Brandon Wardell was born in the Seattle area before moving to Northern Virginia when he was a child.

[5] Wardell's career began at the age of 17 in early 2010 doing open mics, before being invited to comedy hours in the Washington, D.C.

[6] Garnering local success, Wardell was scouted to perform at SXSW in Austin, Texas and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon in the Spring 2012, eventually leading him to be featured in The Washington Post in October 2012.

One critic panned his performance, saying that Wardell starts the album off with a "thud" and "unmemorable bits".

[18] In November 2017, Wardell began recording a podcast entitled Yeah, But Still with co-host Jack Wagner.