Maisie Peters
Born (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 29)
Enfield, London, England[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • YouTube personality
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • ukulele
  • piano
  • guitar
LabelsIndependent
NationalityBritish
YouTube information
Also known asdodie
Channels
Years active2011–present
Subscribers1.75m (main channel subscriber count)[2][3]
Total views345 million views (rounded all channels)[4][5][6][3]
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2017

Last updated: 21 August 2018

Dorothy "dodie" Miranda Clark[7] (born 11 April 1995) is an English singer-songwriter, author, and YouTuber from Epping, Essex. Clark is known for her piano and ukulele covers, as well as her original songs. She has over 160 videos, over 1.7M subscribers, and over 200 million views on her main channel (as of July 2018).[5] On her side channel, she has 350+ videos, over 900K subscribers, and over 100 million views.[4] 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, Emma Blackery and Flashback. [8] In 2018, Clark collaborated with singer, Tom Walker on "Human", the lead single from her third EP of the same name. [9]

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 at numbers 35, 6 and 5 respectively.[10]

Career

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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.[11]

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",[12] and a side channel, "doddlevloggle".[13]

On 18 November 2016, Clark self-released her first EP, Intertwined.[14] Despite its unsigned status, the EP reached number 35 on the official UK album charts during its first week of release.[15]

Clark also co-hosted Coca-Cola's CokeTV alongside fellow YouTuber Manny Brown, where they took part in various activities.[16]

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.[17] It also debuted at number 55 on the US Billboard 200.[18]

In June 2017, dodie announced that she was writing a book.[19] 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".[20] 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.[21][22]

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.[23]

Touring

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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]

Personal life

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Clark is bisexual, and came out openly in 2016.[35] She has since been celebrated 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

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Year Award Nominee Result
2017 Shorty Awards – YouTube Musician Dodie Clark Won[36]
2017 Summer in the City Awards – Breakthrough Award Dodie Clark Won[37]
2017 Summer in the City Awards – Song of the Year Dodie Clark Nominated
2017 Streamy Awards – Breakthrough Artist Dodie Clark Nominated

Discography

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Clark in 2016
List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[38]
AUS
[39]
CAN
[40]
IRE
[41]
US
[42]
US Indie[43] US Folk[44]
Intertwined 35 153 10 5
You
  • Released: 11 August 2017
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 10" vinyl
6 17 34 5 55 2 3
Human
  • Released: 18 January 2019
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
5 50 60 13 82 4 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

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Title Year Album
"Little Mosquito" 2013 non-album single
"Social Dance" 2014
"Sick of Losing Soulmates" 2016 Intertwined
"Intertwined" 2017
"6/10" You
"You"
"In the Middle"
"Secret for the Mad" 2018
"Party Tattoos" Non-album single
"All I Do Is Dream of You" (with Faultline) TBA
"Human" (feat. Tom Walker) Human
"If I'm Being Honest" [45]
"Monster" 2019

YouTube songs

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All original songs and covers uploaded on Dodie's YouTube channels.

Original songs

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Title Year Album
"Rain" 2011
"A song about a song"
"The ill ukelele song" 2012
"You're Just A Dream"
"The YouTube Song"
"Fickle"
"Stuck The Way We Are"
"From Braces to Lipstick"
"A Permanent Hug From You"
"Absolutely Smitten" 2013 Intertwined
"Paint"
"Little Mosquito" non-album single
"There's A Storm Coming Tonight"
"Christmas Time"
"Social Dance" 2014 non-album single
"Adored By Him"
"She" Human
"Little Room" 2015
"Pas De Deux"
"An Awkward Duet" (feat. Jon Cozart)
"One For the Road"
"The Flat's a Mess"(feat. Evan Edinger)
"Down"
"The Slowest Man Alive"
"Sick of Losing Soulmates" Intertwined
"Freckles and Constellations"
"Gold Star For Me" (feat. Carrie Hope Fletcher) 2016
"My Face"
"Intertwined" Intertwined
"I've Been Busy"
"this is for me"
"I won't be done"
"Tell Me A Story" (feat. Evan Edinger)
"Human" (feat. Jon Cozart) Human
"Would You Be So Kind?" You
"when" Intertwined
"Dear Happy" (feat. Thomas Sanders)
"Secret for the mad" You
"I Knew You Once" 2017
"you" You
"Instrumental"
"no words"
"party tattoos" non-album single
"6/10" You
"in the middle (acoustic)"
"burned out" Human
"Not What I Meant (bitter content)" (feat. Dom Fera) 2018
"Far Away"
"Rainbow"
"why the rainbow is ours!"
"air so sweet" (demo)
"human" (acoustic version) Human
"party”

