Miel Bredouw

Miel Bredouw (/miˈɛl/ mee-EL, born July 11, 1989), is a comedian, podcaster and musician. Initially gaining fame on video site Vine in 2014, Bredow began co-hosting the HeadGum podcast Punch Up the Jam alongside Demi Adejuyigbe in 2017, becoming the sole host in 2019. In July 2020, Bredouw released her debut album as a musical artist, entitled Tourist Season.

Miel Bredouw
Born
Mariel Wade Bredouw[1]

(1989-07-11) July 11, 1989[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMielmonster
OccupationPodcaster, comedian, musician
Years active2014–present
Notable work
Punch Up the Jam

Biography

Bredouw was born in Los Angeles,[1] however spent her childhood on Orcas Island in Washington State.[2] When she was 19, Bredouw moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, and became involved with the improv/sketch comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade.[3][4]

Bredouw began posting videos to video site Vine in 2014 under the name Mielmonster, while she was working as a sous-chef for a restaurant in Echo Park.[4][5] Over the next two years Bredouw became one of the most popular creators on the platform,[6][7] and was featured in Camp Unplug, a series produced by the platform.[8] By the time the platform closed, Bredow's videos had been looped more than 328 million times by 2016, and her account had over 370,000 followers.[4][3] Following the platform's closure, Bredouw began posting video content to YouTube.[4]

In 2019, a YouTube clip Bredouw had created singing the tune of "Carol of the Bells" with the lyrics to Three 6 Mafia's “Slob on My Knob” in 2016 was posted by pop culture blog Barstool Sports without crediting her. After lodging a DMCA claim on Twitter, Barstool Sports offered her a $50 gift card to retract her claim.[9] After Bredouw did not respond to further offers, hundreds of messages from Barstool Sports-related accounts or a $2,000 offer, the company filed a counter-notice to Twitter, forcing Bredouw to take legal action if she wanted the company to stop using her videos.[10][11] As a result, Barstool Sports deleted over 60,000 posts from its Twitter account and 1,000 posts from its Instagram account.[12]

In 2017, Bredouw began hosting the HeadGum podcast Punch Up the Jam alongside Demi Adejuyigbe, a writer and comedian who similarly gained fame on Vine.[13] The podcast involves discussing a popular song with a celebrity guest, and creating a parody (or "punch up") of the song, typically a comedic take that addresses the song's weaker points.[14] In 2018, the podcast was named one of the best podcasts of the year by The A.V. Club.[15] Bredouw continued the podcast as its stand-alone host, reformatting the show slightly to allow for discussed songs to be "unpunchable" and including contributions from yMusic's Rob Moose.[16][17] During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in New York City, comedian Chris Fleming joined the podcast as a temporary co-host.[18] In addition to working on Punch Up the Jam, Bredouw has produced comedy for Funny or Die, Super Deluxe, HBO, and BuzzFeed,[4] and makes regular appearances on Ian Karmel's All Fantasy Everything podcast.[19]

Bredouw debuted as a musician in 2020, releasing her singles "Must Be Fine" and “I’ll Be Holding” in July.[20][21] These were followed by her debut album Tourist Season, which was produced by her brother Henri Bardot.[21] The album was created over a month and a half in mid-2019, in her parents' barn.[22] The seven tracks on the album each represent a different emotion associated with the break-up of a relationship.[22]

Personal life

Her father Jim Bredouw is a studio musician who co-founded LA Studios / Margarita Mix while living in Hollywood,[23][24] and worked on a piece of music used in three Nike campaigns.[25][26] Bredouw has two siblings, musician Henri Bardot (member of the band Perlo alongside Mree)[27] and California College of the Arts design lecturer Minnie Bredouw.[1][28] Bredouw announced that she was dating Anthony Padilla of YouTube channel Smosh in September 2017.[7]

Bredouw is vegan, and ran a vegan wedding cake business called Bramble Bakeshop when she lived in Los Angeles.[5]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Album details
Tourist Season

