The Internet’s Favorite It Girl Quen Blackwell Takes the Cosmo Quiz

Quen Blackwell has been going viral for a decade. Back when most of us were still figuring out how to untag ourselves from embarrassing middle school Facebook photos, Quen was already perfecting her comedic timing and deeply chaotic internet presence on Vine—a spiritual predecessor to every TikTok, for those who don’t know. Her posts are raw, unfiltered, and fully committed to the bit. From the start, Quen’s content has lived in that uniquely powerful space between unhinged and hyper-relatable. And she’s only gotten better at it with time.

Now, with over 19 million followers across platforms, Quen has long since transcended the world of “influencer” and become something else entirely: a digital-era icon whose vulnerability is as captivating as her humor is cutthroat. There’s no character. There’s no brand persona. It’s just Quen. And that’s what makes her feel like Gen Z’s ultimate internet bestie—equal parts brutally honest and bizarrely wise, wrapped in an outfit you’re too scared to pull off.

And now she’s adding actor to her résumé. Quen makes her onscreen debut in HBO’s I Love LA, the new ensemble series created by Rachel Sennott that’s already being heralded as Gen Z’s defining show. (Think: Girls meets Entourage with an internet brain and better pants.) Major impending acting credit aside, Quen’s fearless, zero-filter attitude is exactly why we knew she had to take our iconic Cosmo Quiz. So we slid into her inbox, and she delivered answers packed with chaotic honesty. Without further ado, here are the multihyphenate meme queen’s iconic responses.

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Name:

Nickname(s):

Quen

Age:

Sun/Moon/Rising Sign:

Favorite dating app:

Current celebrity crush:

Hometown:

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My Uber rating is:

My last Seamless/Grubhub/Doordash/UberEats order:

The last person I DMed was:

A pickup line that’s worked for me is:

Never have I ever:

The last time I cried was:

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My phone background is:

The moon

My phone case is:

Black

My all-time favorite concert was:

My favorite red carpet look of all time was:

If I worked at Cosmo, I’d want my job to be:

Editor

The biggest red flag in a romantic partner is:

Best day of your life:

Every day I’m alive

Most money I’ve spent on a date:

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Best relationship advice:

Cut your losses and move on!

Worst relationship advice:

My most controversial hot take:

Your body is contaminated by the out of bed air and you cannot get under the sheets contaminated!

My friends know I’m in a bad mood if I:

Tell them I’m in a bad mood

My friends know I’m in a good mood if I:

Start tweaking

Who from HBO’s I Love LA do you text with the most?

Odessa

If you, Billie Eilish, Alex Consani, and Odessa A’zion were in a girl band together, what would it be called?

Did you steal anything from the Charli xcx “360” music video set? If so, what?

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