lol @ y'all saying 'where have you been?' when i've been uploading weekly vlogs every week for the past six weeks!! been uploading tons on my second channel (th-cam.com/users/vloggery) too. i haven't gone aaaaaanywhere, you just aren't looking in the right places!
Emma this is WHY I started watching your videos! I loved your attitude, I STILL love your attitude! You gave and still give amazing advice! You have no idea how much of a hole you dug me out of when I first found your videos. Of all the TH-camrs I've watched over the last 12 years you are my single most absolute favourite person on this site and if I am ever so lucky as to meet you in Ireland I will probably cry more than the biggest fangirl on the face of the plant (bear in mind I am six foot tall and have a beard so that will probably be the stupidest looking you would see that day) please Emma Blackery, keep being the same beautiful, sarcastic, funny, loving person we all love to watch please please please just keep being you.
So proud of your continued growth. I can really tell that you seem genuinely happy... Like you're just glowing inside and out. Can't wait to hear the album :)
Hand to chin is what my Nan does everytime you say something sweet to her. Also, Brixton is 100% the greatest venue. I've seen Weezer and Beck there, and both were amazing. This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is also an absolute jam - definitely my favourite on REP.
about the toxicity thing; I have a constant fear of people leaving me. therefore I hold onto people when they've already moved on. but I can't let go. I just can't. I'm so bad at meeting new people and I'm scared of being all alone. I know it's better for me to move on as well. it's just fear holding me back. I don't know what to do
Bridget van der Brugge I feel the exact same. I always hold on too long and when people leave, even though they're usually the toxic one and they're doing me a favour, I lash out from the pain of the rejection and sort of incriminate myself. Three big events like the happened in the past few years; ex boyfriend, a boy I nearly dated but basically tried to use me, then my best friend late last year.
Oh man, I hear you. It helps when you realize that you can be happy and whole alone, but it’s tough getting to that point. Therapy helps, if you can afford it.
I got your book Emma and it's amazing love it and your advice is also amazing and your sense of humour is also still incredible you're a great person and are worth supporting thank you for being here
your advice for toxic people is great , i had to cut my family out and it hurt and still hurts alot but i was in care for years and every time i met my family it would go horribly wrong and would set me back in my mental health massivly since ive cut them out ive done so well ive got a flat with 2 chinchillas ive got good close friends and my old foster parents parents see me really often they are like foster grandparents which makes up for my biological family being absent my mental health has moved forward and is stable too i guess i couldnt cut them out as a kid i was a slave to the system and saw whoever the social workers made me see but now im so much happier , ive watched your videos seince you only had about 1000 subs an d i really love them you always manage to make em smile and laugh and when im having a really rough day i go back and watch your videos like the how to make valentines day pancakes and the pizza one and those sorts of videos and they always manage to cheer me up a bit and make my day a little brighter , i really hope your music carrer contiues ot blossom and thank you for making my day a little bit better today
I had to cut out my mum for years because of reasons I’d rather not go into online, but I was at my happiest at that point in my life. I’ve recently started talking to her occasionally now, but only in small doses, otherwise the horrible memories catch up and i feel myself going down memory lane too often. It’s bad for my mental health but at the same time I don’t want to cut her out completely. I agree with your advice though, do what makes you happier. 👍🏻
you look really happy and proud emma.. i cant wait to hear what you have for us and also i just literally couldnt stop smiling through the whole video because of the happiness you transmit and the good vibes. im really happy for you
My heart is pounding so hard rn!!! I get on youtube to find this q&a and remember that for the first time I actually have contributed to emmas q&a after watching for years and my question is THE VERY FIRST ONE ON HERE! I FEEL LIKE SHE DID WHEN SHE WAS ON THE APPLE COMMERCIAL!!!
I am so excited to hear your album and relate to something again. I feel like I'm going through exactly what you described while you wrote it. It's going to be amazing.
