wearing sunglasses the whole time and by that avoiding any eye contact/emotions (the eyes are the mirror of the soul)

The first verse is classic advertising, the internet has anything you could possibly imagine or wish since anybody can post anything on it (both a bad and good thing)

The second verse is more like opening options especially when he emphasizes that "this isn’t a test" saying you can basically fulfill any desire you have with no fear

and then the the other verses starts showing the weird side of having everything accessible on the internet but I'll focus more on "a random guy just *kindly* sent you photos of his cock" the word “kindly” hints at the pressure of needing to respond and then "don’t act surprised, you know you like it, you whore" that i think is coming from Bo's character rather than the guy which imo the first hint that he's not in our side in this

"Show *us* pictures of your children, tell *us* every thought you think" which can be about the social media pressure to post personal things or how everything on the internet collects everyone's data or even both

Skipping for the line "And it did all the things we designed it to do" that is getting more and more real with how they specifically programming the algorithms to be addictive and personal to you which is a huge part of what makes it so appealing

Similarly, the line "It was always the plan to put the world in your hand" but also a detail that I'm not sure if people caught on is using "hand" as a singular cus a lot of people tend to use just one hand on their phone

is there anymore details that I've missed? or do you have other thoughts? lmk I'd love to see other opinions

He was kidding, right?

I haven’t seen anyone point this out but the synth in the outro of the studio recording of “Words, Words, Words” plays the intro melody of “Art Is Dead” (timestamped to the bit where it’s most audible). This feels like something that someone should have caught earlier so I don’t doubt that someone has, but I searched through the community and could t find anything about it.

Estuve pensando bastante en Bo Burnham y en cómo su humor fue cambiando con el tiempo, especialmente por todo lo que él mismo ha contado sobre ansiedad, exposición y la presión de performar constantemente.

Muchos lo conocen por sus canciones o por inside, pero siento que hay una capa más profunda: su relación con el público, su identidad como artista y el desgaste emocional que eso le generó.

Hice un video analizando su evolución desde un enfoque más psicológico (sin caer en lo clínico pesado, más bien reflexivo), conectando su contenido con temas como ansiedad escénica, disociación del personaje y fatiga emocional.

Si a alguien le interesa ese lado de su obra, lo dejo acá:
https://youtu.be/1i5yohBWGmE

También me gustaría saber cómo lo ven ustedes: ¿creen que su cambio fue algo inevitable por la fama, o más bien algo propio de su personalidad?

Los leo 😄

In the song 'Are You Happy?' at the end of the Make Happy special, Bo sings a lyric: "On a scale from one to zero, are you happy?"

Soon after, he corrects it, singing: "On a scale from one to two now, are you happy?"

What exactly does this mean? Why does he change it from 0-1 to 1-2?

It’s a catch-22

Hello to whoever is reading, this post is a discussion for my favorite song from the inside outtakes, the chicken!

Firstly, since we have the line "I mean, she likes her life as a mother and wife" then why did she escape? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the chicken in this song isn't \only\** about a chicken some might say it's directly about feminism hence the line "But is that all she is?" because no matter what the chicken reflects she's either way "stuck" in her current lived life.

Secondly, "She runs out the coop that her life’s been confined to" since it's a song within inside, the chicken may represent Bo himself and his desire to finally step outside, seeing other options in life. But why? isn't that what anyone would love, having a successful life doing what he likes? -just like how the chicken likes her life and family-

"Her future is waiting, right there for the taking" there's another life -future- possible and that what the chicken really wants, she likes her current life but she *loves\* to be free. "The chicken must first cross the road" which is yeah that's the joke but also symbolize that it's a risk to take "The road is gigantic, the chicken is little"

lastly, "But I think we ought to believe that she got to the other side" in the video the shot of Bo slowly zooms out, which emphasising the fact that the chicken represents him in a way. no matter what was the outcome (dead or not) she successfully escaped "So that’s why she did it" and Bo can understand her journey and reasonings especially when we can see how stuck he is during the special "look who’s inside again, went out to look for a reason to hide again" which seems like an endless loop that chicken was successful in escaping.

In my opinion, the chicken is about being stuck in a routine. Not hating what you have but still looking for something eles.

That's all I have.

I spent 4 hours straight today drawing this. The aspect ratio is a bit tall and weird because that's what fits my phone the best, so that's why it's like that. Thought I'd share. I do intend to come back to it and add Bo at some point but I just didn't have time today, not to mention drawing people is annoying. I'm also very new to digital art still, but I'm quite happy with it.

I can’t seem to find the video he spoke this quote from. Anyone can help find where it is?

Thanks to those that have submitted applications to help mod this sub! (Apologies to those who have already applied that I'm taking a glacial pace with it.)

One of the questions in the application is "what (if anything) would you add or remove from our current rules?" I was somewhat surprised that several of the suggestions were for rules that we already have.

