I hope this doesn’t make you cringe but I’m autistic and you’re one of my special interests and honestly I’m so grateful for all you’ve taught me ❤️ I’m in my second year of uni, I faced addiction last year and you, your music is one of only 3 things that got me through, thank you too
@AspienPadda maybe it’s her softspoken comforting nature that appeals to those of us with sensory issues. Maybe the fact that she talks to her audience like a friend appeals to those of us who find it hard to make friends.
@Fiona FML yes I love the way she speaks! But also I always had a hard time accepting that I am more introverted and that I often have shutdowns which leads to me being in bed for hours and hours and her music is helping me a lot to recover from this kinda burnout
I also have ASD. She's very comforting, and I have a lot of moments where I feel like I strongly connect with her and her words and thoughts, in a way I usually don't.
Omg this is the most engagement I’ve had on a comment and I’m so glad it’s this one because I love dodie so much and don’t feel like I have to feel bad she’s one of my special interests
@Rhylan Lucas Burton _ don't feel bad. I have had so many "weird" special interests in my life but they make us grow so much and give us a happy place! Last winter I went through a really hard depression because of sensory overload and at that time I was interested in elefants, which may sound stupid because I am a grown women but learning about those special animals and how to support them may have saved my life. Never feel bad for special interests, as long as they are healthy!!
HELLO FRIEND For a long time I thought I was autistic and no one was telling me. That could still be true, tho I’m not diagnosed. I was born 3 months early and I struggled in school a LOT. I was selectively mute up until 7th grade. and growing up I had SO MANY “obsessions” or “special interests” as a kinder way to put it. Dodie was one of my obsessions. I didn’t know if I loved her or wanted to be her (this interest was a tad unhealthy when I was younger and super insecure) but I’m older now and I know that she’s a lovely human like the rest of us. I’ve also struggled with addiction of some sort. Idk where I was going with this..... But anyways I just wanted to say... I guess... hello friend! I feel for you, I love you and I hope you’re having an amazing day!
Nooo that's not weird that's fine to have, as long as it's healthy an interest you will be fine. Because believe me I have gotten obsessed with things and it was quite a mess, as I have Aspergers so I know that feeling too well. So don't worry your fine just don't let it overtake your life and its all good.
@Amelia Wiseman it is the beauty of a song and of music, it has a story that relate to the writer but every one who hears the melody will create an emotional connection with it and the brain will create it's interpretation. it's not just dodie's songs, or yours it's everyones as we all place and share a unique value into them.
This thread made me so happy! You guys are amazing and valid and special interests are so lovely to have. Being passionate about something is just the best and people who have a big passion makes my lil heart burst 💗. The way thear eyes light up when they talk about the thing they like and the smile on their face is just so human and beautiful! Keep it up, fellas! ❤️
same here! thank you, dodie, for being so soft, open and honest about yourself and life <3 it really helps to know that people, with or without autism, all struggle, but we all make it in the end :D
Yessss! I'm autistic too, as is one of my housemates and both of us love listening to dodie and if one of us has a meltdown, the other will just put dodie on and we'll both sing along until we feel calm again! Dodie's music is definitely a huge comfort to us both and she as a person is just incredible and we love her!!!
i have aspergers syndrome! i get overwhelmed very easily, as i also have social anxiety, and often things become very overstimulating. having people like dodie in my life, even if i don't know her, is really helping me get through all of my problems :)
ah, I'm autistic too and it makes me SO HAPPY to see all you wonderful fellow autistic people here!! (I make vids too if any of you guys are interested. i feel like fellow autistics understand me better hah)
Dodie was my special interest when I was in secondary school (before I even knew I was autistic) and I think she's just so special to so many people and I really hope she knows it
Same dude/person, I was going to say the same thing. Yeah, we autistic have our struggles, but we need more people like dodie to come through and help us.
Thank you @Rhylan Lucas Burton _ for your initial comment. You took a leap by putting out your opinion, even though you thought it might be weird. You allowed so many other Aspiens and the like to relate with you and each other. It feels like I've found a sub section of a fandom where I belong. I kinda feel like just following everyone in this comment thread but that would be too much. Just know I love you and everyone here. Again, thanks for sharing this. Have a wonderful day or night or... you know what, have a wonderful life!
Hey hey what are you doing here in me or not on the way home. Mind readership of all of the above mentioned below are some examples of what you can do with each other thoughts later RB.
not cringey at all dont worry abt it! ✨✨ youre wonderful
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Paul Roberts2021-11-03 00:25:49 (edited 2021-11-03 00:27:33 )
I am not autistic, but suffer PTSD. And it manifests as anxiety. I feel exactly the same as most of the sentiments expressed by many here. Dodie is very special.
It's been so interesting to hear the way your outlook on growing older and life in general has shifted because it's shifted in a similar way for me over the years watching you (from my late teens to now early twenties). You've helped me feel less alone in the whole journey of realizing life is actually very long and does not, in fact, end after you turn 20 lol. Thank you dodie, for being here in whatever way makes you comfy. Sending your love and peace right back to you ❤
I’m not sure why but hearing that really, “life is long” means a lot to me.
I feel like I’m constantly terrified of wasting my life - like I’m running out of time and people keep saying “life is short” and it does feel like that. It makes me panic.
So thank you, genuinely, for saying that. I am glad to hear the ramp turns into flat ground, that you keep going. It means a lot. <3 Can’t wait till tomorrow.
manineedasnowcone Yes, that’s true. Funny thing how ‘life is short’ ever became a saying.;; It’s the longest thing any of us will ever have the privilege of being part of.
Constantly feeling pressure to make big life decisions quickly and I feel like if I don’t choose well now my life will waste away too. Dodie saying there’s plenty of time actually helps a lot ❤️
I feel the same. Always feel like I'm wasting time. It doesn't help with the whole hustle culture thing going on so it seems like every minute of your day is important. As Jenna Marbles said, "Life is short, but also terribly and insufferably long at the same time." So do what you want. It's not too late.
i’ve been a fan for 5 years now, and you made me realise i was bi. i’m coming out to my mum tonight, and without you i wouldn’t have been able to do this. so thank you, you shaped me as a person and i don’t know who i would be without your influence, thought your videos and music. thank you <33
update: it went really well!!!!! she was super accepting, we had a lil cry and a lil chat and it was all lovely. thank you all so much for ur wishes <333
Martina Passaggi2020-10-18 18:48:46 (edited 2020-10-18 18:48:59 )
Oh my god, same!! Dodie helped me finally put a name on this, I was so confused! Also good luck with coming out to your mum, I hope everything will go as smoothly as possible❤️❤️
I feel for you! Dodie also helped me realize I was bi! And helped me come out to my mother! I wish you luck and no matter what she says know that we, this community, will always love and accept you! ❤️❤️❤️
It’s amazing to see how many of us had a similar experience! I haven’t come out and I don’t plan to anytime (I love my family but they aren’t super accepting in this area), but I am so proud and happy for you and the strength you have. I wish you and all the other dodie loving bi babes all the love and warmth in the world 💖💜💙
James Thompson2020-10-19 00:33:50 (edited 2020-10-19 03:31:37 )
I love the comments. See dodie? - this really is a community that you've built!
Caitlin, congratulations! - for being brave, trusting your Mom & being true to yourself. It's good to be honest ('if I'm being honest...'). And god bless your Mom. It was probably no surprise to her (good parents generally know for ages... they know you!).
If coming out to anyone else is scary, try using dodie's Coming Out song & see what they say. It's the most delightful thing I've ever heard - she's a wonder. And what a great way to express it ("I have a heart that can love two genders...").
Best wishes, Caitlin! Know that there's nothing wrong with you! And if nothing else, it'll be just one way of gauging the depth of someone's friendship with you: if it's an issue at all, you know not to invest much till they've dealt with their own sh!t.
@Anna the Nerd You choose the time - you can & should. But there's tremendous relief in not feeling you need to hide or lie about who you are, and in starting to throw off the self doubt, remorse & shame of being different than you think your family expects you to be. That is all self-destructive. Accept that doing so will take time. At some point you'll have to trust them to love you more than they loved their idea of you, or their ideology. They may choose wrong: that's a possibility. But at some point you'll have to face it: it's not healthy to live a lie. Or to live in shame and denial of who you are. They may surprise you. I've known others who thought their commitment to particularly closed-minded religious beliefs was unshakable, until they suddenly had to reconcile their belief systems with the reality of a son or daughter coming out. Had to choose between loving their child, or denying them in favour of a belief. And discovered in that moment that their belief wasn't healthy, wasn't commendable, wasn't right. I can't promise your parents will chose right: we all wish you well with that. Know that there'll be people around you who will accept you for who you are. Not just other 'dodie loving bi babes': I'm not bi - not even a babe - but I'm grateful to dodie for being honest, vulnerable and celebratory about who she is, for sharing her journey and for helping so many others to pursue theirs. As you will. Hang in there. And consider using dodie's Coming Out Song video when you decide it's time. It has the perfect mix of self-acceptance and celebration!
@James Thompson wow this comment made me tear up. Thank you so much for you beautiful and kind words. I really needed to hear them. In truth, I have similar religious beliefs to my family, but I’m definitely more progressive. I’ve seen them slowly change the way the talk and feel about certain things (such as the LGBTQ+ community) which is very encouraging to me, but they still have a long way to go. I’ve never understood how people can follow a higher power who always spoke of loving one another and accepting others while also being hateful to groups that just want to love. The groups that have made me feel welcomed and normal. I believe that once I am living on my own and in complete control of my life, I will come out. By then I hope to see that the people in my life will have become more accepting and I can be more sure of the person I am. It’s only a couple of years until that time, and I’m okay to wait that long. I also know that they will always love me, even if they have to take time to adjust. I don’t think I’ll forget this comment. It truly means the world and more. Thank you (ps I love her coming out video! I’ll definitely keep that in mind ❤️)
well... for me it's the middle of the night. I was hoping for it to be now and not too late, cause I gotta get some sleep... hoping for tomorrow's video to be 'early' as well
@Jessie Franks i think it is music bc of her insta frame that plays a new version of cool girl. (Also bc of the intro humms at the start of each knitting video)
I'm 52, trans, im lonely and undergoing treatment for an adrenal adenoma. Im here for your songs, because of your book, your beautiful soul, and because you give me a genuine smile.
thank you dodie, its so comforting to know that the ramp won’t be going downhill forever. i’m 16 and honestly it does feel kind of like i’ve wasted my teenage years, but hearing this calmed me in a sense. it just feels like 2020 is the start of the end with forest fires, the whole political stuff and how corrupt a lot of our institutions are and its so scary. but to know that their is more life ahead of me (that sounds so dumb) is just really comforting, so thank you for reminding me :)
I'm 29 and I still feel like I've wasted a lot my years, but I feel stronger now knowing I don't want to waste anymore being unhappy, just fighting every internal fight instead of letting it go.
it's also terrible news. you'll spend a long time regretting the fact that you could have started building your life in the way you wanted from such an early age, like it seems all of the successful people do, and i don't know when the feeling will leave, but i live in hope. the best time to plant a tree is thirty years ago, but the second-best time is today
Yeah I think the media portrays your teenage years as one big party, and you're supposed to do all these specific things as a teen. I'm only 15, but I kind of realized it doesn't have to be that eventful. I totally get the feeling of feeling like you've wasted parts of your life, but I think however you spend your years, it's meant to be that way
Not that I think you should waste your teens and 20s, but wherever you are, think of it as experience that got you where you are today. Not all successful people build the life they wanted from an early age. I have friends who found their professional calling and the love of their lives in their 40s and 50s. Even at that age, you still can have 20 to 30 years of a career and a marriage that lasts more than 20 or 30 years. So it's not too late, but treat your future time as a limited resource and think if you're satisfied with the way you're spending it. Wishing you happiness for your future!
as another sixteen year old yes to all of this, so, so much yes. it IS just so nice to know that there is more life coming. (are you in australia too? are you talking about the australian fires?)
If you're looking for advice, you can't waste your teenage years. Enjoy yourself and do what you like. Comparing yourself to others will only make you think you're falling short. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday and you'll find that you're always improving, whether physically or in your mental health. We learn so much each and every day, it's almost hard to not be a better person day in and day out.
Just keep looking forward and don't regret looking back. One day you'll smile, I promise you.
@Radar I’ll also take your advice, if you don’t mind. I recently have been just POURING all of my thoughts out in a journal to save for future me to reflect on, for around 7 months! I hope that 13 or 14+ year old me is able to see how much she’s really changed and improved from 12. ❤️
Life usualy get's ALOT better in your 20s, you get more mature and have alot more freedom, also there is no school. And btw most people's teen years suck, I feel like I wasted my teens as well (I'm 23) and I've come to realize that people that have had hard times as teens grow up to be better adults. Like my father used to tell me back then, it's like when a eagle needs to break it's own beek and then goes into hiding and suffers alot to continue living insted of dying of hunger with a beek that is not functional.
Hope any of this made sense. You have your whole life ahead of you and I'm sure it's going to be amazing!
Omgosh I relate to this so so much. I turned 16 three days ago and all I want is to go back to being 13 or something and not waste my time. Its overwhelming to be honest. I think it's strange how I used to never think about age and time and everything and now it's suddenly all hit me.
It's been a bit weird being a fan for more than five years. I am a straight white man who's four years older than Dodie. I live in one of the most privileged places to live, Norway. When I say weird it's because I don't feel like these traits are what very usual in her fanbase. I kinda felt a bit out of place for years. Then it hit me. There was one thing I had had this whole time through this whole time of knowing who Dodie was, and before, that made it all make a whole lot more sense.
Depression.
Thank you for talking about it, Dodie. Some of us seem to not know that we have it. Thank you for never stopping. It's a good reminder for me that life can go on and change.
"We are all guilty of black and white thinking" Was that a direct dodie reference? Because i think it was and now im paaranoid that i may have missed other references in the previous videos!
@Mehreen Hadia I don't think there's any reference to get; in this video she's just talking about life, and dodie, well, talks about life in her songs. You're not missing anything, people are just seeing connections.
when she talks about them at ramp that is just heading down i really feel that. i feel like life is just going so fast and it’s so overwhelming, but it’s really comforting to hear her say that it will flatten i just needed that so much
Your song "Secret for the Mad" has gotten me through so much, especially university. It's the song I play on repeat whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed... I just wanted to say thank you for sharing it with us 💙 ~Blu
Hi, Dodie! If you’re reading this, I am 23, and you have gotten me through the end of high school and college with both your music and your videos!!! So, thank YOU!!! 💛💛💛
hey dodie!! i have been listening to your music for 5 years now. i was a scared 12-year-old, confused about so much going on in my life, and i did not think i would make it past 17, but guess what? september 5th, 2020, i did it. i made it to 17. I'm applying to college, I'm going to college next year. damn, i made it through high school. i just want to thank you for it all. your music, your book, they made me feel heard. someone finally understood what i was going through. thank you dodie, for everything.
yay!! fellow 17 year old long time dodie watching here! i didn’t think i would make it past 16 really, but here i am wearing a shirt from my dream college that i’ll be applying for in a few days. i wish you all the best in your life and all the happy vibes!
same thing as you two. we made it, people, we did it!! i send you a big big hug and lots of strength... maybe life won't be perfect, ever, but i know we'll get to the other side as many times as we need to <3
You brought me close to a girl, the only girl ive ever loved, a girl that caused me so much pain and happiness and love. She taught me so much, and as much as it hurt, im glad it happened. Thankyou for having this platform and music.
been here since i was 12 years old. I’m 18 now and starting my first year of college. thank you for all these years, and I’m looking forward to many more. i’ll never forget meeting you at the 7th annual vidcon (i think 2016??) idk, but thank you for everything you give to us
No - thank YOU dodie. Thank you for all of the amazing memories and content. I've been following you for a couple of years, and you have given me so much strength and confidence. I recently came out to one of my friends as bisexual, partially thanks to everything you have said. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but now I feel so much happier. Life is so fucking strange and scary, but we're all getting through it, one step at a time.
To whoever is reading this, you are a wonderful person. Keep on keeping on. Sending every single one of you love.
@doddleoddle thank you dodie for taking the time to answer. I am surprised by how close i feel your thoughts even though i’m actually from very away from London 😂 thank you for being kind, and honest. And for keeping your art going, it has been a great comapany for me and so many others, through all these years. I hope someday i’ll see you live. Take care ❤️🌈✨
I'm a bisexual man (?) in my late twenties. This month has been a grind - this year's been a grind. Your honesty and your jokes have been a comfort. Thank you, for everything you want to share, and no thank you to anything that pushes your boundaries. You've made my world a more colourful place.
I was here 6 years ago. I've been following dodie for so long, we've kinda grown up together, in a sense. And I still adore her music and all her content. Thank you for everything, dodie!
Admitting that life truly is long made me feel so at peace somehow because I’m tired of hearing that things go so fast, it’s much more comforting to know that I will have time ❤️❤️❤️
I always said/thought that everyone has a story they think of when they listen to your music. Whether it's their own, someone else's or an imagined one, it means so much and something different to everyone. We love you Dodie!! ❤️❤️❤️
hi honey i just wanted to say ily, you helped me so much through my struggle with depression i find so much comfort in coming to your channel and watching your videos, i just feel so warm and accepted :)
I also want to thank you. You have grown so much over the years, and ever since I saw your first video almost eight years ago, your music has been a soundtrack to my own growth as well. The internet is a scary place sometimes, thank you fotmr making one of it's corners so lovely
You’re never going to know how much your music and your videos and general existence have shaped me and saved me and become such a big part of me - I love you so much, Dodie.
I'm so excited to see what's gonna happen! Thanks for coming back and posting for a bit. It's been a rough couple of week and your videos have really helped.
Thank you, Dodie. You're a lovely soul that has helped me and others during this crazy time, and in general. <3 And I haven't even finished watching the video.
Wow this was an incredibly beautiful video dodie. I’m your age and have been watching for years now. I’m so proud of you and your growth. Thank you for sharing your life and wisdom and empathy with us <3
I'm 56 years old and just got my diagnosis of depersonalization a few days ago had never heard of it. I'm glad you found coping mechanisms and I hope you find a way out I'm quite a bit older and I can't imagine haven't been trapped in this mindset during my youth I'm just starting my journey to look for ways to improve and resolve this
You do send strength, you really do. There's a concept of "the wounded healer" which I think kind of describes what you do with your music and your way of being here
I love you dodie! maybe it's a bit burdensome for me to say this, and if so, I apologize! but I've always wanted to tell you that you saved my life. thank you for existing.
I'm your age, 95 baby! And I just love you and your content. You're so real, and it's so refreshing. I find myself wishing I could have a friend group like yours, but I'm so far away from that it feels like it'll never happen. But still I revel in joy when I watch you and hazel interact, or Sammy or any other of your YouTube friends and I just find it so cool that I get to be a part of all that even if it's in a small way. Thank you for your authenticity, and thank you for being my friend through the webs, even if you don't know me. 😌
My boyfriend told me today "y'know, i really like all of dodies songs, just some are better enjoyed by only you in a diffrent room. But she's really good" hahah, He's a big fan of some of your more up beat songs, not so much the sadder ones. I've been here for 5+ years, and that's so weird. I love your art and have enjoyed this series of videos immensly!
Thank you dodie. I first found you in 2013, when my mental health was at the lowest, and your videos and songs brought me joy. After getting so much better and healthy and happy over the past few years, this year, that work has been washed away and I feel like I'm back in yr9 again struggling. But your videos still bring me joy. Thank you for your kind words. I needed them tonight. Looking forward to the album : )
Hey Dodie, I’ve never really interacted, and I might type out a longer thing later, but I appreciate the influence your videos have had on me. Just wanted to say.
I’m so thankful to have grown with you and I’m excited that we will all continue to grow together. It has seemed to me that every time I take a leap or step in my life you’re right there changing with me and that’s been really lovely. Lots of love Dodie :))
i started watching your videos when i’d just started secondary school so like this time five years ago?? and it’s so weird thinking about how far i’ve come since then and also how far YOU’VE come since then i feel like this entire fandom has grown up together?? and i’m just so proud of you, thank u for everything <3
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The Amalgamator2020-10-18 19:31:41 (edited 2020-10-18 19:33:16 )
... You’re welcome? Honestly I think you’ve done a lot for me so thank you too. Also I think Dodie dots are my new favourite thing.
I’m late, but hi Dodie! I discovered you a few years ago and I’m really glad I did, because your music has gotten me through so much. It’s been helping me get through school and one of your videos helped me get through an anxiety attack. So thank you, Dodie! I’m so excited for Build a Problem and can’t wait to see where your music goes next!! 💛
bb. i love you so much. youve made me so happy throughout the years. im so proud of everything youve done. i hope some day i can meet you and give u a hug
This came out on the day our golden retriever died of old age and I right when I needed this little video about hope and life perspective. So thank you too.
I've loved you for so many years and you have inspired me so deeply. When was the first song that really explained how my depression felt, and she helped me come to terms with my own sexuality. I came to see you in concert last year and it was amazing, I waited in line for hours and I would wait longer. Thank you I suppose, thank you so very much.
I've been with you since the first version of "she" and I've adored you since. Watching you grow up has been inspiring to me and I'm so excited to continue following you.
This series was amazing and I appreciated it so much-especially this vid. The internet scares me too and it made me feel better to hear you say it, and I loved the bit about the complexity of life. Please never underestimate your ability to get through to people with words. I’m struggling to word things correctly but basically, I really appreciate your presence a lot. Best wishes. <3 Edit: holy crap I just remembered that last night I dreamt that you just appeared in my bathroom and I started singing the lettuce song to u this just occurred to me LMAO not related to the rest of my comment but I had to say it
When you said about the highs and the lows. It made me think of one of the times I hold highest in my life and that was seeing you perform at summer in the city a few years back. It’s one of the only times I’ve ever felt truly alive. That show will forever hold a very special place in my heart.
As one of the "elders" of the group, I'm so grateful to have you in my life even knowing you'll never know who I am. I swell with every smile, shed a tear for each sad story, and sway with every song. Thanks for all the feels.
Holy cow I've been here for almost 4 years, thank you so much for giving me music for everything from my absolute low points with depression to highs of making friends and hangin out in college 💖
Been following you since I first found YouTube, 7 years ago, and I'm so proud of how successful, beautiful, and brilliant you are now and have always been! Thank you, Dodie. Thank you.
Hi! Just thought I’d introduce myself so you know what kind of people watch your videos 😂 I’m 40, mother of a 20 year old (yeah, do the math!) and I’m a bit of a weirdo and it’s nice to see other weirdos being themselves. I first heard ‘Sick of losing soulmates’ at a time when I really needed it and fell in love with your music, your lyrics. Many if them seem to have come out of my own soul. As to videos, I have cried and laughed with your videos. They’re always a nice breath of fresh air. 😊😊😊
i’m so incredibly excited for tmrw. i’ve been here for 4 and a half years and you never fail to make me cry, laugh, and everything in between :) thank you dodie for making so many peoples life so much better through ur music and online content. thank you thank you thank you.
I want to thank you Dodie, you're one of the positive aspects of my life and its really relaxing watching your videos while im in the most difficult, depressing time of my life rn ❤
hey dodie. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping me alive, keeping me sane, being there for me to fall back on. you don't know who I am and probably never will (tho my best friend is determined for you to meet me lol). anyway, I listened to "When" on the night of my 17th birthday so you said "ill never be 16 again" just as it turned midnight and I turned 17...I had a smol cry then reminded myself you will keep on creating music and being freaking perfect. basically I love you and you've saved my life multiple times <3
I started listening to you during one of the most difficult times of my life, almost exactly a year ago. Monster, 6/10 and Guiltless helped me so much. We love u dodie!!! ❤
it’s been so lovely to have watched your content for the past few years. you’ve been so comforting to me and a little bit of a safe space, so thank you. you’ve also helped me discover i’m bi! much love and thank you for everything, i’m so grateful for the things you chose to share and i wish you well.
Hey Dodie-aged fans like me 😁 This is so wholesome, I've been here for a looonnggg time and I have loved seeing this little fandom grow so much, as new generations of dodie fans come along! ❤
this is kind of long so i don’t expect you to really read it, but i’ve been listening to you since i was in middle school (around 12). i’m turning 18 on thursday, and for the past 6 years your music has been with me and inspired me. i constantly think about how much you’ve grown whenever i watch your videos, especially the ones where you talk about barriers you’ve overcome or achievements, but this video made me reflect on how much i have grown too. i guess this is a little strange or cheesy, but from your pleasant little conversation videos to your silly ones, in some way you’ve had an impact on that growth. there are things that you write or talk about that i just relate to, and so many things i’ve learned about life that have been extremely helpful. i guess i never really had people to guide me much through my teen years, so i wanted to say thank you. you’re so wise, dodie. and i’m very excited for the video tomorrow!
this is exactly what i needed to hear today. thank you for helping me through so many phases of my life and just thank you for making music that has been a constant for me for so many years ❤️
I've been having a rough couple of mental days in a row lately and I just caught up with the last 7(?) Of these videos while working on my crochet and it was really nice and relaxing and I felt like I had a yarn buddy 💗 See you tomorrow 🥰
Thank you, I’ve been a fan of you for a little while and I feel like we’re the same in a lot of ways. Watching your videos and listening to you music made me feel seen, and not alone in what I was thinking and feeling. It’s just nice to know that someone knows what that’s like, and I can’t thank you enough for that 🌻💛
I've had so much fun with this series. It has been very pleasant and almost intimate in a way. It's been a nice daily escape and I just wanted to say thank you. :)
it's so hard to find boundaries when in the public eye, in any capacity. i hope this channel, your socials, your communication with your fans continues to be more and more comfortable and safe.
Thank you for this, i have to say you got me with the "what's going to be the word today" thing, it was a lot of fun guessing and i enjoyed listening to you and the enormous talent you have
I have been watching your videos since I was 15, now in a week I'm about to turn 21 and it feels like you've been there with and for me throughout all of my teenage years, my innumerable problems and my most difficult times. This isn't the exception you just got me through weeks of having my mind stuck in some shitty things to think about building / solving a problem. And it's been wonderful, I love every part of this fandom that you have introduced me. I've made a lot of friends online and offline by only bringing you up in a conversation, talking about your music and everything you do and that's just beyond INCREDIBLE, to know you have that impact on ppl. So anyway, I wanted to comment to thank you Dodes, you're amazing and I love you
Thank you, Dodie, for helping me see the beauty of boundaries. I learned a lot on my own, of course, but it gives me so much hope hearing things like this video here because I know how solid and strong things become with this kind of a structure to them.
Thanks for this; I'm so happy we are growing along with you.
welp this made me cry. This knitting series has brought me 5 mins of peace in days of chaos. Thank you as always dodie for being so wonderful and calming!
Thank you Dodie, for being authentic, for being supportive, and for being a bright light in my life. You bring a lot of beauty into this world, don't ever stop.
for the last 5,5 years of my life I was growing with you. The ages between 16 and 21 are really really different and i wouldn't have realised it without you. You impacted me greatly with your music, your book, your videos, aesthetic, words, etc. Thank you so much, you were always a great inspiration and you continue to be. thank you thank you thank you (btw your hair looks great!!)
I can’t believe it’s been almost seven years since I started watching your videos. They still feel safe, and cared for, and fun. I wish I could hug you. Thank you! Lots of love from Buenos Aires❤️
I just want to say thank you, dodie. Some of the biggest highlights of my early teen years were watching your videos, and growing and learning with you. Crying with you, laughing with you. I missed your chats, and I really appreciated getting a glimpse of your life again, even if it was just the 1%. 💛
I’m so genuinely grateful for dodie and her music and these videos have made me feel less lonely and less anxious these last few weeks. Thank you so much
thank YOU dodie for creating this wholesome community. i’ll always be so grateful for the lessons i’ve learned from you. i love you and im so excited for the announcement :D
im having a really bad day mental health wise, and watching this video sparked a light :) thanks for saying such kind and touching words, i wish you all the best dodie ♥️✨
Thank you for the joy you've given us over the years, Dodie. I early voted yesterday (for Biden) and feeling a bit hopeful that things will improve soon. :) <3
throwing it back to when you worked at lush was when I remember actively checking your channel (I was like 14/15) still a massive inspiration to this day, your music means so much - love you dodie!
Thank YOU Dodie ! You brought me so much over the years, your art has built my teenage years and your openness has helped me so much when I was in really dark times, thank you. Now it’s even better to know that you share only the percentage of your life that makes you comfortable. I look forward to listen to your new music !!
Thank you dodie. I found you when i was young and you have been with me through alot. Im glad to have a community to reach into sometimes and just take a breath and say yeah this suck right.... well thanks dodie
i am going through an extreme low at the moment, and this brought tears to my eyes. thank you so much for your kind words. it gives me hope; something which i have not had a lot of lately. i am so grateful for your presence.
i’ve been a part of this community for about five years now and it’s truly been one of the best things i’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of. thank you so much ❤️
I just got into your music last year and I fell in love with it. Really wish I got into it sooner and discover your channel too. Your music helps me to understand myself better and help me write the stories and characters I wanna write, same with any music I listen to, so thank you.💜
i just realized that the hums in the beginning were the songs from the album, like in this video she was singing before the line, and in her "i call my friends and ask how they met me" video she was singing sorry
I’ve watched your videos for years and years and they always feel deeply comforting and understanding in a way that’s hard to explain. I have sometimes dipped in and out of your content over time but always find my way back and am happy to be here.
You're amazing Dodie. I've been here for years and seeing you learn and grow and set boundaries and become comfortable in your own skin as much as we can be is amazing. You're an inspiration you know and I know you're not perfect and I love that you're not perfect. I love that you can learn and grow and make mistakes and that's okay. it makes me feel like just maybe me learning and growing and making mistakes is okay too. So thank you so much for being you.
Thank /you/ Dodie! For being the person that unites all of the amazing people who watch these videos. This video series has made everyday exciting with something new to look forward to.
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Israel Elder2020-10-21 03:34:32 (edited 2020-10-21 03:38:21 )
Thanks for your honesty and willingness to be real with a detached, judgmental viewership (not everyone individually, but our current global society as a whole). As a 50 year-old, there are many ideas and ideals you hold to that I do not agree with, but that’s okay.🙂 We can disagree about substantive issues and I still support and appreciate you. I sometimes let out a quiet laugh when I hear some of your “life questions” because I know exactly how you are feeling, I was there 30 years ago. Because of time, I have come to understand that these issues or situations begin to take on less importance in the scheme of life. Once again, Thank you for your incredible music and the little peeks into Dodi, a complex and thoughtful young lady.
We were born a couple days apart from each other and I've always related to you a lot. Started watching probably 6 years ago now. Really looking forward to tomorrow! All the love, dodie
Thank YOU dodie. I've watched you since I was 15 (I'm now 22) and I just really love your kind, warm, beautiful soul. Also, the 'soul mates that you've lost' really hit hard damn
the line "whether you were here 5 minutes ago, 5 YEARS ago" made me have a bit of a think and, funny enough, i've been here almost exactly 6 years. it's strange because when i think about the me from 6 years ago, i feel so disconnected from her. she definitely had a much heavier aura hanging around her than i do now. it's bizarre to think that i still have the same interests as her
I am much older and thank you for being such an amazing artist. I love your music. And I thank Pomplamoose, because it was through them that I learned about you.
thank YOU for having been there for me for over five years. thank you for all the good times you've given me, the times your music helped me through times of struggle, thank you for all the people i've met through your music (and concerts). just, thank you!
I only started watching you about a year ago but have fallen in love with your work and I believe the lessons you have taught your followers are true to the core. Thanks a lot dodie :D
Thank you Dodie for just being you. Without you I never would have known about dissociation and how I struggle personally with it. You make me smile with every video just thank you.
Thank you too. Thanks for your music, these little videos. Thanks for sharing your stories, your derealisation and depersonalisation. For making parts of my day a little lighter. Have a good one 😘
I love you and your videos, I've been watching you for years and I've loved watching you grow into the person you are today! Your music has always inspired and touched me and it always will ❤️❤️❤️
now that i think about it, i’ve been a fan of you for five years :) i discovered your channel when i was in middle school and from that point of on, i’ve associated you with everything good and kind and understanding as i’ve grown up! thank you for being a source of light for me and so many others. i can’t wait to hear your album :)
I've been with ya since the beginning. kinda feel like we grew together is a strange way. I'm very glad I've followed you for so long you're so comforting.
I’ve been here at least 5 years I don’t really know exactly how long I’ve been here, but you got me through a really really tough time in 2016 so I’ve always wanted to say thank you for getting me through the worst time in my life honestly. Thank you thank you I love your music love that you’re doing this you’re seriously incredible dodie.
Thank you for the “life is long” comment. I know so teens who think that they missed out on the “best years of your life” when in reality it’s only just begun
Aw hey dodie, I’m 22 and have been watching you since I was like 15? This really hit me in my core, everything you say is so poetically true, thank you for beginning to share more again- I’m really living for the little snippets into your life 💘✨
Thank you, just, thank you Dodie. You’re so wonderful and you genuinely have helped me so much, I suffer with lots of anxiety and issues with my body, I’m short and quite round, so it’s hard for me to get confidence, as I don’t look like those I surround myself with, but I know I’m beautiful thanks to you! I’m trying to start practicing how to use eyeliner and proper makeup now and I hope it might help me.
Dodie, it’s been a couple years since i watched you and met you and it feels like I’ve known you forever, like an old childhood friend. I wanna say thank YOU for sharing your life and talents with us. You have saved me a lot more times than i can count with one hand.
I’ve been subscribed and watching dodie since I was 13 I am now 19 and so grateful to have watched dodie in this journey from her being shy and quiet to sharing everything I had the pleasure of watching her live in Atlanta she’s just as talented in person as she is online if not better I’ll always support you dodie! Thanks for being my big sister and best friend when I needed one
Okay, I just want to say thank you, like, SO MUCH for making your music. I literally have never related, felt or relied on any other piece of music then dodie’s😍 I want you to know that you touch my soul THE SECOND I put on my headphones and hear your music. I love your work dodie, and I hope the absolute best for you😊🤍
Thank you Dodie. Honestly I've recently been confronted with a lot of things that were wrong in my life. I've went through my first big breakup after a long term relationship and I'm clueless where and how to move forward now. Your voice and manners make me feel less lonely during this quarantine period. Thank you.
Feel like I’m still waiting for my life to begin. Haven’t had many highs or lows yet but I’m sure they’ll come. In the meantime, hugs and kisses to those in the comments going through the bad times, you are so much stronger than I will be. Love you all. Xx
i’m a 14 yr old who’s been watching ur videos for around five years. i remember i loved the show ‘got what it takes’ and i’m pretty sure that’s roundabout when i found you, despite seeing you pop up on my recommended beforehand. you’ve been such an inspiration to me growing up, and bring me so much comfort when i’m scared or sad. thank you so much :)
I am one of those non-commenting viewers in their 30s, but I have to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed and looked forward to these short calming videos every day.🖤
I've been following you for about 4 years and there are a lot of things I could say but overall, I am grateful for having you to look up to. thank you for sharing the good, the bad, the ups and downs ya know all that cheesy stuff. thank you for being your honest self. love you dodie <3
After waking up from.....not the best night and another depressive episode, I cannot thank you enough for this...gentle understanding, Dodie. Thank YOU. For everything and more.
Dodie, thank you for being such a inspiration. I know when I watch your videos that I don’t really know you personally,but I am thankful I found you. I’m in a really hard time right now and you have been everything for me. I’m so thankful for you even though I have never met you. I wish I knew you personally and I am thankful that I stumbled upon your videos. You seem like that friend that’s protective but in a good way. I don’t know where I would be without you. I don’t want likes or attention I just want Dodie to know this.
I've been a fan for quite a while now and i hope you know you've been there when I've absolutely needed someone the most but was to terrified to turn to anyone. Thank you for all you do and for sharing everything you do with us. You've really been a touchstone for a lot of people I think, I know you have been for me.
(I'm sorry if this is too long.) When I first discovered dodie, i pretty much fell in love with her. I didn't just love her and all her content, i wanted to be her. Being a south asian who already faced colorism everyday, my romanticism of a white british beautiful lady didn't really help, at all. I wanted to have pink cheeks and freckles and a thin nose. Later, as i grew, i realised i had completely missed the point. The whole shtick was about loving yourself, and never about wanting to be someone else. I never fell out of love for all the content dodie makes, and i still enjoy it just as i did five years ago. It's late at night here, i should go to sleep. Excited for whatever you have coming out<3
Just found you and your music. You're an incredible talent and your work, music videos and vlogs, are beautifully crafted and really compelling. It's clear your songs resonate with so many people looking through the comments. For me, it's so personal, it really feels like you're talking directly to my soul. Stay well doddle. x
Thank you for this video. Your earnest thoughts and reservations about sharing them gave me a moment to reflect on some complicated feelings I’m having today.
I quit my job this morning. I’m scared and relieved and tired.
Thanks for letting me feel like someone out there is feeling a little of the same kind of anxiety and gratitude as I am right now.
dodie truly thank u for making this wonderful corner of the internet. I’ve been here for over 5 years and in that time i know I’m not the same person I was then, but I also know there’s so much ahead for me too. You’ve given us all access into your tiny corner of the universe and i’m so grateful you share that with the world.
I’ve been here since I was 13 and I’m almost 20 now. I’m not leaving now or ever. Cant wait to see what your beautiful, whimsical mind has in store for us tomorrow :))) love you dodie, thank you.
these last four years have been difficult. my story, my highs and lows have climbed and fallen in this weird mess of resolutions and climaxes. but all the while you’ve been here and your music has been here and it has been a kind place to come home to. thank you dodie
"Life is so long. And I really, really mean that. The older I get. It kinda feels like you are on this ramp when you are younger, going down. And you are just speeding down hill and it feels like the ramp is leading out to something and you’re like “whoa this is it, here we go!” and then the ramp flatens down and then you’re still going, then it’s just flat ground. And things keep going, moments pass you by, things and people and times even out, and it’s so painful but I think it’s so beautiful."
Thanks to you too! Your videos the last week were exactly what I needed. Stay as you are. <3
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Julia Dye2020-10-18 18:49:04 (edited 2020-10-18 18:49:12 )
You just made me disassociate so hard. But for once, in a good way. Thank you for giving me the words to know what that feeling is. Thanks for helping me grow up.
i’ve been following your journey for 7 years now. i feel i’ve grown up with you. your music and content has been an aid to the pain in life, and i just wanted to thank you, too. you inspire me to create, to hold up my art and say this is me! so thank you dodie ❤️ i look forward to what lies ahead
these videos make me happy, i love the music you make, you tend to capture the nuances of hardship and also the simplicities of life watching these videos make me feel like i get an insight into the great mind that produces the music i love the more i listen to you speak the more i get a different perspective of your art, and i think thats what everyone wants new ways to look at art
thank you dodie, thank you for the parts of you you put out there and the lessons you share
i watched this video this morning when you put it out with my friend and just sobbed. i woke up just feeling so spacey and horrible and then i heard your voice and just cried. i’ve been here since 2014 and you have helped me through so much. it was a dream to see you last year. thank you for everything you’ve done. i love you, dodie. shay xx
sending you back so much love dodie. one of the older fans here (30 :P). thank you, your music is a gift. can't wait to see what the future holds for you, i'm sure it will be nothing but greatness.
I’m so grateful for you and the hope you bring us. I cryied a lot after watching this, and ti was the best present you colud hava grave me because I really needed ti. thank you, thank you, thank you for everything
This may be my favorite dodie video. THANK YOU so much for sharing yourself with us, either in large or small capacities. You've shown us love, wisdom, insight, humor, joy, sadness, and growth. I genuinely feel like I have grown and changed a bit just from watching your videos. I'm kinda sad these l this string of letters/videos is coming to an end—I've looked forward seeing you anew each day—but I'm looking forward to where you, your music, and your videos will go next
In this fandom for life 💖 you helped me own my own bisexuality 3 years ago, and helped me though my worst heartbreak with your music and videos. I’ll never know how to thank you for that 💖💖💖💖
Your music and blogs helped me get through some of the hardest times in my life. Some times I felt like you were talking to me about my problems even though you were talking through your own. You have the gift of making people feel seen and relating to universal experiences that a lot of artists don't tap into. Thank you for everything you've done all these years. You and your music will always hold a place in my heart.
