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Luke Westaway better known online as keywest_away is an English YouTuber best known as one of the hosts of Outside Xtra, who also runs his own channel where he livestreams himself composing music and reading short stories.
==About==
Luke began his career in games journalism in 2009 when he began working for Nintendo Life, with various articles written by him being posted between late 2009Nintendo Life: Gotta Catch 'em All In the Next 72 Hours to the spring of 2010Nintendo Life: Round Table: Mario's Past and Future, before he moved on to CNET where he began as a staff writer in the spring of 2010 but soon became senior staff writer by the spring of the following year and senior editor by 2014,CNET: Luke Westaway staff profile and during this time he came to prominence as the host of their Adventures in Tech strand that was posted to the site throughout 2013.CNET: Adventures in Tech During his time at CNET he also appeared on the BBC, once during a piece on Newsnight and once during a segment of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe.
Come September 2016 Luke became far more recognisable on YouTube where he was revealed as one of the hosts of Outside Xtra alongside Ellen Rose, the sister channel of Outsidexbox, where he has remained to this day.
On April 10th 2024 Luke announced that he would be leaving Outside Xtra in order to focus on his music and tabletop game writing career,YouTube: Luke is Leaving Outside Xtra, the Fool though he would remain part of Oxventure as well as continue posting to his YouTube channel.
==Music Career==
Having shown glimpses of his musical abilities at various times on Outside Xtra, most notably leading a live audience in a singalong of We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) at the end of the first Oxventure live show (a sentence which makes perfect sense in context, trust me) Luke announced the release of his first album, Short Songs With Long Titles, in August 2018.Twitter: @lukewestaway I made some music! Live now on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon & more: 'Short Songs With Long Titles' -- Nine (9) little tunes for piano written and performed by yours truly 🎵 A year later, in September 2019, he released his second album, Basically Afloat.Twitter: @lukewestaway Album art/title time! Basically Afloat - my second album of music, please look for it in all digital music stores (and Spotify) in the next couple of weeks 😬 Will post the track list tomorrow, & a bit of background on how this one came about, and what to expect. In February 2021, Luke announced the release of his third album, Creature of Habit.Twitter: @lukewestaway I have a new EP out today! Creature of Habit, on Spotify, iTunes etc. I hope you like it! And I hope you like links to streaming services because heeeeere they cooome...
In November 2019, Luke and the rest of the Oxbox team performed in their Christmas charity single, Literally Everyone Else in the World, which was unveiled during a livestream on Outsidexbox,YouTube: Oxventure Presents: Literally Everyone Else in the World - D&D Music Video, Raising Money for Mind with the money raised going to mental health charity Mind, where the initial target was to raise £10,000 but by the end of the stream they had raised more than three times that target.YouTube: Oxventure Music Video Reveal! Charity Live Stream for Mind - Q&A, D&D Games, Pictionary, Challenges
==Trivia==
*Luke is left-handed
*In April 2021, Luke announced he had created the tabletop RPG Gravity RIPitch.io: Gravity RIP by Luke Westaway
* Also in April 2021, Luke announced that he and his partner had had their first child.Twitter: @lukewestaway Some personal news! You'll be seeing less of me on the channel for a while as I persue my lifelong goal of becoming the world's tiredest man, step 1: have a baby, so far doesn't seem necessary to have a step 2
==Gallery==
Short_songs_with_long_titles.jpg|Short Songs With Long Titles
Basically_afloat.jpg|Basically Afloat
Creature_of_habit.jpg|Creature of Habit
Literally_everyone_else_in_the_world.jpg|Literally Everyone Else in the World
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020