Emma Blackery#EPs

Blackery grew up in Basildon, Essex, finishing sixth form at Bromfords School in Wickford.{{cite web|author=Louise Howeson|title=Emma Blackery YouTube blog has grossed 57 million views so far and helped launch her music career|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11804483.Why_would_be_a_TV_presenter__I_get_to_do_it_as_a_YouTuber_and_have_890_000_followers/|website=Echo-News.co.uk|date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414163942/http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11804483.Why_would_be_a_TV_presenter__I_get_to_do_it_as_a_YouTuber_and_have_890_000_followers/|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=live}} She briefly lived in Australia and Papua New Guinea, where she worked as a waitress before moving back and beginning her career as a musician and YouTuber.

Blackery released her debut demo-EP, Human Behaviour, in early 2012 exclusively on Bandcamp.{{cite web|url=http://emmablackery.bandcamp.com/album/human-behaviour-ep|title=Human Behaviour EP – Emma Blackery|date=17 May 2012 |work=Bandcamp |author=Emma Blackery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229134937/https://emmablackery.bandcamp.com/album/human-behaviour-ep |archive-date=29 December 2014}} The title track was later re-recorded for her 2017 EP Magnetised along with other demos released by Blackery at that time. Her first official EP, Distance came out in July 2013 and spawned the music video for the lead track, "Go the Distance", produced by Arthur Walwin.Emma Blackery (21 July 2013). {{YouTube|4celeq-Um6o|Go The Distance (Official Video)}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.theacademydublin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225041728/http://www.theacademydublin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1829 |archive-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead |title=THE UPLOAD TOUR 3 – Emma Blackery, BriBry and Dave Giles |website=theacademydublin.com |year=2014}} Her second EP, Perfect, was released on 11 November 2014.{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/perfect-ep/id930518676 | title=Perfect EP by Emma Blackery | publisher=iTunes Store | date=20 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112191259/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/perfect-ep/id930518676 | archive-date=12 November 2014 | url-status=dead}} Its title track topped the UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart for one week, and entered the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart at number eight.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/meet-daye-jack-sofi-tukker-and-emma-blackery-the-musicians-behind-the-launch-of-apples-iphone-x__20411/ |title=Meet Daye Jack, Sofi Tukker and Emma Blackery – the musicians behind the launch of Apple's iPhone X |date=13 September 2017 |author=Jack White |publisher=Official Charts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403010037/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/meet-daye-jack-sofi-tukker-and-emma-blackery-the-musicians-behind-the-launch-of-apples-iphone-x__20411/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} In 2015, Elle included Blackery on its "30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World" list.{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/news/g27145/inspiring-women-under-30/?slide=18 |title=30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing The World |work=Elle |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=27 April 2019 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122133940/https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/news/g27145/inspiring-women-under-30/?slide=18 |url-status=live }}

Jason Perry produced Blackery's fourth EP, Sucks to Be You, which was released in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackerys-sucks-ep-headline-tour/ |title=Emma Blackery's Sucks to Be You EP and Headline Tour |author=Annemarie Cutruzzola |website=CelebMix.com |date=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801012610/http://celebmix.com/emma-blackerys-sucks-ep-headline-tour/ |archive-date=1 August 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/05/14/emma-blackery-releases-single-from-new-ep/ |author=Rachel Kiki |date=14 May 2016 |title=Emma Blackery Releases Single From Upcoming EP |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117151046/http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/05/14/emma-blackery-releases-single-from-new-ep/ |archive-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=live}} Its title track peaked at number 85 on the Scottish Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20160603/41//|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 3 June 2016 – 9 June 2016|date=3 June 2016|publisher=Official Charts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330093432/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20160603/41/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}} On 4 April 2016, Blackery announced that she would join pop punk band Busted on their Pigs Can Fly tour.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959647/busted-reveal-emma-blackery-and-wheatus-will-join-their-uk-tour|title=Busted reveal Emma Blackery and Wheatus will join their UK tour|date=4 April 2016|work=Newsbeat|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406232726/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959647/busted-reveal-emma-blackery-and-wheatus-will-join-their-uk-tour|archive-date=6 April 2016|url-status=live}} "Sucks to Be You" was the runner-up for the first Summer in the City Song of the Year award.{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/08/14/summer-in-the-city-awards-2016-round-up/ |title=Summer in the City Awards 2016 Round-Up |author=Erin Sutton |date=14 August 2016 |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174307/http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/08/14/summer-in-the-city-awards-2016-round-up/ |archive-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=live}} After touring with Busted, Blackery toured on her own and performed her music at other YouTube events.{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/06/emma-blackery-at-summer-in-the-city-2017-headline-recap/ |author=Christy Ku |date=6 August 2017 |title=Emma Blackery at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133655/http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/06/emma-blackery-at-summer-in-the-city-2017-headline-recap/ |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=live}}

