{{Short description|American podcaster, comedian, singer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Miel Bredouw | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Mariel Wade Bredouw | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|11}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Comedian, podcaster, musician | other_names = Mielmonster | years_active = 2014–2020, 2023 | relatives = Mree (sister-in-law) | website = }}
'''Mariel Wade''' "'''Miel'''" '''Bredouw''' ({{IPAc-en|m|i|'|ɛ|l|_|'|b|r|eɪ|d|oʊ}} {{respell|mee|EL|_|BRAY|doh}}, born July 11, 1989) is an American former comedian, podcaster, and musician. Initially gaining fame on Vine in 2014, she also hosted the HeadGum podcast ''Punch Up the Jam'' from 2017 to 2020. She released her debut album, ''Tourist Season'', in 2020.
== Early life == Mariel Wade Bredouw was born in Los Angeles on July 11, 1989.<ref name="Ecelebritymirror">{{Cite web|url=https://ecelebritymirror.com/entertainment/miel-bredouw-anthony-padilla-girlfriend/ |title=Meet Miel Bredouw – Photos Of Anthony Padilla's Girlfriend |first=Binesh |last=Shrestha |date=July 21, 2019 |website=Ecelebrity Mirror |access-date=July 19, 2020}}{{better source needed|date = January 2022}}</ref> Her father, Jim, is a studio musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.islandssounder.com/life/sometimes-being-a-dad-means-dressing-up-as-a-unicorn-fathers-day-profile/ |title=Sometimes being a dad means dressing up as a unicorn Father's Day profile |first=Colleen |last=Smith |date=June 13, 2018 |website=The Islands' Sounder |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/the-enduring-style-and-talent-of-margarita-mix |title=The Enduring Style and Talent of Margarita Mix |first=Lily |last=Moayeri |date=April 1, 2019 |website=Mix |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> who has worked on music for Nike campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicksonfire.com/nike-heritage-jim-bredouw/ |title="Heritage" (aka The Music Nike Couldn't Let Go) |date=January 11, 2018 |website=KicksOnFire |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-10-ca-6238-story.html |title=Shoe Biz |first=Jeff |last=Meyers |date=May 10, 1987 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> She has a younger brother named Henri, a musician who is married to musician Mree,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonmusicnews.com/perlo-preview |title=Perlo: A (Fairy) Tale of Two Cities coming to the Old Church Concert Hall |first=Ana |last=Ammann |date=September 29, 2018 |website=Oregon Music News |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> and a younger sister named Minnie, a design lecturer at California College of the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portal.cca.edu/people/minnie/ |title=Minnie Bredouw |website=California College of the Arts |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> She spent her childhood on Orcas Island, Washington.<ref name="TheLight">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@mbredouw/the-light-1f6d63197599 |title=The Light |first=Minnie |last=Bredouw |date=November 30, 2016 |website=Medium |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> When she was 19, she moved back to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, and became involved with the Upright Citizens Brigade.<ref name="TheRinger">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/2016/11/2/16042174/the-vine-stars-are-alright-9cb23b2c3f56 |title=The Vine Stars Are Alright |first=Rob |last=Harvilla |date=November 2, 2016 |website=The Ringer |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Forbes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosaescandon/2019/05/16/29-year-old-miel-bredouw-believes-in-digital-comedy/#5e3cac92747f |title=29-Year-Old Miel Bredouw Believes In Digital Comedy |first=Rosa |last=Escandon |date=May 16, 2019 |website=Forbes |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Career== In 2014, while working as a sous-chef for a restaurant in Echo Park, Bredouw began posting comedic videos on Vine under the username Mielmonster.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="Freepeople">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.freepeople.com/2015/05/bramble-bakeshop-feature/ |title=Get to Know All-Vegan Bakery, Bramble Bakeshop! |first=Joanna |last=Rentz |date=May 18, 2015 |website=BLDG 25 |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> Over the next two years, she became one of the most popular creators on the platform,<ref name="Shorty8th">{{Cite web|url=https://shortyawards.com/8th/mielmonster |title=Mielmonster |year=2016 |website=Shorty Awards |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Shorty10th">{{Cite web|url=https://shortyawards.com/10th/miel |title=Miel Bredouw |year=2018 |website=Shorty Awards |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> and was featured in ''Camp Unplug'', a series produced by the platform.<ref name="Unplug">{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2016/06/28/twitter-vine-longform-series-camp-unplug/ |title='Camp Unplug': Meet Vine's first long-form series |first=Saba |last=Hamedy |date=June 28, 2016 |website=Mashable |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> By the time the platform closed in 2016, her videos had been looped more than 328 million times, and her account had over 370,000 followers.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="TheRinger"/> Following Vine's demise, Bredouw began posting videos on YouTube.<ref name="Forbes"/>