i have to do the lovely bones for my a levels !!! absolutely loved it, i read it in the holidays before i even started college and im on my 3rd read through rn 😄 my fave bit is definitely the icicle bit in the last chapter, i love how it slowly shows how susie has an increasing influence on what happens on earth and then her presence implies it influences what happens with the icicle, its fucking INCREDIBLE
Aw, it's adorable that you want to live on the Gold Coast. Some love for Australia which I don't see too much. For a lot of people in Australia, the Gold Coast seems like a really nice, chill place to live. I wouldn't really recommend Aussie heat, especially since you live in the UK. I've lived here all my life and it's still terrible so maybe go home for Christmas or well, you stay inside quite a bit and work from home so perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. I'm quite surprised by how you've grown and it's pretty amazing. You've become really self aware and decided to change for the better. I subbed to you a really long time ago back when I was an angsty teen so you were relatable. As I grew up, I'm not gonna lie, I found it really hard to like you and I'm not sure if I unsubbed but I definitely wasn't too keen on watching what you uploaded. I know you don't particularly like thinking about all the channels you've made but I came across the 'boxes of foxes' channel and was quite surprised seeing a channel dedicated to things that seemed unlike what your main channel was about but it really drew me in. Then following you on the Vloggery and whatnot, where you sat down and talked about whatever but usually more personal stuff, it really made me feel connected to you and no doubt many others feel the same. A lot of youtubers kinda feel guilty for rambling/ sit down videos because it's usually less effort but we appreciate how open and vulnerable you can be to potentially anyone. You're still just a person like the rest of us and we care about you all the same. I can't wait for your album and look forward to supporting you in your future endeavours
"Your Own Shoes" and "Ive Been Worse" both tremendously helped me get through life after I was kicked out of my house and out on my own for the first time. They are two of my favorites
also i’m so glad i went to your first islington o2 concert it is still one of the best nights of my life - you were my first ever concert and that is the best thing! x
Emma i missed this q&a but for my music gcse i have to make a composition and i ame like 5 months in and i just made a 40 second long bass solo and i don't know how to add any more stuff it all sounds shit if i restart i don't know where to start, how do you be motivated and make more than 1 song
As someone who's watched your videos for years (2012??? Not sure) I can honestly say at least from my perspective you've really grown up a lot and yes there's been drama but I think it had more to do with the insecurity of others than to do with you. (I also went through a lot of of bullshit n betrayal the last year or so and it's made me spiral but also it's been a wake-up call really.) I totally agree with what you said about reasons to write music, and yeah even my really really rough demos (from the like the first day of it being written or half written cause I record it as I go along) I obsessively listen to stuff because 1) I enjoy it, and it's cathartic cause I write songs to work things out that have been bothering me 2) so I can improve them!
Loved this q&a, thanks for making it. I don't know if you would, but do you think you might do a US tour? (If not this album, sometime in the future?) also loving the weekly vlogs!!
I love how honest you are in this Q&A! I’m starting to really love your videos more and more. (P.s. I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan, and I absolutely love Reputation, too!)
As someone who spent their entire life alone - you wouldn't prefer that. Grass is always greener but loneliness to the point of insanity is something i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
Jess689 pushing toxic people away and being on your own during one part of your life does not mean ‘loneliness to the point of insanity’. I’m not saying ‘move to a remote island and never contact anyone ever again’. Find new people you enjoy being around to replace the toxics. also, you’re implying we should allow ourselves to be emotionally manipulated and made to feel awful JUST so we don’t have to be on our own for a little? I couldn’t disagree more.
Emma Blackery not what I said at all. You said that you would spend every lunchtime alone - you said you would have been better off with zero friends. I’m telling you that’s false - you’re letting yourself be lured in by this idea that all the free time you have would be put towards working. Painting a perfect picture shall we say. I’m not saying to stay around toxic people - of course not - but something equally toxic is cutting yourself off from all socialising - as you implied. Balance is needed.
No, Emma's saying that she would rather spend her time working hard at school than trying to fit in with people who are mean to her and don't actually care about her. It's not like school is the only place you can make friends, nor are you always going to be there.
Anna I guess it depends where you grew up - I had zero friends at school and zero places to try and meet friends. I know she doesn’t mean total isolation but the phrasing in the video sounded like that to me. I think we forget that teenagers biologically don’t have the perspective we do in our twenties and so those times we would like to think we could have taken to better ourselves are more often than not filled with crippling emotional issues stemming from not having a social network in the place you spend most of your life. In a perfect world we wouldn’t need to befriend people and could do it all on our own - but in reality we can’t and for a lot of teens that isolation is their undoing
Jess689 As a person that's in their mid twenties, I learned a long time ago in middle school from total abandonment and then moving schools and making new friends which I knew most didn't really like me either to not care anymore. If I had friends, cool if not? Oh well it's not the end of the world. It may certainly feel like it at the time, but things could be and can get.much worse. I was also an only child that had a decent amount of friends early on so I learned how to deal with being alone and enjoying it when they werent around. Honestly I prefer it most of the time. There are also just different personalities out there that need people in their life to feel whole. Not saying that's you but thats also another thought to put out there. If you're currently in school just remember it's a short time that will be over sooner than you realize. Then you probably never have to see most of those people ever again. As far as making friends outside of school. You'll meet friends almost anywhere as an adult. Work, concerts, bars, stores, etc. There's tons of activities to do to make friends. You just have to do a little searching sometimes. :) (sorry for the novel)
Getting so excited for your album! When you said you'd want to live in GC it kind of hit me that other people outside of Australia know we exist lol I think you'd love it (just not the current heat wave). I'm a bit sad you no longer like Could Be Worse to this day it gets stuck in my head.