She released her fifth EP, Magnetised, on 26 May 2017.{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-new-ep-magnetised/|title=Emma Blackery Announces New EP 'Magnetised'|website=CelebMix.com |date=15 March 2017|author=Annemarie Cutruzzola|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330093455/https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-new-ep-magnetised/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/emma-blackery-wcw/ |title=#WCW Emma Blackery rocks for all the Harry Potter-loving introverts out there |author=Carly Lanning |date=29 March 2017 |work=The Daily Dot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115050541/https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/emma-blackery-wcw/ |archive-date=15 January 2019 |url-status=live}} It spent one week on the UK Albums Chart at number 63, and peaked at number five on the UK Independent Albums Chart and number two on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170602/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 2 June 2017 – 8 June 2017|date=2 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330081912/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170602/131/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-breakers-chart/20170602/255/|title=Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20 2 June 2017 – 8 June 2017|date=2 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330081902/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-breakers-chart/20170602/255/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}} On 6 August, Blackery received a Summer in the City Song of the Year award for "Nothing Without You".{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/07/summer-in-the-city-awards-2017-round-up/ |title=Summer in the City Awards 2017 Round-Up |author=Louise Griffin |date=7 August 2017 |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330120600/https://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/07/summer-in-the-city-awards-2017-round-up/ |archive-date=30 March 2019 |url-status=live}} The cover art for Magnetised was featured at the Apple Keynote event for the iPhone X in September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/diy-artist-emma-blackery-iphone-launch-apple-event-2140036 |title=DIY artist Emma Blackery reacts to album being featured during iPhone launch |author=Helen Meriel Thomas |date=13 September 2017 |work=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044535/http://www.nme.com/news/music/diy-artist-emma-blackery-iphone-launch-apple-event-2140036 |archive-date=1 March 2018 |url-status=live}}

Blackery founded her independent record label, RWG Records, in 2018 and began work on her debut studio album Villains.{{cite web |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16412171.musician-and-youtuber-emma-blackery-opens-up-about-debut-album-villains/ |title=Musician and Youtuber Emma Blackery opens up about debut album Villains |date=10 August 2018 |work=The Argus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403094517/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16412171.musician-and-youtuber-emma-blackery-opens-up-about-debut-album-villains/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11206871 |title=RWG Records Limited |date=14 February 2018 |work=Companies House |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422195657/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11206871 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |url-status=live}} She has explained that releasing on her own label gives her "control over a lot more aspects of [her] music career."{{cite web|url=https://thehoneypop.com/2020/10/01/emma-blackery-interview-2020/|title=Emma Blackery Exclusive Interview: Lockdown Creativity, Mind Behind the Music, & The Sims. Yes, The Sims.|website=The Honey POP|first=Jazmin|last=Williams|date=October 1, 2020|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108013019/https://thehoneypop.com/2020/10/01/emma-blackery-interview-2020/|url-status=live}} On 16 March 2018, she released the lead single "Dirt", produced by Toby Scott.{{cite web |url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/2018-03-20/dirt-2018 |title=Dirt |date=20 March 2018 |website=recordoftheday.com |quote=Her previous releases have clocked up over 6 million combined streams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101082627/https://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/2018-03-20/dirt-2018 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |url-status=live}} The song, on Spotify's New Music Friday UK playlist,{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/03/22/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-dirt/ |author=Joanna Turner |date=22 March 2018 |title=Emma Blackery Releases New Single Dirt |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329123803/https://teneightymagazine.com/2018/03/22/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-dirt/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-returns-with-sassy-new-single-dirt/|title=Emma Blackery Returns With Sassy New Single "Dirt"|date=19 March 2018|author=Annemarie Cutruzzola|website=CelebMix.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329105920/https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-returns-with-sassy-new-single-dirt/|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=live}} was described by Record of the Day as a "slick combination of Scandi-pop" and "sassy American pop"; Blackery described "Dirt" as "best served cold".{{cite web |url=https://trendingallday.com/talk-music-exclusive-interview-emma-blackery/ |title=We Talk Music in Our EXCLUSIVE Interview With Emma Blackery! |date=March 2018 |website=TrendingAllDay.com |quote=The cover art of you holding a lemon is honestly iconic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403075224/https://trendingallday.com/talk-music-exclusive-interview-emma-blackery/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} On 3 May 2018 she released her second single "Agenda" along with a lyric video.Emma Blackery (3 May 2018). {{YouTube|DZZzaVllIuQ|Agenda (Lyric Video)}}. On 22 May 2018 she released the music video for "Agenda" followed by a lyric video for "Icarus" and a music video for "Take Me Out" in June and August respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Emma-Blackery-Releases-New-Single-ICARUS-20180622|title=Emma Blackery Releases New Single 'Icarus'|date=22 June 2018|author=|work=BroadwayWorld|quote=Emma is forced to consider her own part in her downfall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403101348/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Emma-Blackery-Releases-New-Single-ICARUS-20180622|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/|title=Emma Blackery releases new single 'Icarus'|date=23 June 2018|author=Katrina Rees|website=CelebMix.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105228/https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/|archive-date=1 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219274/9|title=Emma Blackery Shares New Song Take Me Out From Upcoming Debut Album 'Villains' – Stereoboard|author=Jon Stickler|website=Stereoboard.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105238/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219274/9|archive-date=1 April 2019|url-status=live}}

