User:Benmite/Quen Blackwell
Quenlin Blackwell | |
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| Born | January 18, 2001 |
| Occupation | Social media personality |
| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Subscribers | 940 thousand (March 26, 2023) |
| Views | 85 million (March 26, 2023) |
Last updated: March 26, 2023 | |
Quenlin "Quen" Blackwell (born January 18, 2001) is an American social media personality. She first found success on Vine as a teenager in the mid-2010s with comedic videos before shifting to other social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. She has been nominated for a Streamy Award.
Early life and career
[edit]Quenlin Blackwell was born on January 18, 2001 in Dallas, Texas.[1][2] In 2015, when she was 14 years old, she started posting videos on the video sharing platform Vine, where she posted comedic videos and gained over 500,000 followers in the mid-2010s.[3][4] When Blackwell was 17 years old, she moved to Los Angeles, California.[5] Following the shutdown of Vine, she became popular on Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.[2] As of 2023[update], she has over eight million followers on TikTok and over one million subscribers on YouTube.[6]
Blackwell starred in the music video for SG Lewis and Lucky Daye's song "Feed the Fire" in November 2020.[7] In February 2021, Blackwell signed with United Talent Agency.[6] Also in 2021, she was nominated as Breakout Creator at the 11th Streamy Awards and participated in the YouTube Originals reality competition series No. 1 Chicken, hosted by YouTuber FaZe Rug.[8][9] She was one of the hosts of YouTube's Coachella livestream in April 2022 and modeled for the lingerie brand Savage X Fenty's December 2022 campaign.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]In October 2020, a then-19-year-old Blackwell and the then-41-year-old American record producer Diplo posted videos about living with one another, which fans online decried as Diplo grooming Blackwell, though both denied that they had a relationship beyond being friends.[12] A video she posted in April 2022 about being groomed by an unnamed 40-year-old led to social media users speculating that she was referring to Diplo.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ @quenblackwell (January 18, 2022). "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. IM 21 AHAHA (swipe to the end for a surprise🤫)" – via Instagram.
- ^ a b "The Rise of Quen Blackwell". Sennheiser Newsroom. March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Leupold, Dennis (November 25, 2022). "Generation V: Quen Blackwell". V. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Canzona, Carissa (March 1, 2023). "Quenlin Blackwell reflects on internet comedy career during PPC, BAS event". The Pitt News. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Lil Nas X (January 5, 2023). "Quenlin the Entertainer". Highsnobiety. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Chikhoune, Ryma (February 23, 2021). "The Latest Gen Z Internet Star to Sign With Hollywood Agency UTA". WWD. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Kelly, Dylan (November 19, 2020). "Alton Mason and Quen Blackwell Star in SG Lewis' New Video". Paper. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Chan, J. Clara (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards: MrBeast Leads With 7 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (September 10, 2021). "FaZe Rug's New YouTube Original Looks A Lot Like 'Fear Factor' For Influencers". Tubefilter. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Parkel, Inga (April 23, 2022). "How to tune into the Coachella 2022 live stream". The Independent. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Kim, YeEun (December 1, 2022). "Latto Fronts Savage X Fenty's December 2022 Campaign". Hypebae. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Song, Sandra (October 27, 2020). "Diplo Responds to Quenlin Blackwell 'Grooming' Accusations". Paper. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Colombo, Charlotte (April 1, 2022). "'Never link with 40-year-olds': Quen Blackwell says she was groomed as a teen in viral TikTok. Is she talking about Diplo?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3259177/who-quenlin-blackwell-tiktok-star-who-billie-eilish-kissed-coachella-youtuber-pals-addison-rae-lil https://officemagazine.net/stop-scrolling-its-quen-blackwell https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/62433/1/quen-blackwell-guess-jeans-compound-coachella-2024-summer-festival-tips https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a60496613/who-is-quenlin-blackwell-billie-eilish-kissing/ https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a60864169/billie-eilish-dating-history-explained/ https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/22/billie-eilish-girlfriend-quen-blackwell-odess-azion-lesbian/ https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/17/whos-the-girl-billie-eilish-kissed-at-coachella/ https://theface.com/culture/hollywood-portfolio-dominic-sessa-isabel-kusman-trisha-paytas-vol-4-issue-18 https://www.eonline.com/photos/31997/how-tiktok-took-over-2020