Team Plaid

Local Seattle papers continue to bring us more insight into our favorite rad AI contestant, Blake Lewis. This piece from The Seattle Times refers to Blake as ”part beatboxing Rahzel, part crooning Elvis Costello” and interviews some of his friends and family. 

Wondering if his plaid pants are a gimmick to stand out from the pack?  According to his friend Ethan Newberry (featured below), Blake was “weirdly obsessed with these old man golf pants. Sometimes he’d get the material and have the pants made for him.”  Newberry also describes Blake as “completely hyper” and says, “He’s always down for anything. You could say, ‘I was thinking about doing … ‘ and before you were even done, he’d say, ‘I’ll be there.’ ”

His childhood friend, Cisco McCarthy, agrees, referring to Blake as a “little ball of energy.”  He adds, “He’s always excited about something. If you don’t see him for two days, he’ll take you out to his car and show you his latest track or have you listen to some artist that he’s just found.”  The article references a small leather-bound book that Blake would carry with him. According to McCarthy,  “it was his right-hand man”  where he wrote poetry and lyrics.

Of course, there’s more, including quotes from his middle school choir teacher, his mom, and the founder of the his fan club, the Blaker Girls, which is helping him raise money for Seattle’s Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.  Blake definitely has the support of his hometown peeps.  Check it out! 

Oh, and don’t forget tomorrow, April 11, is Blake Lewis Day.  Go Team Plaid!