Blackery shared that during the album's creation, she learned more about production and the artistic direction she wanted to go in. She explained, "It was really during the album writing process that [she] learned how to create music outside of basic chords on a guitar - [she] ended up producing a large amount of the finished product that [her] fans heard and only learned after it was released that sometimes you sadly have to fight for credit on your own work." In retrospect, she also admits she would revisit the choruses on "Fake Friends" and "Take Me Out," saying she wouldn't make them as "simplistic" if she made the songs more recently.

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Villains was released on 31 August 2018.{{cite web |url=https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/08/emma-blackerys-new-album-villains-is-deeply-introspective-and-conceptual/ |title=Emma Blackery's New Album 'Villains' Is Deeply Introspective And Conceptual |author=Lisa Hafey |website=Essentiallypop.com |date=30 August 2018 |quote=It's a rollercoaster of a listen, but it'll appeal to both fans and the casual listener alike. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225141730/https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/08/emma-blackerys-new-album-villains-is-deeply-introspective-and-conceptual/ |archive-date=25 December 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/emma-blackery-youtube-musician-villains-album-uk-tour |title=How Emma Blackery went from YouTube fame to IRL music career |date=10 August 2018 |author=Chris Stokel-Walker |magazine=Music |publisher=Wired UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329123753/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/emma-blackery-youtube-musician-villains-album-uk-tour |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} The album contains songs written in collaboration with Toby Scott, Maxwell Cooke, and Peter Hutchings.{{cite web |url=https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-villains/ |title=Album review: Emma Blackery – 'Villains' |date=1 September 2018 |author=Katrina Rees |website=CelebMix.com |quote=Emma has declared 'Third Eye' as her favourite track |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403091832/https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-villains/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/villains-mw0003185586 |title=Emma Blackery Villains |publisher=AllMusic |year=2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402204445/https://www.allmusic.com/album/villains-mw0003185586 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |url-status=live}} BroadwayWorld noted that "Petty" "flirts with tropical house", and the Express & Star cited elements of power pop.{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/birmingham-entertainment/2018/09/18/emma-blackery-villains---album-review/ |title=Emma Blackery, Villains – album review |author=Leigh Sanders |date=18 September 2018 |work=Express & Star |quote=The big synths and invasive percussion in the chorus are enough to get anybody flailing limbs in a dance frenzy. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104937/https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/birmingham-entertainment/2018/09/18/emma-blackery-villains---album-review/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} Lisa Hafey, praising "Third Eye{{"'}}s "upbeat disco sound" and "nice ABBA-y vibe", called Villains "a bit of a feminist album". In June Blackery performed "Third Eye" live at the 9th VidCon Night of Awesome.{{cite web |url=https://girlscoutsnow.com/2018/07/03/girl-report-vidcon-2018/ |author=Hailey Mim |date=3 July 2018 |title=Girl Report {{!}} VidCon 2018 |publisher=GSSGC |access-date=4 January 2019 |archive-date=4 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104180139/https://girlscoutsnow.com/2018/07/03/girl-report-vidcon-2018/ |url-status=live }} Blackery then partnered with HMV for a UK tour. Villains spent one week on the UK Albums Chart at number 24 and number 18 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2018-09-15 |title=Heatseekers Albums |date=15 September 2018 |work=Top Heatseekers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913012415/https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2018-09-15 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=live}} Thomas Smith noted in an NME blog how Apple events helped Sofi Tukker, Emma Blackery, and Odesza in their careers.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/odesza-loyal-apple-advert-song-2378230 |title=Who are Odesza? Meet the electronic duo featured in the new Apple advert |date=12 September 2018 |author=Thomas Smith |work=blogs |publisher=NME |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128053041/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/odesza-loyal-apple-advert-song-2378230 |url-status=live }}