Loved the video. Even more excited now for the new music 😊 I love the fact it’s about a journey and I’m pretty sure I may listen to it a ton. I like how all your music is different and it rly showcases the many different skills you have as an artist.
You're right about the "Someday you'll wish you started today" quote. I wish I would have taken piano lessons, or never quit guitar. Hell I regret taking a semester off voice lessons.
Don't be ashamed of listening to your own songs! I'm a classical singer, and I frequently go back and listen to recordings of my previous solo performances, and do ya wanna know why? Because I'm PROUD of them! And that's okay!
I've been watching you and loving/ supporting your music and videos. I've watched you grow from an insensitive (tbh you never were) to this amazing person I see now. You were/are my first inspiration to start TH-cam (in the future) and to write songs. I thank and love you 💜💜💜
1) OMG WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD GREEN HAIR IN ‘14 I WAS SO SHOCKED! I forgot I’d been a fan of you for that long omg, time flies by 2) HUMANS IS MY FAVOURITE BOOK AH This video got me excited to say the least
Just bought your book, and its really helping :) Thank you for being you :) P.S. That last rule, while very true and a good point, still made me laugh when going through the rules as it was just blunt but made its point.
hey Emma. I’ve been watching you since I was 14 years old and now I’m almost 18 years old, you have been my favourite TH-camr and one of my inspirations ever since I discovered you I always wanted to make music just like you and seeing you live out your dream makes me so incredibly happy! I hope one day you can come to Canada so I can finally meet you! Lots of love and I wish you the best❤️
I agree with wishing you started sooner. Wish I started guitar sooner but last year I got the guitar I always wanted and dreamed of (a Gretsch that looked a lot like Eddie Cochran’s) and started to learn to play and I’m happy I did it.
The way you described your new album made me more excited. I am in that phase where I am acknowledging that there are toxic people in my life, they do whatever they can in a subtle way to make me feel shitty, but I am still not powerful enough to cut them all out 😞
I of course don't know your situation, but in general, don't give people too much credit when it comes to how they make you feel. Often what may come off as malicious is innocent, perhaps just well-intentioned ignorance. Most people are just as lost as you, and in trying to find their way, they may accidentally step on your toes.
Listening to you talk about how Broxton Academy is like a huge goal of yours totally made me burst out crying. It's a stunning venue but also the venue that made me decide to no longer go to any concerts. I have major anxiety and I did not enjoy the concert I went to there last year whatsoever and it breaks my heart because I adore the band I went to see. But that venue... I got so sick from stress and anxiety and it was horrible. Don't really know why I am babbling this, just what I do when I am upset I guess. Also kids do not let anxiety rule your life it can destroy momenys that are supposed to be pure and joyful.
I have never related to the first two minutes of a video so hard.- I know exactly what I sound like right now as well and I hate it.I also just write songs in my head all the time. Full out.I practically wrote out an entire album called "Cataclysm" and I knew exactly what I wanted It to sound like, but could never realise it. So this is fantastic to hear that you, a phenomenal musician, was once doing the same. 1:38 - Phew, not just me then.
HELL YEAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA Thank you so much for this, I’m going through a big rough patch at the moment and this really lifted me up! I love you Emma!!! Also the bit about toxicity- I haven’t got to it yet, but I asked you about toxic teachers on your book tour and your advice helped me sSO much!!!! Thank you!!!! I love you! Okay goodbye now I need to watch this ❤️
first book she puts out and it's my favourite, wow. matt haig's works are so amazing! i actually sent my copy of the humans to my friend last week for her to read it, she started today!
Not being able to read music is no problem. I have noticed the coloured dots on your keyboard. You're not alone. Vince Clarke, of Erasure, and indeed, his old band, Depeche Mode, still use stickers. As do New Order. And of course, not being able to read music (an old girlfriend who had the annoying habit of being able to pick up an instrument, look at it, work out where to strum, blow, finger or hit - that came out a bit ruder than intended - would go ahead and play it. She was that musical she could probably have got a tune out of a cheese roll, tried to explain musical notation to me. Mandarin Chinese would probably have made more sense), ensured their abject failure in the music business. Actually, it didn't. I think musicians' brains are wired differently from normal humans - incredible recall being one facet. In the early 1800's, the composer Mendelssohn visited Scotland for inspiration. He took a boat trip to the eerie and remote island of Staffa, and there, visiting the dark Fingal's cave, was struck by the opening chords and melody for his next work. He kept humming it to himself, as there was nothing on the boat with which to write. He knew, at his lodgings, there was a piano, on which he could write a rough draft of his new work. He urged the boatman to hurry back, lest he forgot the tune. He got back to his lodgings, but was horrified on being informed by his land lady that it was Sunday. And on Sunday, in Scotland, there was no music to be played, and no, he could not have the key for the piano; he'd have to wait until tomorrow, which Mendelssohn did. God knows how, but he did. All of it. 😉😘
I’m not entirely sure what video it was or if it was in a vlog, whatever it may be, but she spoke about how she didn’t want to do skits like that anymore because they weren’t really her and she did them because she felt like they’d get views and that it’d make people happy, and now she’s all about doing videos that make her happy.
