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Dodie Clark
Clark performing at La Madeleine in Brussels, February 2018
Clark performing at La Madeleine in Brussels, February 2018
Background information
Birth nameDorothy Miranda Clark
Born (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 29)
Enfield, London, England[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • YouTube personality
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • ukulele
  • piano
  • guitar
  • cello
  • clarinet
LabelsIndependent
NationalityBritish
YouTube information
Also known asdodie
Channelsdoddleoddle, doddlevloggle dodders5
Years active2011–present
Subscribers1.8+ million (main channel subscriber count)[2]
Total views345+ million (rounded all channels)[3][4][5]
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: 21 August 2018

Dorothy Miranda "Dodie" Clark[6] (born 11 April 1995) is an English singer-songwriter, author, and YouTuber from Epping, Essex. Known for her light melodies juxtaposed by emotionally complex lyrics, Clark began her career performing piano and ukulele covers and has since shifted to her own original songs. She has over 160 videos, over 1.8M subscribers, and over 250 million views on her main channel (as of February 2019).[4] On her side channel, she has 350+ videos, over 900K subscribers, and over 128 million views.[3] On 9 December 2016, she released the first video on her Vevo channel, dodieVEVO, where she has over 11.8 million views and over 372K subscribers. She has collaborated with many other YouTube artists including Tessa Violet, Julia Nunes, Lauren Aquilina, Orla Gartland, Thomas Sanders, Jon Cozart, Jacob Collier, Emma Blackery, Pomplamoose, and Flashback.[7] In 2018, Clark collaborated with singer Tom Walker on "Human", the lead single from her third EP of the same name.[8]

Clark has released three independent EPs—Intertwined (2016), You (2017), and Human (2019)—all of which charted within the top 40 of the official UK Albums Chart.[9]

Career

Dodie's first channel was called "Dodders5," now known as the "Alice and Dodie show!" which was created on 1 August 2007 and shared with her friend Alice Webb.[10]

Clark's main channel "doddleoddle" was created on 7 February 2011; her first video on that channel, an original song called "Rain," was uploaded on 14 April that year. In addition to her main channel, Clark has a VEVO channel, "dodieVEVO",[11] and a side channel, "doddlevloggle".[12]

On 18 November 2016, Clark self-released her first EP, Intertwined.[13] Despite its unsigned status, the EP reached number 35 on the official UK album charts during its first week of release.[14]

Clark also co-hosted Coca-Cola's CokeTV alongside fellow YouTuber Manny Brown, where they took part in various activities.[15]

Dodie's second EP, You, was released on 11 August 2017. In its opening week of release, the EP debuted at number 6 on the official UK Albums Chart—29 places higher than the peak of Intertwined, thereby marking a new personal best for Clark.[16] It also debuted at number 55 on the US Billboard 200.[17]

In June 2017, Dodie announced that she was writing a book.[18] On 2 November 2017, Clark published her autobiographical book titled Secrets for the Mad: Obsessions, Confessions and Life Lessons.

Dodie has also been featured on lyric annotation website Genius where she analysed her single "Party Tattoos" and more recently, “Human” from the Human EP.[19] In 2018, she was featured in a collaboration with Faultline, a cover of the song "All I Do Is Dream of You" which was featured in an advertising campaign by Audi in the United Kingdom.[20][21]

On 18 September 2018, Dodie announced her third EP, entitled Human, which came out on 18 January 2019, with the title track being the lead single released on 21 September. The EP rose to number 5 on the official UK Albums Chart.[22]

In a video uploaded on her vlog channel on May 9, 2019, Dodie announced that she was in the process of writing her first studio album.[23]

In 2019, she also was a part of the Moominvalley soundtrack with a song titled Ready Now. Later that year she released a single called Guiltless, as well as a collaboration with Jacob Collier, with a cover of Here Comes the Sun.

Touring

In 2014, Clark joined fellow YouTuber Bry on his national tour of the UK and rejoined him on his Australian and New Zealand tour in 2015. In January 2015, she supported Bethan Leadley (MusicalBethan) on her UK Tour. She toured with Tessa Violet twice over the period of 2015–2016, as well as with Jon Cozart and Rusty Clanton in 2016.[24]

She toured the UK for her EP, Intertwined, in March 2017, with Rusty Clanton as her opening act and Orla Gartland as her guitarist.[25][26] Dodie also toured her You EP, during October 2017, again with Orla.[27] Dodie toured Europe in February and March 2018.[28] She also had her 3rd UK tour, titled ‘The Spring Tour’,[29] where she was supported by the acts Fenne Lily and Skinny Living. Dodie also frequently performs at YouTube-related and musical festival events.[30][31][24] Dodie toured with Tessa Violet in the US in September 2018.[32][33][34] She toured the UK for her EP Human in January 2019.[35]

Early and personal life

Dodie Clark was born on April 11, 1995, in Enfield, London, England. Her mother is Astrid Clark, and she has two siblings and is the middle child. She has a younger sister named Heather who has been in some of her YouTube videos and an older brother named Iain.[36]

Clark attended The Leventhorpe School.[37] After finishing school she moved to Bath, England with Jamie Jo who is also a YouTuber and a painter.[38]

Clark is bisexual, and came out openly in 2016.[39] She has since been celebrated[40] as a prominent bisexual role model and campaigner.