In 2017, Bredouw began hosting the HeadGum podcast ''Punch Up the Jam'' alongside comedian Demi Adejuyigbe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/punch-up-the-jam-podcast-best-episode.html |title=Want to Try Punch Up the Jam? Start Here. |last=Kramer|first=Mark |date=April 8, 2019 |website=Vulture|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/27/podcast-of-the-week-punch-up-the-jam-with-miel-bredouw-and-demi-adejuyigbe-8397400/ |title=Podcast of the Week: Punch Up The Jam with Miel Bredouw and Demi Adejuyigbe |last=Pearce|first=Tilly |date=January 27, 2019 |website=Metro.co.uk|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, the podcast was named one of the best of the year by ''The A.V. Club''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-podcasts-of-2018-so-far-1826918907 |title=The best podcasts of 2018 so far |date=June 25, 2018 |website=The A.V. Club|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> Adejuyigbe left the podcast in late 2019 (though he returned for a one-off appearance in November 2020) and Bredouw continued as its stand-alone host, reformatting the show slightly to allow for discussed songs to be "unpunchable" and including contributions from musician Rob Moose.<ref name="continue">{{cite web| url=https://headgum.com/punch-up-the-jam/84-hotel-california-part-one-with-miels-dad |title=84 - Hotel California PART ONE (w/ Miel's Dad) |website=HeadGum}}</ref><ref name="rob">{{cite tweet | first = Punch Up the Jam | user = punchupthejam | number = 1207743996446928896 | date = December 19, 2019 | title = the podcast has officially PEAKED. | access-date = April 13, 2020}}</ref> During COVID-19 lockdowns in New York City, comedian Chris Fleming joined the podcast as a temporary co-host.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://art19.com/shows/punch-up-the-jam/episodes/c7ae095d-bd76-47fd-b8bf-201018d93c38 |title='Sugar, We're Goin Down' by Fall Out Boy (w/ Chris Fleming) |website=Art19 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721042114/https://art19.com/shows/punch-up-the-jam/episodes/c7ae095d-bd76-47fd-b8bf-201018d93c38 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition to working on ''Punch Up the Jam'', Bredouw has produced comedy for Funny or Die, Super Deluxe, HBO, and BuzzFeed,<ref name="Forbes"/> and makes regular appearances on comedian Ian Karmel's ''All Fantasy Everything'' podcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://headgum.com/all-fantasy-everything?page=1 |title=All Fantasy Everything with Ian Karmel |website=HeadGum|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
In 2019, a short video Bredouw had created in 2016 which featured her singing the lyrics to Three 6 Mafia's song "Slob on My Knob" to the tune of "Carol of the Bells" was posted by pop culture blog Barstool Sports without crediting her. After she lodged a DMCA claim, Barstool Sports offered her a $50 gift card to retract it.<ref name="Verge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/4/18250731/barstool-sports-miel-bredouw-twitter-dmca-copyright-strike-video |title=A comedian's fight with Barstool Sports shows how Twitter's copyright system can hurt creators |first=Nick |last=Statt |date=March 4, 2019 |website=The Verge |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> After she did not respond to further offers, including one for $2,000, as well as hundreds of messages from Barstool Sports-related accounts, the company filed a counter-notice which would force her to take legal action if she wanted the company to stop using her videos.<ref name="RogueRocket">{{Cite web |url=https://roguerocket.com/2019/03/05/comedian-fires-back-at-twitter-and-barstool-sports-over-copyright-issues/ |title=Comedian Fires Back at Twitter and Barstool Sports Over Copyright Issues |first=Maddie |last=Crichton |date=March 5, 2019 |website=Rogue Rocket |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721082142/https://roguerocket.com/2019/03/05/comedian-fires-back-at-twitter-and-barstool-sports-over-copyright-issues/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/barstool-sports-miel-bredouw/|title=A Sports Site Hijacked a Comedian's Video—and Intimidated Her for Complaining|last=Martin|first=Brittany|date=2019-03-06|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> After widespread condemnation for its actions, Barstool Sports removed all of Bredouw's content from its accounts, as well as deleting over 60,000 posts from its Twitter account and over 1,000 posts from its Instagram account.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadspin.com/barstool-sports-quietly-tries-to-un-fuckjerry-itself-d-1833162018|title=Barstool Sports Quietly Tries To Un-FuckJerry Itself, Deletes 60,000 Social Media Posts|last=Ley|first=Tom|website=Deadspin|date=March 8, 2019 |access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