I never really cared about Taylor Swift, I could never connect to her songs in any way, but then she dropped Reputation and I kid you not, it's one of my favourite albums of all time. I just love it. It's not about the anger or the shade, it's more about her always being the nice country girl with a broken heart, dropping this massive "revenge" album against all her enemies and people who've done her wrong and telling everyone she's not to mess with. Absolutely love it. Awesome lyrics, awesome music, awesome vibes, awesome everything. That said, can't wait for your new album as well! Seeing you this happy and motivated is so nice, coming from someone who's been around for quite a few years. I've never seen your eyes so full of passion and never heard your voice being so full of serenity. Wish you all the best x
you were kinda in the backround making noise until you shown murakami book. I'm into this author, I find comfort in his style. although I wasn't fascinated by this book specifically. I liked the one about the wall better. but they are all good read 👌
you're amazing and so nice! I LOVE that you write your song and listen to them I feel like most of the popular musicians dont even care they just want money...
I doubt you'll read this but I think this is important Should learn sheet music and theory IMO. Having a good ear and understanding music theory are both important aspects to a great musician, and they both bring aspects to the table where the other is lacking. Learning the theory and paperwork of music lets you have a richer understanding of the logic of your music, and offers the ability to make music without hearing it and to experiment with unconventional sounds and learn how sounds that don't go together sound good together. Combined with a good ear is what makes some of the best musicians what they are. For some examples of what kinds of insights you can gain, you should see someone like Jacob Collier talk music theory, e.g. in his interview with Herbie Hancock th-cam.com/video/eRkgK4jfi6M/w-d-xo.html
lol @ y'all saying 'where have you been?' when i've been uploading weekly vlogs every week for the past six weeks!! been uploading tons on my second channel (th-cam.com/users/vloggery) too. i haven't gone aaaaaanywhere, you just aren't looking in the right places!
Emma Blackery Do you like the band Oasis
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oh yes my friend, the full stop will kill us all.
i was replying to the dude above you but ok
I love when you're able to just sit down and communicate with your audience. I really wish you the best on your journey and really wonderful advice.
4:49 - 6:10
is my question(s) and I'm feeling so stoked and special that you answered it in so much detail! :D
Looking forward to your new music Emma!
Draw Curiosity nice question 👍
Emma this is WHY I started watching your videos! I loved your attitude, I STILL love your attitude! You gave and still give amazing advice! You have no idea how much of a hole you dug me out of when I first found your videos. Of all the TH-camrs I've watched over the last 12 years you are my single most absolute favourite person on this site and if I am ever so lucky as to meet you in Ireland I will probably cry more than the biggest fangirl on the face of the plant (bear in mind I am six foot tall and have a beard so that will probably be the stupidest looking you would see that day) please Emma Blackery, keep being the same beautiful, sarcastic, funny, loving person we all love to watch please please please just keep being you.
with the rate of people not seeing you still alive on this channel, its almost like you've been recording and uploading your videos in full camouflage
So proud of your continued growth. I can really tell that you seem genuinely happy... Like you're just glowing inside and out. Can't wait to hear the album :)
Hand to chin is what my Nan does everytime you say something sweet to her.
Also, Brixton is 100% the greatest venue. I've seen Weezer and Beck there, and both were amazing.
This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is also an absolute jam - definitely my favourite on REP.
I was at the Islington gig and it was the most amazing thing! You looked so happy as we sang along. I loved it.
about the toxicity thing;
I have a constant fear of people leaving me. therefore I hold onto people when they've already moved on. but I can't let go. I just can't. I'm so bad at meeting new people and I'm scared of being all alone.
I know it's better for me to move on as well. it's just fear holding me back. I don't know what to do
Bridget van der Brugge I feel the exact same. I always hold on too long and when people leave, even though they're usually the toxic one and they're doing me a favour, I lash out from the pain of the rejection and sort of incriminate myself. Three big events like the happened in the past few years; ex boyfriend, a boy I nearly dated but basically tried to use me, then my best friend late last year.
Oh man, I hear you. It helps when you realize that you can be happy and whole alone, but it’s tough getting to that point. Therapy helps, if you can afford it.