The European Villains Tour, planned for March 2018, was postponed until October.{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/11/28/emma-blackery-announces-european-tour/|author=Beth Jefferies|date=28 November 2017|title=Emma Blackery Announces European Tour|website=TenEightyMagazine.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133634/http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/11/28/emma-blackery-announces-european-tour/|archive-date=3 January 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eventim.de/magazin/rock-pop/spotlight0518-emma-blackery/ |title=Spotlight05/18: Emma Blackery |author=Felix Goth |work=Eventim |date=29 January 2018 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427012519/https://www.eventim.de/magazin/rock-pop/spotlight0518-emma-blackery/ |archive-date=27 April 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/02/12/emma-blackery-postpones-european-tour/|author=Beth Jefferies|date=12 February 2018|title=Emma Blackery Postpones European Tour|website=TenEightyMagazine.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023411/http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/02/12/emma-blackery-postpones-european-tour/|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}} London based singer-songwriter Lilly Ahlberg was the tour's special guest.{{cite web |url=https://wizpro.com/emma-blackery/2018/european-tour-2018/ |title=Emma Blackery European Tour 2018 |website=wizpro.com |date=27 November 2017 |language=de |quote=Plus Guest Lilly Ahlberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128212627/https://wizpro.com/emma-blackery/2018/european-tour-2018/ |archive-date=28 January 2019 |url-status=live}} The three-week tour began at Oslo's Parkteatret on 4 October, followed by performances in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Sugarfactory (Amsterdam), Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Academy 2 (Manchester), O₂ Institute2 (Birmingham), The Garage (Glasgow), and Tramshed (Cardiff) before ending at KOKO in London on 25 October.{{cite web |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/216944/9 |title=Emma Blackery Unveils New Single Agenda |date=4 May 2018 |author=Helen Payne |website=stereoboard.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129124311/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/216944/9 |archive-date=29 January 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dancedeets.com/events/428757384193785/emma-blackery-beta |title=Emma Blackery - Beta |year=2018 |website=dancedeets.com |access-date=27 January 2019 |language=da |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128201615/https://www.dancedeets.com/events/428757384193785/emma-blackery-beta |url-status=dead }} A Never Enough Notes reviewer at KOKO saw "angst, passion, and energy in every word" and wrote that Blackery has "a knack for live shows; full of attitude, high energy and a phenomenal vocal performance".{{cite web |url=http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2018/11/live-emma-blackery-koko-london-29-october-2018/ |title=LIVE {{!}} Emma Blackery at KOKO, London {{!}} 29 October 2018 |date=19 November 2018 |author=Amy Butcher |website=neverenoughnotes.co.uk |quote=Emma Blackery's live performance delivered intoxicating synth melodies and passionate vocals at London's KOKO |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201112356/http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2018/11/live-emma-blackery-koko-london-29-october-2018/ |url-status=dead }}

Blackery released "Cute Without You", coproduced with Toby Scott, in April 2019, adapted from a demo she produced herself as part of a collaboration with Rimmel London the year prior.{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Emma-Blackery-Releases-Empowering-New-Single-CUTE-WITHOUT-YOU-20190412 |title=Emma Blackery Releases Empowering New Single CUTE WITHOUT YOU |date=12 April 2019 |work=BroadwayWorld |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412170755/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Emma-Blackery-Releases-Empowering-New-Single-CUTE-WITHOUT-YOU-20190412 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.unitedbypop.com/interviews/emma-blackery/ |title=Emma Blackery on Cute Without You And Taylor Swift's New Cat |author=Verity Harris |date=11 May 2019 |website=UnitedByPop.com |access-date=20 May 2019 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516221929/https://www.unitedbypop.com/interviews/emma-blackery/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7r58jQqK8I |title=I Wrote a Full Song in 24 Hours 🎼⏱ |language=en |access-date=2024-05-03 |via=www.youtube.com}} In July 2019, she performed at the Evoke festival in Brentwood and for BBC Radio 5 Live, where Nihal Arthanayake interviewed her for his Headliners series.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07jbvd0 |title=Headliners – Emma Blackery |author=Nihal Arthanayake |author-link=Nihal Arthanayake |date=31 July 2019 |work=BBC Radio 5 Live |access-date=4 September 2019 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904145525/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07jbvd0 |url-status=live }}name="Rich">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/emma-blackery-mn0003454168 |title=Emma Blackery |author=Rich Wilson |publisher=AllMusic |year=2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181814/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/emma-blackery-mn0003454168 |archive-date=29 January 2019 |url-status=live}}Emma Blackery (25 March 2016). {{YouTube|to4vOb08s8c|10 Albums That Changed My Life!}}. In December 2019 she performed an unreleased song titled "Plot Holes" at SitC Winter Edition at the NEC.{{cite web |url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2019/12/06/our-12-favourite-moments-from-social-in-the-city-winter-edition-2019/ |title=Our 12 Favourite Moments From Social in the City: Winter Edition 2019 |date=6 December 2019 |author=Poppy Dillon |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |access-date=26 December 2019 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226110922/https://teneightymagazine.com/2019/12/06/our-12-favourite-moments-from-social-in-the-city-winter-edition-2019/ |url-status=live }}

