Simon de Wit, which means Simon White in English, is a Dutch singer and YouTuber who was born on April 19th, 1997 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He is popularly known for his moniker Blanks. Simon started playing the guitar in high school, and he now plays the bass guitar, ukulele and he can sing. He joined YouTube in March 2013 and gained popularity with his music-related YouTube series One Hour Song challenge as Mashup and Simon Geeft Antwoord. Simon dropped his debut single If You Ever Change Your Mind in 2016. Both Simon and Nesim Najih are both Dutch YouTubers known for their original web challenges and vlogging. He went to the University of Groningen to study information science (NL). In January 2020, he won "Best Artist" at Popgala Noord as part of Eurosonic-Noorderslag. Blanks began recording his music after several years of doing cover music videos. He released his first single, "Don't Stop." A few days after its release, this song was put on the roster of Dutch radio station NPO 3FM. "Wave" was added to various radio stations around the world, as well as the playlists of Dutch NPO Radio 2 and NPO 3FM, and was dubbed a "3FM Megahit." Blanks was also recognized for his contributions to the 3FM talent pool.
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