Singles
List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Must Be Fine"[20] 2020 Tourist Season
"I'll Be Holding"[30]

Guest appearances
Title Year Other artists Album
Additional vocals (all songs)[31] 2013 Henri Bardot Tunnels
"Leaving"[32] 2015 Pax Leaving
"Figurine"[33] 2016 Henri Bardot Blue Night

Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 EastSiders Waitress 2 episodes
2015 Camp Unplug[8] Mielmonster Main cast

References
  1. Shrestha, Binesh (July 21, 2019). "Meet Miel Bredouw – Photos Of Anthony Padilla's Girlfriend". Ecelebrity Mirror. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  3. Harvilla, Rob (November 2, 2016). "The Vine Stars Are Alright". The Ringer. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  4. Escandon, Rosa (May 16, 2019). "29-Year-Old Miel Bredouw Believes In Digital Comedy". Forbes. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  5. Rentz, Joanna (May 18, 2015). "Get to Know All-Vegan Bakery, Bramble Bakeshop!". BLDG 25. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  6. "MIELMONSTER". Shorty Awards. 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  7. "MIEL BREDOUW". Shorty Awards. 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  8. Hamedy, Saba (June 28, 2016). "'Camp Unplug': Meet Vine's first long-form series". Mashable. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  9. Statt, Nick (March 4, 2019). "A comedian's fight with Barstool Sports shows how Twitter's copyright system can hurt creators". The Verge. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  10. Crichton, Maddie (March 5, 2019). "Comedian Fires Back at Twitter and Barstool Sports Over Copyright Issues". Rogue Rocket. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  11. Martin, Brittany (March 6, 2019). "A Sports Site Hijacked a Comedian's Video—and Intimidated Her for Complaining". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  12. Ley, Tom. "Barstool Sports Quietly Tries To Un-FuckJerry Itself, Deletes 60,000 Social Media Posts". Deadspin. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  13. Kramer, Mark (April 8, 2019). "Want to Try Punch Up the Jam? Start Here". Vulture. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  14. Pearce, Tilly (January 27, 2019). "Podcast of the Week: Punch Up The Jam with Miel Bredouw and Demi Adejuyigbe". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  15. "The best podcasts of 2018 so far". The A.V. Club. June 25, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  16. "84 - Hotel California PART ONE (w/ Miel's Dad)". HeadGum.
  17. @punchupthejam (December 19, 2019). "the podcast has officially PEAKED" (Tweet). Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Twitter.
  18. "'Sugar, We're Goin Down' by Fall Out Boy (w/ Chris Fleming)". Art19. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  19. "All Fantasy Everything with Ian Karmel". HeadGum. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  20. "Must Be Fine - Single". iTunes. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  21. Mineo, Mike (July 16, 2020). "Miel – "I'll Be Holding"". Obscure Sound. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  22. Young, David James (July 27, 2020). "Comedian Miel Bredouw On Making One Of 2020's Most Beautiful & Quietly-Devastating Albums". Music Feeds. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  23. Smith, Colleen (June 13, 2018). "Sometimes being a dad means dressing up as a unicorn Father's Day profile". The Islands' Sounder. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  24. Moayeri, Lily (April 1, 2019). "The Enduring Style and Talent of Margarita Mix". Mix. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  25. ""Heritage" (aka The Music Nike Couldn't Let Go)". KicksOnFire. January 11, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  26. Meyers, Jeff (May 10, 1987). "Shoe Biz". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  27. Ammann, Ana (September 29, 2018). "Perlo: A (Fairy) Tale of Two Cities coming to the Old Church Concert Hall". Oregon Music News. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  28. "Minnie Bredouw". California College of the Arts. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  29. "Tourist Season". Bandcamp. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  30. "I'll Be Holding - Single". iTunes. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  31. "Tunnels". Bandcamp. 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  32. "leaving". Bandcamp. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  33. "Blue Night". Bandcamp. 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
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