Blackery released her sixth EP, My Arms Are Open, on 15 May 2020.{{cite tweet |last=Blackery |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Blackery |user=emmablackery |number=1260854667002761216 |date=14 May 2020 |title=EP is out at midnight! As is a lyric video for Plot Holes. I wanna do a livestream at 11.30pm counting down to the release (I'll be shouting out everyone that's sent over a screenshot of their pre-save!) Pre-save here: https://t.co/6jEujfRQmu Physicals: https://t.co/nUG0Sn8h0F |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514211413/https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1260854667002761216 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |url-status=live}} The lead single "Wolves' was released on 2 April 2020 ahead of the EP.{{cite tweet |last=Blackery |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Blackery |user=emmablackery |number=1245851134796926977 |date=2 April 2020 |title=WOLVES is now available to stream/download! I hope you love it. 🖤 https://t.co/vQaIyPivcE |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402232311/https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1245851134796926977 |archive-date=2 April 2020 |url-status=live}} She went on to release lyric videos for songs "Plot Holes" and "History of Touches". She has described them as "some really personal lyric videos", which she created herself both in her home studio and outside near her home at sunset. On 10 December 2020 Blackery released a standalone single titled "Blossom".{{Cite web|title=Emma Blackery - Blossom|website=YouTube|date=10 December 2020 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h1MeOdp7O1c|access-date=28 March 2021|archive-date=5 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705204917/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=h1MeOdp7O1c|url-status=live}}

On 22 November 2020, Blackery announced during a YouTube video that her second studio album was in production, due to be released in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Emma Blackery - what happened.|website=YouTube|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jlOMT9XtaZQ|access-date=28 March 2021|archive-date=5 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705204917/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jlOMT9XtaZQ|url-status=live}} On 9 June 2021, Blackery revealed her second album's title, Girl in a Box, through a series of tweets, where she posted the album's cover art, alongside the release date of 27 August 2021.{{cite tweet |last=Blackery |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Blackery |user=emmablackery |number=1402551097852628996 |date=9 June 2021 |title=GIRL IN A BOX. My second album is out August 27th. Pre-save to your library here: https://t.co/8tRFFkfhVh https://t.co/U4QVLkoQHL |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609160426/https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1402551097852628996 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |url-status=live}} These tweets include the full tracklist, revealing a total of ten songs, which includes the previously released singles "Crying", "Brutus" and "My Terms",{{cite tweet |last=Blackery |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Blackery |user=emmablackery |number=1402553068865085441 |date=9 June 2021 |title=Here is the tracklist for Girl In A Box. I cannot wait for you to hear every single one. https://t.co/uklSvY7cQ7 https://t.co/mV07Zg1r9U |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609090840/https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1402553068865085441 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |url-status=live}} as well as the announcement of a UK tour to promote the album, which was scheduled for February 2022.{{cite tweet |last=Blackery |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Blackery |user=emmablackery |number=1402551794522284032 |date=9 June 2021 |title=I'm going on tour in February 2022 with @BronnieMusic 🖤💚 Tickets for Manchester are on general sale now: https://t.co/FoKCuM8otM Tickets for London and Birmingham are available via O2 presale for 48 hours: https://t.co/bZEZPeeRvu https://t.co/q1gtFhwRoj https://t.co/7XxDxKFPtm |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609160423/https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1402551794522284032 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |url-status=live}} She released two singles after the album called "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" and "Cry to Your Mother" leading into the tour.{{cite web | url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/spoke-genre-neutral-popstar-emma-24051716 | title=We spoke to 'genre neutral' popstar and honorary Brummie Emma Blackery | date=27 May 2022 | access-date=28 May 2022 | archive-date=28 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528031831/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/spoke-genre-neutral-popstar-emma-24051716 | url-status=live }} She had to reschedule for June 2022 for COVID-19 reasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/band/emma-blackery|title=Emma Blackery|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324030830/https://www.jambase.com/band/emma-blackery|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/emma-blackery-tickets|title=Emma Blackery Tour Dates & Tickets|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610020305/https://www.stereoboard.com/emma-blackery-tickets|url-status=live}}