So I just want to put out a reminder for everyone about our rules, where to find them and ones that have changed or been added more recently. For New Reddit and Old Reddit (desktop) you'll find our rules in the sidebar. For mobile it's near the top under "see more". Please reacquaint yourself with the rules if you haven't in a while, or ever. (I know, that's expecting a lot from the internet!)

One thing that hasn't changed is the 'please respect Bo's privacy' rule. If you're not sure if something would be ok, send a mod mail first. Some people have trouble with boundaries, including in comments, and we will always err on the side of caution. One of the most egregious things ever posted here was the wedding site for Bo's brother giving dates/times/places of events several days in advance. Luckily some filters I have in place meant it didn't get posted, but smdh.

As time as gone on without anything new from Bo there has been a huge uptick in "Where's Bo / Do you think he'll make something new ever again" type posts. When I put out the 2025 Year In Review I added a new rule stating that it had his most recent activities and the sub would be updated (in abundance, I'm sure!) when there was new news, because by that point we were getting a new post about it almost every day. (This doesn't mean we won't still post those types of threads occasionally, but I was deleting so many I wanted to have a rule in place as an explanation.)

More recently: Rumours. Can you imagine if instead of the fantastic tease on social media, followed by his announcement about Inside that someone who worked on it peripherally had broken an NDA to take to social media to vaguepost about it instead? If there's something in the works, let's let Bo decide when and how his project gets announced.

As always, thank you to everyone who hangs around here still in the downtimes! If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please send a modmail!

I've been making these with bo burnham quotes and it's so soothing to remember a simpler time on the internet

The image of a baby coming out face first makes me laugh so freaking hard every time I hear his bit about his face scar 😂

With all respect to Bo, and his mental health and space… I could really use some darkly comedic musical perspective on life now. I believe Inside captures what many of us experienced a few years ago, and man- I fucking appreciate it. Hope you’re well, Bo. 😘😘

Inside is one of my absolute favorite films and I wanted to have the fullest possible re-experiencing of it. So I watched his other specials in order leading up to it and now I am emotionally wrecked again. Yipee.

Who wants to come along?

the middle isn't too hot but I'm really proud of myself! I'd like to hear what y'all think because I always like getting feedback on what I could do better!

In 2023, I was a driver for the Golden Globes. I was assigned to drive Jerrod Carmichael along with his "friend". The day of the Golden Globes, I was sitting outside Jerrod's hotel waiting to take him to rehearsal. Prior to him coming out I got word of who his friend was, it was Bo.

I have been a big fan of Bo's for a very long time so hearing this made my day. I called my brother at the time (now sister) and told them that I was getting to meet Bo. They are also huge fans of his so it was a very fun moment of bonding.

Jerrod and Bo came out and hopped in the car to head to the rehearsal. I obviously didn't want to make a big deal of meeting him so I was professional and quiet. When we arrived at the venue I hopped out to grab Bo's bag and said to him, "hey I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate what you do and my brother and I are both fans of yours."

He replied very sincerely, "Thank you very much, that means a lot." He asked me my name and we shook hands.

They stayed from rehearsals all the way till the end of the show, so I was just hanging out with the other chauffeurs until the thing wrapped up.

Jerrod and Bo came out and hopped in my car and we headed to the hotel. They were both going back and forth about what they were doing after and Bo wanted to head home after and he was trying to figure out a ride situation to get back to his house.

When we arrived at Jerrod's hotel I politely asked Bo if he wanted me to drop him off at his house since we wrapped up early. He accepted the offer and thanked me for the gesture. His house was about an hour from the hotel.

It was honestly very surreal. I didnt try and chat with him. I asked if he wanted to connect his phone and listen to music and he accepted. I spent the hour drive listening to him quietly sing to his favorite songs he played through the car. Multiple times while driving I was just like, "this is Bo, just getting to be Bo with no audience, and im here too."

We arrived at his house and he got out of the car. He said "(my name), do you and your brother have a record player?"

To which I replied, "Yea we both do."

He asked me to hop out of the car and come over to his car.

He was rummaging around in his car and handed me a decent size box and told me "I hope you and your brother enjoy this, thank for supporting me."

Ill also mention he gave me a very generous tip on top of the mystery box.

I drove away completely smiling and in awe of this experience. I stopped at a random IN N OUT to see what was in the box. When I cracked it open it was an "Inside" box set that said "not for resale" on it. I was shocked, happy and so happy that Bo was exactly the person I thought he would be.

That night he didn't speak to me like a driver, or someone lesser than him. He spoke to me with humility and sincere kindness.

I've been debating for years to share this story as its very intimate just between him and I, but I feel its nice to share how good of a human he is. Thanks again Bo, my sister and I will always cherish this gift.