I got your book Emma and it's amazing love it and your advice is also amazing and your sense of humour is also still incredible you're a great person and are worth supporting thank you for being here
Yes, Haze is superb, and such a clever, clever video.
your advice for toxic people is great , i had to cut my family out and it hurt and still hurts alot but i was in care for years and every time i met my family it would go horribly wrong and would set me back in my mental health massivly since ive cut them out ive done so well ive got a flat with 2 chinchillas ive got good close friends and my old foster parents parents see me really often they are like foster grandparents which makes up for my biological family being absent my mental health has moved forward and is stable too i guess i couldnt cut them out as a kid i was a slave to the system and saw whoever the social workers made me see but now im so much happier , ive watched your videos seince you only had about 1000 subs an d i really love them you always manage to make em smile and laugh and when im having a really rough day i go back and watch your videos like the how to make valentines day pancakes and the pizza one and those sorts of videos and they always manage to cheer me up a bit and make my day a little brighter , i really hope your music carrer contiues ot blossom and thank you for making my day a little bit better today
I had to cut out my mum for years because of reasons I’d rather not go into online, but I was at my happiest at that point in my life. I’ve recently started talking to her occasionally now, but only in small doses, otherwise the horrible memories catch up and i feel myself going down memory lane too often. It’s bad for my mental health but at the same time I don’t want to cut her out completely. I agree with your advice though, do what makes you happier. 👍🏻
She keeps referencing tea in the video! I swear if this album is called TEA, I am going to explode with JOY!😂
loved this! ive been loving the weekly vlogs too! :)))
Cutting people out is one thing, cutting yourself off from the world is another thing. Take care of yourselves everyone.
Nice to see some love for Afterglow, I get nothing but crap when I tell people that's my favourite song on the album
we're so excited to see you're new stuff! Keep doing what you do
Love this ur soooooo inspiring
Now I want to write music 🎧 yay 😁
you look really happy and proud emma.. i cant wait to hear what you have for us and also i just literally couldnt stop smiling through the whole video because of the happiness you transmit and the good vibes. im really happy for you
My heart is pounding so hard rn!!! I get on youtube to find this q&a and remember that for the first time I actually have contributed to emmas q&a after watching for years and my question is THE VERY FIRST ONE ON HERE! I FEEL LIKE SHE DID WHEN SHE WAS ON THE APPLE COMMERCIAL!!!
I love watching all the phases of Emma.....It is a rare privilege to watch someone evolve and grow. Have a wonderful weekend !
You seem so incredibly passionate in this video, it's amazing to see!
I am so excited to hear your album and relate to something again. I feel like I'm going through exactly what you described while you wrote it. It's going to be amazing.
Good advice on toxic relationships! It sucks but cutting people out or distancing yourself is the best way to do it.
I am so proud of you, Emma. You're such an inspiration to me. I love you.
i have to do the lovely bones for my a levels !!! absolutely loved it, i read it in the holidays before i even started college and im on my 3rd read through rn 😄 my fave bit is definitely the icicle bit in the last chapter, i love how it slowly shows how susie has an increasing influence on what happens on earth and then her presence implies it influences what happens with the icicle, its fucking INCREDIBLE
Aw, it's adorable that you want to live on the Gold Coast. Some love for Australia which I don't see too much. For a lot of people in Australia, the Gold Coast seems like a really nice, chill place to live. I wouldn't really recommend Aussie heat, especially since you live in the UK. I've lived here all my life and it's still terrible so maybe go home for Christmas or well, you stay inside quite a bit and work from home so perhaps it wouldn't be so bad.
I'm quite surprised by how you've grown and it's pretty amazing. You've become really self aware and decided to change for the better. I subbed to you a really long time ago back when I was an angsty teen so you were relatable. As I grew up, I'm not gonna lie, I found it really hard to like you and I'm not sure if I unsubbed but I definitely wasn't too keen on watching what you uploaded. I know you don't particularly like thinking about all the channels you've made but I came across the 'boxes of foxes' channel and was quite surprised seeing a channel dedicated to things that seemed unlike what your main channel was about but it really drew me in. Then following you on the Vloggery and whatnot, where you sat down and talked about whatever but usually more personal stuff, it really made me feel connected to you and no doubt many others feel the same. A lot of youtubers kinda feel guilty for rambling/ sit down videos because it's usually less effort but we appreciate how open and vulnerable you can be to potentially anyone. You're still just a person like the rest of us and we care about you all the same. I can't wait for your album and look forward to supporting you in your future endeavours
"Your Own Shoes" and "Ive Been Worse" both tremendously helped me get through life after I was kicked out of my house and out on my own for the first time. They are two of my favorites
also i’m so glad i went to your first islington o2 concert it is still one of the best nights of my life - you were my first ever concert and that is the best thing! x
awh i’m so gassed i got you that lovely bones book!:) glad you still love it xxx
Emma i missed this q&a but for my music gcse i have to make a composition and i ame like 5 months in and i just made a 40 second long bass solo and i don't know how to add any more stuff it all sounds shit if i restart i don't know where to start, how do you be motivated and make more than 1 song
Throwaway Orc I got an A*’s in my comps so if you need help message me on insta: jade_xoxo_17
Jade Rowe kk thanks
love you emma , needed this tonight ♥️
Casually Chloe how do I always find you!?