In January 2023, she announced she was working on a new EP to be released later in the year.{{Citation |title=BURNING QUESTIONS! 🍜🔥 Answering your ANON messages |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZxnTXogezo |language=en |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223152420/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZxnTXogezo |url-status=live }} "Everybody Lies" came out in July 2023 as the lead single,{{cite web | url=https://tinnitist.com/2023/07/23/next-week-in-music-july-23-29-the-long-list-333-releases-on-the-way/ | title=Next Week in Music | July 23–29 • the Long List: 333+ Releases on the Way | date=23 July 2023 | access-date=8 August 2023 | archive-date=27 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927185159/https://tinnitist.com/2023/07/23/next-week-in-music-july-23-29-the-long-list-333-releases-on-the-way/ | url-status=live }} while "Apologise" and "Parasite" came out prior the Cannot Help Myself EP's release in October 2023,.{{cite web | url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/emma-blackery/apologise/ | title=Apologise by Emma Blackery - RYM/Sonemic }}{{cite web | url=https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/5003702 | title=Emma Blackery | access-date=9 September 2023 | archive-date=5 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705204920/https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/5003702 | url-status=live }}

In December 2023, Blackery announced her Past & Present Tour taking place in October 2024 through several venues in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=https://thenewagemagazine.co.uk/news-emma-blackerys-2024-tour-past-present/|title=Emma Blackerys 2024 Tour "Past & Present"|year=2023 |website=The New Magazine UK|access-date=3 August 2024|author=Buttle, Charles}} She recheduled the tour in September 2024 for October 2024,{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/emmablackery/p/DAY6-9gM52O/?img_index=1 | title=Instagram }} It continued in February 2025,https://www.bandsintown.com/a/5704393-emma-blackery?came_from=289&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_event_page&utm_campaign=artist however was soon cancelled before the Kings Heath show at the Hare and Hounds pub, as her fiance opted to book a cancellation date for surgery the day before the event.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGd9wATsiqR/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=www.instagram.com}} No further dates have been announced as of yet. From July 2024 she released various singles, "Drop Dead Disco" (July 19), "Fantasy"(September 13), "All The Way Down" (November 15). "Isn't It Funny"(February 7) and "NEPO BABY" (June 6).https://music.apple.com/us/artist/emma-blackery/675100272

Blackery was initially inspired by Shane Dawson, Smosh, Dan Howell, Phil Lester and, in 2017, by Troye Sivan. In 2018, Blackery had three active YouTube channels; other channels have been deleted, re-branded, or left inactive.{{YouTube|user=TheseSilentSeas|title=TheseSilentSeas|suffix=}}, 2011.

• Emma Blackery – Blackery's main channel, created in May 2012, on which she hosts vlogs, music videos, comedy sketches, and other content. Although she began to develop a following by reading excerpts from Fifty Shades of Grey on her channel, the videos were removed due to copyright complaints.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/apr/07/youtube-uk-20-online-video-bloggers | title=YouTube UK: 20 of Britain's most popular online video bloggers | newspaper=The Guardian | date=7 April 2013 | author1=Tim Lewis | author2=Killian Fox | author3=Lizzi Michael | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228041827/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/apr/07/youtube-uk-20-online-video-bloggers | archive-date=28 February 2014 | url-status=live}} In 2018, the channel had nearly 1.5 million subscribers.{{cite web|author=Tommy Wathen|date=29 August 2018|title=Meet the YouTuber from Basildon with nearly 1.5 million subscribers and an upcoming music tour|url=https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/meet-youtuber-basildon-nearly-15-1944223|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329221112/https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/meet-youtuber-basildon-nearly-15-1944223|archive-date=29 March 2019|website=EssexLive.news}}
• EmmaBlackeryVEVO – created to upload her Vevo music videos, including "Nothing Without You", "Magnetised", "Don't Come Home" (lyric video), "Dirt" (acoustic version), "Agenda" (lyric video), "Icarus" (lyric video), and Take Me Out.{{YouTube|channel=UCtdb9srR18czyU1zvUOytcg|title=EmmaBlackeryVEVO|suffix=}}, 2018.
• Vloggery – dedicated to vlogs, including her IPOAD series of longer videos and other content not on her main channel. Blackery presented Summer in the City 2017 in three videos. EmmaBlackeryVEVO, Vloggery, and the Topic channel have been closed to subscription since May 2019, and all videos are on the main channel.{{YouTube|channel=UCFD3tZjm15rcEa6C9Uh409w|title=Vloggery|suffix=}}, 2019.{{YouTube|c=UCv-YLQwEhGjrbJk6Zid7ulg|Emma Blackery – Topic|suffix=}}. 2019.