Okay I think the beginning hums are the order that the songs in the album will be in, my current guesses- Track 6 is Rainbow, Track 8 is Kiss Me, Track 10 is Just Fine, Track 11 is When, Track 12 is Let Go??
also, not sure which track but Cool Girl will be on thereee!! :D:D
Also, I guess that confirms the confusion with the B too!! Just the wrong clip I guesss?? Oh wait. in that case the tracks might also be one off too...
I want to say thank you I was in the middle of tick attack, when youtube recommended me this video and because of your voice my ticks calmed down Your voice... It's just somehow so calming and giving me flashbacks at the same time... My best friend died couple years ago but your voice and words reminded me of him so much Just thank you for virtual emotional support I hope you're doing great, you deserve the best things in your life ❤️
dodie, i've been going through so much in my life. literally everything has changed, and it's hard for me to come to terms with. I've been struggling with my mental health trying to juggle work and finances and living situations and the whole mess that comes with being an adult entirely alone. to remind myself why it's worth it, I look for the constants. I look for sitting down at my computer and playing video games with friends, I look for reading Turtles All The Way Down and crying because someone else experiences the same disorder I do. I look for waking up to see my partner every day, I look for playing podcasts in the car, I look for the jokes I share with my coworkers, I look for music I dance to. you are one of those constants. I can listen to your beautiful music whenever I please, no matter what mood I'm in. especially lately, with these videos. this constant has helped get me out of bed. similarly to how I tell myself, "you can finish the latest episode of that podcast if you get up and go run your errands," or, "you can't call your friends if you're lying in bed," or, "breakfast with your partner happens in the kitchen, not on the bedroom floor," I'll see your notification on my phone and think, "wouldn't it look nicer on your computer screen? wouldn't it be so much more lovely to hear the harmonies in the beginning and the giggles with friends or the soup that sounds like piss with your nice headphones?" and I get out of bed. and I sit at my computer, with my nice headphones, and I watch your short little videos. and just that small amount of something , just that little nudge, is enough to convince me that, well, since I'm already up, I may as well brush my teeth. i may as well get dressed in nice clothes, maybe even some makeup. y'know, I've been running low on groceries, maybe that could be my chore for the day. thank you for being one of those little nudges. one of those tiny things that gets me out of my slump, even for just a brief moment. you've been that for me for years, validating my thoughts and feelings with your words and songs. that tiny tap on the shoulder, just a little push. you're one of many of my gentle nudges, but I'm glad that I've been able to be a small part of this wonderful community for so long. i grew up through the terrifying teenage years with you as one of my constants. thank you.
HI I turn 21 in a month and i’ve been watching your videos for probably ~7 years now!! it’s so wild realizing how you’ve been an influence in my life for so long. I hope to continue watching you grow while I do too :))
i love you, thank you so much. the internet is so large and i feel like i cant really reach anyone, which makes it so scary having so much social life online now. i also feel exactly like being on that ramp so often. thank you so much for your words, ive followed you for a long time and i appreciate whatever small part of you or your life you’re still sharing - and im so excited for your new music
i was at your concert in Phoenix, AZ about a year ago. I remember you looked out into the audience to thank us and I never forgot the breathless feeling of somebody really wanting to know me and caring about my presence. You’re my saving grace! Thank you dodie
as someone who has watched you for a very very long time: thank you for not giving up on us, for sharing your life with us, for entertaining us, and for trying to give us hope and cheer us up even when you've been down. ily 💕
dodie, you make me smile, you make me cry, and watching your videos, listening to your music, or even just hearing you speak, always makes me feel a bit more whole for even a moment. thank you. ❤️
I'm nineteen and been following since 2014 and you're absolutely one of my favourite artists and biggest inspirations as an artist myself. I've recently started uploading music for souncloud and ig :'') been wanting to do it for so long and finally I've done it... Feeling great about it. Also your concert in Madrid from last year was one of the best days of my life. Thank YOU, for making me feel less alone and more inspired :'D <3
dodie uploaded! These daily uploads have been my small escapes. For a few minutes, everything is fine. Everything is alright. A nice warm hug is what these videos are ^_^
i love watching your videos and hearing what you have to say about life, it’s all too relatable to a point where it feels like you’re the future me lol
I've taken such a comfort in these daily videos, where you sit down and knit. I feel a lot of anxiety and discomfort in the world right now, but these videos have helped me feel some type of happiness that I just can't find elsewhere.
Dear Dodie, thank you for sharing you creativity, thoughts, musing and parts of your life with us. I have been watching doddleoddle for over 10 years since early teenage days. Thank you for being you 💓
dodie I love you sm, i can't thank you enough for everything you create. It's truly amazing how you and your music have grown over time. God you're so incredibly talented- I can't wait for the new album! (also tysm for being our youtube grandma therapist 💖✌️)
i have been having a rlly tough few weeks and your videos are getting me through it, they’re what i look forward to during the day and they make things so much better, you feel like a friend i’ve known for a long time that’s always had my back. i hope that doesn’t sound weird ! thank you dodie for everything you do for us and i’m looking forward to this announcement xx
Was recommended one of your songs during a time of toxicity in my life (around 6 years ago now), used your music when I started university (4 years ago) and that period was ending, fell in love with my current girlfriend to your music (been together nearly 4 years).
Life is long, and painful, and beautiful. Thank you x
this was so reassuring. i'm actively learning to understand how to treat myself and handle my mental health. it's a fuckin battle but i'm doing just fine and will continue to do better as the days go on. love you always dodie
found you my sophomore year of high school and now im into my third year of college. It's been such a wonderful journey. thank you and much love back to you and hope for finding peace in your struggles dodie <3
ive watched you for 5 years! ive never commented on your videos before, but i look up to you so much. thank you dodie, you are so important, we love you
Dodie, honestly thank you as well! I found you and your music during a time in my life where I was struggling with a lot. Struggling with who I was without people telling me who to be, struggling with finally processing trauma I’d gone through in the past, and struggling to like who I was turning out to be. When I found your music, it helped me so much with that. Like I remember listening to She for the first time and finally realizing I had a huge crush on my best friend. I remember listening to secret for the mad on a particularly bad mental health day, and crying my eyes out to it. I remember listening to sick of losing soulmates when my friendship with said best friend was falling apart. Your music and your videos helped me in discovering who I was when I needed that help the most, as well as helped me through some pretty rough times. I’ve been listening to your music for about six, maybe seven years now, and I’m so thankful to have stumbled into your YouTube channel and your music along with it.
No thank you for giving me these videos. They make me sooo happy.
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Super Bananas2020-10-20 01:56:39 (edited 2020-10-20 02:00:41 )
A big thank you from me, I'm 23 myself and your music has helped me through alot, depression, anxiety, losing loved ones and then gaining them back again.
I'm happy to say I'm at a stage in my life that I pinch myself because sometimes it feels like a dream (Literally got my dream job like), I'm now a Nursing Assistant at my local hospital aiming to study adult Nursing at one of 4 uni's, my current job has prepared me for that next step I think and your music is something to chill to at the end of a stressful shift.
Thank YOU dodie for the past two weeks or so for uploading these lovely videos. I’ve had A-level exams during this time as well (finishing Tuesday!!) and having these videos everyday to cheer me up in such stressful times has been so helpful. You are a star✨❤️
watching you knit everyday made me crave knitting again so last week i bought some wool and now i've nearly finished a scarf!! prob not the comment you were expecting lol but thanks for getting me back into knitting again (also ive loved seeing your face so much again!! thanks so much for doing vlogtober)
I’ve been a fan for 5/6 years and I have to say you’ve been there in the best and worst points of my life and I just want to thank you for always being there even if you don’t know it 💖
and thank YOU!!! your videos bring me sm comfort and your music has helped me through so much. i've had fun w these vids! they've been v comforting during a rlly hard tome!
You word so good! Seriously though I've been subscribed for a few years and it's been lovely to share in a little piece of this journey you've been on of getting to know yourself. It's something we all have to do in one way or another and seeing how much more "you" it appears you have become in the process is so hopeful and inspiring. Thanks for the things you've chosen to create, I like em 🙂
Ugh, dodie we thank you too for always being here for us as well. You describe so many different life situations in such a great way and you make it just that little bit easier for us to cope with it. 🖤🤍🖤🤍
28 yr old and I've been following you for many many years, from many accounts and usernames, breakups and celebrations. Thank you to the moon and back x
Thank you Dodie!! You're one of the main people who inspired me to start a youtube channel. I've been watching your channel for like 6 years, your videos make me feel like everything is going to be okay, and always help me smile. I started making videos of my own to give people that same feeling of comfort and happiness I get when i watch a dodie vid. So yea, thank you dodie for being always there in the background for me to come back to when I need cheering up 💗
I found you first through your song Down, and then I watched She. She opened my mind alot, because before hearing that song I had never thought of the idea of dating a girl. After a few years go by, I have discovered that I am attracted to both men and women! Your channel has been eye opening for me!😊
nooo thank you, you are amazing and we don't deserve you :_) love you Dodie
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Nick Hyde2020-10-18 18:39:56 (edited 2020-10-18 18:44:14 )
You’re so sweet! Been here for years tbh, I think you’re awesome! I hope your doing well and that you know that what ever you’re doing , that you’re doing the absolute best you believe you can, and I think as humans we have to hold onto the hope that that’s enough. You’re lucky, I mean not to toot my own horn or whatever, but you have some awesome fans who support you and want you to do good things, so even in those moments when you don’t feel like your best is good enough, well you have a ton of people that still want to see you do well, and who believe that you are enough 😊
so i usually don't comment but thank you so much for everything, your music means so much to me and i really needed this video so thank you for that too. i can't wait for what's about to come
no, thank you :) I’m currently editing this comment from 8 months ago because I feel like I really needed this. Mental health is difficult, but I know everything’ll be okay
I was in middle school when I started watching Dodie, I am now a freshman in college and I feel like both everything and nothing has changed since then
i found you and your music through my best friend. we both relate and love your music since we found you. now, physically, we are thousand of kilometers apart but your music is one of those things that connects us together. i hope you find joy and peace in your life just as much as you need it <333
Hi, I'm 15 now, still young I know, but I can remember watching Dodie for about 5 years. I'm so grateful that I get to grow up in such a positive and wholesome community with so many lovely people. This corner of the internet is always somewhere I can come to relax and chill out. Love you all :)
Thank you for this video - the timing of everything you said and the fact you said it all today feels so deeply personal. I've been really struggling with my mental health for about 5 years now, and after somewhat/mostly recovering, it all came back this year really badly, and all just got unbearable and culminated to tonight, where I was believing that it would be easier if I just wasn't around anymore, and after several attempts over the last few days I was considering going all in tonight. But after hearing you speak about how this is such a small portion of our lives, and how the ramp does eventually even out, I feel such a sudden surge of hope, and somehow managed to remember that no matter how small that last bit of hope is, it's still there, and I still have my whole life ahead of me to learn how to recover and get better. There's still time. :)
I am 20 and you helped me through a very rough times thanks you. Your music really is a symphony. Look up a song called Achilles come down it made me think of you
I don't normally comment anything but I wanted to say that I've been watching you for 5 years. I started watching when I was 15 and now I'm 20. I feel like a completely different person now but I still get the same feelings from your videos. I was really lonely as a teenager and I felt understood by you and like there was a way forward. I'm not as lonely now but I still appreciate everything you do. :)
i wish i had known you way earlier. but the 3 years we've had so far have been nothing but glorious. i love you and thank you for everything you do. your community is lovely🌼
I’ve watched your videos and listened to your music for about four years and you’ve helped me so much. You’ve helped me with figuring out my mental health and my sexuality and your videos just always felt like a hug. I’m going through a lot at the moment and these videos are helping me like they used to and that is so comforting. Thank you for all of that and i’m so excited about this, whatever it may be <3
Hey dodie! 23F here, watched you for so many years now.. through middle and high school, through the army duties i had to do, and now through uni <3 love you lots and excited for tomorrow!
I'm so excited! I've been thinking recently about how over the last five or six years I've been watching you and growing with that. How your songs, whether they were "album worthy" or your I'm busy song or my bedroom I could relate to them on some level and how that's changed as I became an adult. So thank you Dodie for being that beautiful, eloquent, creative brain that could put those experiences into words and music that make sense.
so crazy to see your growth and view on life change throughout these last few years, been watching for 6 years now, very excited for the announcement!! I recon its an album (I'm hoping it is), lots of love!!
ah gosh this felt so personal. feels like you’re right there. i hope it feels that way to you too dodie. we’re all right here and there will always be people looking out for you and supporting you. thanks for making my days lil brighter. you’ve been really helpful. 💛
Dodie <3 you're such a wonderful person, and your music has been a companion for many years - I've been a subscriber for... I want to say five, six years? Also we're the same age (give or take a couple months), and seeing you go through different stages/phases has always given me courage to tackle my own, and seeing how you've made such an incredible impact on people always motivates me to keep trying to pursue my goals. I don't comment often, but I watch every upload and it always puts a smile on my face (even if it's sometimes in a bittersweet, "this is so sad but I feel seen" kind of way). Will continue to stick around for whatever you are willing to share, and will always see your content as a lovely gift you put out into the world!!!
This was lovely, thank you. Para-social relationships are a quagmire which I'm still stuck trying to completely free myself from but having you say such encouraging things here whilst also have been successfully only sharing to a certain point throughout this meant a lot. Does that make sense? Sorry, maybe it doesn't. Lot's of ideas there and I don't necessarily know how to lump them all for the meaning I intended! Anyway, thank YOU for this and everything.
Also, on another note, weird but nice to think all of our lives are unique and SO long yet we all share something in experiencing your music and videos. Yes we all come to them with different experiences, but we do also share the experience to a certain extent. That's special <3
started watching you after carrie hope fletcher recommended your “nostalgia” video in one of her videos, and i’ve been here since. i’m beyond excited for this album. much love <3
these videos have been such a help through this crazy time. Its nice to have something calming playing rather than just being surrounded by constant intense news headlines. Thank you dodie. I've been a fan of yours for so many years, thank you for everything you've put out into the world so far <3
Thank you for exiting and providing us this content. During the Tarantino film that 2020 has been and keeps being your energy is something so pure and special. Words cannot express how grateful we all are for existing, even for those short moments on YouTube, thank you 💛
Hiiii Dodie, lots of love to you! I began actively watching your videos a few days ago, although I came across you in 2019 already, but I wanted to let you know that you're a lovely and amazing human being, you're just so genuine with everything, and you have helped so many people with your music and your videos❤️ To whoever reads this, you're amazing, hope everyone's doing well😜
dodie 💛 you are so wonderful. thank you for continuing to show up to share a part of yourself even when the internet can be a vast, scary, and sometimes unforgiving space. your videos are so calming and i appreciate all of the good you bring into this world. 🌏✨
Thank you for this video, i cannot believe you have put into words what I've been feeling for the past few months about the internet and the black and white thinking. Especially today, my country had it's presidential elections and everyone seems to have gone mad, the last few weeks were unbearable to be online. But having you posting again has made it better, and feeling like I'm not the only one that is repulsed by the way the internet is rn is so refreshing. I've been feeling more and more like my thoughts and experiences go so far beyond the dichotomy of the discussions online that i need to protect them and keep them to myself, and it has made me value my own opinions and thoughts a lot more, because o don't feel the need to share them. I think a lot of beautiful things, and i have kind intentions, and i feel so free just not engaging with the systems that try to reduce them into boxes
My friend told me about you 5 years ago and you have come to mean so much to me. Your music and willingness to be vulnerable in your videos and music helped me to overcome lots of traumas and leave the people I needed to. Thank you Dodie
It’s been fun growing up with you for the past (almost) five years. I first came across you when Evan was doing those British v. American videos. When I was a teenager in high school, I absolutely loved Would You Be So Kind and Absolutely Smitten (they’re so cute and fluffy and aaa). I remember being 16-17 and crying every single time I listened to When. Now, in my last year of college, your music has shifted into something more mature—a little deeper, less playful, and more of what I like to call my pile of “songs that I feel in my soul” (Guiltless, Ready Now, and Anyway). I’m excited for what you’ll come up with during this period of uncertainty that is my early 20’s ;-;❤️
I just wanted to say that I’m 30 and I’ve been watching you for years, obviously I’ve always been older than you haha but I’ve always found your music sad yet comforting and the way you speak about life is so interesting and engaging. I’m an LGBT+ youth worker (and an LGBT+ person myself) and lots of the young people I work with adore you. Anyway I dunno what the point of my comment is, I guess just hello from an “older” fan (I don’t consider myself a part of any fandoms like I did when I was younger but I’m definitely a fan and from what I’ve seen across the years your fandom is filled with love and friendliness and kindness! You should feel so proud of yourself for nurturing that kind of fandom!). Anyway just hello and thank YOU! 💕💫
I've never commented and just created this profile to be able to so I LOVE YOUR MUSIC and your nice and aesthetic videos! also ... I AM SO EXITED FOR TOMOROW !!!!!!
thank you dodie! ♥ i've been a subscriber for a long time and your videos and lyrics always gave me comfort. i look up to you a lot as an aspiring musician that started on youtube :)
Thank you dodie! I usually don't comment, but your videos have definitely helped me in some ways to slowly learn how to life. Exited to see what you'll show us tomorrow! 😁
You put up these videos in a very emotional time for me. Your messages resonate with me and have brought me a bit of quiet peace, feeling like I have someone else who is in too. I hope you find your own peace.
I think it's insane the fact that I'm 20 and you're still speaking to my soul. I think I was 16 when I found you and ever since then you have put words to feelings that I didn't understood. I was (and still am) so scared of feeling sad, and you helped me to let go. I can't thank you enough for creating a safe space for me and so many people around the world
i’ve been watching you for nearly five years and it’s wild to go back on your old videos because it’s not just looking at who you used to be but who i used to be at that time as well, and see how both of us have grown??
saw you in berlin and munich concert. Was so good for my mental health and was frontrow both times 😄 thank you for your music helps me and my borderline a loooot
thank you dodie. this video really hit home for me. my friends and i just discuss politics and how we're going to get into college and make money and in the meantime i'm just. here. existing. in between things, y'know? so it's really, really good to hear that i have... time. so thanks. means a lot.
I’ve been a fan for about 3 yrs now and because of you Dodie, and your channels and content, I’ve managed to get through and keep going. So, thank you for being alive and for the content you make 🥰
Sending you all the love and peace and strength right back!! You've given so much to this community and made such a difference to so many of us. I've been following your music and videos for years-- I'm one of those followers who's around your age (also bi! and with depersonalization!!) and your videos have had such a positive influence. They've made me feel much less alone over the course of figuring all of this out, and your art has helped me through so many dark spots in my life. Thank you so much! <3 Can't express that enough.
dear dodie, i hope that you know how much your gentle, soul-filling music means to people (how much it means to me). i'm so glad i found you and i'm so lucky to get to follow your journey. sending lots of love your way xoxo
This is so beautiful, I love the way your music has impacted your fans. For me personally yes, your music has been there through it all. All of the highs and lows as you said. I recorded a version of “intertwined” for my aniversery with my first boyfriend and then softly cried to sick of losing soulmates on the bus my junior year after we broke up. I’ve had countless fun nights singing “you” loudly with my friends, all competing to see who could sing the high note at the end. Ive cried to so many of your songs over my second breakup “let go”, “just fine”, “one last night please” (that one really got me). I sent ready now to my best friend to thank her for helping me to grow into who I am. I went to your concert with my best friends and laughed and cried and danced. Two weeks ago I had surgery and the doctors played “she” for me to fall asleep to which added so much peace to a very scary situation. You’ve even inspired me to write my own music. So thank you dodie. Thanks for being such a big part of my highschool and now college journey
thank you from the bottom of my heart for this. i just began quarantining, in a new building, in a new city, alone, as i have symptoms of COVID-19 (i’m planning on getting tested soon), and this helped ground me and help me admire everything i can see from this small window for the few weeks that i’m here. i can still feel the fullness that life has to offer. thank you, again, for this little talk and for all of the amazing narratives and artistic creations that you’ve put out for the world to see.
I have really loved these videos. Such a constant comfort in what is a very hard time. I’m so grateful for your music and your voice and your thoughtfulness. Thank you for being you and spreading love and joy.
So excited to find out what this what this project has been about😁😁. Thank you for being so amazing, i really love you and everything you do. You never fail to make my day brighter. Sending you love from newcastle❤️💛💚💙💜
Even though I know only a tiny little part of the real you, you feel like an old friend. Sometimes I come here a lot, other times I don't for a while, but it's always nice to meet you again and see how you've changed (while I, myself, have changed too). Your music is always a soft and safe place for me, I'm happy you decided to share it with the world :·)
I found you your music and your videos when I was in the lowest of my lows, winter 2018-early 2019. I’ve stuck around since then and it makes me happy to see this and hear you talking about life and everything it’s just really interesting considering how you helped me so much and probably many others and you don’t even know my name. It’s Maggie by the way, hi :) I hope you’re doing well if you’re dodie or if you’re a person reading this, have a nice day/night :)
I think I found your channel through the collab with PAINT and fell in love with your music.
I hoped to finally see you live on tour earlier this year - but I have to say I'm just really glad I discovered you, this little gem of emotional openness, amongst the sea of channels on this platform. Every video of yours is like a balm for the soul.
I hope you'll stay as happy (mostly) as you seem to be now. And I hope that, too, for myself and anyone who feels the same.
thank you dodie. i found you and your music in middle school and now im graduating this year and you’ve been one of the things that has served as a constant comfort and gotten me through it all. much love! <3
Videos like this inspire me so much. I remember SitC 2018 you live for the first time, meeting Daniel, Hannah and so many people. It was after the worst panic attack in my life, first time I travelled by myself. It meant so much to me. I felt so grounded that day, depersonalisation and derealisation wasn't an issue that day. I felt like me. Thank you dodie. Granted I cried and screamed so much that looking back I'm embarrassed. It helped me in more ways I care to admit, it helps me to know doing this helps you also. Thank you dodie xxx
dodie thank YOU for being you and making music that resonates with so many people. i could literally be feeling any way and you'd have a song to fit that mood
Your video... it makes me feel. Allow me to, if you will, explain how it does so: Age: It doesn't matter how old you are; you bring your own experiences, your own failures, your own successes, everything, into a conversation with anyone who is willing to listen.
Mistakes and guilt: Yes. This number will only get larger the more you live. Learn from them, live through them. Whether you're dodie or anybody, it still applies.
Life is long. It's longer than you ever expect, and shorter than you ever want. The ramp leveling is life: Everything leads up to the ramp, and then the ramp levels out. What do you do when you reach the ramp? Do you want to crest the ramp, or back off and come back down? That's something that only you can answer for yourself. Honestly, it seems like you're riding the ramp, and you will never regret it, no matter what happens.
Empathy and The Internet scares you: It should. As someone who was there from the birth of the Internet as we know it today, there's a vast disconnect between actual humanity and what we experience online. People view the anonymity the Internet provides as a shield; a barrier or disconnect between how they should act and how they do act. Be wary of anyone who acts differently online as opposed to in your face.
By Jove, you have done it. If you stop, right now, you've successfully navigated and conquered the known world. You're an international sensation, and literally more than anything more than anyone my age would have hoped for in our time.
The bottom line is this: Perspective is a hell of a drug. Appreciate yours, and respect others; somewhere in between is the real truth. You've got an amazing head start on most people your age, don't forget that.
I find it quite interesting how when I started watching dodie it felt like she was so much older and mature than me and I used to put her on a pedestal. Now, I am 20, I know how much she has changed and grown in the past couple of years and now she inspires me and gives me hope that I can become better.
Also I now have great friends that are older than dodie but 5 years ago I felt that she was so muh older than me...
i feel like my little life track is at a steep incline and its only getting steeper. everyday feels like ten. your videos have got me through so much. your music is sometimes the only thing moving me forward. thank you for everything you do. i wish i could support you more. all i have is my presence.
and i hope your journey is as wonderful and exciting and heartbreaking and fulfilling as all of ours will be! thank you for the kind sentiment, you are truly a lovely human being. can't wait to hear your new song!! i love u dodes <3
"the young people tend to be the loudest but I see all of you that are my age" - Dodie's 2 years older than me and when i was a teenager I always thought she was this mystical adult figure to look up to, but now we're both just women going about our mid twenties I feel like i can relate more than ever :) so excited for the album!
Man, you have some magical timing my dude. Lately, I've been thinking about e x a c t l y what you're saying. Life is so much bigger than we think, and no one can fit into boxes because we are simply more than them. All these experiences and things we've been through aren't us, but things we've lived through. We cant be simplified to our thoughts or our past or our patterns, because we have lived them, and we are here now, they aren't (I hope that makes some sense). I've been struggling lately, and though I won't go through the details, it's so nice to see I'm not alone in my thoughts and experiences, and it's also so cool to come back to your channel and reflect on a few years ago when I was listening to "secret for the mad" to have hope for the future, and I hope you know how impactful your work is on so many people, although we don't know each other, your work and art has helped me a lot and I'm so thankful <3
I found you when I was around twelve years old and suicidal. My parents were divorced, I had friends that were absent, and everyone I knew had basically abandoned me. Now I'm sixteen years old, a Junior in highschool with better friends and am applying to internships and building a resume for a future career in graphic design and marketing. Your book, songs, and vlogs have helped me so much throughout the years and I appreciate that a lot. Thank you for being a friend even if I don't know you <3
I found your channel through a friend when I was younger. It’s been about four years since and I look back at the way I saw the world and I wonder why it changed. And then I look at my life’s “intricate nuances” and you put it and I realize where it comes from. My life has been crazy and as of late with things that have happened to me I’ve been struggling to find a reason to keep going. But knowing your channel is a place I can go, as cheesy as it sounds, to look at life as a beautiful landscape is something I cherish and appreciate greatly. I don’t know if you’re reading this or if anyone else is, but despite how I feel sometimes I know life can be beautiful and the wonderful people here and you Dodie have taught me that. My own journey has shaped who I am, and I too have been learning boundaries. I’m 18 and I know I’ve got a lot left to live, but I look back at 14 year old me and I wish I could tell him that life can be beautiful and you should hold onto that view even with all the things you are going to go through. Thank you Dodie for all you do and thank you anyone else who reads this for being here and existing and making life seem more beautiful
I've honestly really enjoyed your little videos you've made recently. They're so short and simple, but they're nice that way. Little snippets of ideas and thoughts and life and a reflection on life as a whole, made up of all the good and bad and everything inbetween. I find myself making cups of tea and cosying up to watch them, and forget about the rest of the world for a few minutes, and reflect on myself. It feels so personal, yet so widely relatable to so many people, and really quite beautiful in a way.
ive been a fan of yours for a few years now! I went to your concert at the sd house of blues on oct 9th, 2019 with one of my friends. i was really scared that night because i had a very traumatic experience at the concert before yours that caused me to have an anxious breakdown. but the space at your concert made me feel so safe. i've missed you and i'm glad you're back on youtube <3
i wish i could hug the me that found dodie 5 years ago, but we have grown with dodie and that is just so special. thankyou always dodie, we love you so much
Dear Dodie, I like You soooo sooo much!!!! I kinda grew up with your videos. I am watching your Videos since four years and I still enjoy them after all this time. I went with You through your ups and downs, and felt understood with my own struggles. Tank You for creating this beautiful art <(^^)> Lots of love, Marly
This fandom is always such a nice space to come to and feel supported by each other. I've been here for a few years now and you and your music have helped me through many rough times, so thank you too! I'm excited for tomorrow :)
Spotify blessed me with your song about 3 years ago and it is such a adventure to see how much you changed and how much I changed during this time. You were and still are always my inspiration and I was so happy seeing you on concert in Poland. I hope when everything will be more safe again I'll see you somehow live. I'm looking forward to know what all of those hints mean (I'm pretty sure it'll be incredible as always) and I'm so grateful that you're doing what you're doing and I just felt like sharing it so thank you for everything byee
Been here for awhile and plan to be here for awhile. I’ve had the chance to grow up with your music. My early 20s were filled with your music and still is. Can’t wait to see what’s this next chapter has in store for us all ❤️
dodie! I can't believe I've been watching your channel for 8 years. I'm 20 now - that's ridiculous!! Your videos and your music have been one of the few consistencies in my life, and I'm so grateful to have grown up with them both. My friends and I were lucky enough to have met you and Evan at your Sydney meet up in 2014 I think? and then again when you were touring with Bry in 2015. We gave you some really tacky green Australia themed oven mitts and called them "Dovan" mitts lmfao. What a strange patch of life to have lived through . Thank you again for everything! Excited to see what the future brings <3
i love these video's. they're so deep, but like lowkey comforting and i think that that attributes to the new dodie era? idk. maybe. anyway i love it. i love how you're not putting yourself on a pedestal but you're honest. and real. not afraid of going into depth. we need more of that in this world
I am a 6ft 2" tall, teenaged, death metal fan, with a split personality and general lack of connection to the world around me. I am living proof that anyone can love your videos/songs/face.
I actually haven’t watched your videos in yearsss but I just found you again through this series, and I cannot tell you how much your genuine-ness and calm in the face of discussing more difficult subjects has given me peace. It sounds weird to say lol but watching your videos now has just made me feel so calm and understood while I’m in this part of my life where I feel anything but calm and understood by people around me. So thank you for creating content like this, and I am very glad to be back watching as well as back in this lovely bubble of people 💞💞
i really needed to hear this today dodie 🥺 the pandemic has taken a huge toll on my mental health, and today was the closest ive come to a panic attack in a few months. my allergies mimic a lot of covid symptoms and our cases are going up. so thank you for sending peace, it really cheered me up ❤️
im so happy to have met you face to face in LA when it was possible. it is such a blessing to have had your eyes meet mine and for us to personally acknowledge each other as individuals, even if just for a minute or two. i wish you only happy feelings.
It's fun to think I'm in this fandom - I didn't realize I really was until I saw your announcement video and immediately preordered a vinyl. Your music definitely meant a lot to me in different ways at different times (coming to terms with my identity in middle school, being an emotional outlet later on) and feel so lucky that I've gotten to see you live. Your live show almost exactly a year ago today in LA is the best show I've ever been to because every single member of the audience knew all the words, and you are a great performer. Anyway, don't particularly know why I'm writing this, more than just to say thank you and I'm excited for the new album! Congrats! (and thank you to the rest of you who form such a great group)
i’ve been watching since 2013 or 2014.. as a teen i resonated with you and saw myself in you but just a few years younger and usually somehow one step ahead of you as far as what you shared online went. like mental and physical health obstacles type of stuff. i admire you for overcoming so much and watching you grow up made me growing up more comfortable too because i was so scared of it (i still fucking am what is this). my husband and i were talking about you the other day even while i listened to Life Lesson and our CAT NAMED DODIE (i’ve given you pictures of her before she’s black) about how thru the years i’ve kept up with your content and not fallen away. Dodie is 3 now even. thank you for the content and love to your community
I have been watching your videos on and off since I found your channel all of those years ago when I was just graduating High School, I remember the ups in your life that you shared as well as all of the downs you've expressed in your life over the years. I remember how my life was at those points, the lows, the highs, and having someone so raw such as yourself expressing these issues in the past and your own struggles is something I am forever grateful for. You've always been a beacon of light for me(I am now 26 years of age) and was diagnosed with a certain Dissociative/Depersonalization Disorder, that I would have never even explored had I not been watching you.
Dodie you have ALWAYS progressed forward, you have always pressed forward, you have helped many of us in so many ways I am not sure you'll ever be able to fully understand. I am sure you won't see this but if you do please know that no matter what struggles lie ahead, no matter if you continue to post here or on YT at all. Just know you have a huge group of individuals who have survived, learned, grown, and become better in part due to your openness with sharing on YT.
I will always remember you and this channel fondly, and I will always come back to see how far you've come. Best wishes in life Dodie, thank you again for allowing me to understand my own life a little better.
Much love always, for you, and for everyone that has stuck around or just subscribed.
Dodie your sooo human and that's why I love you! I am so glad you found your way I feel like we struggled through depression togther grew up togther which is silly cause I dont know you really. But your just so human and I love that. I'm 25 and just starting to my journey after a long time trying to find my way. Good luck to you fellow human !
So, I doubt you'll read this but I want to thank you because in all your nuanced and complex life you gifted us with your music and talent. I can say that I don't know you, but I get it. I get the highs and the lows you show through your art. And it is true that you don't know me, but I know that if you did, you would get it too. A big hug from Spain
ive been watching u since i was 12 and im nearly 18 now... u helped shape a lot of who i am and u dont even know me. the world is so massive and peoples impacts are just immense wtf bro
maybe it's the fact that i'm running on about 1.5 hrs of sleep over the past 30 hours but you do be out here nearly makin me cry with your lovely lovely words
Thank you so much dodie for sharing your talent, your experiences, your highs and lows, and for taking care of yourself and choosing to put up those boundaries. I am so so so excited for whatever comes next. You inspire me to take better care of myself, to take quiet moments for listening to a 25 year old pretend to be my granny from northern England, for catching up with friends, for looking at a cute look book and get inspiration for my own clothes. Your content lately has been so nice and comforting to watch, and your music continues to touch my soul. You truly have something amazing here, and I truly think my life is better for it. 😊 Thank you dodie, been waiting for this big reveal since the first time you mentioned it and I am soooo excited!!!
i am so glad that you are one of the YouTubers i grew up with. i started watching you in 2012, found you threw your old collab channel, when i was only about 11 or 12, you were like my cool older sister or the one older teen who I looked up to as a kid and now here we are your 25 and I'm 18. It's been so cool how we are going through totally different phases in our lives and yet for me it was as if we were still going throw it all together. i can never thank you enough for that.
I'm glad that I found your channel 3 years ago, I will be sticking with it for a long time too. Your videos and music has inspired me and I listen to your music everyday and can't get enough. Please keep doing what you do because it shows me and many others that being yourself is super important and I can relate so much through your music. I'm trying to get through school and there are lots of exams coming up but your songs and little videos really help me get through it all, I'm proud to be a part of the dodie fandom <3
I have watched your videos since 2016 (I think) and I always liked to rewatch them before they were made private because they were so comforting to me. You seem like such a gentle person and there’s something so relaxing about listening to you whether that’s talking in your videos or through your music. So thank you Dodie for being a comfort to me in these hard times and in many hard times I’ve had before ❤️
thank you dodie, your music literally saved my life about 3-4 years ago. everything you do means the world to me. you also helped me realise i am bisexual and helped me feel less alone with my bad brain, you deserve everything thank you <3
I'm 29, and I think I've been here since about the beginning.. back when you and Bry (who went by Bribry then) played music together. I don't know if I've ever commented but I have watched and listened to mostly everything you've made.. and saw you in Seattle last year. Your music has always been a place of refuge for me. You were the only reason I knew what was happening to me when I had a psychotic break in 2017 and suffered severe DPDR. I would have had no idea if you hadn't spoken about your experience, and just knowing that it was a real thing (in a world of completely unreal things) may have saved my life honestly... Thanks for being here, it's been a pleasure to grow up alongside you in a way.
This video honestly made me cry. I'm not really sure why, but every word you said just hit me so hard. Your music always makes me feel better whenever I'm feeling down. It's just very relatable and every time you talk about your mental health I feel like I'm not alone with mine. Getting a video from you every day the last two weeks has made my days so much better. Thank you ❤️
I get so caught up in the negatives sometimes, that I very often don't see positive things that have happened in my life. This video, listing the complexities of humanity, helped me grasp some really good moments. I guess that's how I Build A Problem---a lot of it is battling my own head :)
As much as I want the announcement to be new music (I really really do!) Something tells me it might be a book? She has mentioned before that she wanted to write another one. And build a problem really does sound like a book. It could also be an album/EP and that would be awesome too!
As much as I want the announcement to be new music (I really really do!) Something tells me it might be a book? She has mentioned before that she wanted to write another one. And build a problem really does sound like a book. It could also be an album/EP and that would be awesome too!
Okay, life IS long ffs. I've only been alive for 24 years and I'm already tired of this bullshit lmao
(I've been watching your videos for years now, your music is amazing I relate a lot to your songs and feelings. I'm not very loud to be honest but just know that I'm always here and wishing you the best 🤍 )
oh wow i wasn't expecting to cry?? tfw you don't realize how much you're struggling until someone kind offers you some empathetic words and you totally break down
I haven't yet commented on any of Dodie's work before but I've been listening and following since at least 2016, every video is like a catch up with a friend and I adore the realism so much. Thank you for sharing this part of yourself with us.
Hi dodie! If you're reading this, I just want to say thank you for all the hope you have gave me through your songs and videos. They have helped me a lot when I was in a darker place. In my late teens, I used to struggle a lot with mental health and not knowing what I wanted to do for a living. Now, in my early 20s, I have moved to a big city and I'm studying to become a translator, a career which I'm madly passionate about. I love working with words and shaping sentences, and finding the right ways to say things.
I feel like, in our separate and individual lives, you and I have both grown up a lot. I'm so proud of our accomplishments. I'm so proud of this community that lets us be vulnerable and human together. Thank you for everything, dodie. You're amazing and wholesome <3
Thank you. I needed to hear what you had to say today. It wasn't a bad day. It wasn't a good day. It had it's moments of pain and joy, some of it more intense than others. Still, stumbled onto your words and they made a difference. So thank you.
im lucky to have the opportunity to be impacted by your energy dodie, i wish you peace and happiness in ur own journey too ♡ i alsp truly believe that empathy is the strongest suit we have. I love too hard but i wouldn't have it any other way
24 years old and I've no idea how long I've been here because every video has feel like it's been right now for me even if the videos are old 😅 here for the long run ❤️
idk how to explain it but sometimes with other youtubers when you watch their videos it’s like, ur aware that they are addressing thousands of others but with dodie’s videos she always makes it feel like she’s talking only to you, that ur special in that way, and idk it’s just rly nice n comforting <3
i never comment but i just wanna say that ive been here for about 6 years and your songs have always carried me through the most terrible of circumstances varying from paralysis and homelessness to queerness. weve never met but i feel like you know me, your music makes me feel seen
it’s been so wonderful to see you post so much these days. i honestly have felt like i’ve been able to grow up with you and so much of my life has been shaped by you. I think i was 13 when i discovered this channel and you’re the reason i started to pursue music and songwriting (i now know how to play three instruments because of this!! yay!!). It’s crazy to think how much of an effect you’ve had on me without ever meeting (oh the internet). But i will tell you it’s a beautiful thing. Im almost 18 now and i’ve been so lucky to have you in my life. thank you for the inspiration. truly wouldn’t be who i am today without it. Love you dodie!
