Web Video / doddleoddle

"Would you be so kind...as to not be so pretty?"

Influenced by:

• Bon Iver, Darwin Deez, LAYLA, Laura Marling, Ingrid Michaelson, Oh Wonder, Regina Spektor, The Staves

Dorothy Miranda "dodie" Clark (born April 11, 1995), creator of doddleoddle, is an English singer-songwriter and YouTuber.

The channel is best known for dodie's covers and original music, which regularly feature a juxtaposition of light, quiet melodies and complex and heavy lyrics. She released her first original song, "Rain", in 2011 after writing it two years prior. Her debut EP Intertwined followed in 2016.

In 2023, she formed a band called FIZZ with Orla Gartland, Greta Isaac, and Martin Luke Brown.

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Discography:

• Intertwined (EP; 2016)
• You (EP; 2017)
• Human (EP; 2019)
• Build a Problem (2021)
• Hot Mess (EP; 2022)

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Tropes intertwined with dodie:

• A Cappella: Many of dodie's songs have a cappella and instrumentation all mixed together. More precisely, dodie a cappellas with herself.
• Album Closure: Many of the tracks on Human are upbeat songs contrasting a journey of difficult self-discovery. "Burned Out" sounds exactly as worn-down and beaten as the lyrics, literally ending the album on "I might just leave soon."
• all lowercase letters: How dodie tends to title many of her videos, as well as format her channel names.
• Ascended Fangirl: She FaceTimed her idol, Demi Lovato, and freaked out all the while.
• Color Motif: Her favorite color is yellow (namely the special shade of "dodie yellow"), and it reflects heavily in her clothing and album art.

• Cute Clumsy Girl: She tripped and fell while going up to accept a Shorty Award.
• Everything Is an Instrument: Dodie's songs frequently make rhythms out of rubbing hands, snapping fingers, and hitting or shaking random objects.
• "Gaining Confidence" Song: "An Awkward Duet", the crossover between her and Paint, is Exactly What It Says on the Tin- an awkward, uncomfortable duet between two nervous singers, singing about how nervous they are to sing. Toward the end, they start to get into the song and proudly claim that they both sound pretty good...until dodie goes for a bold, unscripted bit that stops Jon's singing. The duet returns to being awkward as a result.
• Hopeless Suitor: "She" suggests the person the narrator has fallen in love with and is pining after feels nothing back, possibly due to Incompatible Orientation.
  And I'll be okay, admiring from afar
  Cause even when she's next to me, we could not be more far apart
  Cause she tastes like birthday cake and story time and fall
  But to her, I taste of nothing at all
• Kissing Under the Influence: "Got Weird" is about a kiss that made the narrator panic:
  I got weird when we made out
  What a God damn kiss to think about
  Poured a drink all over my wiring
  Short a fuse, all cylinders firing
• Miniscule Rocking: Build a Problem opener "Air So Sweet" is only just over a minute-long.
• One-Word Title: The titles of the albums You, Intertwined and Human.
• Plain Jane: The narrator of "6/10" asks if there is "pity for the plain girl".
• Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Worn more pairs than many that need them.
• Quirky Ukulele: While she plays other instruments such as guitar and piano, ukuleles are arguably her signature, having played them throughout her career, including on tour.
• Self-Backing Vocalist: "Sick of Losing Soulmates" has a chorus of dodies lamenting "What the hell would I be" and "Hide the truth" rather than her usual layered harmonies.
• Self-Proclaimed Love Interest: The narrator of "Would You Be So Kind?" quietly wishes her crush would fall in love with her.
• Statuesque Stunner: Would you believe that the seemingly small and sweet Dodie is actually 5ft8.5ins? (It helps that she has a lot of rather tall Youtube friends that dwarf her by comparison!)

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