AstroAlex haha♥️
Your concert at the O2 Islington was honestly one of the best days of my life and it was my first concert. I loved it so much
Never have I seen more favorited comments by the uploader on a video, it really shows how much she loves her audience... All the best Emma!
As someone who's watched your videos for years (2012??? Not sure) I can honestly say at least from my perspective you've really grown up a lot and yes there's been drama but I think it had more to do with the insecurity of others than to do with you. (I also went through a lot of of bullshit n betrayal the last year or so and it's made me spiral but also it's been a wake-up call really.)
I totally agree with what you said about reasons to write music, and yeah even my really really rough demos (from the like the first day of it being written or half written cause I record it as I go along) I obsessively listen to stuff because 1) I enjoy it, and it's cathartic cause I write songs to work things out that have been bothering me 2) so I can improve them!
i'm gonna go ahead and use the lines said from 11:00- 11:08 and make them into a song
Loved this q&a, thanks for making it. I don't know if you would, but do you think you might do a US tour? (If not this album, sometime in the future?) also loving the weekly vlogs!!
So what I'm expecting for the new album is a full-blown tea party. Excited as hell!
I love how honest you are in this Q&A! I’m starting to really love your videos more and more. (P.s. I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan, and I absolutely love Reputation, too!)
As someone who spent their entire life alone - you wouldn't prefer that. Grass is always greener but loneliness to the point of insanity is something i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
Jess689 pushing toxic people away and being on your own during one part of your life does not mean ‘loneliness to the point of insanity’. I’m not saying ‘move to a remote island and never contact anyone ever again’. Find new people you enjoy being around to replace the toxics. also, you’re implying we should allow ourselves to be emotionally manipulated and made to feel awful JUST so we don’t have to be on our own for a little? I couldn’t disagree more.
Emma Blackery not what I said at all. You said that you would spend every lunchtime alone - you said you would have been better off with zero friends.
I’m telling you that’s false - you’re letting yourself be lured in by this idea that all the free time you have would be put towards working. Painting a perfect picture shall we say.
I’m not saying to stay around toxic people - of course not - but something equally toxic is cutting yourself off from all socialising - as you implied.
Balance is needed.
No, Emma's saying that she would rather spend her time working hard at school than trying to fit in with people who are mean to her and don't actually care about her. It's not like school is the only place you can make friends, nor are you always going to be there.
Anna I guess it depends where you grew up - I had zero friends at school and zero places to try and meet friends.
I know she doesn’t mean total isolation but the phrasing in the video sounded like that to me. I think we forget that teenagers biologically don’t have the perspective we do in our twenties and so those times we would like to think we could have taken to better ourselves are more often than not filled with crippling emotional issues stemming from not having a social network in the place you spend most of your life.
In a perfect world we wouldn’t need to befriend people and could do it all on our own - but in reality we can’t and for a lot of teens that isolation is their undoing
Jess689 As a person that's in their mid twenties, I learned a long time ago in middle school from total abandonment and then moving schools and making new friends which I knew most didn't really like me either to not care anymore. If I had friends, cool if not? Oh well it's not the end of the world. It may certainly feel like it at the time, but things could be and can get.much worse. I was also an only child that had a decent amount of friends early on so I learned how to deal with being alone and enjoying it when they werent around. Honestly I prefer it most of the time. There are also just different personalities out there that need people in their life to feel whole. Not saying that's you but thats also another thought to put out there. If you're currently in school just remember it's a short time that will be over sooner than you realize. Then you probably never have to see most of those people ever again. As far as making friends outside of school. You'll meet friends almost anywhere as an adult. Work, concerts, bars, stores, etc. There's tons of activities to do to make friends. You just have to do a little searching sometimes. :) (sorry for the novel)
I've only just started watching your videos about an hour ago but you're already my new favourite youtuber
I'm so hyped for this album!
Getting so excited for your album! When you said you'd want to live in GC it kind of hit me that other people outside of Australia know we exist lol I think you'd love it (just not the current heat wave). I'm a bit sad you no longer like Could Be Worse to this day it gets stuck in my head.
I was at that Islington show, it was incredible, can’t wait for the new music!!
You should definitely move to Australia !!! Although while it's sunny on Christmas, it's also usually like 40-45C so that's not so good
Loved the video. Even more excited now for the new music 😊 I love the fact it’s about a journey and I’m pretty sure I may listen to it a ton. I like how all your music is different and it rly showcases the many different skills you have as an artist.