Hi Dodie! Truly, thank you for this. When I was a freshman (Year 9?) three years ago, I was diagnosed with depression and depersonalization/derealization. I have loved your art for years, so learning that you also live with these things was so relieving to me - I had never heard of anyone else going through what I go through. I am so proud of all that you have done since I first started watching your videos six years ago. So excited for this next project! Take care of yourself! 💛
Dear dodie, I wanted to thank you so much for being a beacon of hope and inspiration for me for the last five years. I recently finished nursing school and I have been studying to take the nursing license exam (NCLEX). I've been struggling with both a lack of support and encouragement, but also a lot of self-doubt about whether or not I can be a great nurse. But your music, the experiences you share, and the emotional spectrum that you reveal to us has always given me hope, lifted my spirits, and reminded me of just how important of a gift the empathy I have for others is. I found out I was an empath (or Highly Sensitive Person) in college and I learned how to balance caring for myself with the unique gift that I have. I hope that my empathy helps when I enter into the world of nursing. The love, kindness, and hope that you share with us is EXTREMELY appreciated. I truly hope that I can to meet you someday so that I can give you a huge hug (with your permission of course) and thank you so much for just being who you are. I think the world is very blessed to have you in it. We're all gifts to this world, we all bring something to it that makes it a better place to be. Your outlook on life, the love your share, the music you make, the unbelievably gorgeous person you are, both inside and out, and the smiles and tears that we've shared in with you truly make you remarkable dodie. Thank you, for just being you, and know that even though I only scratch the surface of who you are (one can only garner so much about a person through online videos), know that I think you're remarakbly special, a true beacon of light, and a phenomenal person through and through. You really make me believe that angels exist! We're always cheering you on dodie - thank you for doing the same for us! So much hype for the album coming out this week! With love, Andrew :) P.S. Everyone else who reads this, know that you are awesome too! Keep striving to be the best you can be and have a wonderful day! :)
this was so comforting and pleasant to watch. i'm a fan that is very close in age to you (i'm 24) and i've been watching you since i was 17 and i'm so happy that i have been and will continue to be on this journey with you ❤️
i turned 20 today.. i’m feelin’ A Lot Of Things but this video was wonderful. it hit a lot of the things i’m Feelin’ and Thinkin’ abt. so Thank You dodie. thank u for a wonderful gift.. i hope you’re doing well and i can’t wait to see u tomorrow :’)
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who sings "final countdown" every time you say something with the same syllables. In fact, I was doing it in my brain before you did it in real life and it just brought me joy.
I first saw you in a video where you revealed you hid 'Arms Unfolding' in pieces in a score of other videos and then stitched them together. I think it was on reddit, maybe. You're an amazing content creator, and a beacon of hope for all your fans.
ive been watching you for over six years and i have met you and saw you like and those where the happiest memories of my life and i just want to say thankyou for everything.
I’ve said this once before to you on Twitter and you responded(!) But I said, you and your songs give my pain meaning and joy. And though I’ve never met you, and I’ve only seen you perform live once- you’re the friend I’ve always wanted and needed and I love you so much dodes. And I’m so overjoyed at all your hard-work and progress and the way you’re so humble and vulnerable to your fans. 💕
Thank u mother dodie (I say this as someone a few years older than u but I think u get the vibe lol). This set of videos have been a true point of joy in each of my days. It's nice to sit and listen to someone work through their own intricate view of the world, and moving through the complexities and uncertainty and (often) scariness of it all. You are, just wonderful 💛
I’ve been here for five years. It’s weird because I found you when you were already pretty popular (your most recent song was ‘down’) and I always felt late to the party, like everyone else watching had been there longer. But now the length of time I’ve been subscribed is the example you gave on the long end of the spectrum 😂 There are people who just found you yesterday and people who drifted away long ago. Guess I’m not late anymore. Anyway, thank YOU. It’s been fun going through my early twenties with you. We’re both such different people now than we were back then, and yet here we still are. Funny how that works.
I'm 25 years old and have been subscribed for a very long time. It's weird to think how much has changed over the years. Thank you for this opportunity to think back.
I(21) got into your videos about 3 years ago. Or longer.. idk i think at the time you were living with evan idk. But i fell out of it for a long time. I rediscovered you only this week and i have found your videos so calming and anxiety relieving which i need rn. I just started uni and im doubting myself a lot but i just need to push trough.
It's coming up on a year that I've been here and I'm beyond glad that I did. Musically, you have become a true inspiration and I've discovered so many other artists through your content as well. Beyond that though there's this weird sense of past tense FOMO that I get from watching your old videos, a sense that I wish I could've been there, I find that feeling fascinating. Nevertheless I couldn't be more excited for what's to come tommorow. 🖤🖤
been here since about 2016 i think? maybe 2017. took a year or so off to delve into other interests but thankfully have found myself back onto your channel. mental health just kinda took a dive and i'm unsure why, but your videos and you in general seem to give me a bit of ease and comfort. you truly are very special dodie and thank you for being you and allowing us to be a part of that. <3
broo you're thanking me??? i should be thanking YOU. i still remember listening to secret for the mad at 1:00 am my freshman year of high school and trying to hold on to life - i'm so glad i did. so much of you and your music means so much to me. <33333
Thank you for putting what I've been thinking about into words. Nothing is ever black and white and I think that I struggle with wrapping my head around that but it's good to hear it said by someone other than me. There's so so so much grey area and trying to put it into categories it doesn't fit into just makes everything seem a whole lot different than it really is. Idk how much sense that makes lol. Anyway, thank you for this lovely project, it's really given me something to look forward to, and I've needed it. Thank you! ✨💕
i'm really not very good with words and i very very rarely comment on videos but its a must! ...back in the day, i used to watch you because you were one of the very few truly relatable people on the platform and i adored your content and i felt like i had a friend of sorts in you. i was going through an extremely hard time and your videos and your music genuinely helped me, guided me and taught me so much about myself. I came to one of your shows last year and it was magical but im not online very much so havent seen much of your online presence other than your music for a while. Things have been particularly bad for the last year but this last couple of months have been particularly trying...and here you are again, posting content which makes me feel peaceful and showing me a 'friendly' face in a time of need. while this video is you saying thank you to us, i just wanted to return the thanks as well and just let you know that myself along with so many others are so unbelievable grateful for what you have brought into our lives.
This is the first comment I’ve left on your videos Dodie, but I’ve been watching your content since about 2013 and I still remember sending one of your covers to friends like “look at this angel!!” when I was about 15 lol. I wrote my own songs with my ukulele and have derealisation disorder too, so I felt a weird special relation to your content lol. These types of videos were always my favourite. Your video interviewing your manager was the first thing to make me think about going into artist management, and pre-covid I had just got my business degree and that’s what I was starting out in! It’s been very funny hearing your name pop up in random places, because in my head your content is still like a lovely little secret. I was running a music event pre-covid and one of your songs came up in our venue playlist lol. I’ve even met an artist who listed your songs as one of her inspirations. Im very proud of you and to see how far you’ve come and especially your personal growth- I don’t know you, but I can see how much you’ve grown. I’m 23 now and very unemployed in one of the longest lockdowns in the world, and I have no hope of any career in what I was working for years towards. I was having the hardest year of my life before we even knew what covid19 was, and then I lost my only dream too. I’ve never travelled or lived anywhere away from home but my best hope is to try to find any work I can get in a different state, to move to a new city completely alone without savings. It’s pretty scary lmao. I hadn’t watched your videos in a couple years until this week, and it’s been very comforting and nostalgic at a time when the future and my identity feel like a big empty void for the first time. I always appreciated how much love and care and nuance you put into your content. Thanks for this little series. Lots of love ❤️ xx
majority of the time when youtubers talk to their fans in videos i dont find it so connecting and feel like theyre just talking to a camera not to an actual human being. but dodie just feels so real. like shes my best friend and we’re sitting on her floor somewhere just chatting and knitting and it feels so genuine.
I'm so glad that you exist as one of the creators on YT that spend their time and effort sharing, but also criticising, their experience of life and it's relation through and along side the internet and this platform. My experience is quite different to yours as of now, speaking to one of your points in this video. I feel like life is going faster and faster. Luckily I'm not panicking, and I enjoy growing older. I completely agree with you in the fact that the 'boxes' we've built does not work, and that the 'online'-experience does not encompass the full experience of life and all of it's incredibly important facetts, but I believe that if you're going to spend some of that time watching youtube videos, your videos are worth spending time on. You sharing your experience has given me a broadened horizon and reason to think differently. I have no doubt that you'll find your way in all of lifes apparent meaningslessness, and that you'll find meaning worth following.
Dodie I cannot tell you how much your videos mean to me. I’ve been subscribed since 2015, you have helped me so much to accept parts of myself that I would have never loved without your art and your music. I’m thankful I get to be alive in the same time as you.
you have such a beautiful way with words that i find so incredibly charming and so elegantly simple and complex at the same time. Idk idk what im saying is that, words are nice. keep sharing them.
My sports season just ended and I’m genuinely not sure what’s going to get me through the winter now... I’m unbelievably happy to have content of any kind from you. You’re such a lovely person ☺️
Its weird. Ive always felt like one of the newer viewers and now i realised i have been following dodie over 4 years. It hit me when she played when in the throwback show and i was like "i remember this song first being uploaded and me falling in love with it" And so much has happened in this time and so much has changed but dodie has always stayed one of my favourite musicians and one of my favourite people on the internet. So i am grateful for that and for all the lessons ive learned and songs that ive been able to ugly cry to Thank you dodie ♡
Honestly, I've had to quarintine for the last week and a half because someone in my class got covid and just yesterday I was feeling so mad at the world and upset and people. I really needed to hear and be comforted by this tosay
dodie, you've helped me overcome so many things over the past 5/6 years. your music and videos have been with me every step of the way as i've grown up. i still remember the first time i heard "pas de deux" and was floored by how heart wrenching yet beautiful it was. i remember crying to "she" for hours on end because someone put my thoughts into words. i remember crying and feeling numb after the "sick of losing soulmates" music video was released. you've been the soundtrack to my life for years, and i wouldn't change a thing. you show the raw and honest version of yourself to us, and i'm so thankful for that. it makes me feel like i'm not alone. so, thank YOU dodie, for making me feel like i have a place that i can be myself. thank you for making me feel seen. thank you for making me feel safe. thank you for making me feel loved. thank you dodie <3
I've watched you since before the first time you chopped your hair... couldn't tell you the year but it's been a while. It's crazy how much your audience has grown and how we've all kind of grown up with you. You've influenced us all so much but in a way that we make our own decisions of how we want to be rather than in a 'we do whatever dodie does' way if that makes sense. Just yesterday I was writing a song and my boyfriend came in and was like "you write like dodie". I didn't know what he meant and he said "your lyrics and the places where you put the chord changes... I don't know you just write like dodie" and honestly biggest compliment I could get. This is a ramble but thank you for letting us grow with you all these years.
Thank you so much not only for your music but the fact that the community that you have brought up is the least toxic community i’ve ever been a part of. Never in my time of being on the internet have i been a part of a community so diverse and accepting. thank you so much for this.
DODIE!! i don't know if you'll ever see this but i've been here since maybe 2014? i was 11 then, im 17 now! its weird to think you've sort of been a constant in my life since i was a kid, and i've grown a lot since then obviously, but you've stayed. one random thing that you've done that's affected me, other than your music and your thoughts on mental health and things, is in some video you made you said to brush your tongue all the way to the back of your throat??? that was literally the first time i heard someone say that and i have remembered it pretty much every time i've brushed my teeth since. so because of you, dodie, i choke myself with my toothbrush every morning. if you somehow did read this, thank you, and good luck.
i'm not an easy crier but i just shed many a tear. same happened when i went to your show in terminal 5 last fall in nyc. thank you!!! from the bottom of my heart - for seeing us.
dude,,, ur so pretty inside n out <3 i agree with and love every single word u speak, im so grateful to have discovered u, ur so wise n awesome, hehe luv u
I've liked you since little mosquito, but I've been a fan for 4 or 5 years. Thanks for being a constant in my life, so much has happened in my last 5 years. I graduated with my BFA in Graphic Design with a minor in Creative Writing. I'm currently 27, so I'm a bit older than you, but you are so wise, and I've learned more about myself through you and your videos.
i found you through a girl i’ve somehow managed to fall in love with over the course over a year, even though she’s hours away and we cant meet for a few years (since we met online). i dont know whether she loves me back in the same way i love her, but she has taught me to love myself and that other people do love me for me and i will forever have a friend in her.
i’m very glad i found you too, dodie, i’m a pretty casual viewer but your songs hit hard and so do your words. you’re grateful for us, but remember, we’re grateful for you too <3
So painful but so beautiful... Yeah, that's life ♥
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Eden Johnson2020-10-18 20:56:10 (edited 2020-10-18 21:05:03 )
no person has ever made me feel so seen and valued and loved as you. like you said, we all have our own story and i'm so glad you're a part of mine. you've saved my life 3 times and continue to change it every single day. there are endless things i want to say to you, but no words are able to express the love and gratitude i feel for you. i’m so lucky to be a part of your beautiful community. thank you. <333
Thank you. For just. Being human. You were the only person i had when my first girlfriend died. I was a kid and i loved her desperatly. I was so alone with my pain, until i found you. Sick of losing soulmates was the first song i heard and the song i needed to hear. It was a flicker of light in my overwhelming and confusing greif. I can never thank you enough, even if you dont even know me. It was enough warmth to keep me from freezing over. I will never forget the comfort you spread and i will always support you.
so grateful to be a part of the dodie community. i feel like i truly belong here, which has helped me through so much over the past few years. thanks for fostering this lovely community of people, dodie. and to whoever is reading this, thank you for being here!
Helena Fox2020-10-18 21:09:50 (edited 2020-10-18 21:10:09 )
dodie, thank you for this, and for YOU. I'm an author who lives with all sorts of mental health issues in my bucket (or in my box? Or am I the box? :) ) and I appreciate you more than I can even say. Sometimes you speak (and sing, and sing) and it's like you're talking/singing/making your dear music from inside my bones. Yes, yes—empathy is everything. Kindness is everything. Compassion is everything. Yes! My goodness, I'm glad you're here. So thankful that your art is here, and your lovely light. Thank you, thank you.
That ramp seems like it flattens out, but at 64, I have to tell you the speed seems to be approaching the speed of light. I have always gained strength and hope by watching you grow into the leading woman you have become. YOU give me hope for the future of the world and for that I THANK YOU for sharing you life with us (me).
i’ve been a fan since 2015 which is crazy to think about. i wouldn’t be the same person i am today without u, you helped me realize i was bi, and you got me through a time when i felt the worst i’ve ever felt. thank you hun, i love u.
Gosh I remember playing all of Dodie's songs when I was pregnant with my son as we painted his nursery, and then used her music again to calm him when he cried. Dodie will forever be intertwined into our family. 🥰
Oh noo I don't want this weird patch of videos to be over. It's been such a lovely thing to watch every night. And I loved every word you spoke! These videos have been such a comfort. Which reminds me of how they were for me in my teen years. I used to hope I'd one day be surrounded by the lovely people you were surrounded with. And now I have so many beautiful people in my life. And so even tho we're all pretty isolated at the moment, it's a different kind of comfort now. So bruh, thank yoouuu.
been here since 2014. It is been awhile, I am not a very active viewer anymore but this project brought me back. Your songs have always meant the world to me, I started watching when I was 13 you were an inspiration for me at the moment and are a big part of who I am today. Although I am not really in your fandom anymore I am glad I have a place that feels a little bit like home
The 'life is like a ramp' metaphor really got me.. As a child & teenager life seems endless, there's so much to do and so much to see. You've got loads of friends, tons of new experiences and big dreams for the future. But as you're growing older you can see the ramp flattening, you lose touch with some friends, there's less new experiences and you start to fall into habits, and big dreams might have to wait for the more urgent or realistic goals.
I'm only 25 like you, but I feel like my most imprtant and defining years are already behind me without fully realising it at the time. And I fear that what I decide to do now will shape the course of my entire life to come. I guess I'm just anxious for the future and afraid to have any major regrets ...
when you went toward the camera at the beginning i thought you were going in for a simulated hug and had a little like !!! moment. clearly its been a while since ive had human contact lol. this pandemic sucks. but your vids make things a little bit better :D
I like your analogy with the ramp and I think what happens when the ground flattens out is that you need to push yourself forward. Nothing and no one will do it for you, you're on your own. But isn't that exciting as well?
"Life is really long". I'm gonna hold onto that. It feels like I'll never have enough time to sort it all out and reach that mythical "happy". But if life is indeed long, maybe I will find it, and still have time to lose it and find it again and again. I'd like that. If I can look forward to that, I think I can live without happy for now.
I am seventy one in three weeks time. I have found that time has raced past me. I have had good times and bad times. I have had some really terrible times, but at the end of the day, they are what has made me what I am and I can`t change that. I am what I am. Tomorrow is the start of the rest of your life. Embrace it with gusto and you will be ok. I have periodically watched you with affection. Keep doing what you are doing. Good Luck. Brian Perrie
Hey dodie, could you please make a video on college if you've gone to it. I'm having a little difficulty pertaining to it and I want to go into music as well(music education at least), and I didn't know if you had any special dodie tips up your sleeve. Thank you!! <3333
I'm just a regular old 22yo dude. I was that tall guy standing in the back at one of your shows. And I enjoyed it. And I enjoy your music :) So thank you!
Jeez Dodie so many people say this to you, I’m sure, and so I’ll be another- you have helped me out SO much. Even just yesterday. I binge read your book in under a day and god it just .... “it all makes sense again” (secret for the mad). <3 love ya forever. Thank you so much
we're doing the BARE MINIMUM for you dodie, your songs have done so much for me and you sharing this tiny part of you means so much to me and to everyone who listens to you so yeah we love you and thank you and thank you to your brain even tho it may not be kind to you always i hope you're grateful that it allows you to creat such beautiful art and touch so many souls❤️ have a good life hun
fuck im 17 why am I talking like im 70 lol anyway buckaroo bbydolls
I love the ramp analogy, if I may I'd like to take it further. When you're younger, you're sliding down and ramp with little control but minor directional changes. When you reach adulthood/mid-twenties the ramp flattens out. Instead of the momentum of life pushing you forward, you have to start crawling, putting in some effort to keep moving. You're still moving, but progress is slow. Sometimes it's painful to keep going and sometimes people are crawling with you, sometimes you have to completely stop for a moment. But you'll start moving again at whatever pace suits you, people come and go but ultimately everyone is learning how best to move forward.
i consider you a friend, and it's strange how what you share always feels so familiar and similar to what the world looks like from my own eyes, maybe that's the reason why i feel that way. What a bittersweet thought, feeling less lonely watching the stars go by.
I don't usually comment on videos, but I could honestly listen to Dodie talk for hours. When I watch her videos they give me the same kind of warmth and happiness as autumn and Christmas. I don't know if that makes sense but it's the best way I could word it, so thankyou Dodie!
It sounds weird, but I feel like I've grown with you in a sense. After almost five years of watching you and enjoying your music, I had the opportunity to see you perform live in 2018, and it was a life-changing moment. There are times where I'm close to you and your content, and others where I just see you from the distance. I think you're someone who I'll remember all my life, someone who's creations I can always come back to at whatever point I'm in life, someone who always welcomes me with open arms in her community, and I'm very thankful for that. I don't know you, you don't know me, but somehow you've helped me so much without me even realizing. Once again, thank you! See you later, Dodie Clark :)
I just came across your channel. I’m not sure how old you are or what you overcame. But your words are so wise for perceived age ( I’m assuming your 20s )
I’m 25. And I feel like there very, very few people who I come across who I look up to. I think you are one of them. You are grounded. You are real. You are aware. Thanks for that.
I can't remember exactly when I got here, but I think it was shortly after the collapse of Nerdfighteria. This was also around the time I started watching a lot of ASMR videos to cope with anxiety and an abusive household, and I think that's how I kept finding you. I can't say I've been doing very well since then. The lows have been deep and the highs have been sparse, but I've grown. This year I'm doing better. I'm making my own highs and contextualizing the lows. There's no more rot in me. And looking back I think your honesty helped me feel a little less alone through everything. So thank u
Im normally not the react kinda person but I want to thank you too I really hope you see this and if you dont i hope you just know that there are people like me People you saved from taking their own life Ofcouse you werent the only reason I know that But when i was down and i mean really down. Burned out popped in my head and I felt it And i knew if you could go trough so much pain and still wouldnt give up than i didnt have the right to give up either. You saved me Dodie and I love you for that I really hope you see this P.S. I loved your song "cool girl" even more then all your other songs, i didnt even know that was possible :D
awwwww your welcome I have been on your channel for like 3 years. which is a lot because I'm like 14. LOL. but I really relate to your songs a lot. And honestly you have gotten me through a lot of shit. but um thanks. Hello from Louisianaaa
i was just about to take a nap but then this notification popped up!!! and i just wanna say thank u dodie!! i was 15 when i first found u,, i’m 21 now. im not gonna go through it all but youve gotten me through a lot since 2014. and i had one of the best nights of my entire life at ur dallas show <3 (my best friend and i made u the cowboy hat) anyway thank u for being u. im so proud of how far you’ve come. ive truly enjoyed growing up with you (though you do feel like an internet older sister). im so excited for tomorrow!! and im so grateful for this little community thats cultivated around u. i really love it here <3
Don't know if you read these comments, but if you do, I just wanna say thank you for getting me through some hard times :) and thank you for inspiring me to write music and make art!!!
Still trying to figure out my sexuality ay thanks for the encouraging words Dodie <3
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Eric Leslie2020-10-19 02:44:47 (edited 2020-10-19 02:46:41 )
I think your insight about the internet is a good one. I'm 40 this year, so probably on the older end of the bell curve of your fans, but it does mean that I grew up with the internet in the literal sense - I was starting to become a person with my own thoughts and interests just as the internet was starting to connect people from individual networks like AOL and Prodigy into... well, whatever we have now. Mostly Facebook and Youtube and Twitter, it sometimes feels like, but the potential is certainly far larger than that. I've never been an adult without the internet but I was a child without it and I watched it create itself. And it is scary. It seems pretty clear we're not ready for what we've built. But success stories like yours are on the good side of the outcomes, I think. I hope. 🙂
I’m just under a year younger than you and have been watching since I was about 19 (I think??) I remember nodding in agreement when you said you thought girls were nice but you will marry a guy and came to the realisation with your next video on the same subject (where you said you would defo marry a girl) that I was actually bi! Don’t normally comment but today’s been a vulnerable day ❤️
The minute you try to cram people's experiences into boxes, the box will break - I love that, it's what I believe as well! Who knows what will happen in the future 🥺
From 2014 when I thought "Christmas Time" was the funniest song ever, to 2016 when I was a freshman in high school and had never heard a song I related to as much as When, to now excitedly awaiting the album- i mean, surprise announcement (cough)... I love you and your music <3 <3 <3
literally crying. can't believe THIS is my first comment lol but it is what it is. i struggle a lot with this black/white vision of the life and now then u said about it too and then i meet new people along the way i realize that A LOT of people struggle the same way and we all just trying figure smth out and just... thank u for being with us on this journey and... making it easier somehow
may I have your number? I wanna start a new religion and I need a goddess 🌈 and thank you.. this video is what I needed. you've changed my life in so many ways, dodie. you literally saved me. thank you.
Thank you for making a space in the world for us to show radical kindness toward one another. You're an absolute goofball in the best possible way and a hero for all of us goofballs who want to be more proud of who we are. You were not born a queen, but you are one we have chosen, and none could be more worthy. So once again, thank you for all you have done, what you are presently doing, and will do in the future. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we are all incredibly grateful.
Dodie, I know you probably get so so many messages from teenagers like me, but your music is so insanely meaningful to me. I feel so lucky to have found it, and to have connected with it, to have pictures of you on my bedroom wall, to have had Secret For The Mad save my life on one dark day in 2018. I’ve been following you since the You EP and now I’m 17, still in love with your music, old and new, and truly you only get more and more talented and artistically elevated as time goes on. Just know that no matter what, even if for some unknown reason, you lost all your other fans, you will always have one fan in me. I will always love what your music has done for me and I’m so excited for your future and how bright it looks. Love you :,)
Aliza Mattrazzo Hi, I know I’m just a random stranger on the internet, but genuinely I hope it gets better for you. Keep going - like dodie said, you will be okay. <3
long paragraph time lol but here's my story. i remember sitting on my bed with my friend back in 2016/17 as we did whatever while she played music on her laptop. then your music came on. i think it was 'in the middle' im pretty sure, but whatever it was i just felt something click. i asked her who this song was by and she said "oh this is dodie', and the rest was history. im so so grateful that i had you with me through one of the toughest times of my life so far, having to move away from my home. i still have that anxiety in the back of my head everyday saying "don't get too comfortable, you'll have to leave again either way", but your music has kinda been a therapy in a way for me. to soothe that little brain demon, to remind me that im not alone. i remember when reading your book i cried at multiple points, especially the "dear best friends" bit and "little room", and it will still be one of my favorite books for probably the end of time. i remember back in October 11th 2019, when i saw you in La in concert for the first time. one of the most magical days of my life, i still weep about it now wanting to go back to another concert of yours. even though i didn't know anyone there i still felt so at home. i remember when i watched la la land for the first time in the comfort of my own little room because you talked about how amazing it was, and i cant say you weren't wrong. dare i say it was even better lol. i remember being so upset with how i look, with all my acne and body rolls and face pudge, etc. and you saying that you felt the same way brings so much relief. i remember how i figured out that i was bi, because apparently not all girls wanna date other girls?? still dont understand tbh. even though i am still young, i feel like i've lost so much. my child self, my dog, whatever version of my family i had before, my childhood home, my old online best friend, and my naïve and innocent outlook that kept me safe from being so hurt by all of these things. but the things that you've done that idk if you even fully realize you have have helped me so so much. i don't want to toss that burden on your shoulders that you're responsible for my happiness and well being, but im glad that with you just sharing that 1% has helped in greater ways imaginable. i still remember that day, when your music came on for the first time. i really don't know what is was, i cant even fully remember the feeling exactly anymore, i just know that something felt right. maybe it was some guardian angel trying to guide me to things that would keep me safe even with all the hurt i was unaware of coming my way. idk if ill even fully deduce what it was, but i know that im ever so grateful that i asked my friend who the song was by. it seems i can only make big life decisions when i don't know that its going to be a big impact. if you read through this all, wow, im shocked. but seriously. i don't know where i would be if i didn't find you and your music. its been such a big chunk in my life idk who i would be fangirling over lol. just, thank you. that's all i really have to say. thank you for doing more than you might've thought you did. thank you for just sharing that 1% and letting us all know that we aren't alone.
if i could reach through this computer screen and give you a hug dodie i would. currently struggling with where i'm at right now in life as a lost 18yr old, and those short 4 minutes made me cry. i've been watching for years & years now, yet every single time i come back to your channel to watch a video its like a comforting hug from an old friend. thank you for creating a safe space to always come home to, i love you and appreciate the kind uplifting words in this video<3
I got to know you by 2016 with awkward duet and i was like "haaa that's a cute song" but then i realised i was singing it every effin day, so i got into deeper dodie drugs and as far as i noticed i was banging (or sobbin) to almost every song of yours. Also, THANK U, i totally get you sharing 1% of your life online, i can only imagine the internet pressure, u asked in the first video if we accept your 1% and abso fuckin lutely, you're doing great how you doing it and i just can't wait for the album... I mean, album? What?
I know that these letters spell out something probs a song title but I got too much homework to go back and try to put it all together but regardless I am excited for what ever it is I’ve missed you Dodie
My life has barely begun and it seems I’ve experience so much trauma and mental illness that keeps piling up and making each worse, but life goes on and I’m slowly learning I went through the worst parts sooner than most but that just leaves me with early life lessons and more time to enjoy the life I have ahead of me. Gratitude and acceptance is key.
Well Well Well ... I follow you since... 5 years now OMG we were two little baby :') And now I'm finishing a cover of 6/10, during 3 years I work on this project because this song is such a thing, like, yeah incredible really.
All your songs touch me, like no one else, you're so talented artist, really, keep following your dreams, we will follow you and be there for you ! ♥ Lot of love from France :*
I notice that you have a lot of very young followers... I'm 29 next month and found you like 10 years ago, when I was older than you (obviously lol), and felt somehow very connected to you. I have seen you going through places in life or ways of thinking that I had been in years before and rooted for you to get through them and realize it only goes forward. You are kind of like a little sister? that is a very weird thing to say but you get it. It is very cool to me to see you as a grown up and see how you influence younger generations (you have also influenced me, obviously! what a loss it would be if we coudn't learn from younger people!!) and I want to celebrate everyone here for sliding through the best we can ♥
Hi Dodie. I'm from Moscow, Russia and will be turning 33 in a couple of days. I know you see me. And I love seeing you. I discovered you when the Human EP came out and was stopped dead in the tracks by some of the lyrics, I especially remember the opening line "I was told this is where I would start loving myself" — I though OMG this girl's mind is brilliant and I will have to find out who she is and talk about her in my classes. (I teach songwriting). Because this is the power of great songs and lyrics in particular — they hit you the very first time whilst you're listening to them.Thank you for your talent and documenting your journey. You are a gem and a gift to our planet.
I know you probably will never read this, but your videos and your music and all the things you've done that I've been a part of has made such a big difference in my life. Over the years, you've helped me through countless dark times, breakups, pain... and empowered my happiness, joy, and love when things are going well. I'm usually quiet and I'm sure I'll get lost in the crowd even now that I'm speaking out, but if this somehow reaches you through the pool of a thousand comments, then thank you. Thank you so much for being a light for me in my life, and dragging me out of my most desperate times still intact. Broken, but alive, because of your strength. You're doing amazing things and I'll be rooting for you 100% of the way. Good luck out there Doodsie. Sending lots of love and whatever else it is you need right back to you <3
Maha Shahid2020-10-18 19:43:15 (edited 2020-10-18 19:44:15 )
I’m going to sound crazy lol but I used to be obsessed with your videos when I was 12 haha. I have memories of listening to your songs while going to school, then I stopped watching for a while. 2 weeks ago I came back to this channel, quarantine boredom perhaps, but I’m so glad I did. This year I started A levels and everything is so much more complicated and I feel like I have to grow up really fast, but I don’t really want to. I feel like everyday is a challenge. Regardless, I’m so glad to be back, and these patch of videos were honestly everything I needed. I know you might never read this but honestly, thank you so much. I’ve had so many great moments on this channel (and the main!!), from my face to little dodie facts to you and now this! I’ve grown up watching your videos and listening to your songs, what I’m trying to say is thank you for being you!!
also I’m sorry if I sound cringy I’m just super emotional!!!!!
Maha Shahid Hi hi, just wanted to say good luck with your A-levels and keep going! :D Like dodie said, you will be okay!
I think all adults are children at heart really - you don’t have to grow up. Or well, you will, but growing up doesn’t mean having to give up your happiness. Growing up isn’t bad, it’s just change and I genuinely believe it can be good change.
This was so special. This whole community is special, the way we love and create and somehow feel connected is so wonderful and genuine, there's really nothing like it. Thank you for allowing us on this journey with you, dodie. I have loved growing with you for the past few years, you have been such an important part of my development and I'm very thankful for that. And thank you for the message! It is easy to forget that life is long, I think I needed a reminder.
you're such a sweet genuine human. we are much alike in many ways and you've helped me to understand myself better over the years. i want nothing more than to be your friend and cry together about absolutely everything to do with time passing and change and love and loss and bittersweet things. we can bake and knit together pls fellow old soul. seeing you in oakland last year was oh so lovely and i miss it very much even though it was so wonderful i spaced out through most of it and dont remember much oops. i was the girl in the front who was around 14 at the time and crying like an IDIOT and laughing at myself because i wasnt expecting to react that way but so many of your songs have been so personally important to me that it meant the world to see you perform them. i want to be able to touch people's lives in the way that you do one day. future collab perhaps? love to you and i appreciate your human boundaries and honesty when it comes to the internet. i love the simple, short, frequent videos. you dont need to exhaust yourself trying to pour content out online when a lot of it is just too personal. so much respect for you and love u always ms dodie clonk
Dodie, You inspire so many people with their music and their mental health. I really appreciate you. I have a small non-profit that gives away ukuleles to kids battling cancer and watching your videos helps motivate me even in some of my most depressive times. So thank you Dodie.
This talk has the same vibes as your song "When" dodie. The ramp has flattened out and we'll never be 16 again. We all have our own impression of that song, including you. The same way we all have our own impression of what you're saying here and applying that to our own lives.
hi dodie, I don’t know if you’ll read this but thank you as well. you’ve helped me come to terms with my bisexuality, you’ve helped me learn how to deal with my emotions in healthy ways, you’ve helped me love music again (and now, I play three instruments and sing! whaaaaaat, crazy!!) and you’ve taught me that it’s ok to need help with mental health. I’ve loved your videos and music for so long and whatever happens tomorrow, I will be the first one watching it and SCREAMING IN EXCITEMENT!!
I was here 5 years ago, 17, scared, and closeted. Now I am 22, still quite scared, but gloriously out of the closet and living so much of the life and the identity I thought I could never have. You've been there with music and so many interesting and funny takes on this world, and I want to thank you for that. Here's to 5 more years, I hope we both can do what we love and the rest will come.
I feel like my life is flashing before my eyes and I’ll blink and suddenly I’m on my death bed and it terrifies me on a daily basis. I am a walking existential crisis
the first vid that saw of you was you doing a cover of Miss Jackson maybe five years ago. I subbed immediately it has been amazing growing up alongside you. I remember trying to get all of my friends onto the hype for when the Intertwined EP dropped. I remember taking my ukulele with me to school freshman year and annoying all my friends by singing Freckles and Constellations and Absolutely Smitten all day everyday. I saw you live in Portland, OR a year ago and it was one of my favorite memories. I've been through so much, depression, anxiety, now homesickness, and you and your music have always been there. I've stuck around this long, I'm not goin anywhere!
Plus once covid is over, imma be going to every show even if the audience is 15 year old girls trying to find themselves. Because that was me, and I did, with your music.
I feel very differently than you about life. It keeps getting faster and I have to try and snatch as many opportunities I can as they zip past. But like you said, experiences aren't black and white.
The dodie community is like a kiddie pool in scale to the oceanic depth of the internet, and while the internet can be overwhelming, the community we have here is inviting and kind. After a long day of work it's nice to chill with the dodie community in the shallow end.
In my teen years I thought I was wasting my teens, in my twenties I feel like I’m wasting my twenties — in reality I’m just wasting time thinking about wasted time !!! iM BREAKINGG FREEEee
you probably wont see this but i just wanna say hi. ive kept up with you since i was 11/12 and im 17 now! coming from someone who has dealt with derealization (and other things) from a young age, your videos and music are very comforting. my personality is revolved around music and thats pretty much because of you. you inspired me to start playing instruments, so i picked up the uke and keyboard. now i play bass and it really all comes back to you. i was 13 when your song "when" came out and its now a staple in my nostalgia playlists. the entire song stuck with me and it taught me to cherish my teen years because youre right; ill never be 16 again! i dont even know why im writing this.maybe a thank you letter. thank you, dodie, for making such an impact on my life, and for making sick music that will stick with me for the rest of my life
omg same haha!! I commented the same thing a few minutes ago, it’s crazy how big of an influence she’s had on so many people’s lives, I just love this (and the main) channel so much!! it’s like my personality archive lol
honestly this video means a lot. as an 18 year old in 2020, there is so much going on. i feel like traditional media and social media are effecting us in different ways and the pandemic making us stay home. we have a lot of time to think and consume a lot of media. hollywood is teaching us that all teens do is party and social media is showing us how teens start their businesses and are living a successful life. i always pressured myself to start working on my career early because movies are full of adults having regrets. 2020 has been particularly triggering. when lockdown happened i realised how lucky i was but is also made me sad. as someone with a traumatic childhood all i could think about is all the kids having to stay home in abusive households and how if corona would have been a thing a few years earlier i probably would’ve not made it. and then we have depression. but it was so nice watching this video and realising i have time. and everything may not work out the way i want them to right know but everything will be as it is meant to be.
simply a little island floating by with no words to tangibly respond to the video... but y'know, a nod of acknowledgement and understanding, and a little melody humming in my head, as if to harmonise with what you've said, dreamily and full of melancholy. there's so much wrong with the world, and i find myself in wordless patches trying to wrap my head around it all, but there are peaceful and delightful little parts which you don't really escape to, but sort of... keep in mind, so that you know that life's not really as scary and ugly and overwhelming as it seems... it's just hurt, and trying to heal, and trying to sort itself out, like a lot of us are... *hums...* take a breather sometimes and remind yourself that there are those pretty bits in it, mindful of flowers gleaming like sparkling stardust sprinkled over a dark blue plain. you'll get through.
I'm one of the fans closer to your age that kind of lurks in the background compared to other fans of yours (nothing wrong with being loud and passionate though!). I cannot begin to thank you for unapologetically being you. I was going through a nasty patch of depression circa-2015 and finding your channel and music helped a lot of my soul-searching.
It's been an honor to watch you grow these last five years and you should be incredibly proud. You're a very different, but still the same Dodie and that is all you can really ask for. Please never stop being yourself and being such an incredibly real and honest person.
Alright, that's enough being sappy from me. Going to go listen to If I'm Being Honest and get butterflies in my stomach in a way no other song has done for me.
such a beautiful text, we often don't realise, I had probably forgoten " everyone is a someone," and i never realised the depth of that. these are just so many. nice words you said I don't know what to say. only i wished i had seen you live, although i don't know if i could have not cry remembering those moment of life i had and the times that was when we first watch the video and the sync everyone in our generation had and the sync we didn't had. as always I will say youtube created such a weird relation between people, we we followed along glympse of people life and where we almost felt like having a special friend specially when daily live vlog where a thing and where it was like hearing about the personal story of a friend.
I don't know what I'm saying here, "I'm glad, this, you, are a part of my story and life"
I came here because your song(secret for the mad) was used in my favourite movie EVERRR (warmish, it's on YouTube free for anyone to watch) and from then I heard your music and got HOOKED on your videos and I now follow you on instagram, tik tok, twitter, everything. Your videos feel like a warm hug and make me feel happy :) I'm definitely an outlier on the fan base. I'm a HUGE goth but dodie just makes me happy and I'm happy to be part of the dodie community and how diverse it is :)
I’ve always hated people saying “life is short”, because it’s genuinely the longest thing you experience - no matter when it ends. There is nothing longer than life, and saying it’s short makes people feel rushed to get to the end, when you should be enjoying your time and your experiences to the fullest extent possible.
I’ve been here (almost) since the beginning, watching and growing with you. I’m excited for what’s to come 💕
I'm going through a tough time right now. Me and my girlfriend just broke up. Tbh it was more me doing the breaking up than her but it's for the best. She hurts. I hurt but it's the right decision. I'm in France and traveling back home to Ireland during covid, so it's a stressful time in many ways but sometimes you just have to make those tough choices when you know it's right, even if it hurts like hell.
i don't often leave comments, but I've been a fan since 2016 (I was 12... now I'm 17!!!!) and this meant a lot to me. i remember so many career milestones. i have ur signed copy of the intertwined ep up on my wall and a copy of secrets for the mad on my bookshelf. over the years it has been lots of highs and lows, and ur music has always comforted me. now feels particularly low and you posting every single day for the past few weeks has made things a bit better. thank u for the comforting message today! <333 and thanks for the comfort and happiness u've brought me for almost 5 years even though you don't know me. ily! <3
The box is the abstract, just as me saying I am a person. The experiences are the variables of life that make you unique, not that the things you do are inherently unique, but the person doing those things is unique to that moment in time. I have worked with a lot of people in their darkest corners of their life and because everyone is unique, I have found there is really only one thing you can do for anyone. Just hold space, let them know that yes you will never understand that pain but you do understand pain. No one is alone in this, even if you feel like you are. I have been raped, almost beaten to death, almost went to prison, watch a brother of mine kill himself in front of me, and a lot more. Anyways that is just what I've learned in my 25 years here. The memories and the ptsd don't ever go away, that won't happen, but you will change and your perspective will with time. It just takes time and I know because I am fucking incredibly inpatient. So go easy on yourself and take time for you. Once you sit in the darkness long enough your eyes will adjust, and you will actually see that fear fades away too. Congrats Dodie for all the work you done. It is funny because your music transforms with you and I enjoyed listening through it all last night. Just seeing where you started to now. I am sure you get told this a lot but you are doing a good job and well this stranger is proud of you. The music helps so many, I hope you find peace in your life too. You deserve it.
Wow okay I've been here for about 3 years now and you can really tell how much dodie has grown before she just used to talk about everything and now she just speaks about what she feels comfortable with. Now she sounds so wise because by taking a break she gave herself time to grow and I find that absolutely beautiful!
Hi :) ty for not ignoring me, it's kind of lonely being so young at 36 :( the internet's black-and-white thinking does everything it can to make me feel alienated and alone which makes me sad because the internet used to be my cozy home where i belonged because i never really felt like i belonged anywhere out here in meatspace
and just when I think I don't belong anywhere, I catch up on your vlogs and you say such a lovely thing about empathy and the internet being scary and i feel a little less alone.