In 2013, Blackery participated in YouTube's Geek Week,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/05/knightmare-youtube-geek-week-doctor-who |title=Knightmare remake launches for YouTube Geek Week – watch it here |author=Stuart Dredge |date=5 August 2013 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322030531/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/05/knightmare-youtube-geek-week-doctor-who |archive-date=22 March 2014 |url-status=live}} and Grace Helbig featured her in a Not Too Deep podcast the following year.{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/nottoodeepwithgrace/ep-15-emma-blackery |title=Not Too Deep with Grace: Ep. 15 – Emma Blackery |date=2 May 2014 |author=Grace Helbig |author-link=Grace Helbig |publisher=SoundCloud |type=podcast |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403145528/https://soundcloud.com/nottoodeepwithgrace/ep-15-emma-blackery |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} She received a Gold Creator Award for having over one million subscribers in 2015, and joined PewDiePie's now-defunct Revelmode network,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/13/youtube-pewdiepie-avengers-talent-squad-revelmode |title=YouTube star PewDiePie forms 'squad' to play games – and make them |author=Stuart Dredge |date=13 January 2016 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403011039/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/13/youtube-pewdiepie-avengers-talent-squad-revelmode |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} won on Tom Scott's Game On show, was spotlighted by YouTube as one of 18 #MadeForYou UK YouTubers,{{cite web |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2016/11/07/youtube-spotlights-18-uk-creators-madeforyou/ |title=YouTube Spotlights 18 UK Creators With Outdoor, Digital #MadeForYou Campaign |author=Geoff Weiss |date=7 November 2016 |work=Tubefilter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411014341/https://www.tubefilter.com/2016/11/07/youtube-spotlights-18-uk-creators-madeforyou/ |archive-date=11 April 2019 |url-status=live}} and appeared in the Red Bull TV documentary Kings of Content with Louis Cole the following year.{{cite web |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/04/12/red-bull-documentary-louis-cole-emma-blackery/ |title=Red Bull Documentary Chronicles Online Video's Rise With Louis Cole, Emma Blackery |author=Geoff Weiss |date=12 April 2017 |work=Tubefilter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411015711/https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/04/12/red-bull-documentary-louis-cole-emma-blackery/ |archive-date=11 April 2019 |url-status=live}} She expressed her unhappiness with YouTube Rewind after two appearances,Emma Blackery (8 December 2017). {{YouTube|jNsWYq7Bo9E|YouTube Rewind: The Truth (Why I'm saying NO next year)}}. and The Guardian cited Blackery as one of three case studies of pressure and YouTube burnout in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/12/youtubers-feeling-burn-video-stars-crumbling-under-pressure-of-producing-new-content |title=Why YouTubers are feeling the burn |author=Chris Stokel-Walker |date=12 August 2018 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402224837/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/12/youtubers-feeling-burn-video-stars-crumbling-under-pressure-of-producing-new-content |archive-date=2 April 2019 |url-status=live}} She since admitted that she "finally stopped chasing that next viral video and [that she's] comfortable making content for [herself]."