Covers

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Title Original Artist Year
"The Break Up Song" Rhett & Link 2011
"Us" Regina Spektor
"Fairytale of New York" The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl
"Turning Tables" Adele 2012
"Sherlocked" Dodie's Mother
"Nobody's Perfect" Jessie J
"Somebody that I Used to Know" Gotye
"Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations
"The Ground" Orla Gartland
"Your Song" Elton John
"Devil on My Shoulder" Orla Gartland
"Daydreamer" Adele
"I'm a Believer" (feat. Bry) Neil Diamond
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (feat. Tom Law) The Beatles 2013
"Kiss You" One Direction
"Ukulele summer mashup!" (Walking on Sunshine, Twist and Shout, Five Years Time, Year 3000) Katrina and the Waves, The Beatles, Noah and the Whale, Busted
"Cups" Anna Kendrick
"Roar" Katy Perry
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (feat. GaryC) Song of the South 2014
"Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's
"La Vie en Rose" Edith Piaf
"Broken Record" (feat. Tessa Violet) Tessa Violet
"Toothpaste Kisses" The Maccabees
"Shake It Off" Taylor Swift
"Daisy, Daisy" Harry Dacre
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" (feat. Hazel Hayes) Ozzie Nelson
"On My Own" Les Misérables
"The Chain" (feat. Orla Gartland & Lauren Aquilina) Ingrid Michaelson
"All About That Bass" (feat. Bry) Meghan Trainor
"Blank Space (song)" Taylor Swift
"The Christmas Song" Nat King Cole
"Thinking Out Loud" (feat. Bry) Ed Sheeran 2015
"Facing West" The Staves
"Novels" (feat. Rusty Clanton) Rusty Clanton
"Pop Party Mashup" (Rude, Boom Clap, This Is How We Do, Chandelier, Sing, All About That Bass) MAGIC!, Charli XCX, Katy Perry, Sia, Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor
"Riptide" Vance Joy
"FourFiveSeconds" (feat. Jack Howard) Rihanna, Kanye West, & Paul McCartney
"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" Sandi Thom
"All About You" (feat. Bry) McFly
"A Song About Acne" (feat. Charlie McDonnell) Charlie McDonnell
"Here Comes the Sun" The Beatles
"Drag Me Down" One Direction
"Goner" Twenty One Pilots
"Can't Help Falling in Love" Elvis Presley
"Miss Jackson" Panic! at the Disco
"I Feel Fine" The Beatles
"Pop Party 15 Mashup!" (Levels, One Last Time, She's Kinda Hot, Wake Up, Glitterball, Cool For the Summer, Best Summer Ever) Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande, 5 Seconds of Summer, The Vamps, Sigma ft. Ella Henderson, Demi Lovato, Teen Beach 2
"Crazy Toxic mashup" (Toxic/Crazy) Britney Spears/Gnarles Barkley
"Happy Ending" (feat. NotJustBlonde & Melanie Baker) MIKA
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (feat. Emma Blackery) Ella Fitzgerald
"YEARS YEARS BEARS" (with Tom Rosenthal) Tom Rosenthal 2016
"Love Yourself (Swing Cover)" (feat. Andie Isalie) Justin Bieber
"Drive" Oh Wonder
"Can't Feel My Superbass" (Can't Feel My Face, Magic, Decode, Misery Business, Baby, Super Bass) (feat. Andie Isalie & Orla Gartland) The Weeknd, Coldplay, Paramore, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj
"Bring It All Back" (feat. Sarah Close) S Club 7
"Death of a Bachelor" Panic! at the Disco
"My Anthem" Christina Grimmie
"Into You" Ariana Grande
"Somebody Else" The 1975
"Taking Back My Heart" (feat. Tessa Violet) Rusty Clanton
"a love song/a non love song" (feat. Jon Cozart) Jon Cozart
"Baby It's Cold Outside" (feat. Lewis Watson) Neptune's Daughter
"City of Stars" (feat. Jon Cozart) La La Land 2017
"Someone In the Crowd" La La Land
"Lollipop" MIKA
"mashup!" (Stay With Me, Pompeii, She Looks So Perfect, Budapest Sam Smith, Bastille, 5 Seconds of Summer, George Ezra
"I Want Candy" The Strangeloves
"Come Together" (feat. Jon Cozart) Musica Nuda
"New York, New York" (feat. Thomas Sanders) Billy Joel
"Birds" (feat. Thomas Sanders) Ultimate Storytime Musical
"words ain't enough" (feat. Tessa Violet) Tessa Violet
"Havana" (feat. FLASHBACK) Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug 2018
"God Is a Woman" (feat. Julia Nunes & Orla Gartland) Ariana Grande
"My Favourite Things" The Sound of Music
"Hakuna Matata"(mini-cover) The Lion King
"I Have a Dream"(mini-cover) ABBA
"Too Shy to Take a Shine"(mini-cover) Darwin Deez
"raindrops (an angel cried)" (mini-cover) Ariana Grande
"Crush" (mini-cover) Tessa Violet
"Crazy Human Psycho Crush – mashup" (Human, I Go Crazy, Crush, Psycho) (feat. Orla Gartland, Tessa Violet, & Lauren Aquilina dodie, Orla Gartland, Tessa Violet, Lauren Aquilina