I really hope that this isn't too much to say but I'm going to say it anyway. I believe that this video couldn't have come at a better time. Like they say, the universe works in mysterious ways :p
Truth be told, I've been looking forward to watching the video all day... At the beginning I was like, "Yay! Another one of Dodie's videos, I wonder what she'll talk about today?" Lol. As soon as you began, I can't quite explain the emotion but I just felt seen and appreciated, it was like this wave of love just came over me and I was felt ovewhelmed, in a positive way of course.
I truly didn't think that it'd affect me as much, being acknowledged by someone that I admire and love but oh well. I've always felt kinda guilty, almost as if I didn't belong to your community because I don't know you personally, neither have I been here for as long as most of the rest of your fans but then when you said what you said, I felt reassured.. I guess that's what it was. I can't be sure.
I relate to SO much of what you've said, and I'm glad that you chose to share your thoughts with us. Not to forget your music (I don't need to tell you how much your music means to us).
So, thank you, Dodie, for being you and doing what you do.
I hope that the internet treats you kindly and that you receive all the love and support that you give ever so freely.
You are such a Joy. I wanted to tell you a story about a boy born in the desert who grew up certain that a job in a cubicle was certain death. So he cast around and found that though he was born in one of the driest places his heart was called to the sea. So he worked and worked and found his way into a position of able seaman on a research vessel. Because working for monies sake is as bad as working in a cubicle he dedicated his time to helping scientists understand the world a little more. Moving heavy bits here and there, using cranes and winches to do all manner of sciency things he found music helped him stay focused on the darkest nights and the longest casts. So he listened to you deep in the pacific digging up mud way way down at 3000 meters. Deeper than light can reach, deeper than most people will ever travel. Science happened partly because of you. Thank you miss, I look forward to hearing you again.
I'm 40+ so i feel seen, haha ;) But given my age, i have bad news for you: you have no idea how horribly wrong you are saying life is long. It's fkn not. I remember things that happened 10-15-20 years ago like it was yesterdeay. And it feels like it happened 5 years ago max. Every time i see a 5+ years old memory on Facebook's on this day, i'm like JFC, that happened THAT long ago?!?
Dodie I know there’s thousands of comments you may or may not get the chance to look at but I hope you find your way to mine. My life has been a mess of a heart broken by many, anxiety, and depression and you have truly helped me through it all. Some of your songs I associate with past lovers but I look at them as good memories now. You were my number 1 on Spotify so I tweeted it and you actually liked it!!! I’m pretty sure you are the only person who liked it since I’m not too popular but it felt like my whole day got better. I went to your concert (Dallas TX) and I was just sitting there crying through it just joy of seeing you happy and almost in tears when we all pulled up the 10/10 cards while you sang 6/10. You mean more to me than you should but I’m still so grateful for you and everything you’ve decided to put out for us. I can genuinely say but I love you, over over I love you, my one of thousands of eyes just like yours aching to find who I am
hi dodie i don’t know if you still read comments, but i found you when i was in 6th grade. i’m now a junior in high school and honestly haven’t watched you in at least a year, but something made me click on this video. i’m not sure what the purpose of this comment is. maybe it’s a thank you? it’s worth noting that i was able to recognize what was happening the first times i dissociated because of how open you were. my mental health has gone down as i stopped watching, which is just me growing older, but this was really comforting. thank you for being there to talk about the things no one else would (oh! and making me realize how much i like girls lol 12 year old me saw ur “i’m bisexual woooo” video where u talked about how soft girls are and i was like “yeah. . . ... wait”)
I'm grateful you are willing to share your experiences so people can learn from them. Interesting metaphor about the box breaking due to cramming too much into it. Here's a song about trying to put more into a container that's already broken. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUIxiqmxZk) Take care of yourself. Your fans will still appreciate you even if you have fewer videos, but will be heartbroken if something bad happens to you.
I have had such a horrible day and just overall down and feeling not here. Thank YOU, Dodie for even taking notice in all of us ❤ You made my day so much better just by being you
The youngens are definitely louder. So me. Although I am not very loud. A pigeon was dying in my arms the other day. I feel like I failed. I couldn't do anything to help. But I am constantly thinking what if there was.
Ok so the whole time we were all trying to figure out what she was spelling out but now I’m over here wondering what she’s going to do with all the letters she knitted
The “rules” bit hit hard. All of my anxiety triggers are the result of me bashing up against some arbitrary rule I made when I was younger. My therapist and I literally call my anxiety “the RuleMaker.” Also Big Bertha for unrelated reasons.
I did not need an existential crisis like this today dodie 😂😂, watching this video reminds me of the time that I met you at the 2018 Young scot awards , it was purely by chance that I met you, I was waiting for a taxi with some friends and we where at the wee hotel waiting then I seen you and I just remember that moment of pure adrenaline and anxiety all in one, here was this person that I looked up to just a few meters away from me, I remember i shouted on you and you stopped to see where it was coming from and I came walking up to you as just a big ball of anxiety but in that moment I had the confidence to shout across a hotel lobby something I couldn't even imagine doing but we got up to you and you where so genuine like you literally are the person in your videos I remember we sat and had a brief conversation with you and it just felt so genuine everything about you and this video just sent me down that memory slope because this video has the same energy that the moment I met you had that genuine kindness, anyway this will probably fall on deaf ears but if you read this dodie thank you and if anyone else is reading this, I hope you have a nice day and remember "its okay if the only thing you did today was breath"
not a perfect match, but does the beginning hums sound like all my daughters a bit to anyone else? could definitely just be a coincidence or my dumb brain
Empathy. We put so much weight on ourselves with empathy. But then that's what makes us stronger. That's what makes people say, "hey, that's just a good person... that's that kind of person I want in my life." And when those good people find each other, even if it's just watching videos of a person who's old soul was born decades apart from your own, you can't help but feel good. You do that for so many people. Even when you need to take a break someday, I hope you keep these videos up so when you're old and gray, you can look back and know how much joy you and your music have brought into this little blue marble rolling around in the dark, and know you helped to make this marble shine just a bit brighter.
Due to covid in my country, i'm forced to take all of my a-levels paper in one sitting. And i try not to think about it but just waking up and study and sleep for the past 4 months has been mentally taxing for me, but i keep moving on. and in a day from now i am going to sit for one of the physics paper. I'm not the smartest, but i try my best to work the hardest. but it has been so so so so hell for me. Like goddamn the amount of stress for the paper is high. I would gag sometimes and couldn't sleep well, and i'd be so afraid to even look at my notes and exercise that i have to force myself to do it. But your video chips a little bit of the stress away. I hope i get through this. Thank you for posting these types of videos. It really helps
Itsuki Yagaruso Hey, I just wanted to say I wish you the best of luck in your exams and I hope you’re ok. <3 Regardless of what your results are, be proud of the work and energy you’ve put in. Keep on going, you can do this!
Another bit of the puzzle i just thought of -- what if the humming at the beginning of each video is in the same order as the letters? Like, the humming at the beginning of video 'B' precedes the humming at the beginning of the video that revealed 'U'? Excuse me as I go to try and confirm this theory...
i lost my soulmate a few days ago. he left me because he was fucked up about his past relationship. just like i was before i met him. im hoping hell stay in my life. i really hope he will.
me as an autistic person, it's SUPER hard to not think in black and white thats just the way my brain is wired but I do try to look at the grey areas. thank you dodie for making art, and giving me music to listen to. and to sing to. guiltless is a song I sang on stage one time in school and it means a lot to me
33 Programmer and musician. I do not think you need to analyze your audience by age, seeing the comment of this autistic person, it is overwhelming to think what generates the massiveness of the media today, that undoubtedly lies in diversity
I just got into year 10 , everyone at school are talking about GCSE's and it feels like pretty soon, everything gonna get stressful. I don't want to grow up yet but I feel like dodies videos help summarise it in a way that sounds not as scary as it looks :)
Meg Curl Hi! Just wanted to say I’m currently in year 10 and it’s not as scary as it seems (or well, for me it isn’t;;). I’m sure you’ll do great at GCSEs. :D While I can’t promise it’ll be an easy ride, I truly believe that you’ll get through it. You will be okay.
Don’t be scared of growing up - it’s just change and change can be good. And really, all adults are children at heart - just children that have been on this planet for a longer time. Keep going and I wish you the best of luck! <3
Build A Problem. The new possible Dodie Album is called 'Build A Problem' and boy howdy, am I excited! Now just need to figure out the songs. I'm betting that we'll see the demo songs and there's a small chance that we'll be seeing 'Guiltless' or 'Boys Like You' on the album as well.
hiya - life is wateva floats ur boat-its personal experiences vs material possessions-n time management-u gota balance those tings to create ur own lil hapi bubble
Hate to be this person, but like this video was posted a minute ago and is almost five minutes long. How does someone already dislike it. You probably didn't even listen to what she had to say. Ah sorry 😅
Completely random comment that is probably quite inconsequential in the grand scheme of things but I wanna say it anyway because... I dunno, I just wanna :) If I recall correctly, I had just been scrolling through social media one day when I saw a video/post you had put up saying that you were in Belfast for a concert. On a whim and despite major anxiety, I bought a ticket! The first concert I went to was one of your 2018 concerts, dodie (well, I did go to another concert when I was around 9 but the noisiness of it all freaked me out so I stood outside for like 99% of that one... so I'm gonna say dodie was my first ever concert:)). From going to that concert it encouraged me and gave me the confidence and determination to go to so many other concerts and shows and helped me realise how much I love the atmosphere! So thank you so much, dodie! You truly contributed in changing my life!!! <3
Hi dodie my name is Madeleine. I’m 20 years old, and am really attracted to you. You’re so beautiful and your face is so soft and nice looking. I think if we saw eachother we’d be friends. :)
One percent, I don't know why I don't need to It's one percent and that is enough. When this is what you want to share. It's fine, it's fine, it's fine.
I wrote some song lyrics they are crappy and bad but that's okay. No one will ever hear them so I wanna put them here before I let them go. they are just emotions put into words, it's not an essay it hasn't been checked for grammar because its how I feel and for once I'm not going to analyse that and just let it exist I guess:
When our aim is a heart of gold
What are we meant to do?
We’re just flesh and bone
Telling me I should let loose
Believe me, I'm not that bold
My only saviours a noose
But I can’t afford to be cold
Can’t we just call it a truce?
Saying I'm not strong for standing up
When you’ve been standing still
Can’t get help, when I'm not holding up
Cause you hurt me for the thrill
When I'm bleeding from your cuts
You aim for the kill
I'm not working
Still hurting
That’s what gives me the chills
Cause when the bars been higher
And we think we got there
We just, we just slip away
Yeah cigarettes are bad habits
But I can’t keep balanced
Role models, just lead us astray
I've been hurt, I've been bruised
Don’t think I can keep up
I've been down, I've been used
Feelings all locked up
but then
my head
hears my heart
beat again
I'm okay generally... when I feel down I write. My life isn't entirely negative but I forget that when I feel intense emotions or look back at moments where I felt intense emotions. That not everything is bad, sure its 2020 and things have taken a darker turn but when I wrote this halfway through I found a video of younger me asking my now crush to marry me... so... if I can fake propose I can get through this. thanks
Am I wrong or in the blackboard bit there is no B at the beginning of build and two Bs for the B in problem? For some reason I've got no B in build and two in problem😂 I think I'm stupid
Does it spell out Problem Child? That’s only twelve letters, and it leaves out the u but it’s the only lead I have. There was pro, ble, em, an o with two spaces between them, and a couple more that I can’t figure out from my notes. Aghhhhhh I wish I was better at problem solving cuz this is such a cool mystery
Jesus is the way the truth and the life, No one gets to the Father but by him. Jesus died so that you can have everlasting life. Place your faith on Jesus. Trust Jesus.
I hope this doesn’t make you cringe but I’m autistic and you’re one of my special interests and honestly I’m so grateful for all you’ve taught me ❤️ I’m in my second year of uni, I faced addiction last year and you, your music is one of only 3 things that got me through, thank you too
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Awh :') Dodie is just so special
34 likesI am autistic too and I love finding and embracing special interests and they help us in bad times (: ♡
49 likesI’m autistic too and you’re my special interest as well. We love you dodie! 🦋💙✨ thanks for always being a light for us
38 likes@AspienPadda maybe it’s her softspoken comforting nature that appeals to those of us with sensory issues. Maybe the fact that she talks to her audience like a friend appeals to those of us who find it hard to make friends.
63 likesI feel exactly the same, I'm autistic
17 likes@Fiona FML yes I love the way she speaks! But also I always had a hard time accepting that I am more introverted and that I often have shutdowns which leads to me being in bed for hours and hours and her music is helping me a lot to recover from this kinda burnout
17 likesI also have ASD. She's very comforting, and I have a lot of moments where I feel like I strongly connect with her and her words and thoughts, in a way I usually don't.
23 likesOmg this is the most engagement I’ve had on a comment and I’m so glad it’s this one because I love dodie so much and don’t feel like I have to feel bad she’s one of my special interests
26 likesOmg same. I love that I’ve found all these comments and relate so much 😊
7 likes@Rhylan Lucas Burton _ don't feel bad. I have had so many "weird" special interests in my life but they make us grow so much and give us a happy place! Last winter I went through a really hard depression because of sensory overload and at that time I was interested in elefants, which may sound stupid because I am a grown women but learning about those special animals and how to support them may have saved my life.
12 likesNever feel bad for special interests, as long as they are healthy!!
HELLO FRIEND
13 likesFor a long time I thought I was autistic and no one was telling me. That could still be true, tho I’m not diagnosed. I was born 3 months early and I struggled in school a LOT. I was selectively mute up until 7th grade. and growing up I had SO MANY “obsessions” or “special interests” as a kinder way to put it. Dodie was one of my obsessions. I didn’t know if I loved her or wanted to be her (this interest was a tad unhealthy when I was younger and super insecure) but I’m older now and I know that she’s a lovely human like the rest of us.
I’ve also struggled with addiction of some sort.
Idk where I was going with this.....
But anyways
I just wanted to say... I guess... hello friend! I feel for you, I love you and I hope you’re having an amazing day!
Nooo that's not weird that's fine to have, as long as it's healthy an interest you will be fine. Because believe me I have gotten obsessed with things and it was quite a mess, as I have Aspergers so I know that feeling too well. So don't worry your fine just don't let it overtake your life and its all good.
5 likesahh same !! it’s crazy how so many of us share the same special interest :)
4 likesGO YOU
3 likesI have ASC and dodie's one of my special interests as well, don't ever be ashamed of the things you love! All the best to you :)
5 likesMe too!
5 likesSo glad that she could help you like how she helps so many!!
4 likes@Amelia Wiseman it is the beauty of a song and of music, it has a story that relate to the writer but every one who hears the melody will create an emotional connection with it and the brain will create it's interpretation.
4 likesit's not just dodie's songs, or yours it's everyones as we all place and share a unique value into them.
I also have Autism and I agree that dodie has really helped me when I've been struggling. Thank you dodie 💛!
6 likesThis thread made me so happy! You guys are amazing and valid and special interests are so lovely to have. Being passionate about something is just the best and people who have a big passion makes my lil heart burst 💗. The way thear eyes light up when they talk about the thing they like and the smile on their face is just so human and beautiful! Keep it up, fellas! ❤️
9 likessame here! thank you, dodie, for being so soft, open and honest about yourself and life <3 it really helps to know that people, with or without autism, all struggle, but we all make it in the end :D
5 likesYessss! I'm autistic too, as is one of my housemates and both of us love listening to dodie and if one of us has a meltdown, the other will just put dodie on and we'll both sing along until we feel calm again! Dodie's music is definitely a huge comfort to us both and she as a person is just incredible and we love her!!!
10 likesi have aspergers syndrome! i get overwhelmed very easily, as i also have social anxiety, and often things become very overstimulating. having people like dodie in my life, even if i don't know her, is really helping me get through all of my problems :)
9 likes@Rhylan Lucas Burton _ this is so funny. i’m also autistic and like yesterday i realised that dodie is probably one of my special interests aswell
7 likesyup... i'm also autistic and consider dodie a special interest of mine too :)))
7 likesOmg same
4 likesI'm autistic too, autism does'nt make us less of people. just more susceptible to easy disadvantages. stay strong!
7 likes😗💪
4 likesah, I'm autistic too and it makes me SO HAPPY to see all you wonderful fellow autistic people here!! (I make vids too if any of you guys are interested. i feel like fellow autistics understand me better hah)
8 likesDodie was my special interest when I was in secondary school (before I even knew I was autistic) and I think she's just so special to so many people and I really hope she knows it
6 likeshaha same
3 likesSame dude/person, I was going to say the same thing. Yeah, we autistic have our struggles, but we need more people like dodie to come through and help us.
4 likes@Jack B damn straight
2 likesthis thread is so sweet and genuine 💛💛
5 likesThank you @Rhylan Lucas Burton _ for
5 likesyour initial comment. You took a leap by putting out your opinion, even though you thought it might be weird. You allowed so many other Aspiens and the like to relate with you and each other. It feels like I've found a sub section of a fandom where I belong. I kinda feel like just following everyone in this comment thread but that would be too much. Just know I love you and everyone here. Again, thanks for sharing this. Have a wonderful day or night or... you know what, have a wonderful life!
i love seeing so many people like me that love her as much!!! this made me so happy <33 thank u
3 likesIt's Not Cringe . That's Wholesome .
1 likeLemme guess from my own experience @Ameya Amat you mean Steven Universe when you say cartoons? It's because of Peridot and Pearl being coded
2 likesYeah same lol
1 likeHey hey what are you doing here in me or not on the way home. Mind readership of all of the above mentioned below are some examples of what you can do with each other thoughts later RB.
1 likenot cringey at all dont worry abt it! ✨✨ youre wonderful
2 likesI am not autistic, but suffer PTSD. And it manifests as anxiety. I feel exactly the same as most of the sentiments expressed by many here. Dodie is very special.
1 likeIt's been so interesting to hear the way your outlook on growing older and life in general has shifted because it's shifted in a similar way for me over the years watching you (from my late teens to now early twenties). You've helped me feel less alone in the whole journey of realizing life is actually very long and does not, in fact, end after you turn 20 lol. Thank you dodie, for being here in whatever way makes you comfy. Sending your love and peace right back to you ❤
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116 likesYou managed to say exactly what I was reflecting on these past days, Kairie!
18 likesso well written <3
0 likesI’m not sure why but hearing that really, “life is long” means a lot to me.
803 likesI feel like I’m constantly terrified of wasting my life - like I’m running out of time and people keep saying “life is short” and it does feel like that. It makes me panic.
So thank you, genuinely, for saying that. I am glad to hear the ramp turns into flat ground, that you keep going.
It means a lot. <3
Can’t wait till tomorrow.
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Why do you write like you're running out of time♡
14 likesFlutterby Write day and night like you’re running out of time-
10 likesRavenwing how do you write every second you’re alive, every second you’re alive
7 likesLife is short? It's the longest thing you'll ever do.
13 likesmanineedasnowcone Yes, that’s true. Funny thing how ‘life is short’ ever became a saying.;;
10 likesIt’s the longest thing any of us will ever have the privilege of being part of.
Same.
1 likethis is beautiful
2 likes❤️
1 likeConstantly feeling pressure to make big life decisions quickly and I feel like if I don’t choose well now my life will waste away too. Dodie saying there’s plenty of time actually helps a lot ❤️
3 likesYeah same, it brought me peace to know I'll have time to savor life
2 likesI feel the same. Always feel like I'm wasting time. It doesn't help with the whole hustle culture thing going on so it seems like every minute of your day is important. As Jenna Marbles said, "Life is short, but also terribly and insufferably long at the same time." So do what you want. It's not too late.
2 likessame it means so much
1 like@manineedasnowcone Lovely :)
1 likeSometimes, I need to be reminded of that, so thanks!
i’ve been a fan for 5 years now, and you made me realise i was bi. i’m coming out to my mum tonight, and without you i wouldn’t have been able to do this. so thank you, you shaped me as a person and i don’t know who i would be without your influence, thought your videos and music. thank you <33
937 likesupdate: it went really well!!!!! she was super accepting, we had a lil cry and a lil chat and it was all lovely. thank you all so much for ur wishes <333
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Good luck with your mom!!
20 likesGOOD LUCK!!!
17 likesgood luck!
12 likesi've had a similar experience and it went well for me personally. good luck!! ❤️
11 likesgood luck :’)
9 likesgood luck hun! you've got this!!!
8 likesgood luck!!! hope it goes well!!
7 likesGood luck!!!
7 likesGood luck
6 likesGood luck!!💚
5 likesGood luck
5 likesgood luck !!
4 likesGood luck! You're honsetly so brave, and I hope that it all goes well!
5 likesu can do it!
4 likesgood luck my love!! update us <3 we got you
7 likesgood luck!!
4 likesGOOD LUCK WE LOVE YOU
4 likesOh my god, same!! Dodie helped me finally put a name on this, I was so confused! Also good luck with coming out to your mum, I hope everything will go as smoothly as possible❤️❤️
5 likesgood luck <3
3 likesGood luck! Wishing you the best :)
2 likesI hope it all goes well! I’m so proud of you <333
0 likesAw, good luck!!
0 likesHope it goes well!!! Lots of love ❤️❤️
0 likesGood luck ♥️♥️
0 likesdodie helped me realise i was bi too! i hope it goes well xxx
1 likeGood luck! you got this <3
0 likesyou’ve got this❤️
0 likesGood luck!
0 likesGood luck I hope it goes amazingly well!!!
0 likesEdit: I’m so happy for you!!!! 💓💜💙
good luck!!!
1 likeGood luck!!!
1 likeI feel for you! Dodie also helped me realize I was bi! And helped me come out to my mother! I wish you luck and no matter what she says know that we, this community, will always love and accept you! ❤️❤️❤️
3 likesYou do not need luck you need to do it calmly and be attentive to all reactions everything will be fine
2 likesbi pals! i hope your coming out goes well! <3
1 likeGood luck!! x
1 likeGOOD LUCK!!!
1 likegood luck. I'm rooting for you :)
1 likeI hope it goes well for you! Best wishes to ya!!!
1 likeyou’ve got this x
1 likeGood luck!!❤❤
1 likeGood luck! You are so brave and so amazing <3
1 likeGood luck coming out! You're very brave for doing it and I really hope all goes well ❤
1 likegood luck!! you’ve got this hun!
1 likeupdate: it went really really well!!!!!! my mum was super accepting 🥺 thank you all sm for ur wishes <433
11 likes@Caitlin McNamee good! Well done x
1 likeHow lovely 🥰
1 likeThis is so beautiful. Congratulations
1 likeGood luck❤️❤️
1 likeIt’s amazing to see how many of us had a similar experience! I haven’t come out and I don’t plan to anytime (I love my family but they aren’t super accepting in this area), but I am so proud and happy for you and the strength you have. I wish you and all the other dodie loving bi babes all the love and warmth in the world 💖💜💙
3 likesCongrats!
2 likesOh my god CONGRATS!
3 likesI love the comments. See dodie? - this really is a community that you've built!
3 likesCaitlin, congratulations! - for being brave, trusting your Mom & being true to yourself. It's good to be honest ('if I'm being honest...'). And god bless your Mom. It was probably no surprise to her (good parents generally know for ages... they know you!).
If coming out to anyone else is scary, try using dodie's Coming Out song & see what they say. It's the most delightful thing I've ever heard - she's a wonder. And what a great way to express it ("I have a heart that can love two genders...").
Best wishes, Caitlin! Know that there's nothing wrong with you! And if nothing else, it'll be just one way of gauging the depth of someone's friendship with you: if it's an issue at all, you know not to invest much till they've dealt with their own sh!t.
You, BE you. And be happy with you!
@Anna the Nerd You choose the time - you can & should. But there's tremendous relief in not feeling you need to hide or lie about who you are, and in starting to throw off the self doubt, remorse & shame of being different than you think your family expects you to be. That is all self-destructive. Accept that doing so will take time.
2 likesAt some point you'll have to trust them to love you more than they loved their idea of you, or their ideology. They may choose wrong: that's a possibility. But at some point you'll have to face it: it's not healthy to live a lie. Or to live in shame and denial of who you are.
They may surprise you. I've known others who thought their commitment to particularly closed-minded religious beliefs was unshakable, until they suddenly had to reconcile their belief systems with the reality of a son or daughter coming out. Had to choose between loving their child, or denying them in favour of a belief. And discovered in that moment that their belief wasn't healthy, wasn't commendable, wasn't right.
I can't promise your parents will chose right: we all wish you well with that. Know that there'll be people around you who will accept you for who you are. Not just other 'dodie loving bi babes': I'm not bi - not even a babe - but I'm grateful to dodie for being honest, vulnerable and celebratory about who she is, for sharing her journey and for helping so many others to pursue theirs. As you will. Hang in there.
And consider using dodie's Coming Out Song video when you decide it's time. It has the perfect mix of self-acceptance and celebration!
@Caitlin McNamee :O good for you!! I’m so happy for you 😄❤️❤️❤️
0 likes!!!!
0 likesahhh so proud of you!!! 💕💕💕
0 likes@Caitlin McNamee that’s amazing to hear <333
0 likesaw im so happy that it went well!! Good for you dear <3
0 likes@James Thompson wow this comment made me tear up. Thank you so much for you beautiful and kind words. I really needed to hear them. In truth, I have similar religious beliefs to my family, but I’m definitely more progressive. I’ve seen them slowly change the way the talk and feel about certain things (such as the LGBTQ+ community) which is very encouraging to me, but they still have a long way to go. I’ve never understood how people can follow a higher power who always spoke of loving one another and accepting others while also being hateful to groups that just want to love. The groups that have made me feel welcomed and normal. I believe that once I am living on my own and in complete control of my life, I will come out. By then I hope to see that the people in my life will have become more accepting and I can be more sure of the person I am. It’s only a couple of years until that time, and I’m okay to wait that long. I also know that they will always love me, even if they have to take time to adjust. I don’t think I’ll forget this comment. It truly means the world and more. Thank you (ps I love her coming out video! I’ll definitely keep that in mind ❤️)
0 likesso glad it went well!
0 likesWe are proud of you
0 likesi was not expecting this to happen this early in the day and it was a delightful surprise
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Hahaha same
3 likesWhat time is it though in your country? In my timezone it's around 9 pm (21:00). Hello over there! ;)
10 likeslol it's 10pm here 🤪
4 likesPerfectly splendid
4 likesIt’s 8:30pm in my country (UK)
2 likeswell... for me it's the middle of the night. I was hoping for it to be now and not too late, cause I gotta get some sleep... hoping for tomorrow's video to be 'early' as well
3 likesWatching this at 23:40 instead of sleeping
1 likeMight actually cry tomorrow when we get the announcement - I’m in so much need for new dodie music
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I don’t think it’s music!! I think it’s a new boooook!!!!!!!
8 likes@Jessie Franks omgggg I’m soooo okay with that
4 likes@Jessie Franks i think it is music bc of her insta frame that plays a new version of cool girl. (Also bc of the intro humms at the start of each knitting video)
5 likesI'm 52, trans, im lonely and undergoing treatment for an adrenal adenoma. Im here for your songs, because of your book, your beautiful soul, and because you give me a genuine smile.
145 likesThank you for listening, Dodi xx
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sweet bb <333 i wish u luck in surgery! i know u will okay! loving u
35 likesthank you dodie, its so comforting to know that the ramp won’t be going downhill forever. i’m 16 and honestly it does feel kind of like i’ve wasted my teenage years, but hearing this calmed me in a sense. it just feels like 2020 is the start of the end with forest fires, the whole political stuff and how corrupt a lot of our institutions are and its so scary. but to know that their is more life ahead of me (that sounds so dumb) is just really comforting, so thank you for reminding me :)
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I'm 29 and I still feel like I've wasted a lot my years, but I feel stronger now knowing I don't want to waste anymore being unhappy, just fighting every internal fight instead of letting it go.
17 likesThis was a really wholesome video!
great news!!! you'll never be sixteen again!!!
13 likesit's also terrible news. you'll spend a long time regretting the fact that you could have started building your life in the way you wanted from such an early age, like it seems all of the successful people do, and i don't know when the feeling will leave, but i live in hope. the best time to plant a tree is thirty years ago, but the second-best time is today
Yeah I think the media portrays your teenage years as one big party, and you're supposed to do all these specific things as a teen. I'm only 15, but I kind of realized it doesn't have to be that eventful. I totally get the feeling of feeling like you've wasted parts of your life, but I think however you spend your years, it's meant to be that way
16 likesI relate to this so so much it's crazy
0 likesI, as another 16 year old highly relate to this
1 likei can assure you what you said isn't dumb!! embrace the things that comfort you, luv 🌷
2 likesas a fellow 16 year old i understand completely
0 likesNot that I think you should waste your teens and 20s, but wherever you are, think of it as experience that got you where you are today. Not all successful people build the life they wanted from an early age. I have friends who found their professional calling and the love of their lives in their 40s and 50s. Even at that age, you still can have 20 to 30 years of a career and a marriage that lasts more than 20 or 30 years. So it's not too late, but treat your future time as a limited resource and think if you're satisfied with the way you're spending it. Wishing you happiness for your future!
1 likeas another sixteen year old yes to all of this, so, so much yes. it IS just so nice to know that there is more life coming. (are you in australia too? are you talking about the australian fires?)
0 likesNo, it doesn’t sound dumb 😄❤️
0 likesYou've still got 2 teenage years left! Live them! :)
0 likesIf you're looking for advice, you can't waste your teenage years. Enjoy yourself and do what you like. Comparing yourself to others will only make you think you're falling short. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday and you'll find that you're always improving, whether physically or in your mental health. We learn so much each and every day, it's almost hard to not be a better person day in and day out.
1 likeJust keep looking forward and don't regret looking back. One day you'll smile, I promise you.
@Radar I’ll also take your advice, if you don’t mind. I recently have been just POURING all of my thoughts out in a journal to save for future me to reflect on, for around 7 months! I hope that 13 or 14+ year old me is able to see how much she’s really changed and improved from 12. ❤️
0 likesLife usualy get's ALOT better in your 20s, you get more mature and have alot more freedom, also there is no school. And btw most people's teen years suck, I feel like I wasted my teens as well (I'm 23) and I've come to realize that people that have had hard times as teens grow up to be better adults. Like my father used to tell me back then, it's like when a eagle needs to break it's own beek and then goes into hiding and suffers alot to continue living insted of dying of hunger with a beek that is not functional.
0 likesHope any of this made sense. You have your whole life ahead of you and I'm sure it's going to be amazing!
@Helen Skinner i thought i was the youngest person in the world whose parents called them "helen" But I'm Not
1 like@Nemnyoom I'm the youngest person I know to be called Helen, it's a family name thing
0 likes@Helen Skinner family names are cool!!! at least there's a reason
1 likeOmgosh I relate to this so so much. I turned 16 three days ago and all I want is to go back to being 13 or something and not waste my time. Its overwhelming to be honest. I think it's strange how I used to never think about age and time and everything and now it's suddenly all hit me.
1 likei feel the exact same way. i’m 16 and all. we’re in this together. stay strong.
0 likes@kendall hughes <3
0 likesIt's been a bit weird being a fan for more than five years. I am a straight white man who's four years older than Dodie. I live in one of the most privileged places to live, Norway. When I say weird it's because I don't feel like these traits are what very usual in her fanbase. I kinda felt a bit out of place for years.
203 likesThen it hit me.
There was one thing I had had this whole time through this whole time of knowing who Dodie was, and before, that made it all make a whole lot more sense.
Depression.
Thank you for talking about it, Dodie. Some of us seem to not know that we have it. Thank you for never stopping. It's a good reminder for me that life can go on and change.
"We are all guilty of black and white thinking" Was that a direct dodie reference? Because i think it was and now im paaranoid that i may have missed other references in the previous videos!
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There was a sick of losing soul.ates one earlier in this one as well lol
59 likes@Evan SunPrince facepalm How did I miss it?!😂😂😂
6 likeshonestly it's just something i say a lot which is probably why it's in a song and in this video hehehe
293 likesIt’s actually a therapy term used in CBT
10 likes@doddleoddle Omg thats hilarious! Love ya Dodie!!!
4 likesIts a lyric in her song Monster, I think during the bridge
6 likes@The Nerd Rant yeah, it's towards the end "but we're both guilty of black or/and white thinking"
2 likesI saw the sick of loosing solemates reference
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Also the monster reference "we're all guilty of black and white thinking"
135 likesscared that there were more on the other videos and we missed them rn HAHAHAH
48 likesI cant get any refrence.. I just joined recently dont know her for long time tho but I am just curious why everyone is so hyped
13 likes@Mehreen Hadia welcome to the dodie fandom!!!
11 likes"life is so long, and i really mean that, the older i get.." life lesson perhaps?? wowow this is so much fun i need to look for more in previous vids
9 likes@Mehreen Hadia I don't think there's any reference to get; in this video she's just talking about life, and dodie, well, talks about life in her songs. You're not missing anything, people are just seeing connections.
5 likesLast video, during the humming intro bit of you listen closely it’s sounds like the melody to When “Gotta get it in my head, I’ll never be 16 again”
4 likes@Mehreen Hadia 1:01 “your own soulmates that you’ve lost”
0 likesI feel like this is gonna make me cry
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1 likeIt definitely made me cry
7 likesI'm only a minute and a half in and I'm already crying omg. This girl is too wholesome and kind and the internet doesn't deserve her. She is amazing.
174 likesTHANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU DODIEEEEE
when she talks about them at ramp that is just heading down i really feel that. i feel like life is just going so fast and it’s so overwhelming, but it’s really comforting to hear her say that it will flatten i just needed that so much
59 likesBuilding a problem.
216 likesLadies and gents.
We've found something on the odd-leoddle radar.
Some new Dodie tingy.
Building a problem
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wait do u mean "build a problem"?
10 likesI was looking for this comment
1 like@Zoe Nightshade its what the letters she was knitting spell
3 likesthe egg is hatching everybody
6 likesthe egg she's hyped since april
tis time
see u all tmrw !! aaa
Your song "Secret for the Mad" has gotten me through so much, especially university. It's the song I play on repeat whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed... I just wanted to say thank you for sharing it with us 💙 ~Blu
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Nice icon :)
1 likeme too, secret for the mad is my favourite song lyrically because it makes me feel safe whenever i listen to it
0 likesHi, Dodie! If you’re reading this, I am 23, and you have gotten me through the end of high school and college with both your music and your videos!!! So, thank YOU!!! 💛💛💛
123 likeshey dodie!! i have been listening to your music for 5 years now. i was a scared 12-year-old, confused about so much going on in my life, and i did not think i would make it past 17, but guess what? september 5th, 2020, i did it. i made it to 17. I'm applying to college, I'm going to college next year. damn, i made it through high school. i just want to thank you for it all. your music, your book, they made me feel heard. someone finally understood what i was going through. thank you dodie, for everything.
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yay!! fellow 17 year old long time dodie watching here! i didn’t think i would make it past 16 really, but here i am wearing a shirt from my dream college that i’ll be applying for in a few days. i wish you all the best in your life and all the happy vibes!
5 likes@liv so extremely proud of you. i wish you the best as well and hope you're staying safe during these tough times in the world.
0 likes@dina thank you so much! i hope you’re staying safe as well <3
1 likesame thing as you two. we made it, people, we did it!! i send you a big big hug and lots of strength... maybe life won't be perfect, ever, but i know we'll get to the other side as many times as we need to <3
2 likes@Itzia Ramos big hug right back atcha! 💕💕💕
2 likes@Itzia Ramos <333 sending a virtual hug to you 2 love <33
1 likeThis fandom is so wholesome and supportive and kind, thank you Dodie for bringing us all together
42 likesHow are these videos like a hug
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Might be the Rona loneliness talking
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That was my thought exactly! Her presence is just somewhere you can be safe for a little bit
11 likesCould be the rona. Could also just be the fact that dodie is Youtube's grandmother and we accept her as family.
7 likes69th like 😎
1 likeJeroeeeen, pas nou op met dat vuur
2 likesi’m i crying at the fact that this is the last letter. yes.
51 likesbut am i also extremely excited for the next chapter.
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4 likes@Gem Ma HOW DO U KEEP FINDING THESE GEMMA IT SCARES ME
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hi koala :)
2 likeskoala,,,, here??? hey :)
2 likesAgreed
1 likeI'm 30 and have been following you for at least 5 yrs. You're a splendid human, Dodie. Thanks for sharing yourself. Your voice means a lot to me.
4 likesYou brought me close to a girl, the only girl ive ever loved, a girl that caused me so much pain and happiness and love. She taught me so much, and as much as it hurt, im glad it happened. Thankyou for having this platform and music.
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same thing, for me and my ex. happy to have a chapter like that one connected to lovely music, like dodie's.
1 likehope you're doing great now!
I have experienced the same thing my friend, we can do it :)
1 likebeen here since i was 12 years old. I’m 18 now and starting my first year of college. thank you for all these years, and I’m looking forward to many more. i’ll never forget meeting you at the 7th annual vidcon (i think 2016??) idk, but thank you for everything you give to us
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best of luck!! i hope you have a great time and it’s as normal as possible lol. sending love xx
1 likeaha same! Ive been here since I was 12/13, and im now 18 and in my first year of uni. Hope everything is going well for you :)
2 likesNo - thank YOU dodie. Thank you for all of the amazing memories and content. I've been following you for a couple of years, and you have given me so much strength and confidence. I recently came out to one of my friends as bisexual, partially thanks to everything you have said. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but now I feel so much happier. Life is so fucking strange and scary, but we're all getting through it, one step at a time.
24 likesTo whoever is reading this, you are a wonderful person. Keep on keeping on. Sending every single one of you love.
this is so wholesome I can’t wait for this ahhh
56 likesawwe dodie i love you so much you’re the cutest thank YOU for helping us:(
25 likesThe reassurance, I didn’t even know I needed this. This greeted my day and I love that. Thank you dodie.
2 likesP.S. The way you write R is cute
Did you record these a long time in advance because if not, you knit FAST
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I think she must have recorded recently because I think Sammy referred to one of the other teaser videos in his phone call a couple of days ago
34 likesShe says in the first video that she had some videos pre recorded
18 likesIn her instagram story today she was wearing the same thing in this video so imma take a guess and say she records them not too long ago
11 likesi usually record one day and edit then upload the next so i can have captions ready!
88 likesit took me about an hour and a half to do the speed knit one!
83 likesas in an hour and a half to knit straight
83 likesit takes me about 2 -3 hours to edit a vid
@doddleoddle thank you dodie for taking the time to answer. I am surprised by how close i feel your thoughts even though i’m actually from very away from London 😂 thank you for being kind, and honest. And for keeping your art going, it has been a great comapany for me and so many others, through all these years. I hope someday i’ll see you live. Take care ❤️🌈✨
12 likesWhen you’re knitting something as chunky as that, it doesn’t actually take very long once you know what you’re doing ☺️
2 likesTHIS SOUNDS SO STUPID BUT DODIE PROBABLY READ MY COMMENT SHE KNOWS I EXIST OMG
1 likeher comment is under mine the closest I’ll ever get to meet her only if I didn’t live in the other side of the world
1 like@doddleoddle girl teach me how to knit that fast I’m over here trying to make Christmas gifts and I’m STRUGGLING
0 likes1:47 how does she put thoughts that are hard to describe into words so perfectly
3 likes“I promise you, it’ll all make sense again”
13 likes- this amazing human
I'm a bisexual man (?) in my late twenties. This month has been a grind - this year's been a grind. Your honesty and your jokes have been a comfort. Thank you, for everything you want to share, and no thank you to anything that pushes your boundaries. You've made my world a more colourful place.
6 likesI was here 6 years ago. I've been following dodie for so long, we've kinda grown up together, in a sense. And I still adore her music and all her content. Thank you for everything, dodie!
