Lilly Singh
Lilly Singh
Lilly Singh, is a Canadian YouTube personality, vlogger, and comedian. Singh is known by her YouTube username IISuperwomanII. Since beginning her channel in October 2010, her videos have received over 1 billion views, and her channel has accumulated over 9 million subscribers. In 2016, she was ranked 8th on the Forbes list of World's Highest Paid YouTube Stars, earning a reported 3 million in 2015. Singh was part of YouTube Rewind 2014 and led YouTube Rewind 2015...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionYouTube Star
Date of Birth26 September 1988
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
I was the first South Asian female to do comedy videos on YouTube. But at the same time, all races face their barriers, and I've learned through YouTube, if it's not race, it will be sexism, if it's not sexism, it will be homophobia. It will always be something, and all voices should be heard.
Growing up, I was always creatively inclined, and when YouTube came about, it was like getting the perfect platform to showcase what I wanted. Personally, I was going through a dark phase in my life, and I decided to make videos and basically go by the adage, 'If you want to cheer up yourself, go cheer up someone else.'
I'm the type of person who doesn't hope, dream or wish for things. I work and work and work.
I know one of the reasons I first started making Youtube videos was because no one looks like me.
For anyone aspiring to be anything, I would like them to realise dreams require work. So work big time.
It's really important to talk to yourself and look at yourself in the mirror and love who you are.
I don't say no as much as I should. I'm an extreme workaholic. So I can be sick, and I still say yes to anything. When you are the CEO of your own company, editor of your own videos, your own writer ,and you do every role yourself, you have a hard time saying no to opportunities.
When I posted my first video, I remember it hit 700 views after a week, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing.' I was over the moon.
You have a character who is wearing a scarf on her head on a billboard in LA, New York, Sydney and Melbourne. That's how I would face barriers being thrown at me.
When I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over.
You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I've been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows.
Everything I do with my day is related to Superwoman. I'm either doing conference calls or writing a script or reading a script, editing a video, shooting a video.
The good thing about me is, I only do deals with people that I love to begin with.
Every day, something new gets thrown at me, and I'm like, 'How did this happen?' I've gone through some of the craziest life experiences because of YouTube.