We're All Doomed!

Daniel Howell spent years as half of a wholesome, hyper-popular YouTube duo before building a solo act out of existential dread. He tries to balance the cheerful demands of internet fame with the reality of global collapse. The show opens with an ironically upbeat musical number before descending into a catalog of modern anxieties, targeting capitalism, the climate crisis, and his own struggles with depression.

Filmed at the Alexandra Palace Theatre in London, the performance concludes a 78-date world tour that marked Howell’s first solo outing. The theatrical production relies heavily on audience participation, featuring a game of conspiracy-theory madlibs and a segment where the crowd helps judge which public figures belong in hell. It also employs high-concept stagecraft, including a lighting sequence designed to mimic a panic attack.