19 likesAdmitting that life truly is long made me feel so at peace somehow because I’m tired of hearing that things go so fast, it’s much more comforting to know that I will have time ❤️❤️❤️
2 likes“Life is long, and there will be a way for you” when I tell you I cried
7 likeshums in this are from before the line! a favourite of mine :) ('I made a promise but I break it every day')
6 likesI always said/thought that everyone has a story they think of when they listen to your music. Whether it's their own, someone else's or an imagined one, it means so much and something different to everyone. We love you Dodie!! ❤️❤️❤️
2 likeshi honey i just wanted to say ily, you helped me so much through my struggle with depression
20 likesi find so much comfort in coming to your channel and watching your videos, i just feel so warm and accepted :)
Me not keeping up with the letters: yes, life can be anticlimactic, haha. Live Long, and Prosper Dodie.
16 likesI also want to thank you.
2 likesYou have grown so much over the years, and ever since I saw your first video almost eight years ago, your music has been a soundtrack to my own growth as well. The internet is a scary place sometimes, thank you fotmr making one of it's corners so lovely
started watching dodie when i started secondary school and now i’m a uni freshman,,, thanks for these 6 fantastic years :)
16 likesYou’re never going to know how much your music and your videos and general existence have shaped me and saved me and become such a big part of me - I love you so much, Dodie.
2 likesI'm so excited to see what's gonna happen! Thanks for coming back and posting for a bit. It's been a rough couple of week and your videos have really helped.
6 likesI’ve recently fallen into depression and your videos have helped me keep afloat everyday!
2 likesThank you and I love you so much😭
Thank you, Dodie. You're a lovely soul that has helped me and others during this crazy time, and in general. <3 And I haven't even finished watching the video.
5 likesWow this was an incredibly beautiful video dodie. I’m your age and have been watching for years now. I’m so proud of you and your growth. Thank you for sharing your life and wisdom and empathy with us <3
2 likesI'm 56 years old and just got my diagnosis of depersonalization a few days ago had never heard of it. I'm glad you found coping mechanisms and I hope you find a way out I'm quite a bit older and I can't imagine haven't been trapped in this mindset during my youth I'm just starting my journey to look for ways to improve and resolve this
2 likesYou do send strength, you really do. There's a concept of "the wounded healer" which I think kind of describes what you do with your music and your way of being here
1 likeI love you dodie! maybe it's a bit burdensome for me to say this, and if so, I apologize! but I've always wanted to tell you that you saved my life. thank you for existing.
12 likeshave a great day :0 to whoever sees this!
I'm your age, 95 baby! And I just love you and your content. You're so real, and it's so refreshing. I find myself wishing I could have a friend group like yours, but I'm so far away from that it feels like it'll never happen. But still I revel in joy when I watch you and hazel interact, or Sammy or any other of your YouTube friends and I just find it so cool that I get to be a part of all that even if it's in a small way. Thank you for your authenticity, and thank you for being my friend through the webs, even if you don't know me. 😌
2 likesMy boyfriend told me today "y'know, i really like all of dodies songs, just some are better enjoyed by only you in a diffrent room. But she's really good" hahah, He's a big fan of some of your more up beat songs, not so much the sadder ones. I've been here for 5+ years, and that's so weird. I love your art and have enjoyed this series of videos immensly!
5 likesThank you dodie. I first found you in 2013, when my mental health was at the lowest, and your videos and songs brought me joy. After getting so much better and healthy and happy over the past few years, this year, that work has been washed away and I feel like I'm back in yr9 again struggling. But your videos still bring me joy. Thank you for your kind words. I needed them tonight. Looking forward to the album : )
5 likesI can't believe it's almost over... It went by so fast! 😂💕 Love you dodie!
6 likesI'm currently going through the whole rigmaroll of looking for a diagnosis for my own neuro-atypical problemos.
7 likesI love your music and videos and can tell you truly put your own soul into them. I'm also happy you have shared your tale with us
Hey Dodie, I’ve never really interacted, and I might type out a longer thing later, but I appreciate the influence your videos have had on me. Just wanted to say.
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0 likesI’m so thankful to have grown with you and I’m excited that we will all continue to grow together. It has seemed to me that every time I take a leap or step in my life you’re right there changing with me and that’s been really lovely. Lots of love Dodie :))
1 likeBeen watching since I was in school, in my second year of a master's now, keep at it Dodie, love your stuff! :)
0 likesi started watching your videos when i’d just started secondary school so like this time five years ago?? and it’s so weird thinking about how far i’ve come since then and also how far YOU’VE come since then i feel like this entire fandom has grown up together?? and i’m just so proud of you, thank u for everything <3
1 like... You’re welcome? Honestly I think you’ve done a lot for me so thank you too. Also I think Dodie dots are my new favourite thing.
1 likewell i wasn’t expecting this to start my monday morning...
1 likebut i wouldn’t have it any other way
This made me emotional. Been watching you for ages and feel like we’ve grown up together. Appreciate you SO much.
0 likesit’s kinda crazy i’ve watched you for 5 years. you have encouraged me to actually finish the songs i write :)))
0 likesI’m late, but hi Dodie! I discovered you a few years ago and I’m really glad I did, because your music has gotten me through so much. It’s been helping me get through school and one of your videos helped me get through an anxiety attack. So thank you, Dodie! I’m so excited for Build a Problem and can’t wait to see where your music goes next!! 💛
1 likebb. i love you so much. youve made me so happy throughout the years. im so proud of everything youve done. i hope some day i can meet you and give u a hug
1 likethank you too, dodes. these videos have been really calming. also, thanks for the captioning!
1 likeBeen struggling lately, this made me feel nice. Thank you dodie, we are grateful for you and the community you've/we've created!
0 likesI’ve been here over 6 years, I’m your age, and I’m so so proud of your journey so far 🧡
0 likesThis came out on the day our golden retriever died of old age and I right when I needed this little video about hope and life perspective. So thank you too.
1 likeThis was such a good, genuine appreciation video. I feel so, appreciated ! Thanks dodie love you too
0 likesI've loved you for so many years and you have inspired me so deeply. When was the first song that really explained how my depression felt, and she helped me come to terms with my own sexuality. I came to see you in concert last year and it was amazing, I waited in line for hours and I would wait longer. Thank you I suppose, thank you so very much.
3 likesI've been with you since the first version of "she" and I've adored you since. Watching you grow up has been inspiring to me and I'm so excited to continue following you.
0 likes🥺 For a moment, my heart feels warm again... We love you dodie! I'm so excited to see what comes tomorrow 💕
0 likesThis series was amazing and I appreciated it so much-especially this vid. The internet scares me too and it made me feel better to hear you say it, and I loved the bit about the complexity of life. Please never underestimate your ability to get through to people with words. I’m struggling to word things correctly but basically, I really appreciate your presence a lot. Best wishes. <3 Edit: holy crap I just remembered that last night I dreamt that you just appeared in my bathroom and I started singing the lettuce song to u this just occurred to me LMAO not related to the rest of my comment but I had to say it
2 likesI’ve been here since early 2015, I’ve loved watching you grow as a musician, and I plan to stay for even more years!
0 likesso much love dodie!! you’ve helped me through so many tough times and you’re music means a lot to me and a lot of other people ♡
0 likesAs someone who's looking for answers, thank you Dodie 💗 the real joy of life is human connection 💗
0 likesWhen you said about the highs and the lows. It made me think of one of the times I hold highest in my life and that was seeing you perform at summer in the city a few years back. It’s one of the only times I’ve ever felt truly alive. That show will forever hold a very special place in my heart.
1 likethese videos have made me feel so comforted the last few weeks and I'm sad that they're ending but thank you dodie
0 likesFINAL LETTER AHHH IVE LOVED THIS 🥰
12 likesAw Dodie thank you for this. You’ve been an inspiration for the past few years. Your vlogs and music have been such a gift.
0 likesYou have got me through so much confusion and painful moments in my life, love u forever dodie
0 likesDodie i love you with all of my heart. You have helped me through so much and so i wanted to say thank you x
0 likesI can't wait to listen to your new music, thanks for everyting you do and the art you share with us 😊
0 likesAs one of the "elders" of the group, I'm so grateful to have you in my life even knowing you'll never know who I am. I swell with every smile, shed a tear for each sad story, and sway with every song. Thanks for all the feels.
0 likesThank YOU dodes. I needed this. I hope you know that we all love you bunches.
0 likesI'm so excited, you and your music have been a wonderful constant for so many year now dodie, thank you for sharing :)
0 likesHoly cow I've been here for almost 4 years, thank you so much for giving me music for everything from my absolute low points with depression to highs of making friends and hangin out in college 💖
0 likesThank you dodie, you have helped so many of us more than you could ever know. ❤️
0 likesi’ve been struggling quite a bit recently and this has really helped i love u dodie :(
0 likesThis was so comforting. I often feel so suffocated by anxiety about my life and missing out and time passing and this really really calmed me down.
0 likesBeen following you since I first found YouTube, 7 years ago, and I'm so proud of how successful, beautiful, and brilliant you are now and have always been!
0 likesThank you, Dodie. Thank you.
i started watching dodie so long ago that she just feels like apart of my life now :)
0 likesthank you dodie for giving me reassurance, I have loved every video and can’t wait for future content <3
0 likesThese videos are so calming and sweet, it’s been so nice to have them on while I do crafts and ignore the homework I have :)
0 likesThis has been a lovely way to get us all excited for the surprise! I can't wait for the reveal tomorrow <3
0 likesHi! Just thought I’d introduce myself so you know what kind of people watch your videos 😂 I’m 40, mother of a 20 year old (yeah, do the math!) and I’m a bit of a weirdo and it’s nice to see other weirdos being themselves.
1 likeI first heard ‘Sick of losing soulmates’ at a time when I really needed it and fell in love with your music, your lyrics. Many if them seem to have come out of my own soul. As to videos, I have cried and laughed with your videos. They’re always a nice breath of fresh air. 😊😊😊
Thank you dodie. I'm 21, about to graduate university, and feeling very lost. I needed to hear these words <3
0 likesi’m so incredibly excited for tmrw. i’ve been here for 4 and a half years and you never fail to make me cry, laugh, and everything in between :) thank you dodie for making so many peoples life so much better through ur music and online content. thank you thank you thank you.
1 likeThank you for the end note that you're sending love. It's well needed. Thank you dodie 💛
0 likesyou always see me. thank you dodie, i’ve loved growing with you all these years 🌸🔮
0 likesDodie you are a treasure and I'm so happy I've caught these recent vlogs of yours. You make me smile and give me hope.Thank you so very much.
0 likesI want to thank you Dodie, you're one of the positive aspects of my life and its really relaxing watching your videos while im in the most difficult, depressing time of my life rn ❤
0 likesDodie thank you! You’re wonderful and have given me so much. 💕
0 likesthis is by far my favorite corner of the internet
0 likesthanks for the daily comforting content dodez! its a pleasure to be here
hey dodie. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping me alive, keeping me sane, being there for me to fall back on. you don't know who I am and probably never will (tho my best friend is determined for you to meet me lol). anyway, I listened to "When" on the night of my 17th birthday so you said "ill never be 16 again" just as it turned midnight and I turned 17...I had a smol cry then reminded myself you will keep on creating music and being freaking perfect. basically I love you and you've saved my life multiple times <3
1 likeLove ya Dodie :) I found your channel when I was going through a really hard time and here I am 5 or 6 years later still here and living it up!
0 likesi’ve been here for 4 years, i love you so so much babes ❤️ i’m so proud of everything you’ve done and i want to thanks YOU for helping me
0 likesI started listening to you during one of the most difficult times of my life, almost exactly a year ago. Monster, 6/10 and Guiltless helped me so much. We love u dodie!!! ❤
0 likesSomehow this video was exactly what I needed to hear, and I can tell this is one I will definitely come back to watch again when I need it
0 likesthanks to dodie i’ve taken up knitting again and it’s really helped quell my anxiety (and her little videos are so calming)😌
0 likesthis video feels like the love that comes from a warm hug and I’m just going to stay in it for a while <3
0 likesit’s been so lovely to have watched your content for the past few years. you’ve been so comforting to me and a little bit of a safe space, so thank you. you’ve also helped me discover i’m bi! much love and thank you for everything, i’m so grateful for the things you chose to share and i wish you well.
0 likesHey Dodie-aged fans like me 😁 This is so wholesome, I've been here for a looonnggg time and I have loved seeing this little fandom grow so much, as new generations of dodie fans come along! ❤
0 likesI cried listening to this, thank you. I really needed this today :)
0 likesthis is kind of long so i don’t expect you to really read it, but i’ve been listening to you since i was in middle school (around 12). i’m turning 18 on thursday, and for the past 6 years your music has been with me and inspired me. i constantly think about how much you’ve grown whenever i watch your videos, especially the ones where you talk about barriers you’ve overcome or achievements, but this video made me reflect on how much i have grown too. i guess this is a little strange or cheesy, but from your pleasant little conversation videos to your silly ones, in some way you’ve had an impact on that growth. there are things that you write or talk about that i just relate to, and so many things i’ve learned about life that have been extremely helpful. i guess i never really had people to guide me much through my teen years, so i wanted to say thank you. you’re so wise, dodie. and i’m very excited for the video tomorrow!
1 likethis is exactly what i needed to hear today. thank you for helping me through so many phases of my life and just thank you for making music that has been a constant for me for so many years ❤️
0 likesI've been having a rough couple of mental days in a row lately and I just caught up with the last 7(?) Of these videos while working on my crochet and it was really nice and relaxing and I felt like I had a yarn buddy 💗 See you tomorrow 🥰
0 likesI love how heartfelt all these messages are 🍁
0 likesThank you, I’ve been a fan of you for a little while and I feel like we’re the same in a lot of ways. Watching your videos and listening to you music made me feel seen, and not alone in what I was thinking and feeling. It’s just nice to know that someone knows what that’s like, and I can’t thank you enough for that 🌻💛
0 likesDodie, I am glad in a way, you have been part of my story. Thank you.
0 likesgah what a delightfully beautiful video. thank you for the laughs, the music, and for the empathy most of all.
0 likesThank you dodie you've helped me through so much, and to think that I came here from a fanfic lmao
3 likesYour perspective is so calming for me. I just took such a deep breath. Thank you 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
0 likesAh. Dodie has yet again made me cry on this lovely Sunday evening
1 likeIt's always nice to hear your musings, you're an awesome human being!
0 likesSending you a lot of love too Dodie ! this was a very positive video <3
0 likesI've had so much fun with this series. It has been very pleasant and almost intimate in a way. It's been a nice daily escape and I just wanted to say thank you. :)
0 likesI'm literally loving these videos and I'm so excited to hear the new stuff😳😏
0 likes<3 we love seeing you in whatever way you're comfortable with dodie thank you :')
0 likesBeen a fan for years, I’m 20 and your music and videos has gotten me through years of depression and anxiety so thank you, you are wonderful 💙
0 likesit's so hard to find boundaries when in the public eye, in any capacity. i hope this channel, your socials, your communication with your fans continues to be more and more comfortable and safe.
0 likesFunny, lately I've been thinking that life is so short. But I do think it will feel long. Thank you for sharing these kind words ❤️
1 likeThank you for this, i have to say you got me with the "what's going to be the word today" thing, it was a lot of fun guessing and i enjoyed listening to you and the enormous talent you have
0 likesas someone who has difficulty feeling ,, your videos make me feel all sorts of emotions and for that i am grateful >_> <3
0 likes"I see all of you that are my age and older."
0 likesMe waving with the older folks at the back of the venue: thanks dodie!
I have been watching your videos since I was 15, now in a week I'm about to turn 21 and it feels like you've been there with and for me throughout all of my teenage years, my innumerable problems and my most difficult times. This isn't the exception you just got me through weeks of having my mind stuck in some shitty things to think about building / solving a problem. And it's been wonderful, I love every part of this fandom that you have introduced me. I've made a lot of friends online and offline by only bringing you up in a conversation, talking about your music and everything you do and that's just beyond INCREDIBLE, to know you have that impact on ppl.
1 likeSo anyway, I wanted to comment to thank you Dodes, you're amazing and I love you
this is exactly what I needed to hear tonight. Thank you <3
0 likesThank you, Dodie, for helping me see the beauty of boundaries. I learned a lot on my own, of course, but it gives me so much hope hearing things like this video here because I know how solid and strong things become with this kind of a structure to them.
0 likesThanks for this; I'm so happy we are growing along with you.
I really needed to hear this today, thank you 💛
0 likes“life is so long” :’) i love you dodie, thank you for being a constant star
0 likesThank you Dodie, I've been here since Paint I think and it's been so nice to be here in your community.
0 likesBeen following you for about 4.5 years now and I absolutely love what you do. Thank you!! can't wait for tomorrow :))
0 likeswelp this made me cry. This knitting series has brought me 5 mins of peace in days of chaos. Thank you as always dodie for being so wonderful and calming!
0 likesThese daily videos have been lovely!! I can't wait for tomorrow :) much love ❤️
0 likesDodie, your videos have been one of the most real and lovely thins in my life recently. Thank you!
0 likesDodie is such a precious being we must stan and protecc forever and always💖💕💖💕💖
0 likeswe love you dodie, thank you for being amazing <3
0 likesThank you, Dodie. This was very needed. 💕
0 likesthank you dodie, you give me and many others the hope we need. <3
0 likesThank you Dodie, for being authentic, for being supportive, and for being a bright light in my life. You bring a lot of beauty into this world, don't ever stop.
0 likesThis was such a beautiful video. Thank you so much for sharing 💛
0 likesfor the last 5,5 years of my life I was growing with you. The ages between 16 and 21 are really really different and i wouldn't have realised it without you. You impacted me greatly with your music, your book, your videos, aesthetic, words, etc. Thank you so much, you were always a great inspiration and you continue to be. thank you thank you thank you
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I can’t believe it’s been almost seven years since I started watching your videos. They still feel safe, and cared for, and fun. I wish I could hug you. Thank you!
0 likesLots of love from Buenos Aires❤️
I love the continuity of this project! I wonder if it ever got overwhelming having to knit another letter every day.
0 likesI just want to say thank you, dodie. Some of the biggest highlights of my early teen years were watching your videos, and growing and learning with you. Crying with you, laughing with you. I missed your chats, and I really appreciated getting a glimpse of your life again, even if it was just the 1%. 💛
0 likesI’m so genuinely grateful for dodie and her music and these videos have made me feel less lonely and less anxious these last few weeks. Thank you so much
0 likesthank YOU dodie for creating this wholesome community. i’ll always be so grateful for the lessons i’ve learned from you. i love you and im so excited for the announcement :D
0 likesThank you so much. I recently got out of a mental hospital and am trying to recover and this really helped. Love you so much 💞💞
0 likesim having a really bad day mental health wise, and watching this video sparked a light :) thanks for saying such kind and touching words, i wish you all the best dodie ♥️✨
0 likesThank you for the joy you've given us over the years, Dodie. I early voted yesterday (for Biden) and feeling a bit hopeful that things will improve soon. :) <3
0 likesThat end... I don't know how but I REALLY needed to hear that. Thank you dodie ✨💫
0 likesYou've helped me come out and be my true self. You even got me into one of the best schools in my state because you inspired me and my music.
0 likes😭♥️ dodie love your words SO deeply. Thank you for sharing them
0 likeslove love love lots of love
0 likesthis is something i needed today, some nice words, some rumbling and a soothing voice!!!!
take care!!!!
throwing it back to when you worked at lush was when I remember actively checking your channel (I was like 14/15) still a massive inspiration to this day, your music means so much - love you dodie!
0 likesI appreciate you so much dodie. Thank you for everything
0 likesThank YOU Dodie ! You brought me so much over the years, your art has built my teenage years and your openness has helped me so much when I was in really dark times, thank you. Now it’s even better to know that you share only the percentage of your life that makes you comfortable. I look forward to listen to your new music !!
0 likesThank you dodie. I found you when i was young and you have been with me through alot. Im glad to have a community to reach into sometimes and just take a breath and say yeah this suck right.... well thanks dodie
0 likesI needed this rn. Thanks, Dodie✨
0 likesi am going through an extreme low at the moment, and this brought tears to my eyes. thank you so much for your kind words. it gives me hope; something which i have not had a lot of lately. i am so grateful for your presence.
0 likesi’ve been a part of this community for about five years now and it’s truly been one of the best things i’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of. thank you so much ❤️
0 likesThank U dodie. I’ve been here for four years or so now and your music has helped me so much <3
0 likesWait 7 minutes ago I’m early-ish!! I love you dodie!!
0 likesThank you for making such a lovely community!! 💖💖💖
I just got into your music last year and I fell in love with it. Really wish I got into it sooner and discover your channel too. Your music helps me to understand myself better and help me write the stories and characters I wanna write, same with any music I listen to, so thank you.💜
0 likesi just realized that the hums in the beginning were the songs from the album, like in this video she was singing before the line, and in her "i call my friends and ask how they met me" video she was singing sorry
4 likesI’ve watched your videos for years and years and they always feel deeply comforting and understanding in a way that’s hard to explain. I have sometimes dipped in and out of your content over time but always find my way back and am happy to be here.
0 likesYou're amazing Dodie. I've been here for years and seeing you learn and grow and set boundaries and become comfortable in your own skin as much as we can be is amazing. You're an inspiration you know and I know you're not perfect and I love that you're not perfect. I love that you can learn and grow and make mistakes and that's okay. it makes me feel like just maybe me learning and growing and making mistakes is okay too. So thank you so much for being you.
0 likesthis was so comforting, thank you! also, very excited about tomorrow (whatever it is that's happening then...)
0 likesYou don't understand how happy these daily doses of Dodie make me
1 likeI typed out a whole paragraph then realized I cannot articulate anything. So thank you.
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0 likesThank /you/ Dodie! For being the person that unites all of the amazing people who watch these videos. This video series has made everyday exciting with something new to look forward to.
0 likesThanks for your honesty and willingness to be real with a detached, judgmental viewership (not everyone individually, but our current global society as a whole). As a 50 year-old, there are many ideas and ideals you hold to that I do not agree with, but that’s okay.🙂 We can disagree about substantive issues and I still support and appreciate you. I sometimes let out a quiet laugh when I hear some of your “life questions” because I know exactly how you are feeling, I was there 30 years ago. Because of time, I have come to understand that these issues or situations begin to take on less importance in the scheme of life.
1 likeOnce again, Thank you for your incredible music and the little peeks into Dodi, a complex and thoughtful young lady.
We were born a couple days apart from each other and I've always related to you a lot. Started watching probably 6 years ago now. Really looking forward to tomorrow! All the love, dodie
0 likesthank you for being with us along this journey, and inviting us into yours. :)
0 likes<3
You are wonderful dodie, thank you for gracing YouTube with your presence.
0 likesThank YOU dodie. I've watched you since I was 15 (I'm now 22) and I just really love your kind, warm, beautiful soul.
0 likesAlso, the 'soul mates that you've lost' really hit hard damn
the line "whether you were here 5 minutes ago, 5 YEARS ago" made me have a bit of a think and, funny enough, i've been here almost exactly 6 years. it's strange because when i think about the me from 6 years ago, i feel so disconnected from her. she definitely had a much heavier aura hanging around her than i do now. it's bizarre to think that i still have the same interests as her
1 likeI am much older and thank you for being such an amazing artist. I love your music. And I thank Pomplamoose, because it was through them that I learned about you.
0 likesthank YOU for having been there for me for over five years. thank you for all the good times you've given me, the times your music helped me through times of struggle, thank you for all the people i've met through your music (and concerts). just, thank you!
0 likesI only started watching you about a year ago but have fallen in love with your work and I believe the lessons you have taught your followers are true to the core. Thanks a lot dodie :D
0 likesThank you dodie. I needed some help through a rough time right now :)
0 likesThank you Dodie for just being you. Without you I never would have known about dissociation and how I struggle personally with it. You make me smile with every video just thank you.
0 likesI'm ready for new tunes to comfort my soul in my next patch of life. <3
0 likesThank you too. Thanks for your music, these little videos. Thanks for sharing your stories, your derealisation and depersonalisation. For making parts of my day a little lighter.
0 likesHave a good one 😘
I love you and your videos, I've been watching you for years and I've loved watching you grow into the person you are today! Your music has always inspired and touched me and it always will ❤️❤️❤️
0 likesnow that i think about it, i’ve been a fan of you for five years :) i discovered your channel when i was in middle school and from that point of on, i’ve associated you with everything good and kind and understanding as i’ve grown up! thank you for being a source of light for me and so many others. i can’t wait to hear your album :)
0 likesAww this is so sweet also it’s so crazy to me how much she’s been posting the past week
0 likesI've been with ya since the beginning. kinda feel like we grew together is a strange way. I'm very glad I've followed you for so long you're so comforting.
0 likesbig love dodes! rly needed this reminder rn and so happy u gave it x
0 likesthis made me emotional my life is so utterly shit and lonely at the moment and i'm so done with it,,,,, thank you dodie :(
5 likesdodie you're such a delightful human 🥰
1 like1 minute in and i am sobbing, i love you so much dodie. seriously can't thank you enough, your music and your spirit means the absolute world to me.
0 likesI’ve been here at least 5 years I don’t really know exactly how long I’ve been here, but you got me through a really really tough time in 2016 so I’ve always wanted to say thank you for getting me through the worst time in my life honestly. Thank you thank you I love your music love that you’re doing this you’re seriously incredible dodie.
0 likesThank you, Dodie. Thank you for everything.
0 likesThank you for the “life is long” comment. I know so teens who think that they missed out on the “best years of your life” when in reality it’s only just begun
4 likesAw hey dodie, I’m 22 and have been watching you since I was like 15? This really hit me in my core, everything you say is so poetically true, thank you for beginning to share more again- I’m really living for the little snippets into your life 💘✨
0 likesThank you, just, thank you Dodie. You’re so wonderful and you genuinely have helped me so much, I suffer with lots of anxiety and issues with my body, I’m short and quite round, so it’s hard for me to get confidence, as I don’t look like those I surround myself with, but I know I’m beautiful thanks to you! I’m trying to start practicing how to use eyeliner and proper makeup now and I hope it might help me.
0 likesDodie, it’s been a couple years since i watched you and met you and it feels like I’ve known you forever, like an old childhood friend. I wanna say thank YOU for sharing your life and talents with us. You have saved me a lot more times than i can count with one hand.
0 likesI j u s t want dodie to be my big sister/confused northern granny ok I'm not asking for much
160 likesI’ve been subscribed and watching dodie since I was 13 I am now 19 and so grateful to have watched dodie in this journey from her being shy and quiet to sharing everything I had the pleasure of watching her live in Atlanta she’s just as talented in person as she is online if not better I’ll always support you dodie! Thanks for being my big sister and best friend when I needed one
0 likesWith a wave of her wand and a tap on her teeth, we are all now blessed with good vibes💖💕💖💕
0 likesOkay, I just want to say thank you, like, SO MUCH for making your music. I literally have never related, felt or relied on any other piece of music then dodie’s😍 I want you to know that you touch my soul THE SECOND I put on my headphones and hear your music. I love your work dodie, and I hope the absolute best for you😊🤍
0 likesThank you Dodie. Honestly I've recently been confronted with a lot of things that were wrong in my life. I've went through my first big breakup after a long term relationship and I'm clueless where and how to move forward now. Your voice and manners make me feel less lonely during this quarantine period. Thank you.
0 likesDamnit I told myself no more crying tonight. That's like my 4th cry in a day what are you beautiful people doing to me??
3 likesFeel like I’m still waiting for my life to begin. Haven’t had many highs or lows yet but I’m sure they’ll come. In the meantime, hugs and kisses to those in the comments going through the bad times, you are so much stronger than I will be. Love you all. Xx
0 likesi’m a 14 yr old who’s been watching ur videos for around five years. i remember i loved the show ‘got what it takes’ and i’m pretty sure that’s roundabout when i found you, despite seeing you pop up on my recommended beforehand. you’ve been such an inspiration to me growing up, and bring me so much comfort when i’m scared or sad. thank you so much :)
0 likesI am one of those non-commenting viewers in their 30s, but I have to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed and looked forward to these short calming videos every day.🖤
0 likesThis was such a nice video to watch I wasn’t really expecting it
0 likesThis is the only "to anyone watching/reading this" thing that I actual feel is genuinely intended for anybody at all watching
3 likesI've been following you for about 4 years and there are a lot of things I could say but overall, I am grateful for having you to look up to. thank you for sharing the good, the bad, the ups and downs ya know all that cheesy stuff. thank you for being your honest self. love you dodie <3
0 likesAfter waking up from.....not the best night and another depressive episode, I cannot thank you enough for this...gentle understanding, Dodie. Thank YOU. For everything and more.
0 likesDodie, thank you for being such a inspiration. I know when I watch your videos that I don’t really know you personally,but I am thankful I found you. I’m in a really hard time right now and you have been everything for me. I’m so thankful for you even though I have never met you. I wish I knew you personally and I am thankful that I stumbled upon your videos. You seem like that friend that’s protective but in a good way. I don’t know where I would be without you. I don’t want likes or attention I just want Dodie to know this.
0 likesI've been a fan for quite a while now and i hope you know you've been there when I've absolutely needed someone the most but was to terrified to turn to anyone. Thank you for all you do and for sharing everything you do with us. You've really been a touchstone for a lot of people I think, I know you have been for me.
0 likes(I'm sorry if this is too long.)
23 likesWhen I first discovered dodie, i pretty much fell in love with her. I didn't just love her and all her content, i wanted to be her. Being a south asian who already faced colorism everyday, my romanticism of a white british beautiful lady didn't really help, at all. I wanted to have pink cheeks and freckles and a thin nose. Later, as i grew, i realised i had completely missed the point. The whole shtick was about loving yourself, and never about wanting to be someone else. I never fell out of love for all the content dodie makes, and i still enjoy it just as i did five years ago. It's late at night here, i should go to sleep. Excited for whatever you have coming out<3
Just found you and your music. You're an incredible talent and your work, music videos and vlogs, are beautifully crafted and really compelling. It's clear your songs resonate with so many people looking through the comments. For me, it's so personal, it really feels like you're talking directly to my soul. Stay well doddle. x
0 likesThank you for this video. Your earnest thoughts and reservations about sharing them gave me a moment to reflect on some complicated feelings I’m having today.
0 likesI quit my job this morning. I’m scared and relieved and tired.
Thanks for letting me feel like someone out there is feeling a little of the same kind of anxiety and gratitude as I am right now.
dodie truly thank u for making this wonderful corner of the internet. I’ve been here for over 5 years and in that time i know I’m not the same person I was then, but I also know there’s so much ahead for me too. You’ve given us all access into your tiny corner of the universe and i’m so grateful you share that with the world.
0 likesi’m a bit late but i wanted to say thank you back for being always exactly what i need since i found you in 2013
0 likeswhen she got close in the beginning i thought she was gonna hug the camera
172 likesI’ve been here since I was 13 and I’m almost 20 now. I’m not leaving now or ever. Cant wait to see what your beautiful, whimsical mind has in store for us tomorrow :))) love you dodie, thank you.
0 likesThank you so much for continuing to be you. We all love you ❤
0 likesthese last four years have been difficult. my story, my highs and lows have climbed and fallen in this weird mess of resolutions and climaxes. but all the while you’ve been here and your music has been here and it has been a kind place to come home to. thank you dodie
1 likeyou are so warm. I love you, thank u for everything you put out <3
0 likes"Life is so long. And I really, really mean that. The older I get. It kinda feels like you are on this ramp when you are younger, going down. And you are just speeding down hill and it feels like the ramp is leading out to something and you’re like “whoa this is it, here we go!” and then the ramp flatens down and then you’re still going, then it’s just flat ground. And things keep going, moments pass you by, things and people and times even out, and it’s so painful but I think it’s so beautiful."
4 likesThanks to you too! Your videos the last week were exactly what I needed. Stay as you are. <3
0 likesYou just made me disassociate so hard. But for once, in a good way. Thank you for giving me the words to know what that feeling is. Thanks for helping me grow up.
0 likesThis was really nice to see on my birthday. Thank you Dodie💝
0 likesdodie: "Oh my god I think I've dun it!"
2 likesMade me cry with your words?
Yes.
Yes you have.
“the young people are the loudest” BAHAHAH MMMKAY
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1 likeliz yes
1 like@Mia E ahh love that guy compared to the recast....
0 likesi bet ur young
3 likes@kassmaster ahahahah yup
1 likeI've been watching since i was 14-15 and I'm 20 now still love your music and your videos
0 likesI’ve been watching for 6 years, love growing with you
0 likesthank you dodie, these videos have really given me so much joy, in what has been the worst year of life.
0 likesi’ve been following your journey for 7 years now. i feel i’ve grown up with you. your music and content has been an aid to the pain in life, and i just wanted to thank you, too. you inspire me to create, to hold up my art and say this is me! so thank you dodie ❤️ i look forward to what lies ahead
0 likesOmg, posted 3 minutes ago, im never early😂😂. Anyway, better get my knitting to make a blanket while dodie makes a letter❤️💛💚💙💜
10 likesthese videos make me happy, i love the music you make, you tend to capture the nuances of hardship and also the simplicities of life
0 likeswatching these videos make me feel like i get an insight into the great mind that produces the music i love
the more i listen to you speak the more i get a different perspective of your art, and i think thats what everyone wants
new ways to look at art
thank you dodie, thank you for the parts of you you put out there and the lessons you share
Thank you for showing up, even all these years later 💛
0 likesWow. Mhm. You are amazing and wonderful, thank u for existing and being able to create this safe space. Thank you dodie
0 likesnot gonna lie, these words came right at the perfect time<3
0 likescame here 3 years ago after youtube recommended "sick of losing soulmates". best recommendation evaaaar
29 likesI'm going to save this for a rainy day, when I feel sad and lonely and just watch this again and feel happy.
0 likesi watched this video this morning when you put it out with my friend and just sobbed. i woke up just feeling so spacey and horrible and then i heard your voice and just cried. i’ve been here since 2014 and you have helped me through so much. it was a dream to see you last year. thank you for everything you’ve done. i love you, dodie.
0 likesshay xx
sending you back so much love dodie. one of the older fans here (30 :P). thank you, your music is a gift. can't wait to see what the future holds for you, i'm sure it will be nothing but greatness.
0 likesThank you dodie for everything 💛
0 likesthe problem has been built
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10 likesur fukin right it has lol here i am
188 likesyou have no idea how long this took me to figure out
0 likesThe problem is- what is it? What is "build a problem"? I am so confused 😂 probably music
1 like@Hd10 Potter think about the letters she’s been knitting!
0 likes@Hd10 Potter yes, it's build a problem
1 like@frog e yes and I was saying what is build a problem?
0 likes@Hd10 Potter not sure but she has been hinting at an album. we'll see tomorrow
1 likeI’m so grateful for you and the hope you bring us. I cryied a lot after watching this, and ti was the best present you colud hava grave me because I really needed ti.
0 likesthank you, thank you, thank you for everything
This may be my favorite dodie video. THANK YOU so much for sharing yourself with us, either in large or small capacities. You've shown us love, wisdom, insight, humor, joy, sadness, and growth. I genuinely feel like I have grown and changed a bit just from watching your videos. I'm kinda sad these l this string of letters/videos is coming to an end—I've looked forward seeing you anew each day—but I'm looking forward to where you, your music, and your videos will go next
0 likesIn this fandom for life 💖 you helped me own my own bisexuality 3 years ago, and helped me though my worst heartbreak with your music and videos. I’ll never know how to thank you for that 💖💖💖💖
0 likesYour music and blogs helped me get through some of the hardest times in my life. Some times I felt like you were talking to me about my problems even though you were talking through your own. You have the gift of making people feel seen and relating to universal experiences that a lot of artists don't tap into. Thank you for everything you've done all these years. You and your music will always hold a place in my heart.
0 likespersonal notes:
3 likes_ U I L D A P R O B L E M
7 letters: P R O B L E M
problem
5 letters: _ U I L D
build
Current top guess:
build a problem
Okay I think the beginning hums are the order that the songs in the album will be in, my current guesses- Track 6 is Rainbow, Track 8 is Kiss Me, Track 10 is Just Fine, Track 11 is When, Track 12 is Let Go??
also, not sure which track but Cool Girl will be on thereee!! :D:D
Also, I guess that confirms the confusion with the B too!! Just the wrong clip I guesss?? Oh wait. in that case the tracks might also be one off too...
Doddie, thank you for entertaining well-produced video that touch real issues about what it's like to be alive.
0 likesI want to say thank you
0 likesI was in the middle of tick attack, when youtube recommended me this video and because of your voice my ticks calmed down
Your voice... It's just somehow so calming and giving me flashbacks at the same time...
My best friend died couple years ago but your voice and words reminded me of him so much
Just thank you for virtual emotional support
I hope you're doing great, you deserve the best things in your life ❤️
dodie, i've been going through so much in my life. literally everything has changed, and it's hard for me to come to terms with. I've been struggling with my mental health trying to juggle work and finances and living situations and the whole mess that comes with being an adult entirely alone. to remind myself why it's worth it, I look for the constants. I look for sitting down at my computer and playing video games with friends, I look for reading Turtles All The Way Down and crying because someone else experiences the same disorder I do. I look for waking up to see my partner every day, I look for playing podcasts in the car, I look for the jokes I share with my coworkers, I look for music I dance to. you are one of those constants. I can listen to your beautiful music whenever I please, no matter what mood I'm in. especially lately, with these videos. this constant has helped get me out of bed. similarly to how I tell myself, "you can finish the latest episode of that podcast if you get up and go run your errands," or, "you can't call your friends if you're lying in bed," or, "breakfast with your partner happens in the kitchen, not on the bedroom floor," I'll see your notification on my phone and think, "wouldn't it look nicer on your computer screen? wouldn't it be so much more lovely to hear the harmonies in the beginning and the giggles with friends or the soup that sounds like piss with your nice headphones?" and I get out of bed. and I sit at my computer, with my nice headphones, and I watch your short little videos. and just that small amount of something , just that little nudge, is enough to convince me that, well, since I'm already up, I may as well brush my teeth. i may as well get dressed in nice clothes, maybe even some makeup. y'know, I've been running low on groceries, maybe that could be my chore for the day.
1 likethank you for being one of those little nudges. one of those tiny things that gets me out of my slump, even for just a brief moment. you've been that for me for years, validating my thoughts and feelings with your words and songs. that tiny tap on the shoulder, just a little push.
you're one of many of my gentle nudges, but I'm glad that I've been able to be a small part of this wonderful community for so long. i grew up through the terrifying teenage years with you as one of my constants. thank you.
HI I turn 21 in a month and i’ve been watching your videos for probably ~7 years now!! it’s so wild realizing how you’ve been an influence in my life for so long. I hope to continue watching you grow while I do too :))
0 likesi’ve been here for 5 years, thank you more
3 likesit has been so nice to have you posting on youtube again ❤️
0 likesi love you, thank you so much. the internet is so large and i feel like i cant really reach anyone, which makes it so scary having so much social life online now. i also feel exactly like being on that ramp so often. thank you so much for your words, ive followed you for a long time and i appreciate whatever small part of you or your life you’re still sharing - and im so excited for your new music
0 likesi was at your concert in Phoenix, AZ about a year ago. I remember you looked out into the audience to thank us and I never forgot the breathless feeling of somebody really wanting to know me and caring about my presence. You’re my saving grace! Thank you dodie
0 likesas someone who has watched you for a very very long time: thank you for not giving up on us, for sharing your life with us, for entertaining us, and for trying to give us hope and cheer us up even when you've been down. ily 💕
0 likes"It's the final letter du nu nu nu, nu nu nu nu nu"
7 likesIt's a mental breakdown du nu nu nu, nu nu nu nu nu.
love you! please keep uploading, this brings so much joy!
0 likeslove from brazil
dodie, you make me smile, you make me cry, and watching your videos, listening to your music, or even just hearing you speak, always makes me feel a bit more whole for even a moment. thank you. ❤️
0 likesI'm nineteen and been following since 2014 and you're absolutely one of my favourite artists and biggest inspirations as an artist myself. I've recently started uploading music for souncloud and ig :'') been wanting to do it for so long and finally I've done it... Feeling great about it. Also your concert in Madrid from last year was one of the best days of my life. Thank YOU, for making me feel less alone and more inspired :'D <3
0 likesThank you, Dodie. For everything.