Music videos

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Title Director Year
"Sick of Losing Soulmates" Sammy Paul 2016
"Intertwined" Sammy Paul 2017
"6/10" Sammy Paul
"You" Bertie Gilbert
"In the Middle" Tom Brennan
"Secret For the Mad" Hannah Jacobs 2018
"Human" Hazel Hayes
"If I'm Being Honest (Live Session)"[45] Sammy Paul
"If I'm Being Honest" Dom Fera
"Monster" PJ Liguori 2019

References

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  1. ^ Clark, Dodie (17 November 2015). "doddleoddle". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. ^ "YouTube Channel". Retrieved 21 August 2018..
  3. ^ a b "About doddleoddle". YouTube.
  4. ^ a b "doddlevloggle". YouTube.
  5. ^ a b "doddleoddle". YouTube.
  6. ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube.
  7. ^ Clark, Dodie (31 August 2015). You got questions, kid? I got answers. YouTube. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  8. ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  9. ^ "dodie, Tom Walker - Human". Spotify. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  10. ^ "dodie". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "dodders5". YouTube. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  12. ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube.
  13. ^ Clark, Dodie. "doddlevloggle". YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  14. ^ Riley, Conor (25 November 2016). "Dodie Releases EP and Sells Out Headline Show". TenEighty Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Results". Official Charts Company. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Dodie – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  19. ^ Clark, Dodie (15 June 2017), party tattoos – original song || dodie, retrieved 14 July 2018
  20. ^ Brown, Lisa (21 February 2018). "Dodie Breaks Down "Party Tattoos" On Genius' Video Series 'Verified'". Genius. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  21. ^ "Audi Approved – Dream". 2 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  22. ^ Audi (12 June 2018). Audi Approved 'Dream'. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  23. ^ "Dodie Live at Vicar Street". vicarstreet.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  24. ^ a b "Tessa Violet, Rusty Clanton, and Dodie Clark are Going on Tour This Fall". 19 August 2016.
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  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. ^ Hodson, Charleyy (24 May 2016). "Dodie Clark addresses her sexuality and the idea of "labels"". wetheunicorns.com. We the Unicorns. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  36. ^ "Dodie Clark – The Shorty Awards". www.shortyawards.com.
  37. ^ 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.
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  39. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  40. ^ "Dodie – Chart history". Billboard. 19 March 2018.
  41. ^ "Dodie lands the highest new entry on the Official Irish Albums Chart as The Greatest Showman scores 20th week at Number 1". Official Charts Company. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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