Bredouw debuted as a musician in 2020, releasing her singles "Must Be Fine" and "I'll Be Holding" in July.<ref name="MBF"/><ref name="OS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.obscuresound.com/2020/07/miel-ill-be-holding/ |title=Miel – "I'll Be Holding" |first=Mike |last=Mineo |date=July 16, 2020 |website=Obscure Sound |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> These were followed by her debut album ''Tourist Season'', which was produced by her brother Henri.<ref name="OS"/> The album was created over a month and a half during mid-2019 in her parents' barn.<ref name="MusicFeeds">{{Cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/miel/ |title=Comedian Miel Bredouw On Making One Of 2020's Most Beautiful & Quietly-Devastating Albums |first=David |last=Young |date=July 27, 2020 |website=Music Feeds |access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> The seven tracks on the album each represent a different emotion associated with the break-up of a relationship.<ref name="MusicFeeds"/>
Following the album's release, Bredouw took an extended hiatus. She returned in early 2023, and released the single "Call You Out" on April 20. By the end of the year, however, Bredouw had again exited public life. Her only remaining online presence as of May 2025 is her Patreon account, on which she delivers monthly playlists dubbed "Made You A Mixtape" to her backers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miel |url=https://www.patreon.com/mielmo |website=Patreon |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== In September 2017, Bredouw and Smosh co-founder Anthony Padilla confirmed that they were dating.<ref name="Shorty10th"/> Bredouw is a vegan and operated a vegan bakery when she lived in Los Angeles.<ref name="Freepeople"/>
==Discography== === Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Tourist Season'' | * Released: {{nowrap| {{Start date|2020|7|22|}}}}<ref name="Bandcamp">{{Cite web|url=https://mielmusic.bandcamp.com/releases |title=Tourist Season |date=July 1, 2020 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> * Label: Miel Music Publishing * Format: Digital download, online streaming |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:13em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Album |- ! scope="row"| "Must Be Fine"<ref name="MBF">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/must-be-fine-single/1520731339 |title=Must Be Fine - Single |date=July 1, 2020 |website=iTunes |access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> | rowspan="2"| 2020 | rowspan="2"| ''Tourist Season'' |- ! scope="row"| "I'll Be Holding"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/ill-be-holding-single/1521628736 |title=I'll Be Holding - Single |date=July 12, 2020 |website=iTunes |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Call You Out"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mielmusic.bandcamp.com/track/call-you-out |title=Call You Out |date=April 20, 2023 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=April 25, 2023 }}</ref> | rowspan="1"| 2023 | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |}
=== Guest appearances === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Other artists ! scope="col"| Album |- ! scope="row"| Additional vocals (all songs)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://henribardot.bandcamp.com/album/tunnels |title=Tunnels |year=2013 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> | 2013 | Henri Bardot | ''Tunnels'' |- ! scope="row"| "Leaving"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pictochat.bandcamp.com/album/leaving |title=leaving |year=2015 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> | 2015 | Pax | ''Leaving'' |- ! scope="row"| "Figurine"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://henribardot.bandcamp.com/album/blue-night |title=Blue Night |year=2016 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> | 2016 | Henri Bardot | ''Blue Night'' |}
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2015 | ''EastSiders'' | Waitress | 2 episodes |- | 2015 | ''Camp Unplug''<ref name="Unplug"/> | Mielmonster | Main cast |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bredouw, Miel}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American comedians Category:21st-century American women musicians Category:American Vine (service) celebrities Category:American women singer-songwriters Category:American women comedians Category:American women podcasters Category:American comedy podcasters Category:Headgum Category:People from San Juan County, Washington Category:21st-century American women singers Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters Category:Singer-songwriters from California Category:Singer-songwriters from Washington (state) Category:Comedians from Los Angeles