0 likesdodie will you marry me. this is a serious inquiry.
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0 likesdodie uploaded! These daily uploads have been my small escapes. For a few minutes, everything is fine. Everything is alright. A nice warm hug is what these videos are ^_^
0 likesThankyou Dodie, mellow and thoughtful as always 👌
0 likeslove you dodie! hope you’re doing well xx❤️❤️
0 likesi love watching your videos and hearing what you have to say about life, it’s all too relatable to a point where it feels like you’re the future me lol
0 likesI've taken such a comfort in these daily videos, where you sit down and knit. I feel a lot of anxiety and discomfort in the world right now, but these videos have helped me feel some type of happiness that I just can't find elsewhere.
0 likesDear Dodie, thank you for sharing you creativity, thoughts, musing and parts of your life with us. I have been watching doddleoddle for over 10 years since early teenage days. Thank you for being you 💓
0 likesdodie I love you sm, i can't thank you enough for everything you create. It's truly amazing how you and your music have grown over time. God you're so incredibly talented- I can't wait for the new album!
0 likes(also tysm for being our youtube grandma therapist 💖✌️)
i have been having a rlly tough few weeks and your videos are getting me through it, they’re what i look forward to during the day and they make things so much better, you feel like a friend i’ve known for a long time that’s always had my back. i hope that doesn’t sound weird ! thank you dodie for everything you do for us and i’m looking forward to this announcement xx
0 likesThanks dodie! Beautiful video and I’m crying in the club rn. 😊
0 likesWas recommended one of your songs during a time of toxicity in my life (around 6 years ago now), used your music when I started university (4 years ago) and that period was ending, fell in love with my current girlfriend to your music (been together nearly 4 years).
0 likesLife is long, and painful, and beautiful. Thank you x
this was so reassuring. i'm actively learning to understand how to treat myself and handle my mental health. it's a fuckin battle but i'm doing just fine and will continue to do better as the days go on. love you always dodie
0 likesfound you my sophomore year of high school and now im into my third year of college. It's been such a wonderful journey. thank you and much love back to you and hope for finding peace in your struggles dodie <3
0 likesive watched you for 5 years! ive never commented on your videos before, but i look up to you so much. thank you dodie, you are so important, we love you
0 likesDodie, honestly thank you as well! I found you and your music during a time in my life where I was struggling with a lot. Struggling with who I was without people telling me who to be, struggling with finally processing trauma I’d gone through in the past, and struggling to like who I was turning out to be. When I found your music, it helped me so much with that. Like I remember listening to She for the first time and finally realizing I had a huge crush on my best friend. I remember listening to secret for the mad on a particularly bad mental health day, and crying my eyes out to it. I remember listening to sick of losing soulmates when my friendship with said best friend was falling apart. Your music and your videos helped me in discovering who I was when I needed that help the most, as well as helped me through some pretty rough times. I’ve been listening to your music for about six, maybe seven years now, and I’m so thankful to have stumbled into your YouTube channel and your music along with it.
0 likesNo thank you for giving me these videos. They make me sooo happy.
0 likesA big thank you from me, I'm 23 myself and your music has helped me through alot, depression, anxiety, losing loved ones and then gaining them back again.
0 likesI'm happy to say I'm at a stage in my life that I pinch myself because sometimes it feels like a dream (Literally got my dream job like), I'm now a Nursing Assistant at my local hospital aiming to study adult Nursing at one of 4 uni's, my current job has prepared me for that next step I think and your music is something to chill to at the end of a stressful shift.
Thank you, a massive one.
these last couple weeks have been like catching up with an old friend ahhhhh i love u dodie
0 likesThank YOU dodie for the past two weeks or so for uploading these lovely videos. I’ve had A-level exams during this time as well (finishing Tuesday!!) and having these videos everyday to cheer me up in such stressful times has been so helpful. You are a star✨❤️
0 likeswatching you knit everyday made me crave knitting again so last week i bought some wool and now i've nearly finished a scarf!! prob not the comment you were expecting lol but thanks for getting me back into knitting again (also ive loved seeing your face so much again!! thanks so much for doing vlogtober)
0 likesNeeded this today. Thank you ❤️
0 likesThis got me all emotional 🥺I can’t wait <3
0 likesevery video just feels like this warm blanket or hug and i love it.
0 likesI’ve been a fan for 5/6 years and I have to say you’ve been there in the best and worst points of my life and I just want to thank you for always being there even if you don’t know it 💖
0 likesand thank YOU!!! your videos bring me sm comfort and your music has helped me through so much. i've had fun w these vids! they've been v comforting during a rlly hard tome!
0 likesYou word so good! Seriously though I've been subscribed for a few years and it's been lovely to share in a little piece of this journey you've been on of getting to know yourself. It's something we all have to do in one way or another and seeing how much more "you" it appears you have become in the process is so hopeful and inspiring. Thanks for the things you've chosen to create, I like em 🙂
0 likesUgh, dodie we thank you too for always being here for us as well. You describe so many different life situations in such a great way and you make it just that little bit easier for us to cope with it. 🖤🤍🖤🤍
0 likes28 yr old and I've been following you for many many years, from many accounts and usernames, breakups and celebrations. Thank you to the moon and back x
0 likesit's crazy how she's not only amazing at writing songs, but so good at talking too. it's just so mesmerizing, i could listen to this all day long.
1 likeThank you Dodie!! You're one of the main people who inspired me to start a youtube channel. I've been watching your channel for like 6 years, your videos make me feel like everything is going to be okay, and always help me smile. I started making videos of my own to give people that same feeling of comfort and happiness I get when i watch a dodie vid.
1 likeSo yea, thank you dodie for being always there in the background for me to come back to when I need cheering up 💗
I found you first through your song Down, and then I watched She. She opened my mind alot, because before hearing that song I had never thought of the idea of dating a girl. After a few years go by, I have discovered that I am attracted to both men and women! Your channel has been eye opening for me!😊
0 likesWe Love you Dodie! Been with you since the Doven Flat Days, and will be here forever after😇😊🤣😂
0 likesnooo thank you, you are amazing and we don't deserve you :_) love you Dodie
0 likesYou’re so sweet! Been here for years tbh, I think you’re awesome! I hope your doing well and that you know that what ever you’re doing , that you’re doing the absolute best you believe you can, and I think as humans we have to hold onto the hope that that’s enough. You’re lucky, I mean not to toot my own horn or whatever, but you have some awesome fans who support you and want you to do good things, so even in those moments when you don’t feel like your best is good enough, well you have a ton of people that still want to see you do well, and who believe that you are enough 😊
0 likesThank you Doro so much on so many Levels! I cant say how your little Vid works for me. Every now and then I need input that supports my thinking.
0 likesso i usually don't comment but thank you so much for everything, your music means so much to me and i really needed this video so thank you for that too. i can't wait for what's about to come
0 likesno, thank you :)
1 likeI’m currently editing this comment from 8 months ago because I feel like I really needed this. Mental health is difficult, but I know everything’ll be okay
I was in middle school when I started watching Dodie, I am now a freshman in college and I feel like both everything and nothing has changed since then
0 likesexcited for what’s to come ! <3
1 likei found you and your music through my best friend. we both relate and love your music since we found you. now, physically, we are thousand of kilometers apart but your music is one of those things that connects us together. i hope you find joy and peace in your life just as much as you need it <333
0 likesHi, I'm 15 now, still young I know, but I can remember watching Dodie for about 5 years. I'm so grateful that I get to grow up in such a positive and wholesome community with so many lovely people. This corner of the internet is always somewhere I can come to relax and chill out. Love you all :)
0 likesever since Tessa introduced me to your channel in one of her videos it is me who should be thanking you both
0 likesthank u c:
this video really made my day, i don't know why but it somehow made me feel i little less lonely and a little bit more cared about. thank you :)
0 likesThank you for this video - the timing of everything you said and the fact you said it all today feels so deeply personal. I've been really struggling with my mental health for about 5 years now, and after somewhat/mostly recovering, it all came back this year really badly, and all just got unbearable and culminated to tonight, where I was believing that it would be easier if I just wasn't around anymore, and after several attempts over the last few days I was considering going all in tonight.
0 likesBut after hearing you speak about how this is such a small portion of our lives, and how the ramp does eventually even out, I feel such a sudden surge of hope, and somehow managed to remember that no matter how small that last bit of hope is, it's still there, and I still have my whole life ahead of me to learn how to recover and get better. There's still time. :)
I am 20 and you helped me through a very rough times thanks you. Your music really is a symphony.
0 likesLook up a song called Achilles come down it made me think of you
I've really loved this recent flurry of videos. I've missed you Dodie.
0 likesI am 21 years old and have been watching you for about 5 years now. Can't wait for whatever the reveal is! ❤️
I don't normally comment anything but I wanted to say that I've been watching you for 5 years. I started watching when I was 15 and now I'm 20. I feel like a completely different person now but I still get the same feelings from your videos. I was really lonely as a teenager and I felt understood by you and like there was a way forward. I'm not as lonely now but I still appreciate everything you do. :)
1 likei wish i had known you way earlier. but the 3 years we've had so far have been nothing but glorious. i love you and thank you for everything you do. your community is lovely🌼
0 likesI’ve watched your videos and listened to your music for about four years and you’ve helped me so much. You’ve helped me with figuring out my mental health and my sexuality and your videos just always felt like a hug. I’m going through a lot at the moment and these videos are helping me like they used to and that is so comforting. Thank you for all of that and i’m so excited about this, whatever it may be <3
0 likesHey dodie! 23F here, watched you for so many years now.. through middle and high school, through the army duties i had to do, and now through uni <3 love you lots and excited for tomorrow!
0 likesI'm so excited! I've been thinking recently about how over the last five or six years I've been watching you and growing with that. How your songs, whether they were "album worthy" or your I'm busy song or my bedroom I could relate to them on some level and how that's changed as I became an adult. So thank you Dodie for being that beautiful, eloquent, creative brain that could put those experiences into words and music that make sense.
0 likesThank you for everything, Dodie xx
0 likesahh ive been with you for almost eight years now and its been so nice and wonderful to see you grow and to listen to you
0 likesso crazy to see your growth and view on life change throughout these last few years, been watching for 6 years now, very excited for the announcement!! I recon its an album (I'm hoping it is), lots of love!!
0 likesUgh!!!! Dodie you special wonderful light, thank YOU!!
0 likesThank yOu :) just thanks !! This helps so much :’D And I’m so freaking excited for tomorrow eeee lmao what ever it is ima cry lololol
0 likesI'm so happy that you exist and glad to know of you. :)
0 likes<3
ah gosh this felt so personal. feels like you’re right there. i hope it feels that way to you too dodie. we’re all right here and there will always be people looking out for you and supporting you. thanks for making my days lil brighter. you’ve been really helpful. 💛
0 likesDodie <3 you're such a wonderful person, and your music has been a companion for many years - I've been a subscriber for... I want to say five, six years? Also we're the same age (give or take a couple months), and seeing you go through different stages/phases has always given me courage to tackle my own, and seeing how you've made such an incredible impact on people always motivates me to keep trying to pursue my goals. I don't comment often, but I watch every upload and it always puts a smile on my face (even if it's sometimes in a bittersweet, "this is so sad but I feel seen" kind of way). Will continue to stick around for whatever you are willing to share, and will always see your content as a lovely gift you put out into the world!!!
0 likesThis was lovely, thank you. Para-social relationships are a quagmire which I'm still stuck trying to completely free myself from but having you say such encouraging things here whilst also have been successfully only sharing to a certain point throughout this meant a lot. Does that make sense? Sorry, maybe it doesn't. Lot's of ideas there and I don't necessarily know how to lump them all for the meaning I intended! Anyway, thank YOU for this and everything.
0 likesAlso, on another note, weird but nice to think all of our lives are unique and SO long yet we all share something in experiencing your music and videos. Yes we all come to them with different experiences, but we do also share the experience to a certain extent. That's special <3
started watching you after carrie hope fletcher recommended your “nostalgia” video in one of her videos, and i’ve been here since. i’m beyond excited for this album. much love <3
0 likesthese videos have been such a help through this crazy time. Its nice to have something calming playing rather than just being surrounded by constant intense news headlines. Thank you dodie. I've been a fan of yours for so many years, thank you for everything you've put out into the world so far <3
0 likesThank you for exiting and providing us this content. During the Tarantino film that 2020 has been and keeps being your energy is something so pure and special. Words cannot express how grateful we all are for existing, even for those short moments on YouTube, thank you 💛
0 likesI relate to this a lot, coming up to 23yrs old. A lovely chat. Thanks Dodie. :)
0 likesHiiii Dodie, lots of love to you! I began actively watching your videos a few days ago, although I came across you in 2019 already, but I wanted to let you know that you're a lovely and amazing human being, you're just so genuine with everything, and you have helped so many people with your music and your videos❤️
0 likesTo whoever reads this, you're amazing, hope everyone's doing well😜
dodie 💛 you are so wonderful. thank you for continuing to show up to share a part of yourself even when the internet can be a vast, scary, and sometimes unforgiving space. your videos are so calming and i appreciate all of the good you bring into this world. 🌏✨
0 likesYou are such a special person! Love you so muchhh ❤
0 likesThank you for this video, i cannot believe you have put into words what I've been feeling for the past few months about the internet and the black and white thinking. Especially today, my country had it's presidential elections and everyone seems to have gone mad, the last few weeks were unbearable to be online. But having you posting again has made it better, and feeling like I'm not the only one that is repulsed by the way the internet is rn is so refreshing. I've been feeling more and more like my thoughts and experiences go so far beyond the dichotomy of the discussions online that i need to protect them and keep them to myself, and it has made me value my own opinions and thoughts a lot more, because o don't feel the need to share them. I think a lot of beautiful things, and i have kind intentions, and i feel so free just not engaging with the systems that try to reduce them into boxes
0 likesMy friend told me about you 5 years ago and you have come to mean so much to me. Your music and willingness to be vulnerable in your videos and music helped me to overcome lots of traumas and leave the people I needed to. Thank you Dodie
0 likesIt’s been fun growing up with you for the past (almost) five years. I first came across you when Evan was doing those British v. American videos. When I was a teenager in high school, I absolutely loved Would You Be So Kind and Absolutely Smitten (they’re so cute and fluffy and aaa). I remember being 16-17 and crying every single time I listened to When. Now, in my last year of college, your music has shifted into something more mature—a little deeper, less playful, and more of what I like to call my pile of “songs that I feel in my soul” (Guiltless, Ready Now, and Anyway). I’m excited for what you’ll come up with during this period of uncertainty that is my early 20’s ;-;❤️
0 likesWe love you Dodie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
1 likeI just wanted to say that I’m 30 and I’ve been watching you for years, obviously I’ve always been older than you haha but I’ve always found your music sad yet comforting and the way you speak about life is so interesting and engaging. I’m an LGBT+ youth worker (and an LGBT+ person myself) and lots of the young people I work with adore you. Anyway I dunno what the point of my comment is, I guess just hello from an “older” fan (I don’t consider myself a part of any fandoms like I did when I was younger but I’m definitely a fan and from what I’ve seen across the years your fandom is filled with love and friendliness and kindness! You should feel so proud of yourself for nurturing that kind of fandom!). Anyway just hello and thank YOU! 💕💫
0 likesI've never commented and just created this profile to be able to so
0 likesI LOVE YOUR MUSIC and your nice and aesthetic videos!
also ... I AM SO EXITED FOR TOMOROW !!!!!!
thank you dodie! ♥ i've been a subscriber for a long time and your videos and lyrics always gave me comfort. i look up to you a lot as an aspiring musician that started on youtube :)
0 likesHonestly 5 years feels like nothing
0 likesIove you dodie ❤️
thank you for this series ♥️
0 likesThank you dodie! I usually don't comment, but your videos have definitely helped me in some ways to slowly learn how to life. Exited to see what you'll show us tomorrow! 😁
0 likesI first subscribed to you in September of 2016 and it’s so crazy to see how much you’ve grown and how i got to grow up with you. so thank you as well
1 likeI just watched this before I go to school. A very nice start to my day indeed, so excited for tomorrow
0 likesYou put up these videos in a very emotional time for me. Your messages resonate with me and have brought me a bit of quiet peace, feeling like I have someone else who is in too. I hope you find your own peace.
0 likesI think it's insane the fact that I'm 20 and you're still speaking to my soul. I think I was 16 when I found you and ever since then you have put words to feelings that I didn't understood. I was (and still am) so scared of feeling sad, and you helped me to let go.
0 likesI can't thank you enough for creating a safe space for me and so many people around the world
i’ve been watching you for nearly five years and it’s wild to go back on your old videos because it’s not just looking at who you used to be but who i used to be at that time as well, and see how both of us have grown??
0 likessaw you in berlin and munich concert. Was so good for my mental health and was frontrow both times 😄
0 likesthank you for your music helps me and my borderline a loooot
thank you dodie.
0 likesthis video really hit home for me.
my friends and i just discuss politics and how we're going to get into college and make money and in the meantime i'm just. here. existing. in between things, y'know?
so it's really, really good to hear that i have... time.
so thanks. means a lot.
I’ve been a fan for about 3 yrs now and because of you Dodie, and your channels and content, I’ve managed to get through and keep going. So, thank you for being alive and for the content you make 🥰
0 likesSending you all the love and peace and strength right back!! You've given so much to this community and made such a difference to so many of us. I've been following your music and videos for years-- I'm one of those followers who's around your age (also bi! and with depersonalization!!) and your videos have had such a positive influence. They've made me feel much less alone over the course of figuring all of this out, and your art has helped me through so many dark spots in my life. Thank you so much! <3 Can't express that enough.
0 likesdear dodie,
0 likesi hope that you know how much your gentle, soul-filling music means to people (how much it means to me). i'm so glad i found you and i'm so lucky to get to follow your journey.
sending lots of love your way
xoxo
thank you for being you, you mean so much to me and many people so thank you and ily <3
0 likesThis is so beautiful, I love the way your music has impacted your fans. For me personally yes, your music has been there through it all. All of the highs and lows as you said. I recorded a version of “intertwined” for my aniversery with my first boyfriend and then softly cried to sick of losing soulmates on the bus my junior year after we broke up. I’ve had countless fun nights singing “you” loudly with my friends, all competing to see who could sing the high note at the end. Ive cried to so many of your songs over my second breakup “let go”, “just fine”, “one last night please” (that one really got me). I sent ready now to my best friend to thank her for helping me to grow into who I am. I went to your concert with my best friends and laughed and cried and danced. Two weeks ago I had surgery and the doctors played “she” for me to fall asleep to which added so much peace to a very scary situation. You’ve even inspired me to write my own music. So thank you dodie. Thanks for being such a big part of my highschool and now college journey
0 likesEvery time I think I have reached maximum love for dodie...
0 likesthank you from the bottom of my heart for this. i just began quarantining, in a new building, in a new city, alone, as i have symptoms of COVID-19 (i’m planning on getting tested soon), and this helped ground me and help me admire everything i can see from this small window for the few weeks that i’m here. i can still feel the fullness that life has to offer. thank you, again, for this little talk and for all of the amazing narratives and artistic creations that you’ve put out for the world to see.
0 likesI have really loved these videos. Such a constant comfort in what is a very hard time. I’m so grateful for your music and your voice and your thoughtfulness. Thank you for being you and spreading love and joy.
0 likesSo excited to find out what this what this project has been about😁😁. Thank you for being so amazing, i really love you and everything you do. You never fail to make my day brighter. Sending you love from newcastle❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesEven though I know only a tiny little part of the real you, you feel like an old friend. Sometimes I come here a lot, other times I don't for a while, but it's always nice to meet you again and see how you've changed (while I, myself, have changed too). Your music is always a soft and safe place for me, I'm happy you decided to share it with the world :·)
0 likesI just love her wholesomeness
0 likesI found you your music and your videos when I was in the lowest of my lows, winter 2018-early 2019. I’ve stuck around since then and it makes me happy to see this and hear you talking about life and everything it’s just really interesting considering how you helped me so much and probably many others and you don’t even know my name. It’s Maggie by the way, hi :) I hope you’re doing well if you’re dodie or if you’re a person reading this, have a nice day/night :)
0 likesthank you, dodie. thank you.
2 likesI think I found your channel through the collab with PAINT and fell in love with your music.
0 likesI hoped to finally see you live on tour earlier this year - but I have to say I'm just really glad I discovered you, this little gem of emotional openness, amongst the sea of channels on this platform. Every video of yours is like a balm for the soul.
I hope you'll stay as happy (mostly) as you seem to be now. And I hope that, too, for myself and anyone who feels the same.
thank you dodie. i found you and your music in middle school and now im graduating this year and you’ve been one of the things that has served as a constant comfort and gotten me through it all. much love! <3
0 likesVideos like this inspire me so much. I remember SitC 2018 you live for the first time, meeting Daniel, Hannah and so many people. It was after the worst panic attack in my life, first time I travelled by myself. It meant so much to me. I felt so grounded that day, depersonalisation and derealisation wasn't an issue that day. I felt like me. Thank you dodie. Granted I cried and screamed so much that looking back I'm embarrassed. It helped me in more ways I care to admit, it helps me to know doing this helps you also. Thank you dodie xxx
0 likesdodie thank YOU for being you and making music that resonates with so many people. i could literally be feeling any way and you'd have a song to fit that mood
0 likesYour video... it makes me feel. Allow me to, if you will, explain how it does so:
1 likeAge: It doesn't matter how old you are; you bring your own experiences, your own failures, your own successes, everything, into a conversation with anyone who is willing to listen.
Mistakes and guilt: Yes. This number will only get larger the more you live. Learn from them, live through them. Whether you're dodie or anybody, it still applies.
Life is long. It's longer than you ever expect, and shorter than you ever want. The ramp leveling is life: Everything leads up to the ramp, and then the ramp levels out. What do you do when you reach the ramp? Do you want to crest the ramp, or back off and come back down? That's something that only you can answer for yourself. Honestly, it seems like you're riding the ramp, and you will never regret it, no matter what happens.
Empathy and The Internet scares you: It should. As someone who was there from the birth of the Internet as we know it today, there's a vast disconnect between actual humanity and what we experience online. People view the anonymity the Internet provides as a shield; a barrier or disconnect between how they should act and how they do act. Be wary of anyone who acts differently online as opposed to in your face.
By Jove, you have done it. If you stop, right now, you've successfully navigated and conquered the known world. You're an international sensation, and literally more than anything more than anyone my age would have hoped for in our time.
The bottom line is this: Perspective is a hell of a drug. Appreciate yours, and respect others; somewhere in between is the real truth. You've got an amazing head start on most people your age, don't forget that.
Thanks you dodie <3 stay as you are, always
0 likesI really needed this today. So thank YOU
0 likesI find it quite interesting how when I started watching dodie it felt like she was so much older and mature than me and I used to put her on a pedestal. Now, I am 20, I know how much she has changed and grown in the past couple of years and now she inspires me and gives me hope that I can become better.
0 likesAlso I now have great friends that are older than dodie but 5 years ago I felt that she was so muh older than me...
i feel like my little life track is at a steep incline and its only getting steeper. everyday feels like ten. your videos have got me through so much. your music is sometimes the only thing moving me forward. thank you for everything you do. i wish i could support you more. all i have is my presence.
0 likesand i hope your journey is as wonderful and exciting and heartbreaking and fulfilling as all of ours will be! thank you for the kind sentiment, you are truly a lovely human being. can't wait to hear your new song!! i love u dodes <3
0 likes"the young people tend to be the loudest but I see all of you that are my age" - Dodie's 2 years older than me and when i was a teenager I always thought she was this mystical adult figure to look up to, but now we're both just women going about our mid twenties I feel like i can relate more than ever :) so excited for the album!
0 likesMan, you have some magical timing my dude. Lately, I've been thinking about e x a c t l y what you're saying. Life is so much bigger than we think, and no one can fit into boxes because we are simply more than them. All these experiences and things we've been through aren't us, but things we've lived through. We cant be simplified to our thoughts or our past or our patterns, because we have lived them, and we are here now, they aren't (I hope that makes some sense). I've been struggling lately, and though I won't go through the details, it's so nice to see I'm not alone in my thoughts and experiences, and it's also so cool to come back to your channel and reflect on a few years ago when I was listening to "secret for the mad" to have hope for the future, and I hope you know how impactful your work is on so many people, although we don't know each other, your work and art has helped me a lot and I'm so thankful <3
0 likesI found you when I was around twelve years old and suicidal. My parents were divorced, I had friends that were absent, and everyone I knew had basically abandoned me. Now I'm sixteen years old, a Junior in highschool with better friends and am applying to internships and building a resume for a future career in graphic design and marketing. Your book, songs, and vlogs have helped me so much throughout the years and I appreciate that a lot.
0 likesThank you for being a friend even if I don't know you <3
I found your channel through a friend when I was younger. It’s been about four years since and I look back at the way I saw the world and I wonder why it changed. And then I look at my life’s “intricate nuances” and you put it and I realize where it comes from. My life has been crazy and as of late with things that have happened to me I’ve been struggling to find a reason to keep going. But knowing your channel is a place I can go, as cheesy as it sounds, to look at life as a beautiful landscape is something I cherish and appreciate greatly. I don’t know if you’re reading this or if anyone else is, but despite how I feel sometimes I know life can be beautiful and the wonderful people here and you Dodie have taught me that. My own journey has shaped who I am, and I too have been learning boundaries. I’m 18 and I know I’ve got a lot left to live, but I look back at 14 year old me and I wish I could tell him that life can be beautiful and you should hold onto that view even with all the things you are going to go through. Thank you Dodie for all you do and thank you anyone else who reads this for being here and existing and making life seem more beautiful
0 likesThank you dodie. I meant it, honestly, thank you
0 likesyour words mean a lot to me, thank you. cried a lot lol, thanks for those 6 years ive known you.
0 likesI don’t want this to end it’s like a little nugget of happiness in my day
0 likesI've honestly really enjoyed your little videos you've made recently. They're so short and simple, but they're nice that way. Little snippets of ideas and thoughts and life and a reflection on life as a whole, made up of all the good and bad and everything inbetween. I find myself making cups of tea and cosying up to watch them, and forget about the rest of the world for a few minutes, and reflect on myself. It feels so personal, yet so widely relatable to so many people, and really quite beautiful in a way.
0 likesThese last few videos have really helped me.
0 likesSending love from a 26 year old silent viewer who never comments on anything.
ill be honest, i’ve felt like shit all month and these videos made me feel a little less like shit. thank you
0 likesneeded to hear this today. im young and making mistakes and this comforted me.
0 likesive been a fan of yours for a few years now! I went to your concert at the sd house of blues on oct 9th, 2019 with one of my friends. i was really scared that night because i had a very traumatic experience at the concert before yours that caused me to have an anxious breakdown. but the space at your concert made me feel so safe. i've missed you and i'm glad you're back on youtube <3
0 likesThank you. This is lovely. It was needed.
0 likesi wish i could hug the me that found dodie 5 years ago, but we have grown with dodie and that is just so special. thankyou always dodie, we love you so much
0 likesDear Dodie, I like You soooo sooo much!!!! I kinda grew up with your videos. I am watching your Videos since four years and I still enjoy them after all this time. I went with You through your ups and downs, and felt understood with my own struggles. Tank You for creating this beautiful art <(^^)>
0 likesLots of love,
Marly
ack ack ack ack ack It makes me so happy it hurts to see dodie fiddling with the internet again, I treasure every word that she speaks to us
0 likesno, thank you <3. These video's really make/made my day. =D
0 likesThis fandom is always such a nice space to come to and feel supported by each other. I've been here for a few years now and you and your music have helped me through many rough times, so thank you too! I'm excited for tomorrow :)
0 likesSpotify blessed me with your song about 3 years ago and it is such a adventure to see how much you changed and how much I changed during this time. You were and still are always my inspiration and I was so happy seeing you on concert in Poland. I hope when everything will be more safe again I'll see you somehow live. I'm looking forward to know what all of those hints mean (I'm pretty sure it'll be incredible as always) and I'm so grateful that you're doing what you're doing and I just felt like sharing it so thank you for everything byee
0 likesBeen here for awhile and plan to be here for awhile. I’ve had the chance to grow up with your music. My early 20s were filled with your music and still is. Can’t wait to see what’s this next chapter has in store for us all ❤️
0 likesThank YOU for being part of my good moments.
0 likesI love that of the infinity of the universe this is the tiny piece that I am experiencing right now <3
0 likesdodie! I can't believe I've been watching your channel for 8 years. I'm 20 now - that's ridiculous!! Your videos and your music have been one of the few consistencies in my life, and I'm so grateful to have grown up with them both. My friends and I were lucky enough to have met you and Evan at your Sydney meet up in 2014 I think? and then again when you were touring with Bry in 2015. We gave you some really tacky green Australia themed oven mitts and called them "Dovan" mitts lmfao. What a strange patch of life to have lived through . Thank you again for everything! Excited to see what the future brings <3
0 likesi love these video's. they're so deep, but like lowkey comforting and i think that that attributes to the new dodie era? idk. maybe. anyway i love it. i love how you're not putting yourself on a pedestal but you're honest. and real. not afraid of going into depth. we need more of that in this world
0 likes<3
I am a 6ft 2" tall, teenaged, death metal fan, with a split personality and general lack of connection to the world around me. I am living proof that anyone can love your videos/songs/face.
0 likesthank you for being there in all the tiny ways that matter <3
0 likesI really enjoyed these videos and it’s so much fun trying to put letters together and I think I know what it is 🤫
0 likesThank you Dodie ❤️❤️ aaaa I can't wait for tomorrow
0 likesi literally love you so much dodie your amazing
0 likesI actually haven’t watched your videos in yearsss but I just found you again through this series, and I cannot tell you how much your genuine-ness and calm in the face of discussing more difficult subjects has given me peace. It sounds weird to say lol but watching your videos now has just made me feel so calm and understood while I’m in this part of my life where I feel anything but calm and understood by people around me. So thank you for creating content like this, and I am very glad to be back watching as well as back in this lovely bubble of people 💞💞
0 likesWe love you dodie, thank you :)
0 likesI’ve been watching your videos just because of your voice. 😍😍
0 likesAs one of those 'older' people watching your videos, THANK YOU.
0 likesi'm just so happy to be a part of this fandom
0 likesthis little talk was so comforting 💛
0 likesAs one of your oldest (75) and most recent subscribers (only a few months ago) I'd like to say thank you for being you!
0 likesyou are beautiful. your personality, you as a person - i love you sm, ty for being here
0 likesi really needed to hear this today dodie 🥺 the pandemic has taken a huge toll on my mental health, and today was the closest ive come to a panic attack in a few months. my allergies mimic a lot of covid symptoms and our cases are going up. so thank you for sending peace, it really cheered me up ❤️
0 likesim so happy to have met you face to face in LA when it was possible. it is such a blessing to have had your eyes meet mine and for us to personally acknowledge each other as individuals, even if just for a minute or two. i wish you only happy feelings.
0 likesIt's fun to think I'm in this fandom - I didn't realize I really was until I saw your announcement video and immediately preordered a vinyl. Your music definitely meant a lot to me in different ways at different times (coming to terms with my identity in middle school, being an emotional outlet later on) and feel so lucky that I've gotten to see you live. Your live show almost exactly a year ago today in LA is the best show I've ever been to because every single member of the audience knew all the words, and you are a great performer. Anyway, don't particularly know why I'm writing this, more than just to say thank you and I'm excited for the new album! Congrats! (and thank you to the rest of you who form such a great group)
1 likei’ve been watching since 2013 or 2014.. as a teen i resonated with you and saw myself in you but just a few years younger and usually somehow one step ahead of you as far as what you shared online went. like mental and physical health obstacles type of stuff. i admire you for overcoming so much and watching you grow up made me growing up more comfortable too because i was so scared of it (i still fucking am what is this). my husband and i were talking about you the other day even while i listened to Life Lesson and our CAT NAMED DODIE (i’ve given you pictures of her before she’s black) about how thru the years i’ve kept up with your content and not fallen away. Dodie is 3 now even. thank you for the content and love to your community
0 likesI have been watching your videos on and off since I found your channel all of those years ago when I was just graduating High School, I remember the ups in your life that you shared as well as all of the downs you've expressed in your life over the years. I remember how my life was at those points, the lows, the highs, and having someone so raw such as yourself expressing these issues in the past and your own struggles is something I am forever grateful for. You've always been a beacon of light for me(I am now 26 years of age) and was diagnosed with a certain Dissociative/Depersonalization Disorder, that I would have never even explored had I not been watching you.
0 likesDodie you have ALWAYS progressed forward, you have always pressed forward, you have helped many of us in so many ways I am not sure you'll ever be able to fully understand. I am sure you won't see this but if you do please know that no matter what struggles lie ahead, no matter if you continue to post here or on YT at all. Just know you have a huge group of individuals who have survived, learned, grown, and become better in part due to your openness with sharing on YT.
I will always remember you and this channel fondly, and I will always come back to see how far you've come. Best wishes in life Dodie, thank you again for allowing me to understand my own life a little better.
Much love always, for you, and for everyone that has stuck around or just subscribed.
Thanks doddie. Needed this right now.
0 likesdodie got me crying in the first minute <3
0 likesDodie your sooo human and that's why I love you! I am so glad you found your way I feel like we struggled through depression togther grew up togther which is silly cause I dont know you really. But your just so human and I love that. I'm 25 and just starting to my journey after a long time trying to find my way. Good luck to you fellow human !
0 likesI really needed this, thank you so much
0 likesThanks dodie, you're lovely
0 likesI found your music in January through Tessa Violet and then I found Orla...love you all, you’re so talented! <3
0 likesSo, I doubt you'll read this but I want to thank you because in all your nuanced and complex life you gifted us with your music and talent. I can say that I don't know you, but I get it. I get the highs and the lows you show through your art. And it is true that you don't know me, but I know that if you did, you would get it too. A big hug from Spain
0 likesive been watching u since i was 12 and im nearly 18 now... u helped shape a lot of who i am and u dont even know me. the world is so massive and peoples impacts are just immense wtf bro
0 likesmaybe it's the fact that i'm running on about 1.5 hrs of sleep over the past 30 hours but you do be out here nearly makin me cry with your lovely lovely words
0 likes"and you will be okay" dodie 2020. Fuck my heart just melted
0 likesThank you, Dodie <3
0 likesThank you so much dodie for sharing your talent, your experiences, your highs and lows, and for taking care of yourself and choosing to put up those boundaries. I am so so so excited for whatever comes next. You inspire me to take better care of myself, to take quiet moments for listening to a 25 year old pretend to be my granny from northern England, for catching up with friends, for looking at a cute look book and get inspiration for my own clothes. Your content lately has been so nice and comforting to watch, and your music continues to touch my soul. You truly have something amazing here, and I truly think my life is better for it. 😊 Thank you dodie, been waiting for this big reveal since the first time you mentioned it and I am soooo excited!!!
0 likesi am so glad that you are one of the YouTubers i grew up with. i started watching you in 2012, found you threw your old collab channel, when i was only about 11 or 12, you were like my cool older sister or the one older teen who I looked up to as a kid and now here we are your 25 and I'm 18. It's been so cool how we are going through totally different phases in our lives and yet for me it was as if we were still going throw it all together. i can never thank you enough for that.
0 likesThank you, dodie 💛
0 likesI'm glad that I found your channel 3 years ago, I will be sticking with it for a long time too. Your videos and music has inspired me and I listen to your music everyday and can't get enough.
0 likesPlease keep doing what you do because it shows me and many others that being yourself is super important and I can relate so much through your music.
I'm trying to get through school and there are lots of exams coming up but your songs and little videos really help me get through it all, I'm proud to be a part of the dodie fandom <3
i found out some bad news about my grandparents today and just listening to your voice is helping so much. thank you so much
0 likesI have watched your videos since 2016 (I think) and I always liked to rewatch them before they were made private because they were so comforting to me. You seem like such a gentle person and there’s something so relaxing about listening to you whether that’s talking in your videos or through your music. So thank you Dodie for being a comfort to me in these hard times and in many hard times I’ve had before ❤️
0 likesthank you dodie, your music literally saved my life about 3-4 years ago. everything you do means the world to me. you also helped me realise i am bisexual and helped me feel less alone with my bad brain, you deserve everything thank you <3
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also please excuse my writing what was that, i am up at an ungodly hour
0 likesI'm 29, and I think I've been here since about the beginning.. back when you and Bry (who went by Bribry then) played music together. I don't know if I've ever commented but I have watched and listened to mostly everything you've made.. and saw you in Seattle last year. Your music has always been a place of refuge for me. You were the only reason I knew what was happening to me when I had a psychotic break in 2017 and suffered severe DPDR. I would have had no idea if you hadn't spoken about your experience, and just knowing that it was a real thing (in a world of completely unreal things) may have saved my life honestly... Thanks for being here, it's been a pleasure to grow up alongside you in a way.
0 likesThis video honestly made me cry. I'm not really sure why, but every word you said just hit me so hard. Your music always makes me feel better whenever I'm feeling down. It's just very relatable and every time you talk about your mental health I feel like I'm not alone with mine. Getting a video from you every day the last two weeks has made my days so much better. Thank you ❤️
0 likesI get so caught up in the negatives sometimes, that I very often don't see positive things that have happened in my life. This video, listing the complexities of humanity, helped me grasp some really good moments. I guess that's how I Build A Problem---a lot of it is battling my own head :)
0 likesSending you all the more love, strength and peace can't wait to see what you've come up with this time :'')
0 likesim 20 and you remind me that its okay to be the way that i am. so thank YOU!!!
0 likesYay, this is what I needed, thank you!
0 likesAs much as I want the announcement to be new music (I really really do!) Something tells me it might be a book? She has mentioned before that she wanted to write another one. And build a problem really does sound like a book. It could also be an album/EP and that would be awesome too!
0 likesAs much as I want the announcement to be new music (I really really do!) Something tells me it might be a book? She has mentioned before that she wanted to write another one. And build a problem really does sound like a book. It could also be an album/EP and that would be awesome too!
0 likesOkay, life IS long ffs. I've only been alive for 24 years and I'm already tired of this bullshit lmao
0 likes(I've been watching your videos for years now, your music is amazing I relate a lot to your songs and feelings. I'm not very loud to be honest but just know that I'm always here and wishing you the best 🤍 )
oh wow i wasn't expecting to cry?? tfw you don't realize how much you're struggling until someone kind offers you some empathetic words and you totally break down
1 likeThank you, Dodie. Thank you.
0 likeswithout fear, peace has no meaning. feel it, explore it. the peace will find you. i love you sm, and i’m so excited for tomorrow! :) <3
0 likesI haven't yet commented on any of Dodie's work before but I've been listening and following since at least 2016, every video is like a catch up with a friend and I adore the realism so much. Thank you for sharing this part of yourself with us.
0 likesHi dodie! If you're reading this, I just want to say thank you for all the hope you have gave me through your songs and videos. They have helped me a lot when I was in a darker place. In my late teens, I used to struggle a lot with mental health and not knowing what I wanted to do for a living. Now, in my early 20s, I have moved to a big city and I'm studying to become a translator, a career which I'm madly passionate about. I love working with words and shaping sentences, and finding the right ways to say things.
0 likesI feel like, in our separate and individual lives, you and I have both grown up a lot. I'm so proud of our accomplishments. I'm so proud of this community that lets us be vulnerable and human together. Thank you for everything, dodie. You're amazing and wholesome <3
thank you, dodie
0 likesthank you so so much
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No dodie, Thank YOU. You saved me, you saved us.
0 likesThank you. I needed to hear what you had to say today. It wasn't a bad day. It wasn't a good day. It had it's moments of pain and joy, some of it more intense than others. Still, stumbled onto your words and they made a difference. So thank you.
