Dodie

Dodie
Dorothy Miranda Clark (born 11 April 1995), known mononymously as Dodie (stylised dodie), is an English singer, songwriter, author and YouTuber. Dodie began her career uploading original songs and covers to YouTube. , her main channel has over 196 videos, over 2.01 million subscribers and over 431.66 million views, and her side channel, has over 203 videos, over 888k subscribers and over 100.46 million views.
Dodie has released four independent EPs: Intertwined (2016), You (2017), Human (2019), and Hot Mess (2022), the first three of which charted in the top 40 of the official UK Albums Chart. Her debut studio album, Build a Problem, was released in 2021 and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
Early life and education
Dorothy Miranda Clark was born on 11 April 1995 in Epping, Essex. She has a brother named Iain and a sister named Heather. She attended the Leventhorpe School.
Career
2007–2016: YouTube beginnings and Intertwined
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.
Dodie'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, she has a VEVO channel, "dodieVEVO", created on 5 December 2016, and a side channel, "doddlevloggle", created on 28 January 2012.
On 18 November 2016, she self-released her first EP, Intertwined. Despite its unsigned status, the EP reached number 35 on the official UK album charts during its first week of release.
On 9 December 2016, she released the first video on Vevo channel, dodieVEVO, which has over 75 million views. Dodie has collaborated with many other musicians, including Tessa Violet, Julia Nunes, Lauren Aquilina, Orla Gartland, Thomas Sanders, Jacob Collier, Emma Blackery, Pomplamoose and Flashback. In 2018, she collaborated with singer Tom Walker on "Human", the lead single from her third EP, also titled Human.
Dodie also co-hosted Coca-Cola's CokeTV alongside fellow YouTuber Manny Brown, where she took part in various activities.
2017–2019: You, Secrets For the Mad and Human
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, a new personal best. It also debuted at number 55 on the US Billboard 200.
In June 2017, Dodie announced that she was writing a book, and the autobiographical Secrets for the Mad: Obsessions, Confessions and Life Lessons was published on 2 November 2017.
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.
On 18 September 2018, Dodie announced her third EP, entitled Human, which came out on 18 January 2019, the title track being the lead single released on 21 September. The EP rose to number 5 on the official UK Albums Chart.
2019–present: Build a Problem, Hot Mess, and Fizz
In 2019, she 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. Following the release of her collaboration with Jacob Collier, she announced the release of a new single "Boys Like You" on 6 September. It was released on 27 September.
On 19 October 2020, Dodie announced she would be releasing her first full-length studio album Build a Problem on 5 March 2021. The first single, "Cool Girl" was premiered on BBC Radio and released on multiple streaming platforms. On 8 February 2021, it was announced that the album was to be delayed until 26 March 2021 due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. She later made an announcement on 11 March that it would be further delayed until 7 May 2021. The album received positive reviews from critics upon release, and debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, her charting highest position to date.
In 2021, she was a guest composer for the TV show Final Space. Her song, "At Last", predominantly played in the last episode of the third season and is a much requested song for release by fans. Due to tax issues, it cannot be released by official means.
On 29 July 2022, Dodie released "Got Weird", her first solo single since Build a Problem. On 2 September 2022, she released the follow-up single "Hot Mess", and announced an EP of the same name, which was released on 30 September 2022.
In 2023, she started a band with her friends Orla Gartland, Greta Isaac, and Martin Luke Brown called FIZZ and released their first single "High In Brighton" in June 2023. Their debut studio album, The Secret to Life, was released on 27 October 2023 through Decca Records. Later in 2023, she was featured in a collaboration with Cory Wong, "Call Me Wild" from the album The Lucky One.
Personal life
In May 2016, Dodie came out as bisexual in a YouTube video. In 2017, she released a song entitled "I'm bisexual—a coming out song!".
Awards and nominations
Discography
Build a Problem (2021)
As part of Fizz
The Secret to Life (2023)
Tours
Headlining
Intertwined Tour (2017)
You Tour (2017–2018) She also had her 3rd UK tour, titled 'The Spring Tour'
Human Tour (2019)
Build a Problem Tour (2021-2022)
References
External links
dodie on YouTube
1995 births
Living people
21st-century British LGBT people
21st-century British writers
21st-century English women singers
Bisexual actresses
Bisexual singers
Bisexual songwriters
British Internet celebrities
British women bloggers
English atheists
English feminists
English LGBT singers
English LGBT songwriters
English video bloggers
English women singers
English YouTubers
Feminist musicians
LGBT YouTubers
Music YouTubers
Musicians from Essex
Practitioners of autonomous sensory meridian response
Shorty Award winners