Ten years after uploading her first original song on YouTube, dodie has released her debut studio album,
Build a Problem. Though this marks her first full-length release, the 25-year-old British singer-songwriter, born Dorothy Miranda Clark, has established a strong online presence with nearly 2 million subscribers on her main YouTube channel, and her three independently released EPs – 2016’s
Intertwined, 2017’s
You, and 2019’s
Human – went on to reach the UK pop charts. One thing dodie’s videos and her music have in common is that they both can feel like soul-baring admissions of vulnerability. Throughout her career, she’s channeled that intimacy through lush folk pop built around soft vocals and plucky acoustic guitars, and her debut LP is no different – this time, though, the variations in sound and mood also reflect the contradictions she often speaks about in her discussions of mental health. Working with producer Joe Rubel as well as an 13-piece orches
Dodie Canât Resist Sharing. Itâs Made Her Music Soar.
The 26-year-old British singer and songwriter puts all her vulnerability into her songs â and onto YouTube. Her debut album, âBuild a Problem,â arrived May 7.
On May 7, Dodie’s debut album, “Build a Problem,” will arrive a decade after she established her presence online.Credit.Charlotte Hadden for The New York Times
Published May 4, 2021Updated May 10, 2021
Dodie â the English songwriter Dorothy Miranda Clark â uploaded her first original song, âRain,â to YouTube in 2011. âIâve loved attention ever since I was a kid,â she said on a video call from her home in London. Connection has been a driving force in her life ever since.