0 likesim lucky to have the opportunity to be impacted by your energy dodie, i wish you peace and happiness in ur own journey too ♡ i alsp truly believe that empathy is the strongest suit we have. I love too hard but i wouldn't have it any other way
0 likesi rlly rlly hope it’s an album, n that each set of chords from each video is used for each song!! ahhh
0 likes24 years old and I've no idea how long I've been here because every video has feel like it's been right now for me even if the videos are old 😅 here for the long run ❤️
0 likesI needed this, so thank YOU
0 likesidk how to explain it but sometimes with other youtubers when you watch their videos it’s like, ur aware that they are addressing thousands of others but with dodie’s videos she always makes it feel like she’s talking only to you, that ur special in that way, and idk it’s just rly nice n comforting <3
0 likesi never comment but i just wanna say that ive been here for about 6 years and your songs have always carried me through the most terrible of circumstances varying from paralysis and homelessness to queerness. weve never met but i feel like you know me, your music makes me feel seen
0 likesu mean a lot to a lot of people my dude🥰
0 likesit’s been so wonderful to see you post so much these days. i honestly
0 likeshave felt like i’ve been able to grow up with you and so much of my life has been shaped by you. I think i was 13 when i discovered this channel and you’re the reason i started to pursue music and songwriting (i now know how to play three instruments because of this!! yay!!). It’s crazy to think how much of an effect you’ve had on me without ever meeting (oh the internet). But i will tell you it’s a beautiful thing. Im almost 18 now and i’ve been so lucky to have you in my life. thank you for the inspiration. truly wouldn’t be who i am today without it. Love you dodie!
Thank you dodie for sharing your beautiful unique way of thinking beautiful video your a beautiful unique intelligent woman love you so much dodie
0 likesHi Dodie! Truly, thank you for this. When I was a freshman (Year 9?) three years ago, I was diagnosed with depression and depersonalization/derealization. I have loved your art for years, so learning that you also live with these things was so relieving to me - I had never heard of anyone else going through what I go through. I am so proud of all that you have done since I first started watching your videos six years ago. So excited for this next project! Take care of yourself! 💛
0 likesDear dodie,
0 likesI wanted to thank you so much for being a beacon of hope and inspiration for me for the last five years. I recently finished nursing school and I have been studying to take the nursing license exam (NCLEX). I've been struggling with both a lack of support and encouragement, but also a lot of self-doubt about whether or not I can be a great nurse.
But your music, the experiences you share, and the emotional spectrum that you reveal to us has always given me hope, lifted my spirits, and reminded me of just how important of a gift the empathy I have for others is. I found out I was an empath (or Highly Sensitive Person) in college and I learned how to balance caring for myself with the unique gift that I have. I hope that my empathy helps when I enter into the world of nursing.
The love, kindness, and hope that you share with us is EXTREMELY appreciated. I truly hope that I can to meet you someday so that I can give you a huge hug (with your permission of course) and thank you so much for just being who you are. I think the world is very blessed to have you in it.
We're all gifts to this world, we all bring something to it that makes it a better place to be. Your outlook on life, the love your share, the music you make, the unbelievably gorgeous person you are, both inside and out, and the smiles and tears that we've shared in with you truly make you remarkable dodie. Thank you, for just being you, and know that even though I only scratch the surface of who you are (one can only garner so much about a person through online videos), know that I think you're remarakbly special, a true beacon of light, and a phenomenal person through and through. You really make me believe that angels exist!
We're always cheering you on dodie - thank you for doing the same for us! So much hype for the album coming out this week!
With love, Andrew :)
P.S. Everyone else who reads this, know that you are awesome too! Keep striving to be the best you can be and have a wonderful day! :)
this was so comforting and pleasant to watch. i'm a fan that is very close in age to you (i'm 24) and i've been watching you since i was 17 and i'm so happy that i have been and will continue to be on this journey with you ❤️
0 likesi usually dont comment but i will to say, you are welcome and you are fantastic. keep doing you <3
0 likesi turned 20 today.. i’m feelin’ A Lot Of Things but this video was wonderful. it hit a lot of the things i’m Feelin’ and Thinkin’ abt. so Thank You dodie. thank u for a wonderful gift.. i hope you’re doing well and i can’t wait to see u tomorrow :’)
0 likesI sobbed. Thank you dodie.
0 likesI am so fucking excited oh my god dodie is about to save this absolute steaming pile of shit that’s been 2020 and lowkey cure my seasonal affective
0 likesDon’t know why but I really needed the bit about life being long, thank you
1 likeI'm so glad I'm not the only one who sings "final countdown" every time you say something with the same syllables. In fact, I was doing it in my brain before you did it in real life and it just brought me joy.
0 likesI first saw you in a video where you revealed you hid 'Arms Unfolding' in pieces in a score of other videos and then stitched them together. I think it was on reddit, maybe. You're an amazing content creator, and a beacon of hope for all your fans.
0 likesive been watching you for over six years and i have met you and saw you like and those where the happiest memories of my life and i just want to say thankyou for everything.
0 likesthe way that i feel so disconnected right now and then you posted and gave us strength. thank YOU dodie. you give me so much hope
0 likesthank you dodie, youre the best
0 likesWe love you dodie 💜
0 likesI’ve been a fan since you moved in with Evan you’ve inspired me so much
0 likesI’ve said this once before to you on Twitter and you responded(!) But I said, you and your songs give my pain meaning and joy. And though I’ve never met you, and I’ve only seen you perform live once- you’re the friend I’ve always wanted and needed and I love you so much dodes. And I’m so overjoyed at all your hard-work and progress and the way you’re so humble and vulnerable to your fans. 💕
0 likesThank u mother dodie (I say this as someone a few years older than u but I think u get the vibe lol). This set of videos have been a true point of joy in each of my days. It's nice to sit and listen to someone work through their own intricate view of the world, and moving through the complexities and uncertainty and (often) scariness of it all. You are, just wonderful 💛
0 likesI’ve been here for five years. It’s weird because I found you when you were already pretty popular (your most recent song was ‘down’) and I always felt late to the party, like everyone else watching had been there longer. But now the length of time I’ve been subscribed is the example you gave on the long end of the spectrum 😂 There are people who just found you yesterday and people who drifted away long ago. Guess I’m not late anymore. Anyway, thank YOU. It’s been fun going through my early twenties with you. We’re both such different people now than we were back then, and yet here we still are. Funny how that works.
0 likesI'm 25 years old and have been subscribed for a very long time. It's weird to think how much has changed over the years. Thank you for this opportunity to think back.
0 likesI(21) got into your videos about 3 years ago. Or longer.. idk i think at the time you were living with evan idk. But i fell out of it for a long time. I rediscovered you only this week and i have found your videos so calming and anxiety relieving which i need rn. I just started uni and im doubting myself a lot but i just need to push trough.
0 likesIt's coming up on a year that I've been here and I'm beyond glad that I did. Musically, you have become a true inspiration and I've discovered so many other artists through your content as well. Beyond that though there's this weird sense of past tense FOMO that I get from watching your old videos, a sense that I wish I could've been there, I find that feeling fascinating. Nevertheless I couldn't be more excited for what's to come tommorow. 🖤🖤
0 likesbeen here since about 2016 i think? maybe 2017. took a year or so off to delve into other interests but thankfully have found myself back onto your channel. mental health just kinda took a dive and i'm unsure why, but your videos and you in general seem to give me a bit of ease and comfort. you truly are very special dodie and thank you for being you and allowing us to be a part of that. <3
0 likesbroo you're thanking me??? i should be thanking YOU. i still remember listening to secret for the mad at 1:00 am my freshman year of high school and trying to hold on to life - i'm so glad i did. so much of you and your music means so much to me. <33333
0 likesThank you for putting what I've been thinking about into words. Nothing is ever black and white and I think that I struggle with wrapping my head around that but it's good to hear it said by someone other than me. There's so so so much grey area and trying to put it into categories it doesn't fit into just makes everything seem a whole lot different than it really is. Idk how much sense that makes lol. Anyway, thank you for this lovely project, it's really given me something to look forward to, and I've needed it. Thank you! ✨💕
0 likesBeen a fan since I was 20... now I’m 27. Met you once at a Jacob collier gig ☺️ Love your music and videos and yeah... never stop doing you 🤟💛
0 likesYo love your music you rock Thank You
0 likesi'm really not very good with words and i very very rarely comment on videos but its a must! ...back in the day, i used to watch you because you were one of the very few truly relatable people on the platform and i adored your content and i felt like i had a friend of sorts in you. i was going through an extremely hard time and your videos and your music genuinely helped me, guided me and taught me so much about myself. I came to one of your shows last year and it was magical but im not online very much so havent seen much of your online presence other than your music for a while. Things have been particularly bad for the last year but this last couple of months have been particularly trying...and here you are again, posting content which makes me feel peaceful and showing me a 'friendly' face in a time of need. while this video is you saying thank you to us, i just wanted to return the thanks as well and just let you know that myself along with so many others are so unbelievable grateful for what you have brought into our lives.
1 likelots of love!
This is the first comment I’ve left on your videos Dodie, but I’ve been watching your content since about 2013 and I still remember sending one of your covers to friends like “look at this angel!!” when I was about 15 lol. I wrote my own songs with my ukulele and have derealisation disorder too, so I felt a weird special relation to your content lol. These types of videos were always my favourite. Your video interviewing your manager was the first thing to make me think about going into artist management, and pre-covid I had just got my business degree and that’s what I was starting out in! It’s been very funny hearing your name pop up in random places, because in my head your content is still like a lovely little secret. I was running a music event pre-covid and one of your songs came up in our venue playlist lol. I’ve even met an artist who listed your songs as one of her inspirations. Im very proud of you and to see how far you’ve come and especially your personal growth- I don’t know you, but I can see how much you’ve grown. I’m 23 now and very unemployed in one of the longest lockdowns in the world, and I have no hope of any career in what I was working for years towards. I was having the hardest year of my life before we even knew what covid19 was, and then I lost my only dream too. I’ve never travelled or lived anywhere away from home but my best hope is to try to find any work I can get in a different state, to move to a new city completely alone without savings. It’s pretty scary lmao. I hadn’t watched your videos in a couple years until this week, and it’s been very comforting and nostalgic at a time when the future and my identity feel like a big empty void for the first time. I always appreciated how much love and care and nuance you put into your content. Thanks for this little series. Lots of love ❤️ xx
0 likesI love you all 💙
0 likesThis fandom is cool.
joined for a common love of la la land, stayed for the knitting and ethereal song covers. lovedy love xoxo
0 likesmajority of the time when youtubers talk to their fans in videos i dont find it so connecting and feel like theyre just talking to a camera not to an actual human being. but dodie just feels so real. like shes my best friend and we’re sitting on her floor somewhere just chatting and knitting and it feels so genuine.
0 likesI'm so glad that you exist as one of the creators on YT that spend their time and effort sharing, but also criticising, their experience of life and it's relation through and along side the internet and this platform. My experience is quite different to yours as of now, speaking to one of your points in this video. I feel like life is going faster and faster. Luckily I'm not panicking, and I enjoy growing older. I completely agree with you in the fact that the 'boxes' we've built does not work, and that the 'online'-experience does not encompass the full experience of life and all of it's incredibly important facetts, but I believe that if you're going to spend some of that time watching youtube videos, your videos are worth spending time on. You sharing your experience has given me a broadened horizon and reason to think differently. I have no doubt that you'll find your way in all of lifes apparent meaningslessness, and that you'll find meaning worth following.
0 likesDodie I cannot tell you how much your videos mean to me. I’ve been subscribed since 2015, you have helped me so much to accept parts of myself that I would have never loved without your art and your music. I’m thankful I get to be alive in the same time as you.
0 likesyou have such a beautiful way with words that i find so incredibly charming and so elegantly simple and complex at the same time. Idk idk what im saying is that, words are nice. keep sharing them.
0 likesu always make life feel okay, thankU x x x
0 likesDodie. I adore you. You’re. Incredible.
0 likesMy sports season just ended and I’m genuinely not sure what’s going to get me through the winter now... I’m unbelievably happy to have content of any kind from you. You’re such a lovely person ☺️
0 likesmy brother died a few weeks ago and this was so comforting. i love you dodie <3
0 likesThank you for being dodie 😚
0 likesIts weird. Ive always felt like one of the newer viewers and now i realised i have been following dodie over 4 years. It hit me when she played when in the throwback show and i was like "i remember this song first being uploaded and me falling in love with it"
0 likesAnd so much has happened in this time and so much has changed but dodie has always stayed one of my favourite musicians and one of my favourite people on the internet. So i am grateful for that and for all the lessons ive learned and songs that ive been able to ugly cry to
Thank you dodie ♡
I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU THIS IS A GIFT
0 likesONLINE COLLEGE HAS BEEN SO STRESSFUL and this has been an amazing past few weeks
Honestly, I've had to quarintine for the last week and a half because someone in my class got covid and just yesterday I was feeling so mad at the world and upset and people. I really needed to hear and be comforted by this tosay
0 likesdodie, you've helped me overcome so many things over the past 5/6 years. your music and videos have been with me every step of the way as i've grown up. i still remember the first time i heard "pas de deux" and was floored by how heart wrenching yet beautiful it was. i remember crying to "she" for hours on end because someone put my thoughts into words. i remember crying and feeling numb after the "sick of losing soulmates" music video was released. you've been the soundtrack to my life for years, and i wouldn't change a thing. you show the raw and honest version of yourself to us, and i'm so thankful for that. it makes me feel like i'm not alone. so, thank YOU dodie, for making me feel like i have a place that i can be myself. thank you for making me feel seen. thank you for making me feel safe. thank you for making me feel loved. thank you dodie <3
0 likesI don’t know why but this video made me cry a bit. Like, I’m just so proud of you?? Heck.
0 likesDodie is slowly cementing the tone of a wisened sage and its great
0 likesYou're amazing love! :)
0 likesI've watched you since before the first time you chopped your hair... couldn't tell you the year but it's been a while. It's crazy how much your audience has grown and how we've all kind of grown up with you. You've influenced us all so much but in a way that we make our own decisions of how we want to be rather than in a 'we do whatever dodie does' way if that makes sense. Just yesterday I was writing a song and my boyfriend came in and was like "you write like dodie". I didn't know what he meant and he said "your lyrics and the places where you put the chord changes... I don't know you just write like dodie" and honestly biggest compliment I could get. This is a ramble but thank you for letting us grow with you all these years.
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0 likesI love you always however much you share with us
But pls bring back snappity clap clap intros after this series LOL 😊❤
these videos are my main source of comfort
0 likesThank you so much not only for your music but the fact that the community that you have brought up is the least toxic community i’ve ever been a part of. Never in my time of being on the internet have i been a part of a community so diverse and accepting. thank you so much for this.
0 likesDODIE!! i don't know if you'll ever see this but i've been here since maybe 2014? i was 11 then, im 17 now! its weird to think you've sort of been a constant in my life since i was a kid, and i've grown a lot since then obviously, but you've stayed. one random thing that you've done that's affected me, other than your music and your thoughts on mental health and things, is in some video you made you said to brush your tongue all the way to the back of your throat??? that was literally the first time i heard someone say that and i have remembered it pretty much every time i've brushed my teeth since. so because of you, dodie, i choke myself with my toothbrush every morning. if you somehow did read this, thank you, and good luck.
1 likei'm not an easy crier but i just shed many a tear. same happened when i went to your show in terminal 5 last fall in nyc. thank you!!! from the bottom of my heart - for seeing us.
0 likesdude,,, ur so pretty inside n out <3 i agree with and love every single word u speak, im so grateful to have discovered u, ur so wise n awesome, hehe luv u
0 likesI think maybe we are soul sisters dodie
0 likes. I'm so proud of your growth. take care. really good intentional care
thank you for everything you are<3
0 likesThis is so beautiful, truly...
0 likesI've liked you since little mosquito, but I've been a fan for 4 or 5 years. Thanks for being a constant in my life, so much has happened in my last 5 years. I graduated with my BFA in Graphic Design with a minor in Creative Writing. I'm currently 27, so I'm a bit older than you, but you are so wise, and I've learned more about myself through you and your videos.
0 likesi found you through a girl i’ve somehow managed to fall in love with over the course over a year, even though she’s hours away and we cant meet for a few years (since we met online). i dont know whether she loves me back in the same way i love her, but she has taught me to love myself and that other people do love me for me and i will forever have a friend in her.
0 likesi’m very glad i found you too, dodie, i’m a pretty casual viewer but your songs hit hard and so do your words. you’re grateful for us, but remember, we’re grateful for you too <3
love this ❤️
0 likesThe way you speak about things is absolutely magical please never stop talking
0 likesSo painful but so beautiful... Yeah, that's life ♥
0 likesno person has ever made me feel so seen and valued and loved as you. like you said, we all have our own story and i'm so glad you're a part of mine. you've saved my life 3 times and continue to change it every single day. there are endless things i want to say to you, but no words are able to express the love and gratitude i feel for you. i’m so lucky to be a part of your beautiful community. thank you. <333
0 likesThank you. For just. Being human. You were the only person i had when my first girlfriend died. I was a kid and i loved her desperatly. I was so alone with my pain, until i found you. Sick of losing soulmates was the first song i heard and the song i needed to hear.
0 likesIt was a flicker of light in my overwhelming and confusing greif. I can never thank you enough, even if you dont even know me. It was enough warmth to keep me from freezing over.
I will never forget the comfort you spread and i will always support you.
so grateful to be a part of the dodie community. i feel like i truly belong here, which has helped me through so much over the past few years. thanks for fostering this lovely community of people, dodie. and to whoever is reading this, thank you for being here!
0 likesWe stan wise dodie ♡
1 likedodie, thank you for this, and for YOU. I'm an author who lives with all sorts of mental health issues in my bucket (or in my box? Or am I the box? :) ) and I appreciate you more than I can even say. Sometimes you speak (and sing, and sing) and it's like you're talking/singing/making your dear music from inside my bones. Yes, yes—empathy is everything. Kindness is everything. Compassion is everything. Yes! My goodness, I'm glad you're here. So thankful that your art is here, and your lovely light. Thank you, thank you.
0 likesI luv u dodie, i CANT wait for tomorrow!!!!
0 likesThat ramp seems like it flattens out, but at 64, I have to tell you the speed seems to be approaching the speed of light. I have always gained strength and hope by watching you grow into the leading woman you have become. YOU give me hope for the future of the world and for that I THANK YOU for sharing you life with us (me).
0 likesthis is exactly what i needed to hear right now
0 likesThank you, for being awesome
0 likesdodie you are wonderful. thank you
0 likesi’ve been a fan since 2015 which is crazy to think about. i wouldn’t be the same person i am today without u, you helped me realize i was bi, and you got me through a time when i felt the worst i’ve ever felt. thank you hun, i love u.
0 likesthank you dodie !!
1 likeGosh I remember playing all of Dodie's songs when I was pregnant with my son as we painted his nursery, and then used her music again to calm him when he cried. Dodie will forever be intertwined into our family. 🥰
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😭😭😭😭😭 wowow
1 like@doddleoddle love you🥰 thanks for being you.
0 likesCan we go for coffee and talk about all of this because it would be ✨immaculate✨
0 likesOh noo I don't want this weird patch of videos to be over. It's been such a lovely thing to watch every night. And I loved every word you spoke! These videos have been such a comfort. Which reminds me of how they were for me in my teen years. I used to hope I'd one day be surrounded by the lovely people you were surrounded with. And now I have so many beautiful people in my life. And so even tho we're all pretty isolated at the moment, it's a different kind of comfort now. So bruh, thank yoouuu.
0 likesWith you on the boundaries thing. Keep being legendary babe
0 likesThank you dodie! :)
0 likesThank you dodie!
0 likesbeen here since 2014. It is been awhile, I am not a very active viewer anymore but this project brought me back. Your songs have always meant the world to me, I started watching when I was 13 you were an inspiration for me at the moment and are a big part of who I am today. Although I am not really in your fandom anymore I am glad I have a place that feels a little bit like home
0 likesThe 'life is like a ramp' metaphor really got me.. As a child & teenager life seems endless, there's so much to do and so much to see. You've got loads of friends, tons of new experiences and big dreams for the future. But as you're growing older you can see the ramp flattening, you lose touch with some friends, there's less new experiences and you start to fall into habits, and big dreams might have to wait for the more urgent or realistic goals.
1 likeI'm only 25 like you, but I feel like my most imprtant and defining years are already behind me without fully realising it at the time. And I fear that what I decide to do now will shape the course of my entire life to come. I guess I'm just anxious for the future and afraid to have any major regrets ...
when you went toward the camera at the beginning i thought you were going in for a simulated hug and had a little like !!! moment. clearly its been a while since ive had human contact lol. this pandemic sucks. but your vids make things a little bit better :D
0 likesyour voice is so gentle its lovely
0 likesgonna miss my daily dose of dodie
0 likesNo Dodie, thank you! (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
0 likesim starting my day off smiling :)
0 likesI like your analogy with the ramp and I think what happens when the ground flattens out is that you need to push yourself forward. Nothing and no one will do it for you, you're on your own. But isn't that exciting as well?
0 likes"Life is really long". I'm gonna hold onto that. It feels like I'll never have enough time to sort it all out and reach that mythical "happy". But if life is indeed long, maybe I will find it, and still have time to lose it and find it again and again. I'd like that. If I can look forward to that, I think I can live without happy for now.
1 likeI am seventy one in three weeks time. I have found that time has raced past me. I have had good times and bad times. I have had some really terrible times, but at the end of the day, they are what has made me what I am and I can`t change that. I am what I am. Tomorrow is the start of the rest of your life. Embrace it with gusto and you will be ok. I have periodically watched you with affection. Keep doing what you are doing. Good Luck. Brian Perrie
1 likeHey dodie, could you please make a video on college if you've gone to it. I'm having a little difficulty pertaining to it and I want to go into music as well(music education at least), and I didn't know if you had any special dodie tips up your sleeve. Thank you!! <3333
0 likesgirl you’re literally getting prettier with each video wtf
0 likesIn it for the long term lads! <3
0 likesThe amount of comments omg I love this fandom :')
0 likesi needed to hear this❤️
0 likesI'm just a regular old 22yo dude. I was that tall guy standing in the back at one of your shows. And I enjoyed it. And I enjoy your music :) So thank you!
0 likesyou can't possibly understand how much your encouragement means to me. im legit crying, i really needed to hear that. so...thank you :)
1 likeThis is so amazing
0 likesJeez Dodie so many people say this to you, I’m sure, and so I’ll be another- you have helped me out SO much. Even just yesterday. I binge read your book in under a day and god it just .... “it all makes sense again” (secret for the mad). <3 love ya forever. Thank you so much
0 likeswe're doing the BARE MINIMUM for you dodie, your songs have done so much for me and you sharing this tiny part of you means so much to me and to everyone who listens to you so yeah we love you and thank you and thank you to your brain even tho it may not be kind to you always i hope you're grateful that it allows you to creat such beautiful art and touch so many souls❤️ have a good life hun
0 likesfuck im 17 why am I talking like im 70 lol anyway buckaroo bbydolls
I love the ramp analogy, if I may I'd like to take it further.
0 likesWhen you're younger, you're sliding down and ramp with little control but minor directional changes. When you reach adulthood/mid-twenties the ramp flattens out. Instead of the momentum of life pushing you forward, you have to start crawling, putting in some effort to keep moving. You're still moving, but progress is slow. Sometimes it's painful to keep going and sometimes people are crawling with you, sometimes you have to completely stop for a moment. But you'll start moving again at whatever pace suits you, people come and go but ultimately everyone is learning how best to move forward.
thank you dodie <3
0 likesthank you dodie <3
0 likesoh dodie you're so precious
1 likei consider you a friend, and it's strange how what you share always feels so familiar and similar to what the world looks like from my own eyes, maybe that's the reason why i feel that way. What a bittersweet thought, feeling less lonely watching the stars go by.
0 likesI don't usually comment on videos, but I could honestly listen to Dodie talk for hours. When I watch her videos they give me the same kind of warmth and happiness as autumn and Christmas. I don't know if that makes sense but it's the best way I could word it, so thankyou Dodie!
0 likesMe, watching this: oh...OH. um that actually made me almost cry
0 likesme: has anyone been a fan of dodie for five years that’s a LONG TIME
0 likesalso me: oh wait that’s me IVE been here for five years
the most relaxing and comforting person ever she doesn't even need to talk to do that
0 likesIt sounds weird, but I feel like I've grown with you in a sense. After almost five years of watching you and enjoying your music, I had the opportunity to see you perform live in 2018, and it was a life-changing moment. There are times where I'm close to you and your content, and others where I just see you from the distance. I think you're someone who I'll remember all my life, someone who's creations I can always come back to at whatever point I'm in life, someone who always welcomes me with open arms in her community, and I'm very thankful for that. I don't know you, you don't know me, but somehow you've helped me so much without me even realizing.
0 likesOnce again, thank you! See you later, Dodie Clark :)
This video has made me glad that I woke up today. That hasn't happened for a long time...
0 likesI just came across your channel. I’m not sure how old you are or what you overcame. But your words are so wise for perceived age ( I’m assuming your 20s )
1 likeI’m 25. And I feel like there very, very few people who I come across who I look up to. I think you are one of them. You are grounded. You are real. You are aware. Thanks for that.
Xo,
Lauren
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She is also 25 :") also your words are so kind.
0 likesI can't remember exactly when I got here, but I think it was shortly after the collapse of Nerdfighteria. This was also around the time I started watching a lot of ASMR videos to cope with anxiety and an abusive household, and I think that's how I kept finding you. I can't say I've been doing very well since then. The lows have been deep and the highs have been sparse, but I've grown. This year I'm doing better. I'm making my own highs and contextualizing the lows. There's no more rot in me. And looking back I think your honesty helped me feel a little less alone through everything. So thank u
0 likesI am soo in love with this woman 🌼🌻🌹🌷
0 likesIt felt like you were talking directly to me and my most private inner most hopes and fears.
0 likesooft been here for like 4 years or 5 and it's been the best time of my life and I owe a lot to dodie
0 likesBeen watching since 2014 (I was 14 oh gosh) and will always be here!
0 likesI love your music so much. I love you so much.
0 likesi usually watch the vids in the morning (because the upload happens around 2pm where im at) but todayyy im watching it before bed and we happyyyy
0 likesI'm already feeling so warm and happy after this video, why would I want to Build A Problem ?
0 likesI don't know why but this video feels like a warm hug
0 likesive been watching dodie since i was 13-14, im 19 almost 20 now
0 likesIm normally not the react kinda person but I want to thank you too
0 likesI really hope you see this and if you dont i hope you just know that there are people like me
People you saved from taking their own life
Ofcouse you werent the only reason I know that
But when i was down and i mean really down.
Burned out popped in my head and I felt it
And i knew if you could go trough so much pain and still wouldnt give up than i didnt have the right to give up either.
You saved me Dodie and I love you for that
I really hope you see this
P.S. I loved your song "cool girl" even more then all your other songs, i didnt even know that was possible :D
I came here (youtube) to learn how to open a door without a key, and for some reason I always land on Videos by dodie or micarah tewers lol
2 likesawwwww your welcome I have been on your channel for like 3 years. which is a lot because I'm like 14. LOL. but I really relate to your songs a lot. And honestly you have gotten me through a lot of shit. but um thanks. Hello from Louisianaaa
0 likesThank you dodie ily 🥺
0 likesEmpathy is 100% the most important characteristics. This is what I look for in all people I meet
0 likesi was just about to take a nap but then this notification popped up!!! and i just wanna say thank u dodie!! i was 15 when i first found u,, i’m 21 now. im not gonna go through it all but youve gotten me through a lot since 2014. and i had one of the best nights of my entire life at ur dallas show <3 (my best friend and i made u the cowboy hat)
0 likesanyway thank u for being u. im so proud of how far you’ve come. ive truly enjoyed growing up with you (though you do feel like an internet older sister). im so excited for tomorrow!! and im so grateful for this little community thats cultivated around u. i really love it here <3
love you dodie <3
0 likeslove you dodie <3
0 likesOmg dodie getting excited at the end is so cute
0 likesFirst two seconds and I am sold on that album. I don't need anything more, those two seconds sold me to build a problem.
0 likesim so sentimental lol i love u dodie and i love u dodie fans ur all so wonderful and i am cryin
0 likesThese were some d e e p four minutes- thank you
0 likesI got nervous when you leaned in at the start. Like when a pretty girl goes to kiss you. dodie causing heart palpitations out here. ❤️
0 likesDon't know if you read these comments, but if you do, I just wanna say thank you for getting me through some hard times :) and thank you for inspiring me to write music and make art!!!
0 likesStill trying to figure out my sexuality ay thanks for the encouraging words Dodie <3
0 likesI think your insight about the internet is a good one. I'm 40 this year, so probably on the older end of the bell curve of your fans, but it does mean that I grew up with the internet in the literal sense - I was starting to become a person with my own thoughts and interests just as the internet was starting to connect people from individual networks like AOL and Prodigy into... well, whatever we have now. Mostly Facebook and Youtube and Twitter, it sometimes feels like, but the potential is certainly far larger than that. I've never been an adult without the internet but I was a child without it and I watched it create itself. And it is scary. It seems pretty clear we're not ready for what we've built. But success stories like yours are on the good side of the outcomes, I think. I hope. 🙂
0 likesI’m just under a year younger than you and have been watching since I was about 19 (I think??) I remember nodding in agreement when you said you thought girls were nice but you will marry a guy and came to the realisation with your next video on the same subject (where you said you would defo marry a girl) that I was actually bi! Don’t normally comment but today’s been a vulnerable day ❤️
0 likesI just love dodie and everyone in this comment section. whatever you guys are going through:remember that you are so loved! im proud of everyone!
0 likesThank you dodie, ah thank you
0 likesI think I know what the letters spell out but I don’t want to say because I don’t want to spoil it!! Ahhhh I’m so excited!!
2 likesThe minute you try to cram people's experiences into boxes, the box will break - I love that, it's what I believe as well! Who knows what will happen in the future 🥺
0 likesFrom 2014 when I thought "Christmas Time" was the funniest song ever, to 2016 when I was a freshman in high school and had never heard a song I related to as much as When, to now excitedly awaiting the album- i mean, surprise announcement (cough)... I love you and your music <3 <3 <3
0 likesLoved these videos.
0 likesLove you lots ✨
1 likethank u dodie, thank U
1 likeafter 1 minute stuff goes right into my soul...
0 likesI can’t wait for this to be revealed 😭😭
0 likesliterally crying. can't believe THIS is my first comment lol but it is what it is. i struggle a lot with this black/white vision of the life and now then u said about it too and then i meet new people along the way i realize that A LOT of people struggle the same way and we all just trying figure smth out and just... thank u for being with us on this journey and... making it easier somehow
0 likesThat was beautiful dodie
0 likesmay I have your number? I wanna start a new religion and I need a goddess 🌈 and thank you.. this video is what I needed. you've changed my life in so many ways, dodie. you literally saved me. thank you.
0 likesbro bro bro if these humming clips are from new songs, i'm gonna lose my mind because holy crap that's beautiful
0 likesIm old. Enjoy your vids. Your music. Thank you. Love mun.
0 likesI think I figured it out!! I won't spoil it ofc but YAY!! I'm so excited!
0 likesWhat this was so refreshing thank you
0 likesThank you for making a space in the world for us to show radical kindness toward one another.
0 likesYou're an absolute goofball in the best possible way and a hero for all of us goofballs who want to be more proud of who we are.
You were not born a queen, but you are one we have chosen, and none could be more worthy.
So once again, thank you for all you have done, what you are presently doing, and will do in the future.
I think I speak for all of us when I say that we are all incredibly grateful.
Dodie, I know you probably get so so many messages from teenagers like me, but your music is so insanely meaningful to me. I feel so lucky to have found it, and to have connected with it, to have pictures of you on my bedroom wall, to have had Secret For The Mad save my life on one dark day in 2018. I’ve been following you since the You EP and now I’m 17, still in love with your music, old and new, and truly you only get more and more talented and artistically elevated as time goes on. Just know that no matter what, even if for some unknown reason, you lost all your other fans, you will always have one fan in me. I will always love what your music has done for me and I’m so excited for your future and how bright it looks. Love you :,)
0 likes❤️ you bring such light. I am struggling scarily right now and you are such a sweet soul and you help
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Aliza Mattrazzo Hi, I know I’m just a random stranger on the internet, but genuinely I hope it gets better for you.
1 likeKeep going - like dodie said, you will be okay. <3
@raiiven thank you so much, please send some positive vibes my way
0 likesAliza Mattrazzo I will, I really wish I could help more.
1 likeI love this video, thasall
0 likesthank you dodie
We we love you dodie
0 likesyoure welcome dodie! <3
0 likesThis is very self centred but the fact that the last letter was R made me really happy!!😂😍
0 likeslong paragraph time lol but here's my story. i remember sitting on my bed with my friend back in 2016/17 as we did whatever while she played music on her laptop. then your music came on. i think it was 'in the middle' im pretty sure, but whatever it was i just felt something click. i asked her who this song was by and she said "oh this is dodie', and the rest was history. im so so grateful that i had you with me through one of the toughest times of my life so far, having to move away from my home. i still have that anxiety in the back of my head everyday saying "don't get too comfortable, you'll have to leave again either way", but your music has kinda been a therapy in a way for me. to soothe that little brain demon, to remind me that im not alone. i remember when reading your book i cried at multiple points, especially the "dear best friends" bit and "little room", and it will still be one of my favorite books for probably the end of time. i remember back in October 11th 2019, when i saw you in La in concert for the first time. one of the most magical days of my life, i still weep about it now wanting to go back to another concert of yours. even though i didn't know anyone there i still felt so at home. i remember when i watched la la land for the first time in the comfort of my own little room because you talked about how amazing it was, and i cant say you weren't wrong. dare i say it was even better lol. i remember being so upset with how i look, with all my acne and body rolls and face pudge, etc. and you saying that you felt the same way brings so much relief. i remember how i figured out that i was bi, because apparently not all girls wanna date other girls?? still dont understand tbh. even though i am still young, i feel like i've lost so much. my child self, my dog, whatever version of my family i had before, my childhood home, my old online best friend, and my naïve and innocent outlook that kept me safe from being so hurt by all of these things. but the things that you've done that idk if you even fully realize you have have helped me so so much. i don't want to toss that burden on your shoulders that you're responsible for my happiness and well being, but im glad that with you just sharing that 1% has helped in greater ways imaginable. i still remember that day, when your music came on for the first time. i really don't know what is was, i cant even fully remember the feeling exactly anymore, i just know that something felt right. maybe it was some guardian angel trying to guide me to things that would keep me safe even with all the hurt i was unaware of coming my way. idk if ill even fully deduce what it was, but i know that im ever so grateful that i asked my friend who the song was by. it seems i can only make big life decisions when i don't know that its going to be a big impact.
0 likesif you read through this all, wow, im shocked. but seriously. i don't know where i would be if i didn't find you and your music. its been such a big chunk in my life idk who i would be fangirling over lol. just, thank you. that's all i really have to say. thank you for doing more than you might've thought you did. thank you for just sharing that 1% and letting us all know that we aren't alone.
if i could reach through this computer screen and give you a hug dodie i would. currently struggling with where i'm at right now in life as a lost 18yr old, and those short 4 minutes made me cry. i've been watching for years & years now, yet every single time i come back to your channel to watch a video its like a comforting hug from an old friend. thank you for creating a safe space to always come home to, i love you and appreciate the kind uplifting words in this video<3
0 likestoday is my 16th birthday and i am a little sad that my childhood is pretty much forever gone but this made me feel better
0 likesthere's always more fun, right ?
Thank you too, hun 🥺
0 likesI got to know you by 2016 with awkward duet and i was like "haaa that's a cute song" but then i realised i was singing it every effin day, so i got into deeper dodie drugs and as far as i noticed i was banging (or sobbin) to almost every song of yours. Also, THANK U, i totally get you sharing 1% of your life online, i can only imagine the internet pressure, u asked in the first video if we accept your 1% and abso fuckin lutely, you're doing great how you doing it and i just can't wait for the album... I mean, album? What?
0 likesthank u too dodie 💛
0 likesI know that these letters spell out something probs a song title but I got too much homework to go back and try to put it all together but regardless I am excited for what ever it is I’ve missed you Dodie
0 likesMy life has barely begun and it seems I’ve experience so much trauma and mental illness that keeps piling up and making each worse, but life goes on and I’m slowly learning I went through the worst parts sooner than most but that just leaves me with early life lessons and more time to enjoy the life I have ahead of me. Gratitude and acceptance is key.
0 likesWell Well Well ... I follow you since... 5 years now OMG we were two little baby :')
0 likesAnd now I'm finishing a cover of 6/10, during 3 years I work on this project because this song is such a thing, like, yeah incredible really.
All your songs touch me, like no one else, you're so talented artist, really, keep following your dreams, we will follow you and be there for you ! ♥
Lot of love from France :*
Thank you for posting earlier 🥺 I was having to watch the next mornings hehe
0 likesI notice that you have a lot of very young followers... I'm 29 next month and found you like 10 years ago, when I was older than you (obviously lol), and felt somehow very connected to you. I have seen you going through places in life or ways of thinking that I had been in years before and rooted for you to get through them and realize it only goes forward. You are kind of like a little sister? that is a very weird thing to say but you get it.
0 likesIt is very cool to me to see you as a grown up and see how you influence younger generations (you have also influenced me, obviously! what a loss it would be if we coudn't learn from younger people!!) and I want to celebrate everyone here for sliding through the best we can ♥
Hi Dodie. I'm from Moscow, Russia and will be turning 33 in a couple of days. I know you see me. And I love seeing you. I discovered you when the Human EP came out and was stopped dead in the tracks by some of the lyrics, I especially remember the opening line "I was told this is where I would start loving myself" — I though OMG this girl's mind is brilliant and I will have to find out who she is and talk about her in my classes. (I teach songwriting). Because this is the power of great songs and lyrics in particular — they hit you the very first time whilst you're listening to them.Thank you for your talent and documenting your journey. You are a gem and a gift to our planet.
0 likesBeen here since around 2015 & I’m happily here to stay 🥳🤍
0 likesA 30 years old mom of two here 🙋🏽♀️ a big fan since 2016 😆
0 likesbefore we continue - thank u , dodie! Happy New Year!!! LOL
0 likesI know you probably will never read this, but your videos and your music and all the things you've done that I've been a part of has made such a big difference in my life. Over the years, you've helped me through countless dark times, breakups, pain... and empowered my happiness, joy, and love when things are going well. I'm usually quiet and I'm sure I'll get lost in the crowd even now that I'm speaking out, but if this somehow reaches you through the pool of a thousand comments, then thank you. Thank you so much for being a light for me in my life, and dragging me out of my most desperate times still intact. Broken, but alive, because of your strength. You're doing amazing things and I'll be rooting for you 100% of the way. Good luck out there Doodsie. Sending lots of love and whatever else it is you need right back to you <3
0 likesthank-YOU, dodie
0 likesI’m going to sound crazy lol but I used to be obsessed with your videos when I was 12 haha. I have memories of listening to your songs while going to school, then I stopped watching for a while. 2 weeks ago I came back to this channel, quarantine boredom perhaps, but I’m so glad I did. This year I started A levels and everything is so much more complicated and I feel like I have to grow up really fast, but I don’t really want to. I feel like everyday is a challenge. Regardless, I’m so glad to be back, and these patch of videos were honestly everything I needed. I know you might never read this but honestly, thank you so much. I’ve had so many great moments on this channel (and the main!!), from my face to little dodie facts to you and now this! I’ve grown up watching your videos and listening to your songs, what I’m trying to say is thank you for being you!!
0 likesalso I’m sorry if I sound cringy I’m just super emotional!!!!!
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Maha Shahid Hi hi, just wanted to say good luck with your A-levels and keep going! :D Like dodie said, you will be okay!
0 likesI think all adults are children at heart really - you don’t have to grow up. Or well, you will, but growing up doesn’t mean having to give up your happiness. Growing up isn’t bad, it’s just change and I genuinely believe it can be good change.
