A recent video released on Twitter has Minecraft fans excited for the first day of the new year. The video seems to reveal popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream with a cartoon sign covering his face, prompting the phrase "he's real" to begin trending on Twitter.
Dream is a YouTube content creator with around 15 million subscribers. He focuses on Minecraft-related content ranging from speedrun videos to challenges with his friends, sometimes involving cash prizes similar to fellow YouTube sensation Mr Beast, who hid $100,000 worth of gift cards in a Minecraft server for fans to uncover. Unlike Mr Beast, however, Dream does not show his face on the content that he creates, making his Twitter video a surprise for fans.
The video was posted this morning and begins with an image of a person standing behind a sign bearing Dream's cartoon face logo. The person behind the sign (who many believe to be Dream) moves their hand around. At the end of the video, a title card appears bearing the words "Mr Beast YouTube Rewind," followed by "4pm EST January 1st." It's never made clear if the person behind the sign is actually Dream, but the nine-second video was enough to send Dream fans into a craze.
As for the title card, it references two things: YouTube Rewind, an annual video by YouTube featuring clips from the most popular content creators on the site, and Mr Beast, who will be doing his own YouTube Rewind video after YouTube announced it would not be doing one in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dream fans are happy to finally be seeing a glimpse of what could be their beloved content creator in the flesh.
However, not everyone is pleased that "he's real" is a trending topic on Twitter. For every fan excited about Dream's video there is another lambasting the YouTuber's followers. Dream isn't completely free of controversy, as one of his Minecraft speedruns was recently investigated by the speedrunning moderation team, which accused him of cheating by manipulating RNG to improve his time.
Dream responded to the cheating accusations by claiming innocence using the help of a researcher, but his reputation has taken a blow. Regardless of his innocence or guilt, it's clear that many feel the discussion on whether Dream actually exists is an inane topic to be trending on Twitter at the end of such a difficult year. Anyone curious about the promoted video will have to wait and see if Dream will reveal his face as part of Mr Beast's YouTube Rewind on January 1.