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Quen Blackwell is NOW | Harper’s BAZAAR

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00:00Can we get quiet on set?
00:01I've been doing this since I was 12.
00:03I'm like Dakota Fanning of the internet.
00:11Right now, you're finding me on the set of my cooking show,
00:13Feeding Starring Celebrities.
00:15The inspiration from my series came from necessity.
00:19I would be at home in my parents' house like,
00:21what am I supposed to film on YouTube today?
00:23Let me just cook a meal.
00:24And then I came out to LA, and my friends were like,
00:26let's hang out, and I'm like, girl,
00:27y'all got record label money.
00:29I need to figure something out ASAP.
00:31So if y'all come over, we need to film.
00:32They're like, what are we going to film?
00:34Us cooking.
00:35So then I cooked with Lil Nas X and Dustin Conrad.
00:38We were just supposed to go out that night.
00:39I needed some footage.
00:40That became like having a show now.
00:43If I could dream really big,
00:45my dream celebrity to have on the show
00:47would probably be Martha Stewart.
00:48What do you guys hit me?
00:49Whatever Martha says is about to happen,
00:51it's what we going to do.
00:55Who are you obsessed with now?
00:57Right now, I'm obsessed with my future self.
01:00Like, I'm obsessed with the woman that I feel myself becoming.
01:03What are you listening to now?
01:05Right now, I'm listening to Olivia Deen.
01:09When she got that Grammy, I like,
01:10did me a gospel step.
01:12I'll be honest.
01:12What are you consuming online now?
01:15My digital routine.
01:16I wake up in the morning, I go to the photos,
01:18because that's not the internet.
01:20That's just me looking at my life.
01:22I'm a historian when I go into my photo app.
01:25Then I take it to a cute little message,
01:27not because I want to socialize,
01:29because I need to work,
01:30because it's America.
01:32We have bills to pay.
01:33And then I take it over to email.
01:35I take it over to X,
01:36dip my toe into the lake of fire,
01:38and then to clean myself off,
01:40I go to Instagram Reels and really get the truth of humanity.
01:43Oh, we need something else.
01:45We need something else.
01:46Then I pull out my Kindle Paperwhite and I read.
01:50What are you wearing now?
01:52We're the fashion girls,
01:53because we are at the big HB.
01:54I'm wearing Prada Spring 2026.
01:57When you have a look like this,
01:58you really got to keep it here.
01:59You really got to keep it here.
02:00You can't do too much.
02:01You know, I'm a clown.
02:01I like to do a lot of cartwheels and stuff,
02:03but you can't do that in high fashion.
02:05My favorite brands right now,
02:08Chanel, Chanel, Chanel, Valentino, Prada, Tom Ford.
02:13I love Hayter Ackerman.
02:14I also love dead stock things.
02:18I like brands where people can't buy from them anymore,
02:20because I want to feel special all the time.
02:22Who's influencing you right now?
02:24I love a good Ayo.
02:27Like, Ayo is really one of my, like, inspirations.
02:30I respect what she's done so much in her career,
02:32and I love how she carried herself throughout it all,
02:35and the things that she's working on,
02:37and how she began in comedy,
02:38and then became, like, this character actor.
02:40It's really fun.
02:42What are the challenges that content creators face in 2026?
02:47No shade.
02:48I don't know.
02:48I've been doing this since I was 12.
02:50I'm like Dakota Fanning of the internet.
02:52Which fellow creators are in your inner circle?
02:55LeRae.
02:56LeRae is my best friend.
02:58That is my sister.
02:59That is my cousin.
03:00That is my brother.
03:02That is my husband.
03:03You can get so in your head about the ego
03:04of the entertainment industry,
03:06but you have a friend that's like,
03:07girl, shut up and twerk.
03:09Like, yes.
03:10That's what matters at the end of the day.
03:11And he reminds me, like,
03:13don't take things too seriously and just have fun.
03:16I think that's how we keep each other sane.
03:20Right now, I am loving wellness for my family.
03:25For Christmas, I got everyone private trainers and nutritionists.
03:29And so, like, I really like to give my family the things
03:32that I've been able to see in this new environment.
03:35That's what I'm loving is giving.
03:37my found knowledge to the people who brought me here.
03:41Thank you guys so much for joining me.
03:43Mwah.
03:44Mommy loves you.
03:45Bye.
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