Your Favorite Martian was a music project from YouTuber Ray William Johnson, best known for his show =3 (Equals Three) and Breaking NYC. The group consisted of four people: Dee-jay the DJ, Puff Puff the singer (voiced by Ray), Benetar the keytarist and Axel the drummer. The first official video of the channel, a music video called "My Balls," was released on January 26, 2011 and, a week after uploading, had 6.5 million views, eventually taking its place as one of the most viral videos in YouTub...
Your Favorite Martian was a music project from YouTuber Ray William Johnson, best known for his show =3 (Equals Three) and Breaking NYC.
The group consisted of four people: Dee-jay the DJ, Puff Puff the singer (voiced by Ray), Benetar the keytarist and Axel the drummer. The first official video of the channel, a music video called "My Balls," was released on January 26, 2011 and, a week after uploading, had 6.5 million views, eventually taking its place as one of the most viral videos in YouTube history. The group rose to fame and was for a time the #1 music channel on YouTube and they sold over 1,000,000 songs on iTunes.
On May 9, 2012, Your Favorite Martian began doing cover songs, explaining that all original content was going towards the album they had just announced. However, on November 30, 2012, the band announced that "the project had been retired." This was a direct result of a dispute between Maker Studios and Ray William Johnson, the co-creator of the band. Maker Studios, who had funded the production of YFM, and, specifically, the announced album, demanded a higher share of Johnson's Adsense revenue and more control over the joint intellectual property of the two parties. When Johnson declined, the network cut funding for the album. While eager fans have speculated that perhaps the album will be released at a later time, it is almost certain at this point that it never will. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
