Quenlin Blackwell is one of the internet’s most intellectually hilarious, blatantly honest and naturally beautiful personalities. If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of watching any of her content, just know that your favorite celebrity most likely has.
Her History
Quenlin Blackwell is a natural born creator and entertainer. When she was just 10 years old, her mom bought her a web camera to distract her from the struggles of her youth and encourage her to play with her creativity. Because of her brilliant brain, she took the footage to YouTube and created an account under the username Quenster17.
Although she’s now circled back to her YouTube roots, Vine is where her one-of-a-kind personality was truly recognized. If you were on Vine in 2015, it was nearly impossible to avoid viewing a Quensadilla video…and thank god. Quenlin was 14 years old when a vine she made cheerleading in high school went viral. She was getting re-vined by the biggest creators on the app and recognized by stars who weren’t even born yet.
Shawn Mendes, Billie Eilish, and Ricky Thompson were just some of the celebrities who were fans of fourteen-year-old Quen and are even bigger fans of her now. Although Vine shut down after Quen amassed a diverse and obsessed 500,000 followers on the app, her career did not die with it. She was able to lead her following to Twitter, where she took part in the first wave of reaction memes in 2017 that received hundreds of thousands of likes.
After she proved her capability of succeeding on any platform, an agent convinced her to make the move to Los Angeles at the age of 17. She was then persuaded to pursue TikTok, as it was an up-and-coming platform at that time.
The special thing about Quen is that people are mesmerized by her ability to be herself unapologetically. Who she truly is to her core is what’s so entertaining about her. Her existence on the internet is uniquely playful, confidently crazy, brutally honest and just real as f*ck.
Celebrity Lore
The people that are aware of her seem to always be intrigued by her celebrity relations. Quenlin Blackwell has made some of the most iconic appearances in culturally significant social media moments.
Over a few years, she’s been seen in Larray’s 2021 Cancelled music video, she was spotted on stage kissing Billie Eilish at her 2024 Coachella album release performance and she was cast as an it girl in Charli XCX’s 360 music video.
On top of that she’s talked about living with world renowned Dj Diplo, and has teased her friendships with SZA, Lil Nas X, the Damelio’s, Addison Rae and almost any celebrity or influencer you can think of. What people don’t understand is that most of the celebrities she’s known to have friendships with were fans of her first, she explained in an interview with TikToker Jack Wright.
She’s naturally existed on the internet for so long, that even celebrities have consumed her content whether it was in her Vine, Twitter or Tik Tok era. The relationships she was able to form simply out of their viewership is a testament to how cool of a person she is in real life and on the internet.
Current Content
Quenlin Blackwell’s comedy and editing expertise is divine. It’s almost impossible to explain in words the talent underneath her quick-witted, intelligent humor. Nowadays Quen is focused on her YouTube and Tik Tok craft.
She’s been accumulating millions of views consecutively on YouTube and has gained over 10 million followers on TikTok. Her YouTube channel consists of OG long-form style YouTube content. She posts reaction videos, taste tests, challenges and a series she recently started titled “Feeding starving influencers.”
On Tik Tok however, there’s no pattern to the golden videos she puts out, except for her trying different cuisine sequences.
Modeling Era
Blackwell has grown immensely over the years and has expanded her talents to modeling. To no surprise, she’s devoured every campaign she’s been a part of, effortlessly modeling beside some of the most relevant models of our time.
Some of the brands she’s modeled for include Jean Paul Gaultier, Savage x Fenty, I AM GIA and was just recently spotted at the SS25 Burberry show in London.
Quenlin often jokes that her following is army-like, and loudly encourages them to create fan edits of her to the hashtag #Quenaissance. That in itself is a great example of her genius. She’s able to create humor out of her loyal fan base’s tendencies, while cheering them on, making them laugh and generating further public support.
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