Before you continue any further with this article, ask yourself one question; "Do I want to watch Bo Burnham's Netflix exclusive 'Make Happy' spoiler free?" If the answer is yes, I highly advise you to click off this article, enjoy the show, and come back. Thank you.

I've been a huge fan of Bo Burnham for many years now. Some of my favorite acts include "From the Perspective of God," "RANT" and "High School Party." If you have never seen Burnham's comedy before, he is a musical comedic who tends to do a lot of acts that are controversial or inappropriate. Many of his songs discus topics like religion, race, sexism and mental health. He brings light to these topics by creating sarcastic satire of them to make us laugh and think.

I was disappointed to see that in his new special, Burnham spends a decent amount of stage time explaining how these bits are meant to be "ironic" and how they aren't meant to cause more controversy. In his previous shows like "what." he quickly transitioned between jokes expecting his audience to understand that it was a comedy show meant to make people laugh. It seems as if he received criticism for some of the acts he did in his previous shows. After a few of his acts he takes a moment to talk about them. After one of his songs he states, "And if you're offended, do not write a blog. I apologize immediately!" To be fair, he says this after explaining that his song "Kill Yourself" was not written to make people kill themselves. If there was ever a time to explain a joke- this is it.

I'm not writing any of this to say the show was bad in any way. I loved it. I didn't love it as much as some of his other ones, but that doesn't mean it was bad. For me, the problem was knowing the material. I spent a great deal of time watching his lesser known songs on YouTube, which led to me knowing the songs "Straight White Man" and "Kill Yourself" before I watched "Make Happy." The songs that were new to me, I loved. He did one song about lowering your expectations that I thought was absolutely hilarious. I greatly enjoyed the deeper, more real aspects of the show as well.

In the last section of the show, Burnham takes a minute to discuss the issues he really wants to discuss. No lights. No music. Just him and the audience. He bring up the lights in the house and really connects with the people in the room. He talks to them about the struggles of being a performer — of being unhappy. His final two songs were my favorite. In his exiting number he sings about struggles. There was one specific line of this song that he repeats, and it hit me kind of hard. He sings, "I don't think that I can handle this right now." He mentions that his own mental state is "slowing declining" and how he himself is unhappy. He used his platform to talk about the struggles of being a performer and just simply being unhappy. I greatly admire the bravery it takes to get up in front of a crowd and tell them you're unwell.

However, if you watch this exclusive for one reason in particular, watch it for the very last song. After the crowd cheers and the lights go out, we see Bo in a backroom. It's just him and his piano. He plays this beautiful song revolving around the thought of "Am I happy?" He asks this question multiple times, making his audience think about their lives in between movies and shows and books. His response is what I suspect most of us think when asked that question, "What the fuck kind of question is 'Am I Happy?'" It's a really touching song that mentions the thoughts many of us have about being happy. We feel we can't be happy, or that we just never will. Or even worse, we just don't know how to be happy.

If there is one thing you take away from this show, I hope it's how much work these performers put into making us, the audience, happy. Bo Burnham does his comedy to make us laugh, give us joy, and make happiness. Many people don't think about the depth of these artists. I hope this show makes them realize that.

Now, I have one last question for you.

Are you happy?