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Jack Stauber (born April 6, 1996) is an American musician, animator, filmmaker, and internet personality based in Pittsburgh. He is recognized for his VHS-aesthetic live action, stop motion, and computer animated music videos which have been featured in .
He has released the albums Finite Form (2013), Viator (2015), Pop Food (2017), and HiLo (2018). The first two tracks of Pop Food, "Buttercup" and "Oh Klahoma," went viral on TikTok. In 2025 "Oh Klahoma" became a viral video again in a trend on TikTok. Among his topics, like "Black Pill", in 2020 he won the Shorty Awards in the Best in Weird category.
"Buttercup," was the first song released on his 2017 album "Pop Food." The song, along with remixes and covers of it, became a popular internet meme, especially on TikTok, contributing substantially to its success. The song has 425 million Spotify streams as of July 2024, with its sound being described as "bubbly, dramatic pop with Panda Bear-esque vocals." "Oh Klahoma," the second track from "Pop Food", became popular as well. The song is used as background music in a TikTok trend called #ghostphotoshoot, where creators dress up as ghosts and take photos of themselves, sometimes wearing sunglasses and other fashion accessories.
Additionally, Stauber publishes under the name "Jack Stauber's Micropop," releasing extended versions of short songs found on his YouTube channel. Under the Micropop name, Stauber has released six Extended play and a compilation album, along with two soundtracks for his works with Adult Swim.
A short surrealist musical psychological horror film, entitled " Jack Stauber's OPAL", premiered on October 30, 2020. On the same day, OPAL was also released on the Adult Swim YouTube channel. Stauber received help from the producers at Williams Street in Atlanta for the creation of OPAL. The film utilizes stop-motion, 3D-animated, and live action segments.
On December 30, 2025, Stauber's "Goodbye, Mr. Schizo" short premiered in the first episode of Off The Air's fifteenth season. (“Growth”)
Indie singer-songwriter Sidney Gish and model Paris Jackson are among the artists expressing admiration for Stauber's music.
Creating his animations, Stauber uses Microsoft Paint for the drawings. He then sequences the frames in Adobe Premiere Pro and then runs the finished video through a VHS tape. Teeth are often referenced in Stauber's music and videos, most often being fake teeth made of resin, although Stauber has used real teeth in his work before.
| 2020 | Shorty Awards | Creative & Media: Best in Weird | Jack Stauber |
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