{"id":60196,"date":"2020-02-25T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=60196"},"modified":"2020-02-25T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:26:51","slug":"blanks-wows-at-vidcon-london-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/blanks-wows-at-vidcon-london-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanks Wows At VidCon London 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Expanding his internet empire into the realm of pop music is Blanks, best-known for his 80s reworkings of current pop hits on his staggeringly successful YouTube channel. His latest release is a song aimed directly towards his loyal listeners, and fans-to-be of his retro, cosy and self-defined \u201coverexcitable\u201d personality. \u2018Sweaters\u2019 is an ode to nights in, leaving the party early and going home to get changed into pyjamas and reading a book.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To celebrate the release of this characteristically upbeat and brimming-with-happiness tune, Blanks was the main attraction of London-based influencer meet-up, VidCon. He was one of the main draws for the convention\u2019s \u201cNight of Music\u201d on Sunday the 23rd February, performing alongside other household names such as Samantha Harvey, CC Clarke and more. He also appeared on a discussion panel on Saturday, where he discussed how to keep up with and create new trends across various platforms simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His insights were an absolute asset to the panel, as they would be from the star who has been working hard, evolving and growing since the tender age of 15, to build his YouTube channel up to over a million followers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With this convention under his belt, and the release of \u2018Sweaters\u2019 underway, it\u2019s clear that Blanks is undeniably a talent to watch. Watch the live video below or catch him at his next UK performance dates &#8211; at Colours Hoxton on the 21st of April or at Brighton\u2019s Great Escape in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TM062U_SCN0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expanding his internet empire into the realm of pop music is Blanks, best-known for his 80s reworkings of current pop hits on his staggeringly successful YouTube channel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":60197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10377,16518,21450,7,640],"tags":[24325,18471,24326,24327],"class_list":["post-60196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-festivals","category-gig-reviews","category-music","category-videos","tag-blanks","tag-polly-havelock","tag-sweaters","tag-vidcon-london"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fEU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62688,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/05\/blanks-meditates-on-the-search-for-meaning-with-silly-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":60196,"position":0},"title":"Blanks Meditates On The Search For Meaning With \u2018Silly People\u2019","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"28\/05\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Blanks, no stranger to taking specific emotions and turning them into inspiration for lyrical content, has released \u2018Silly People\u2019 - an meditation into the search for meaning.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Entertainment","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/entertainment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_151548_801.jpg?fit=585%2C585&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_151548_801.jpg?fit=585%2C585&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_151548_801.jpg?fit=585%2C585&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64765,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/09\/blanks-favorite-nightmare-is-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":60196,"position":1},"title":"Blanks&#8217; 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