We will always be here to support you, Emma. We love you. Keep up the good work. It's great to see you smiling and laughing
You're right about the "Someday you'll wish you started today" quote. I wish I would have taken piano lessons, or never quit guitar. Hell I regret taking a semester off voice lessons.
Don't be ashamed of listening to your own songs! I'm a classical singer, and I frequently go back and listen to recordings of my previous solo performances, and do ya wanna know why? Because I'm PROUD of them! And that's okay!
*Taking Notes*
-When dealing with terrible humans, intimacy is a must.
Brilliant!
I've been watching you and loving/ supporting your music and videos. I've watched you grow from an insensitive (tbh you never were) to this amazing person I see now. You were/are my first inspiration to start TH-cam (in the future) and to write songs. I thank and love you 💜💜💜
What, I loved "Your old shoes", it was so good!!!
1) OMG WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD GREEN HAIR IN ‘14 I WAS SO SHOCKED! I forgot I’d been a fan of you for that long omg, time flies by
2) HUMANS IS MY FAVOURITE BOOK AH
This video got me excited to say the least
Just bought your book, and its really helping :) Thank you for being you :)
P.S. That last rule, while very true and a good point, still made me laugh when going through the rules as it was just blunt but made its point.
Oooh my gawddd if only I knew that you were doing this q&a
follow me on twitter to know when i'm going to do them!
Emma Blackery I'll have to install it then (wow wee no shit ) 💙
I'm so happy you uploaded on my birthday!
Thanks Emma!
hey Emma. I’ve been watching you since I was 14 years old and now I’m almost 18 years old, you have been my favourite TH-camr and one of my inspirations ever since I discovered you I always wanted to make music just like you and seeing you live out your dream makes me so incredibly happy! I hope one day you can come to Canada so I can finally meet you! Lots of love and I wish you the best❤️
Was kinda expecting a cheeky book plug when asked about your novel recommendations lol.
I hope you’re doing okay Emma, still tuning in after years and loving the music ☺️ if only you made it to Australia for tours...
you're back! :D i've missed watching your videos so much
I love this so much
I agree with wishing you started sooner. Wish I started guitar sooner but last year I got the guitar I always wanted and dreamed of (a Gretsch that looked a lot like Eddie Cochran’s) and started to learn to play and I’m happy I did it.
The way you described your new album made me more excited. I am in that phase where I am acknowledging that there are toxic people in my life, they do whatever they can in a subtle way to make me feel shitty, but I am still not powerful enough to cut them all out 😞
I of course don't know your situation, but in general, don't give people too much credit when it comes to how they make you feel. Often what may come off as malicious is innocent, perhaps just well-intentioned ignorance. Most people are just as lost as you, and in trying to find their way, they may accidentally step on your toes.
THE MANIFESTO ON HOW TO BE INTERESTING WAS THE BOOK THAT GOT ME INTO HOLLY BOURNE AND AAAAHHH I JUST HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOT IT
3:35 - You haven't lost your sense of humour. Bloody hilarious.
why would i have lost it...?
Not suggesting that in the slightest. Just saying that I needed a good laugh and you sure delivered.
my mood just went from 0 to a 100 bc i’ve been waiting for this for ages ahh
I agree! Reputation is such a good album, I really love 'so it goes...' and ' I did something bad'
Listening to you talk about how Broxton Academy is like a huge goal of yours totally made me burst out crying. It's a stunning venue but also the venue that made me decide to no longer go to any concerts. I have major anxiety and I did not enjoy the concert I went to there last year whatsoever and it breaks my heart because I adore the band I went to see. But that venue... I got so sick from stress and anxiety and it was horrible. Don't really know why I am babbling this, just what I do when I am upset I guess. Also kids do not let anxiety rule your life it can destroy momenys that are supposed to be pure and joyful.
YESS FOR GREEN HAIR!!!! I had green hair for almost a year and I LOVED it! Made me feel so fucking awesome
you are a legend this video was great ♥️
You are such an inspiration :) Loved this video ❤❤❤
I have never related to the first two minutes of a video so hard.- I know exactly what I sound like right now as well and I hate it.I also just write songs in my head all the time. Full out.I practically wrote out an entire album called "Cataclysm" and I knew exactly what I wanted It to sound like, but could never realise it. So this is fantastic to hear that you, a phenomenal musician, was once doing the same.
1:38 - Phew, not just me then.
lol! Your cat's reaction. It's so... cat! That brought me so much joy in the middle of an already entertaining video.
Aw I miss Q&A’s plus I love your hair so much
When are you gonna collab with Boyinaband again? :
never
omg lool
Lmao what
Emma Blackery 😯
You look so good in this 👌
I loved the green hair the ask Demma vids got me into you, I need the green hair back!
