Vail first became popular in April 2024 after releasing a musical sketch on TikTok entitled "Dirt Man."
[6] He began to post "short comedy songs" to social media because of a lack of people hiring his studio for work.
[5] In April 2024, he released a comedy musical sketch on TikTok entitled "Dirt Man.
"[4][5] The Boston Globe described the "roughly 30-second" bossa nova track as being "about a mythical, cowboy-hat-wearing figure who visits men at night and takes them to his mountain lair if they forget to leave a tribute of dirt under their pillows.
"[2] The track went viral on the Internet, reaching 20 million views on social media by July 2024 and becoming his most popular song.