In 2018, Clark voiced her support for student-led political campaign group For our Future’s Sake (FFS), who advocate a ‘People’s vote’ on the Brexit deal.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2017 Shorty Awards YouTube Musician Dodie Clark Won[41]
Summer in the City Awards Breakthrough Award Dodie Clark Won[42]
Song of the Year "6/10" Nominated
Streamy Awards Breakthrough Artist Dodie Clark Nominated
2018 Summer in the City Awards Book of the Year "Secrets For the Mad: Obsessions, Confessions and Life Lessons" Nominated[43]
2019 Independent Music Awards Best Song - Folk/Singer-Songwriter "If I'm Being Honest" Nominated[44]

Discography

Main article: Dodie Clark discography

Extended plays

  • Intertwined (2016)
  • You (2017)
  • Human (2019)

References

  1. ^ Clark, Dodie (17 November 2015). "doddleoddle". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. ^ "YouTube Channel". Retrieved 18 February 2019..
  3. ^ a b "doddlevloggle". YouTube.
  4. ^ a b "doddleoddle". YouTube.
  5. ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube.
  6. ^ Clark, Dodie (31 August 2015). You got questions, kid? I got answers. YouTube. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. ^ "dodie, Tom Walker - Human". Spotify. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  9. ^ "dodie". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "dodders5". YouTube. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  11. ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube.
  12. ^ Clark, Dodie. "doddlevloggle". YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  13. ^ Riley, Conor (25 November 2016). "Dodie Releases EP and Sells Out Headline Show". TenEighty Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Official Albums Chart Results". Official Charts Company. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  15. ^ Hepburn, Matthew (23 June 2016). "CokeTV and chill? Tune in to Coca-Cola's new YouTube channel with hosts Manny and Dodie". Coca-Cola. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ^ White, Jack (18 August 2017). "Ed Sheeran pips Elvis Presley to Albums Number 1 in one of the year's closest chart races". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Dodie – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  18. ^ Clark, Dodie (15 June 2017), party tattoos – original song || dodie, retrieved 14 July 2018
  19. ^ Brown, Lisa (21 February 2018). "Dodie Breaks Down "Party Tattoos" On Genius' Video Series 'Verified'". Genius. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Audi Approved – Dream". 2 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  21. ^ Audi (12 June 2018). Audi Approved 'Dream'. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Dodie Live at Vicar Street". vicarstreet.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  23. ^ "what u up to". YouTube. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  24. ^ a b "Tessa Violet, Rusty Clanton, and Dodie Clark are Going on Tour This Fall". 19 August 2016.
  25. ^ "Dodie Clark Announces Intertwined EP Tour – TenEighty – YouTube News, Features, and Interviews".
  26. ^ "Dodie Clark announces U.K. tour dates – CelebMix". 21 November 2016.
  27. ^ "Dodie Just Announced A Tour And Here's Everything You Need To Know".
  28. ^ "dodie Announces European Tour – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
  29. ^ "dodie Announces Spring 2018 Tour – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
  30. ^ "dodie at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
  31. ^ "Dodie Clark To Play Her First Festival – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
  32. ^ Violet, Tessa [@TessaViolet] (25 June 2018). "super excited to announce i'll be supporting dodie on her US run this September! See you there!" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 June 2018 – via Twitter.
  33. ^ "Tessa Violet Tour Dates 2018 & Concert Tickets". Bandsintown. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  34. ^ "Tessa Violet Tickets, Tour Dates 2018 & Concerts". Songkick. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  35. ^ Smith, Amy (24 September 2018). "Dodie announces UK tour, new single 'Human' and EP release". NME. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  36. ^ doddleoddle (4 June 2012), Stuck The Way We Are - Original Song, retrieved 15 April 2019
  37. ^ "Dodie Clark - Youtube Star". The Leventhorpe Newsletter (44). The Leventhorpe School. 15 March 2012.
  38. ^ "BananaJamana". YouTube. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  39. ^ Hodson, Charleyy (24 May 2016). "Dodie Clark addresses her sexuality and the idea of "labels"". wetheunicorns.com. We the Unicorns. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  40. ^ "dodie – DIVA MAGAZINE". divamag.co.uk. January 2019.
  41. ^ "Dodie Clark – The Shorty Awards". www.shortyawards.com.
  42. ^ Summer in the City [@SummerInTheCity] (7 August 2017). "Subs, VEVO, tour and more! @doddleoddle wins #SitC2017 Awards' Breakthrough!" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 August 2017 – via Twitter.
  43. ^ Beveridge, Marta (12 August 2018). "Summer in the City Awards 2018 Round-Up". TenEightyMagazine. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  44. ^ "17th Independent Music Award Nominees Announced". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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