Some of her most-viewed videos are "If Tampon Commercials Were Honest",{{cite web |url=https://celebmix.com/youtuber-101-emma-blackery/ |title=YouTuber 101: Emma Blackery |year=2017 |author=Annemarie Cutruzzola |website=CelebMix.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415132523/https://celebmix.com/youtuber-101-emma-blackery/ |archive-date=15 April 2019 |url-status=live}} "The Sims in Real Life",Emma Blackery (22 July 2015). {{YouTube|FKfVoFN2t7Y|The Sims in Real Life}}. and "If Websites Started Dating".{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/83297-emma-blackerys-if-websites-started-dating-video-reveals-which-social-media-sites-and-apps-would-make |title=Emma Blackery's "If Websites Started Dating" Video Reveals Which Social Media Sites And Apps Would Make The Best Dates |date=14 May 2015 |author=Mikaela Gilbert-Lurie |work=Bustle |quote=Feminist comedy thoughts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403034647/https://www.bustle.com/articles/83297-emma-blackerys-if-websites-started-dating-video-reveals-which-social-media-sites-and-apps-would-make |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} Blackery's "My thoughts on Google+" video went viral in 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Nachruf-Adieu-Google-4184056.html |title=Nachruf: Adieu, Google+! |date=9 October 2018 |author=Torsten Kleinz |work=Heise News Ticker |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403041027/https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Nachruf-Adieu-Google-4184056.html |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}} after Tubefilter featured it as the best reaction to a new YouTube comment system.{{cite web |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2013/11/18/countdown-new-youtube-comments/ |title=Countdown: The Six Best Reactions To The New YouTube Comments |author=Sam Gutelle |date=18 November 2013 |work=Tubefilter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411013025/https://www.tubefilter.com/2013/11/18/countdown-new-youtube-comments/ |archive-date=11 April 2019 |url-status=live}} Blackery sang it again in November 2018 to celebrate the end of Google+.Emma Blackery (4 November 2018). {{YouTube|Li7RvLKoVlQ|My Thoughts on Google+ [2018 EDITION]}}. In December 2016, TenEighty included her "YouTube Heros (Parody)" as one of their "Five of the Best: Parody Videos".{{cite web |url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2018/12/07/five-of-the-best-parody-videos/ |title=Five of the Best: Parody Videos |author=Rob Collingridge |date=7 December 2018 |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |access-date=29 April 2019 |archive-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110093216/http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/12/07/five-of-the-best-parody-videos/ |url-status=live }}

As of 2025, alongside less frequent youtube videos, Blackery focusses her efforts on her music releases and streams on Twitch. On the website, she frequently streams herself talking to viewers in chat, playing live music, or video games, typically Life is Strange or The Sims, and other requests. She regularly streams 7pm-10pm, every Tuesday and Friday, with updates on her social media platforms.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=dPcbAPepDJonIBGQ&v=0IFlvBEuzgg&feature=youtu.be |title=I HAVE SOME NEWS! |date=2024-10-21 |last=Emma Blackery |access-date=2025-03-11 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=LfvHoEBpcimfzuw7&v=gYqLTkXxROg&feature=youtu.be |title=I've been livestreaming on Twitch for three weeks. Here's what I've learned so far. |date=2024-11-29 |last=Emma Blackery |access-date=2025-03-11 |via=YouTube}}

Blackery wrote Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life (based on her 2013 Feel Good 101 video series), addressing depression, self-harm, anxiety and other issues.Emma Blackery (17 August 2017). {{YouTube|sFKYe05vdI4|Reacting to My Old Advice Videos...}}. The book was published in September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/emma-blackery-book-feel-good-101/#L4Xucyt6dbZ2XvOQ.97 |author=Liam Dryden |date=9 February 2017 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Emma Blackery Tells Us All You Need To Know About Her New Book |work=WeTheUnicorns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329150322/https://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/emma-blackery-book-feel-good-101/#L4Xucyt6dbZ2XvOQ.97 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/02/09/emma-blackery-discusses-feel-good-101-book/ |title=Emma Blackery Discusses Feel Good 101 Book |author=Conor Riley |date=9 February 2017 |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111847/http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/02/09/emma-blackery-discusses-feel-good-101-book/ |archive-date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-feel-good-101-book/|title=Emma Blackery Announces 'Feel Good 101' Book|date=10 February 2017|author=Annemarie Cutruzzola|website=CelebMix.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181941/http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-feel-good-101-book/|archive-date=27 October 2017|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Blackery disclosed that she had been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome.{{cite web |url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/29/emma-blackery-the-jekyll-and-hyde-within/ |title=Emma Blackery: The Jekyll and Hyde Within |author=Teoh Lander-Boyce |date=29 August 2015 |website=TenEightyMagazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401031109/https://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/29/emma-blackery-the-jekyll-and-hyde-within/ |archive-date=1 April 2019 |url-status=live}}Emma Blackery (13 July 2015). {{YouTube|ELrn7Ov4H54|I Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome}}.

In February 2023, she announced her engagement to her partner Davey Bennett, guitarist of Pop Will Eat Itself.{{Cite web |title=emma blackery on Instagram: "Some personal news… I said yes to my best friend and the love of my life!!! 💍 @daveydreads #engaged" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-i-bSt2Yk/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Instagram |language=en |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222224243/https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-i-bSt2Yk/ |url-status=live }}

• Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life (Sphere, 2017, {{ISBN|978-0751569230}})

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