Blake Richardson is an English vocalist and guitarist who is presently affiliated with the pop-rock group New Hope Club. A native of Cheshire County, Richardson grew up with musical aspirations. He has cited McFly, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, and Bruno Mars as some of the groups and musicians he was inspired by. When he was 13 years old, he became active on YouTube and began to upload his covers of various artists. He gained a modest following and in late 2015, he joined George Smith and Reece Bibby to form New Hope Club. Subsequently, they set up a YouTube channel where they started posting the covers of songs by The Vamps, One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendes. They released their debut Extended Play, ‘Welcome to the Club’, in May 2017. They are currently signed with Steady Records. A testament to their growing popularity is the fact that a couple of their songs were featured in the 2018 film ‘Early Man’.