Wish you all the best. <3
@raiiven thank you so much!!
0 likesBeen so touch-starved cause of corona so when she leaned in I thought I was getting a hug agfaiusuda
1 likeHello, I'm 28 years old and just had a little cry and it was very nice, thank you
0 likes❤️ send love back to everyone! Till tomorrow :-)
0 likesThis was so special. This whole community is special, the way we love and create and somehow feel connected is so wonderful and genuine, there's really nothing like it. Thank you for allowing us on this journey with you, dodie. I have loved growing with you for the past few years, you have been such an important part of my development and I'm very thankful for that. And thank you for the message! It is easy to forget that life is long, I think I needed a reminder.
0 likesdodie ur so well spoken wtf
1 likethank YOU, dodie
0 likesi am two minutes in and i’m already crying oh my
1 likeDamn that ramp metaphor literally summed up a feeling I’ve been trying to put my finger on for months
0 likesI turned 30 last month and I feel seen ❤️
0 likesThis was so wholesome
0 likesthank you, dodie.
0 likes"The minute you try to cram people's experiences into boxes -- the box will break."
0 likesInspirational dodie is the best dodie
0 likesyou're such a sweet genuine human. we are much alike in many ways and you've helped me to understand myself better over the years. i want nothing more than to be your friend and cry together about absolutely everything to do with time passing and change and love and loss and bittersweet things. we can bake and knit together pls fellow old soul. seeing you in oakland last year was oh so lovely and i miss it very much even though it was so wonderful i spaced out through most of it and dont remember much oops. i was the girl in the front who was around 14 at the time and crying like an IDIOT and laughing at myself because i wasnt expecting to react that way but so many of your songs have been so personally important to me that it meant the world to see you perform them. i want to be able to touch people's lives in the way that you do one day. future collab perhaps? love to you and i appreciate your human boundaries and honesty when it comes to the internet. i love the simple, short, frequent videos. you dont need to exhaust yourself trying to pour content out online when a lot of it is just too personal. so much respect for you and love u always ms dodie clonk
0 likesYou are the best❤️💕
0 likesI adore you dodie
0 likesDodie, You inspire so many people with their music and their mental health. I really appreciate you. I have a small non-profit that gives away ukuleles to kids battling cancer and watching your videos helps motivate me even in some of my most depressive times. So thank you Dodie.
0 likeshxjxjdjsjxkeks i am so proud of dodies growth i love her sm 🥺
0 likesThis talk has the same vibes as your song "When" dodie. The ramp has flattened out and we'll never be 16 again. We all have our own impression of that song, including you. The same way we all have our own impression of what you're saying here and applying that to our own lives.
0 likeshi dodie, I don’t know if you’ll read this but thank you as well. you’ve helped me come to terms with my bisexuality, you’ve helped me learn how to deal with my emotions in healthy ways, you’ve helped me love music again (and now, I play three instruments and sing! whaaaaaat, crazy!!) and you’ve taught me that it’s ok to need help with mental health. I’ve loved your videos and music for so long and whatever happens tomorrow, I will be the first one watching it and SCREAMING IN EXCITEMENT!!
0 likesthis was the perfect birthday gift.
0 likesI was here 5 years ago, 17, scared, and closeted. Now I am 22, still quite scared, but gloriously out of the closet and living so much of the life and the identity I thought I could never have. You've been there with music and so many interesting and funny takes on this world, and I want to thank you for that. Here's to 5 more years, I hope we both can do what we love and the rest will come.
0 likesI just want to decorate for Christmas and invite you over for hot chocolate and chat. Thanks, dodie.
0 likessonder – n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
0 likesI know this doesn't really have a whole lot to do with what you're talking about but it still reminded me of it! 💕
How is that exactly what I needed to hear today?
0 likesThe ramp analogy hit me in a real place
0 likesI bet these little intros are melodies from songs on the new album
0 likesDoes anyone have any idea of what the hangman from all the letter spells yet? 🤣 love you smmm do die you are phenomenal honestly! Xxoxooxoxox
0 likesI feel like my life is flashing before my eyes and I’ll blink and suddenly I’m on my death bed and it terrifies me on a daily basis. I am a walking existential crisis
0 likesthe first vid that saw of you was you doing a cover of Miss Jackson maybe five years ago. I subbed immediately it has been amazing growing up alongside you. I remember trying to get all of my friends onto the hype for when the Intertwined EP dropped. I remember taking my ukulele with me to school freshman year and annoying all my friends by singing Freckles and Constellations and Absolutely Smitten all day everyday. I saw you live in Portland, OR a year ago and it was one of my favorite memories.
0 likesI've been through so much, depression, anxiety, now homesickness, and you and your music have always been there.
I've stuck around this long, I'm not goin anywhere!
Plus once covid is over, imma be going to every show even if the audience is 15 year old girls trying to find themselves. Because that was me, and I did, with your music.
I feel very differently than you about life. It keeps getting faster and I have to try and snatch as many opportunities I can as they zip past. But like you said, experiences aren't black and white.
0 likesThe dodie community is like a kiddie pool in scale to the oceanic depth of the internet, and while the internet can be overwhelming, the community we have here is inviting and kind. After a long day of work it's nice to chill with the dodie community in the shallow end.
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Side note, I was convinced the letters were going to spell out 'Punch A Zamboni' towards the beginning. Oh well
0 likesLol there is 7 thumbs down and 9k thumbs up really says alot about how hard it is not just like dodie🤣💛
0 likesIn my teen years I thought I was wasting my teens, in my twenties I feel like I’m wasting my twenties — in reality I’m just wasting time thinking about wasted time !!! iM BREAKINGG FREEEee
0 likesUh YOUR WELCOME I REALLY think this thanks is SEVERELY overdue uuugggghhhhh so annoying
0 likesNice to see you making content again can't wait to listen to the new album.
i enjoy the alternation between sitting up straight and then immediately slouching
0 likesyou probably wont see this but i just wanna say hi. ive kept up with you since i was 11/12 and im 17 now! coming from someone who has dealt with derealization (and other things) from a young age, your videos and music are very comforting. my personality is revolved around music and thats pretty much because of you. you inspired me to start playing instruments, so i picked up the uke and keyboard. now i play bass and it really all comes back to you. i was 13 when your song "when" came out and its now a staple in my nostalgia playlists. the entire song stuck with me and it taught me to cherish my teen years because youre right; ill never be 16 again! i dont even know why im writing this.maybe a thank you letter. thank you, dodie, for making such an impact on my life, and for making sick music that will stick with me for the rest of my life
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omg same haha!! I commented the same thing a few minutes ago, it’s crazy how big of an influence she’s had on so many people’s lives, I just love this (and the main) channel so much!! it’s like my personality archive lol
1 likethat humming in the intro rlly reminds me of a demo u did a while back, i think it was called air so sweet
0 likesCould you BE any more precious!?
0 likesOkay that ramp metaphor is perhaps the most relatable thing I've heard about adulthood. 😳 Hold on, still processing... amazing.
0 likesDodie for the love of everything STOP TEASING AAAAAGH
0 likesyes dodie tags are useful sometimes :)
0 likeshonestly this video means a lot. as an 18 year old in 2020, there is so much going on. i feel like traditional media and social media are effecting us in different ways and the pandemic making us stay home. we have a lot of time to think and consume a lot of media. hollywood is teaching us that all teens do is party and social media is showing us how teens start their businesses and are living a successful life. i always pressured myself to start working on my career early because movies are full of adults having regrets.
0 likes2020 has been particularly triggering. when lockdown happened i realised how lucky i was but is also made me sad. as someone with a traumatic childhood all i could think about is all the kids having to stay home in abusive households and how if corona would have been a thing a few years earlier i probably would’ve not made it. and then we have depression.
but it was so nice watching this video and realising i have time. and everything may not work out the way i want them to right know but everything will be as it is meant to be.
simply a little island floating by with no words to tangibly respond to the video... but y'know, a nod of acknowledgement and understanding, and a little melody humming in my head, as if to harmonise with what you've said, dreamily and full of melancholy. there's so much wrong with the world, and i find myself in wordless patches trying to wrap my head around it all, but there are peaceful and delightful little parts which you don't really escape to, but sort of... keep in mind, so that you know that life's not really as scary and ugly and overwhelming as it seems... it's just hurt, and trying to heal, and trying to sort itself out, like a lot of us are... *hums...* take a breather sometimes and remind yourself that there are those pretty bits in it, mindful of flowers gleaming like sparkling stardust sprinkled over a dark blue plain. you'll get through.
0 likesdodie's the older sister i've never had
0 likes:) love you dodie
0 likesThank you doodie
0 likesdodie i JUST put on makeup and ur already making me CRY
0 likeswhy is this so emotional 😢
1 likethank you dodie
0 likeswise words from miss dodie
0 likesI'm one of the fans closer to your age that kind of lurks in the background compared to other fans of yours (nothing wrong with being loud and passionate though!). I cannot begin to thank you for unapologetically being you. I was going through a nasty patch of depression circa-2015 and finding your channel and music helped a lot of my soul-searching.
0 likesIt's been an honor to watch you grow these last five years and you should be incredibly proud. You're a very different, but still the same Dodie and that is all you can really ask for. Please never stop being yourself and being such an incredibly real and honest person.
Alright, that's enough being sappy from me. Going to go listen to If I'm Being Honest and get butterflies in my stomach in a way no other song has done for me.
"Life is long. There will be a way for you. I know it. And you will be okay." yea i cried and what about it
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giving me "Don't worry about it. Everything's gonna be fine." vibes
0 likesOk but why is she really inspiring?
0 likessuch a beautiful text, we often don't realise, I had probably forgoten " everyone is a someone," and i never realised the depth of that. these are just so many. nice words you said I don't know what to say.
0 likesonly i wished i had seen you live, although i don't know if i could have not cry remembering those moment of life i had and the times that was when we first watch the video and the sync everyone in our generation had and the sync we didn't had.
as always I will say youtube created such a weird relation between people, we we followed along glympse of people life and where we almost felt like having a special friend specially when daily live vlog where a thing and where it was like hearing about the personal story of a friend.
I don't know what I'm saying here, "I'm glad, this, you, are a part of my story and life"
I’m so excited for tomorrow!!
0 likesI came here because your song(secret for the mad) was used in my favourite movie EVERRR (warmish, it's on YouTube free for anyone to watch) and from then I heard your music and got HOOKED on your videos and I now follow you on instagram, tik tok, twitter, everything. Your videos feel like a warm hug and make me feel happy :) I'm definitely an outlier on the fan base. I'm a HUGE goth but dodie just makes me happy and I'm happy to be part of the dodie community and how diverse it is :)
0 likesI found you thanks to the girlfriend TomSka video, then stayed for the music. Thanks for being great!
0 likesI’ll miss these daily videos 😞
0 likesI’ve always hated people saying “life is short”, because it’s genuinely the longest thing you experience - no matter when it ends. There is nothing longer than life, and saying it’s short makes people feel rushed to get to the end, when you should be enjoying your time and your experiences to the fullest extent possible.
0 likesI’ve been here (almost) since the beginning, watching and growing with you. I’m excited for what’s to come 💕
after this video, im gonna call my best friend
0 likesI'm going through a tough time right now. Me and my girlfriend just broke up. Tbh it was more me doing the breaking up than her but it's for the best. She hurts. I hurt but it's the right decision. I'm in France and traveling back home to Ireland during covid, so it's a stressful time in many ways but sometimes you just have to make those tough choices when you know it's right, even if it hurts like hell.
0 likesWow. This weirdly hit me really hard
0 likesmade me smile
0 likesFunny how you talk about not having boundaries growing up and empathy being what saves humanity.
0 likesEmpathy is the first step but I've suffered because my boundaries were eroded by those in my life saying they acted in the name of empathy.
i don't often leave comments, but I've been a fan since 2016 (I was 12... now I'm 17!!!!) and this meant a lot to me. i remember so many career milestones. i have ur signed copy of the intertwined ep up on my wall and a copy of secrets for the mad on my bookshelf. over the years it has been lots of highs and lows, and ur music has always comforted me. now feels particularly low and you posting every single day for the past few weeks has made things a bit better. thank u for the comforting message today! <333 and thanks for the comfort and happiness u've brought me for almost 5 years even though you don't know me. ily! <3
0 likesthe way you explain the “ramp” thing and also the black and white views of the internet are spot on
0 likesThe box is the abstract, just as me saying I am a person. The experiences are the variables of life that make you unique, not that the things you do are inherently unique, but the person doing those things is unique to that moment in time. I have worked with a lot of people in their darkest corners of their life and because everyone is unique, I have found there is really only one thing you can do for anyone. Just hold space, let them know that yes you will never understand that pain but you do understand pain. No one is alone in this, even if you feel like you are. I have been raped, almost beaten to death, almost went to prison, watch a brother of mine kill himself in front of me, and a lot more. Anyways that is just what I've learned in my 25 years here. The memories and the ptsd don't ever go away, that won't happen, but you will change and your perspective will with time. It just takes time and I know because I am fucking incredibly inpatient. So go easy on yourself and take time for you. Once you sit in the darkness long enough your eyes will adjust, and you will actually see that fear fades away too. Congrats Dodie for all the work you done. It is funny because your music transforms with you and I enjoyed listening through it all last night. Just seeing where you started to now. I am sure you get told this a lot but you are doing a good job and well this stranger is proud of you. The music helps so many, I hope you find peace in your life too. You deserve it.
0 likesi loved this
0 likesWow okay I've been here for about 3 years now and you can really tell how much dodie has grown before she just used to talk about everything and now she just speaks about what she feels comfortable with. Now she sounds so wise because by taking a break she gave herself time to grow and I find that absolutely beautiful!
2 likesI'm so freaking excited!!!!!!!
0 likes"...and older, hello"
1 likeHi :) ty for not ignoring me, it's kind of lonely being so young at 36 :( the internet's black-and-white thinking does everything it can to make me feel alienated and alone which makes me sad because the internet used to be my cozy home where i belonged because i never really felt like i belonged anywhere out here in meatspace
and just when I think I don't belong anywhere, I catch up on your vlogs and you say such a lovely thing about empathy and the internet being scary and i feel a little less alone.
so thank you back :)
(looking forward to the album SO MUCH btw!!!)
Ugh, I just want a hug from you now
0 likesMe,no thank you for those videos 🌹
0 likesMy lost soulmate is the one that introduced me to you
0 likesI love this woman
0 likesYES dODIE SEE U TOMORROW I AM SO HYPE
0 likesI really hope that this isn't too much to say but I'm going to say it anyway. I believe that this video couldn't have come at a better time. Like they say, the universe works in mysterious ways :p
0 likesTruth be told, I've been looking forward to watching the video all day... At the beginning I was like, "Yay! Another one of Dodie's videos, I wonder what she'll talk about today?" Lol. As soon as you began, I can't quite explain the emotion but I just felt seen and appreciated, it was like this wave of love just came over me and I was felt ovewhelmed, in a positive way of course.
I truly didn't think that it'd affect me as much, being acknowledged by someone that I admire and love but oh well. I've always felt kinda guilty, almost as if I didn't belong to your community because I don't know you personally, neither have I been here for as long as most of the rest of your fans but then when you said what you said, I felt reassured.. I guess that's what it was. I can't be sure.
I relate to SO much of what you've said, and I'm glad that you chose to share your thoughts with us. Not to forget your music (I don't need to tell you how much your music means to us).
So, thank you, Dodie, for being you and doing what you do.
I hope that the internet treats you kindly and that you receive all the love and support that you give ever so freely.
Much love,
Bev
Thx dodie <3
0 likesPov: Your sweet aunt asks you how school is going
2 likesAfter 30 years: dodie still knitting...
0 likesDo you need all those letters after you announce the album? I can have one if you dont hehe <3
0 likesMy heart! ❤️
0 likesI just came back to this video for some of that dodie content, but has it really been 4 months??? Covid time passes double the speed of normal time
0 likesGosh I remember meeting you at Vidcon... Time flies by ...
0 likesYou are such a Joy. I wanted to tell you a story about a boy born in the desert who grew up certain that a job in a cubicle was certain death. So he cast around and found that though he was born in one of the driest places his heart was called to the sea. So he worked and worked and found his way into a position of able seaman on a research vessel. Because working for monies sake is as bad as working in a cubicle he dedicated his time to helping scientists understand the world a little more. Moving heavy bits here and there, using cranes and winches to do all manner of sciency things he found music helped him stay focused on the darkest nights and the longest casts. So he listened to you deep in the pacific digging up mud way way down at 3000 meters. Deeper than light can reach, deeper than most people will ever travel. Science happened partly because of you. Thank you miss, I look forward to hearing you again.
0 likesLots of love back from the "your age" group fans!
0 likes(I'm 27. Past a certain point, I no longer think of "my age" to mean my exact age but rather my age plus or minus a year or two are people "my age".)
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Totally, the range gets a bit bigger as you get older too, I’m 34 and still think of anyone within like 3 years of my age as basically my age.
1 likei'm going through a breakup rn and really had to hear that bit about life being long... thanks
0 likesShout-out to the fellow mid 20s folks here who also emerged with no social media boundaries and are riding the flat ramp of adulthood. We got this!
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0 likesDiscovered you in 2017 love you thank you
0 likesI recently lost someone. I miss them lots. I hope maybe one day we cross paths again. I miss you.
0 likesYou get it...life....you get it
1 like1:18 "Best moments of your life."
1 likeOh, you mean when I went to your concert? :D
I AM SO EXCITEDDDDDD I CANNOT WAIT FOR TOMORROW
0 likesI'm 40+ so i feel seen, haha ;) But given my age, i have bad news for you: you have no idea how horribly wrong you are saying life is long. It's fkn not. I remember things that happened 10-15-20 years ago like it was yesterdeay. And it feels like it happened 5 years ago max. Every time i see a 5+ years old memory on Facebook's on this day, i'm like JFC, that happened THAT long ago?!?
0 likesshe is so sweet :'3
0 likesDodie I know there’s thousands of comments you may or may not get the chance to look at but I hope you find your way to mine. My life has been a mess of a heart broken by many, anxiety, and depression and you have truly helped me through it all. Some of your songs I associate with past lovers but I look at them as good memories now. You were my number 1 on Spotify so I tweeted it and you actually liked it!!! I’m pretty sure you are the only person who liked it since I’m not too popular but it felt like my whole day got better. I went to your concert (Dallas TX) and I was just sitting there crying through it just joy of seeing you happy and almost in tears when we all pulled up the 10/10 cards while you sang 6/10. You mean more to me than you should but I’m still so grateful for you and everything you’ve decided to put out for us. I can genuinely say
0 likesbut I love you, over over I love you,
my one of thousands of eyes just like yours
aching to find who I am
ily dodessss we're so excited <3
0 likeshi dodie
0 likesi don’t know if you still read comments, but i found you when i was in 6th grade. i’m now a junior in high school and honestly haven’t watched you in at least a year, but something made me click on this video. i’m not sure what the purpose of this comment is. maybe it’s a thank you? it’s worth noting that i was able to recognize what was happening the first times i dissociated because of how open you were. my mental health has gone down as i stopped watching, which is just me growing older, but this was really comforting. thank you for being there to talk about the things no one else would
(oh! and making me realize how much i like girls lol 12 year old me saw ur “i’m bisexual woooo” video where u talked about how soft girls are and i was like “yeah. . . ... wait”)
Thank you 💓
0 likes"Soulmates to be lost" she knows that some of her vewiers are those of a young mind that has or will lose "soulmates" and it fucks me up
0 likesdodie i love you so so much
1 likeWe would be excellent friends 💪
0 likesNo Dodie, thank you!!
0 likesI'm grateful you are willing to share your experiences so people can learn from them. Interesting metaphor about the box breaking due to cramming too much into it. Here's a song about trying to put more into a container that's already broken. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUIxiqmxZk) Take care of yourself. Your fans will still appreciate you even if you have fewer videos, but will be heartbroken if something bad happens to you.
0 likesThis made me cry not gonna lie. I hate realizing how much time has passed
0 likesI have had such a horrible day and just overall down and feeling not here. Thank YOU, Dodie for even taking notice in all of us ❤ You made my day so much better just by being you
0 likesi love you so much it's unreal
0 likesthank u dodie
0 likesgoddamit i really didn't want to cry today
1 likeI love you so much. Thank you
0 likesthat little screech at the end hahahaha
0 likesThe youngens are definitely louder. So me. Although I am not very loud. A pigeon was dying in my arms the other day. I feel like I failed. I couldn't do anything to help. But I am constantly thinking what if there was.
0 likesthe vloggle channel almost has 1 mil 🥺
0 likesOk so the whole time we were all trying to figure out what she was spelling out but now I’m over here wondering what she’s going to do with all the letters she knitted
0 likesAHHHH YOU POSTED ON INSTA “TODAY” AND ITS ALREADY 1am SO I GOTTA SLEEP AHHHHHH
0 likesThe “rules” bit hit hard. All of my anxiety triggers are the result of me bashing up against some arbitrary rule I made when I was younger. My therapist and I literally call my anxiety “the RuleMaker.” Also Big Bertha for unrelated reasons.
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HAhaha
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I did not need an existential crisis like this today dodie 😂😂, watching this video reminds me of the time that I met you at the 2018 Young scot awards , it was purely by chance that I met you, I was waiting for a taxi with some friends and we where at the wee hotel waiting then I seen you and I just remember that moment of pure adrenaline and anxiety all in one, here was this person that I looked up to just a few meters away from me, I remember i shouted on you and you stopped to see where it was coming from and I came walking up to you as just a big ball of anxiety but in that moment I had the confidence to shout across a hotel lobby something I couldn't even imagine doing but we got up to you and you where so genuine like you literally are the person in your videos I remember we sat and had a brief conversation with you and it just felt so genuine everything about you and this video just sent me down that memory slope because this video has the same energy that the moment I met you had that genuine kindness, anyway this will probably fall on deaf ears but if you read this dodie thank you and if anyone else is reading this, I hope you have a nice day and remember "its okay if the only thing you did today was breath"
0 likesnot a perfect match, but does the beginning hums sound like all my daughters a bit to anyone else? could definitely just be a coincidence or my dumb brain
0 likesIM SO EXCITED <3333
0 likesHi Dodie we love you
0 likesEmpathy. We put so much weight on ourselves with empathy. But then that's what makes us stronger. That's what makes people say, "hey, that's just a good person... that's that kind of person I want in my life." And when those good people find each other, even if it's just watching videos of a person who's old soul was born decades apart from your own, you can't help but feel good. You do that for so many people. Even when you need to take a break someday, I hope you keep these videos up so when you're old and gray, you can look back and know how much joy you and your music have brought into this little blue marble rolling around in the dark, and know you helped to make this marble shine just a bit brighter.
0 likes0:50 - It is, isn't it?
0 likes2:42 - Ditto!
Hugh from an old geezer!
oh my goooood!! So excited
0 likesYAY is it weird that i've been waiting for you to get to R :))))
0 likesDue to covid in my country, i'm forced to take all of my a-levels paper in one sitting. And i try not to think about it but just waking up and study and sleep for the past 4 months has been mentally taxing for me, but i keep moving on. and in a day from now i am going to sit for one of the physics paper. I'm not the smartest, but i try my best to work the hardest. but it has been so so so so hell for me. Like goddamn the amount of stress for the paper is high. I would gag sometimes and couldn't sleep well, and i'd be so afraid to even look at my notes and exercise that i have to force myself to do it. But your video chips a little bit of the stress away. I hope i get through this. Thank you for posting these types of videos. It really helps
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Itsuki Yagaruso Hey, I just wanted to say I wish you the best of luck in your exams and I hope you’re ok. <3
1 likeRegardless of what your results are, be proud of the work and energy you’ve put in. Keep on going, you can do this!
@raiiven thank you!
0 likesI love you as a person!
0 likesthe final one???? weren't there 2 left??? well anyway love ittt
0 likes:) sending you all hugs and coffee
0 likesyou are welcome and thank u back :)
0 likesYour soul is beautiful.
0 likesAnother bit of the puzzle i just thought of -- what if the humming at the beginning of each video is in the same order as the letters? Like, the humming at the beginning of video 'B' precedes the humming at the beginning of the video that revealed 'U'? Excuse me as I go to try and confirm this theory...
0 likesI like this 🙂
0 likesYour welcome fellow human!
0 likesMet you briefly on a bus in Wimbledon once, that was nice :)
0 likesWhoever reads this - I love you have a great day 😊
0 likesdodie to her fans: "funny how each one of you has their own individual life story and SADNESS and PAIN"
0 likesYou just made me cry
0 likesi love u dodie
0 likesi love u dodie
0 likes"Life is long"... until, eventually, it isn't, and that ramp starts heading down again.
0 likesOh my gooooooood I cannot contain my excitement aahahhhhhhhhhh
0 likesI didn’t cry, you cried
1 likeEXCITED FOR REVEAL OF 👀SOMETHING 👀 TOMORROW
0 likesgod I just realised I’ve been here 4 1/2 years I’m DYING
0 likesAHHH IM SO EXCITED
0 likesWow I've been so on time to all of these lil videos
1 likeso has anyone deciphered if there's something going on? haha I'm still hopeful for new music
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Ana Carmo Well so far, from what I’ve seen the letters seem to be spelling out “build a problem”!
1 likeI suspect it might be a new album dodie is releasing. :D
I love you sweety take care x
0 likesthank u, ilysm
0 likesI am so Excited!!
0 likesIM SO EXCITED
0 likesThat ramp analogy was just chefs kiss
0 likesWe need more people like you homie Dodie. The world becomes a better place.
0 likesi lost my soulmate a few days ago. he left me because he was fucked up about his past relationship. just like i was before i met him. im hoping hell stay in my life. i really hope he will.
0 likesyou are very welcome. <3
0 likesI really needed that chat
0 likesThanks for this
0 likesanyone know where dodie's knitting needles are from?
0 likesSomebodies probably already asked but what kind of knitting needles is Dodie using?
0 likesYou should make a podcast
0 likesAll the dodie song references! Wow!
0 likesI am a year older than you and I am glad that you see me.
0 likes"BUILD A PROBLEM". I don't know what it means, but you challenged me with a fortnight-long hangman-puzzle and I'd be damned if I didn't solve it.
0 likescan't wait :)
0 likesgot a bit teary watching this, ngl
0 likesThe sonder is strong in this vid
1 likeWhen you said “and with that” I heard “I’m a dad” and I was very confused
0 likesWe can tell exactly how old you are with that Final Countdown reference
0 likesme as an autistic person, it's SUPER hard to not think in black and white thats just the way my brain is wired but I do try to look at the grey areas. thank you dodie for making art, and giving me music to listen to. and to sing to. guiltless is a song I sang on stage one time in school and it means a lot to me
0 likesGrowing up without boundaries? What does that mean?
0 likesHer voice so comfy
0 likes33 Programmer and musician. I do not think you need to analyze your audience by age, seeing the comment of this autistic person, it is overwhelming to think what generates the massiveness of the media today, that undoubtedly lies in diversity
0 likesI think I needed to hear this? thanks
0 likesTo you, 2000 years from now.
0 likesGah you're the best :3
0 likesno dodie thank u <3
0 likesCan’t wait to see the problem you’ve built
1 likeNO THANK Y O U DODIE
0 likesI just got into year 10 , everyone at school are talking about GCSE's and it feels like pretty soon, everything gonna get stressful. I don't want to grow up yet but I feel like dodies videos help summarise it in a way that sounds not as scary as it looks :)
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Meg Curl Hi! Just wanted to say I’m currently in year 10 and it’s not as scary as it seems (or well, for me it isn’t;;). I’m sure you’ll do great at GCSEs. :D
1 likeWhile I can’t promise it’ll be an easy ride, I truly believe that you’ll get through it. You will be okay.
Don’t be scared of growing up - it’s just change and change can be good. And really, all adults are children at heart - just children that have been on this planet for a longer time.
Keep going and I wish you the best of luck! <3
@raiiven thank q for the advice, it means a lot! :)))
0 likesim so in love with you.
0 likesBuild A Problem. The new possible Dodie Album is called 'Build A Problem' and boy howdy, am I excited! Now just need to figure out the songs. I'm betting that we'll see the demo songs and there's a small chance that we'll be seeing 'Guiltless' or 'Boys Like You' on the album as well.
0 likeshiya - life is wateva floats ur boat-its personal experiences vs material possessions-n time management-u gota balance those tings to create ur own lil hapi bubble
0 likesHer eyes ❤️
0 likesboundaries are gr8, gimme all of em u got !!!
0 likesWell this is emotional oml
0 likesThank you <3 <3 <3
0 likesi did a cry. i cannot fucking wait to see you tomorrow!!!!!
0 likesReally glad dodie committed to the 13 days and 13 letters. Had she not, she definitely would have built a problem for herself...
0 likesI want my time to slow down so badly
0 likesHate to be this person, but like this video was posted a minute ago and is almost five minutes long. How does someone already dislike it. You probably didn't even listen to what she had to say. Ah sorry 😅
0 likesIt's really not that long Dodie. Trust me, I'm older than you.
0 likesI like to think that life is the difference between 1900 and 2000, cause damn thats long, and I want to live to atleast 100
1 likedodie ily 🥺
0 likesI love you 🥺❤
0 likesIma just take a moment oml shes so pretty
0 likesThis seems like a shallow comment to put on a kinda serious video but your sweater is really nice <3
0 likesCompletely random comment that is probably quite inconsequential in the grand scheme of things but I wanna say it anyway because... I dunno, I just wanna :)
0 likesIf I recall correctly, I had just been scrolling through social media one day when I saw a video/post you had put up saying that you were in Belfast for a concert. On a whim and despite major anxiety, I bought a ticket! The first concert I went to was one of your 2018 concerts, dodie (well, I did go to another concert when I was around 9 but the noisiness of it all freaked me out so I stood outside for like 99% of that one... so I'm gonna say dodie was my first ever concert:)).
From going to that concert it encouraged me and gave me the confidence and determination to go to so many other concerts and shows and helped me realise how much I love the atmosphere! So thank you so much, dodie! You truly contributed in changing my life!!! <3
Dodie getting absolutely dunked on by all the day old babies watching.
0 likesOH MY GOD ITS HAPPENING ITS HAPPENEING AHHHHHHHHHHHH
0 likesThank you too!
0 likes“life is short but also terribly and insufferably long” - jenna marbles
0 likesWhy did this make me cry?
0 likesFun fact I came out to myself in the comment section of a doodie video, that was so long ago now
0 likesOk but this is a paradox because now I have an even bigger one dodie
0 likesClever.
yeah I'm crying watching this on my birthday and what about it
0 likesThank you Love
1 likewas that what the album's going to be about? is she trying to make me cry? cause it feels like it
0 likesOooooohhhh BOOOIIII "build a problem" is this a new ep? Or maybe a new single? Idk I'm so excited!!
0 likesWell, I cried
0 likesI wanna cry to sleep :(
0 likesHi dodie my name is Madeleine. I’m 20 years old, and am really attracted to you. You’re so beautiful and your face is so soft and nice looking. I think if we saw eachother we’d be friends. :)
0 likesi don’t know why, but i am crying...
0 likes...again
Ur welcome 🔥😭
0 likesOh dodie 😭
0 likeswe love you so much
0 likesI'm not crying 🥺😭
0 likesPLEASE I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ALBUM
0 likes🥳🎉🎊✨BUILD A PROBLEM✨🥳🎉🎊
1 likedoes anyone know what music software she uses?
0 likesno, thank you ! 🥺
0 likesYou're very welcome
0 likesdamn I'm so lazy can anyone just tell the answer? thank u :)
1 likeThank you
1 likeIt’s getting better.
0 likesEhehehhehehehhh (Idk- that’s supposed to be hyperventilating in letter form) AHH BUILD A PROBLEM IS IT YALL. I. Am. So. Excited.
0 likesThank you
0 likesThank you
0 likesNo dodie THANK. YOU
0 likesThis is uploaded in my 20th Birthday makes sense
0 likesThanku Do xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx u iz a gawjus human bean
0 likesᶦ'ᵐ ˢᵒ ᵉˣᶜᶦᵗᵉᵈᵎᵎ
0 likesI'VE NEVER CLICKED SO FAST
0 likesOne percent,
0 likesI don't know why
I don't need to
It's one percent
and that is enough.
When this is what you want to share.
It's fine, it's fine, it's fine.
No, thank you 🥺
0 likesEeeek . See you tomorrow 🥰
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0 likesYou really are building a problem with this puzzle lmao
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0 likesnever clicked so fast :) x
1 like🥺❤️
0 likesHmmmm do I love dodie uhmmmm yes
1 likeI like that metaphore.
0 likes♥️
0 likeswhy am i crying
0 likesYou should make a jumper with the letters
0 likesyou're very welcome.
0 likes❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
0 likesWho’s gonna drop first— Dodie or Kanye?
0 likesthe final letter!!
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0 likesThank jou and thank jou
0 likeslast video you were a granny and now you look like teen dodie ]':
0 likes:) te amo
0 likesily dodie
0 likesThe way I've been watching you since 2015 hdbfv
0 likesi LOVE you :(
0 likesi can’t believe i’ve been watching since would you be so kind- like when was that 2015? before then i think i’m not sure
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WAIT NO
0 likessince an awkward duet!!
0 likesWait it's been 12 days already???
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0 likesno, thank u!!
1 likeDaaaaamn girl youre fine
0 likesShit, here was me thinking the album title was build a pboblem
0 likesHello Dodie!!
0 likes💞💞💞
0 likes😢❤
0 likesi adore u
0 likes🖤🖤🖤
0 likesNOT TOMORROW BEING MY FIRST DAY OF IN PERSON SCHOOL DANG IT
0 likeshi dodie <3
0 likesno, thank YOU
0 likes💛💛💛💛💛💛
0 likesI love being early to these videos:)
0 likesthank u
0 likesNo, thank YOU
0 likesI wrote some song lyrics they are crappy and bad but that's okay. No one will ever hear them so I wanna put them here before I let them go. they are just emotions put into words, it's not an essay it hasn't been checked for grammar because its how I feel and for once I'm not going to analyse that and just let it exist I guess:
0 likesWhen our aim is a heart of gold
What are we meant to do?
We’re just flesh and bone
Telling me I should let loose
Believe me, I'm not that bold
My only saviours a noose
But I can’t afford to be cold
Can’t we just call it a truce?
Saying I'm not strong for standing up
When you’ve been standing still
Can’t get help, when I'm not holding up
Cause you hurt me for the thrill
When I'm bleeding from your cuts
You aim for the kill
I'm not working
Still hurting
That’s what gives me the chills
Cause when the bars been higher
And we think we got there
We just, we just slip away
Yeah cigarettes are bad habits
But I can’t keep balanced
Role models, just lead us astray
I've been hurt, I've been bruised
Don’t think I can keep up
I've been down, I've been used
Feelings all locked up
but then
my head
hears my heart
beat again
I'm okay generally... when I feel down I write. My life isn't entirely negative but I forget that when I feel intense emotions or look back at moments where I felt intense emotions. That not everything is bad, sure its 2020 and things have taken a darker turn but when I wrote this halfway through I found a video of younger me asking my now crush to marry me... so... if I can fake propose I can get through this. thanks
im crying
0 likessuprise is called "Build a Problem"
0 likesyour welcome
1 likelove you
0 likesIs it me or did the accented words sound like song titles
0 likes<3 <3 <3
0 likespls i love u so much thank you
0 likesbig sister dodie
0 likesAm I wrong or in the blackboard bit there is no B at the beginning of build and two Bs for the B in problem? For some reason I've got no B in build and two in problem😂 I think I'm stupid
0 likesThis is gonna be out of place with the rest of the comments but...what do the letters spell?
0 likesILL CRY STOP
0 likesWho’s cutting onions rn
0 likesI love u❀♡★❤️🌹💯👑🌈💎🌟
0 likesyou are lovely
0 likesShe made a soft R
0 likesthe final letterrrrr
0 likesDoes it spell out Problem Child? That’s only twelve letters, and it leaves out the u but it’s the only lead I have. There was pro, ble, em, an o with two spaces between them, and a couple more that I can’t figure out from my notes. Aghhhhhh I wish I was better at problem solving cuz this is such a cool mystery
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Just J, Thank You could be ‘u problem child’? But not really sure either haha excited to find out
1 likei love you
0 likesi love you
0 likesthe one dislike what the- why tho
0 likesAHHHHHH
0 likesSomeone let me know what the letters spell out
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I think it's 'build a problem' or something.
1 likelov u x
0 likesWait what’s the sentence!!
0 likeshas somebody kept track of all the knitted letters?
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we think it might spell "build a problem"!! but what we don't know is what it's for...
0 likesis this the wrong time to ask come to brazil?
0 likesI spent too long looking at the hang man and I think it says build a problem.
0 likesIs anyone else finding the knitting sounds really asmr-y 😑
0 likesthank us.
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OMGOMGOMG
0 likesAre you builing a problem here Dodie?? 🙃😉
0 likesidk if anyone has done it yet and idk where to pronounce it,,,,, but I'm guessing it's "build a problem"?
0 likesi love u
0 likes13?? WOULD THAT BE REFERENCING TO TAYLOR SWIFT??? 😃
0 likesi know this is a stretch lol i could only dream
:)
0 likes:)
0 likesAhhhhhhh luvvv
0 likes🥺
0 likesWhat are the dots underneath her eyes? Once I noticed them they were all I could notice. Made me feel queasy for some reason looking at them.
0 likesLife is long ESCQ-Remix from Wallis Bird and ESCQ
0 likesaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! build a problem babey!!!!!!!
0 likesAre there any mexican fans? 💖
0 likes24 year old lady here! 😂
0 likesI like ur eyelashes :3
0 likeswow
0 likesAnyone know what it spells??
1 liketomorrow babeyyyyy
0 likesYou are beautiful....
0 likesi lub you
0 likesshe's cute
0 likesWHATS HAPPENING TOMORROW
0 likes:floats:
0 likesI want to be your friend
1 like’BUILD A PROBLEM’
0 likes1. figure✍️out✍️what✍️the✍️box✍️is✍️supposed✍️to✍️be✍️
0 likes2. ?
Nah thank you
0 likeshonestly I think I've forgotten how to spell
0 likesI'm here 🙈 so early 😄
0 likesluv u
0 likesYES IM SO EARLY
0 likesIs it: BUILD A PROBLEM ??????!
0 likesQuickest I’ve ever been here. :)
0 likesAAAAAAAH
0 likesNow I'm wondering if I'm the oldest person here
0 likeswhatever the problem is, its been built...
0 likeshey you didn't do the finger snappy thing
0 likesSo there isn't anyone who can tell me what the letters say?
0 likeswhat do the letters spell??? i haven't been keeping up, it's been a long week
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Abigail Lesniak From what I’ve seen so far - it’s “Build a problem”! :D
0 likes@raiiven thanks!
0 likesomg hi ily
0 likesI'm early uwu
0 likesBUILD A PROBLEM
0 likeswhoever left a 👎 drop ur address i just wanna talk
0 likes!!!!!!
0 likesWait what did it spell
1 likeso wait what is the word
0 likesLove u queen!!
0 likesahhh i love you so much
0 likesLove u
0 likescould u knit your hair if u wanted too
0 likesi'm old(er)
0 likesBUILD A PROBLEM!
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0 likesWOAH HEY
1 likeLAST ONE
0 likesWhat does it spell?
0 likesAyy eary-ish
0 likesJesus is the way the truth and the life, No one gets to the Father but by him. Jesus died so that you can have everlasting life. Place your faith on Jesus. Trust Jesus.
0 likesGod bless you.
EARLY
0 likesIly
0 likeshi babes
0 likesgamer
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0 likesyooo
0 likesHehe
0 likeshi!
0 likeshello
0 likeshey
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0 likesNo u
0 likesSup
0 likesHi
0 likesHi
0 likes, next
0 likesHELP I LITERALLY JUST CLICKED THE NOTIFICATION TO UNSUBSCRIBE KSGDKDHDJ
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somtochi awww why :,)
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