Your music is amazing! :D
It's so true, I always regret not starting things sooner :(
(That dig at TH-cam removing annotations! LOL 😂)
Great video and again it’s so good to see your so happy Emma and I can’t wait for your new album 🙂
A REPUTATION STAN? BRILLIANT.
HELL YEAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Thank you so much for this, I’m going through a big rough patch at the moment and this really lifted me up! I love you Emma!!! Also the bit about toxicity- I haven’t got to it yet, but I asked you about toxic teachers on your book tour and your advice helped me sSO much!!!! Thank you!!!! I love you! Okay goodbye now I need to watch this ❤️
As usual a banger of a video well done Emma love ya. Xx
Ahhh Emma I love you! You go girl!
first book she puts out and it's my favourite, wow. matt haig's works are so amazing! i actually sent my copy of the humans to my friend last week for her to read it, she started today!
hahah im the same
i cant read sheet music but i can play piano
really well according to my other pianist friends
love your hair Emma! Xx
Not being able to read music is no problem. I have noticed the coloured dots on your keyboard. You're not alone. Vince Clarke, of Erasure, and indeed, his old band, Depeche Mode, still use stickers. As do New Order. And of course, not being able to read music (an old girlfriend who had the annoying habit of being able to pick up an instrument, look at it, work out where to strum, blow, finger or hit - that came out a bit ruder than intended - would go ahead and play it. She was that musical she could probably have got a tune out of a cheese roll, tried to explain musical notation to me. Mandarin Chinese would probably have made more sense), ensured their abject failure in the music business. Actually, it didn't. I think musicians' brains are wired differently from normal humans - incredible recall being one facet. In the early 1800's, the composer Mendelssohn visited Scotland for inspiration. He took a boat trip to the eerie and remote island of Staffa, and there, visiting the dark Fingal's cave, was struck by the opening chords and melody for his next work. He kept humming it to himself, as there was nothing on the boat with which to write. He knew, at his lodgings, there was a piano, on which he could write a rough draft of his new work. He urged the boatman to hurry back, lest he forgot the tune. He got back to his lodgings, but was horrified on being informed by his land lady that it was Sunday. And on Sunday, in Scotland, there was no music to be played, and no, he could not have the key for the piano; he'd have to wait until tomorrow, which Mendelssohn did. God knows how, but he did. All of it. 😉😘
WHY ISNT THERE A NEW VALNETINES SINGLE VIDEO I MISS IT OMFG
Emma said a while ago she would stop doing them
i dont remember that being said or if it was it wasn't in a video
she said that on twitter i think
I’m not entirely sure what video it was or if it was in a vlog, whatever it may be, but she spoke about how she didn’t want to do skits like that anymore because they weren’t really her and she did them because she felt like they’d get views and that it’d make people happy, and now she’s all about doing videos that make her happy.
I never really cared about Taylor Swift, I could never connect to her songs in any way, but then she dropped Reputation and I kid you not, it's one of my favourite albums of all time. I just love it. It's not about the anger or the shade, it's more about her always being the nice country girl with a broken heart, dropping this massive "revenge" album against all her enemies and people who've done her wrong and telling everyone she's not to mess with. Absolutely love it. Awesome lyrics, awesome music, awesome vibes, awesome everything.
That said, can't wait for your new album as well! Seeing you this happy and motivated is so nice, coming from someone who's been around for quite a few years. I've never seen your eyes so full of passion and never heard your voice being so full of serenity. Wish you all the best x
emma i found your channel when you were rocking green hair!!!
you were kinda in the backround making noise until you shown murakami book. I'm into this author, I find comfort in his style. although I wasn't fascinated by this book specifically. I liked the one about the wall better. but they are all good read 👌
I've needed this. Thank you. x
you're amazing and so nice! I LOVE that you write your song and listen to them I feel like most of the popular musicians dont even care they just want money...
I loved the green hair! 💕❤
Turn on the lights
Joe Cage I didn’t realise how dark the video was when I was editing cos the screen brightness was on max LOL
your hair looks just so amazing today (:
I doubt you'll read this but I think this is important
Should learn sheet music and theory IMO. Having a good ear and understanding music theory are both important aspects to a great musician, and they both bring aspects to the table where the other is lacking. Learning the theory and paperwork of music lets you have a richer understanding of the logic of your music, and offers the ability to make music without hearing it and to experiment with unconventional sounds and learn how sounds that don't go together sound good together. Combined with a good ear is what makes some of the best musicians what they are.
For some examples of what kinds of insights you can gain, you should see someone like Jacob Collier talk music theory, e.g. in his interview with Herbie Hancock th-cam.com/video/eRkgK4jfi6M/w-d-xo.html
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I enjoyed this video immensely 🖤
Haha "Winging My Way Through Life"