Blanks appeared on MTV’s TRL to talk about his remakes and early support from people like Armin van Buuren, Ariana Grande and Post Malone. While his 80’s version of ‘Better Now’ went viral multiple times, Blanks has been focusing on original music. With the help of his Instagram followers, he wrote instant bops like ‘Wave’, ‘Bittersweet’ and ‘Higher’. In his series ‘Blanks Invites’ features studio collabs with artists like San Holo, Dayglow, Alfie Templeman and Sheppard. On October 29, 2021, Blanks released his debut album called “Nothing Lasts Forever And That’s OK”. The new year started off well with a Music Moves Europe Award and Blanks is gearing up for an extensive Europe tour in the spring of 2022.
Support: Jet van der Steen
20-year old Jet van der Steen already reached a large audience from her bedroom by regularly posting covers on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Behind the scenes she is also working hard on her own repertoire. Her debut EP ‘Door mijn Ogen’ was released on Juli 1, which she played live with her band during her release party in PAARD.