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
When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry.
My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same.
My job requires me to always be on. I'm always getting my makeup done for a shoot.
On my Superwoman channel, I am more of a performer, I am aiming to make you guys laugh. With vlogs, it's just me and my day, boring or fun.
My creative process is a bit manic at times, to be honest. I wake up Monday and Thursday stressed because I don't have a video. I usually - with the exception of maybe a handful of videos - wake up, write the video, shoot the video, edit the video, release the video all in the same day.
Sometimes I'll be sitting on Facebook at home and see all these people getting married, having kids, having that life that I was told I should have. And sometimes I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Am I the stupid one here? Am I not doing what I'm supposed to do? And that's also equally as stressful.
A majority of my YouTube friends I've made because I made a trip down to California and literally tweeted them saying, 'Hey! Come over - let's shoot something!' And then two strangers will just meet up, talk, and shoot something.
You need to know who your ideal viewer is, and mine is a 14-year-old screaming female. And I'm thrilled about that. I am thrilled.
I know the video platform so, so, so well. I know the perfect mixture of how comedic a piece has to be, what the video has to be like, what the song has to sound like, to make it successful.
I'm like, 'I think I'm just going to wear what makes me happy,' so I'm just really big on wearing things that reflect my personality, like colorful hats and weird shoes and things that I just think are fun.
I'm a South Asian female that talks about relationships and periods and dating and all these things.
I really have this desire to make it known that the Internet exists and YouTubers are important. And not only are YouTubers important, our followings are incredible.
If you want to make YouTube your career, you have to accept that it is also a business. I know everyone's like, 'It's my passion, it's my hobby.' And that's fine; I support that. But if you want to make it your career, it does have a business side.
In my life I've gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy.