9 million subscribers and over a billion views. Youtube Sensation. Teen Choice 2016 dual-award winner. Lilly Singh, known by her channel IISuperwomanII. She was a victim of depression. Began making YouTube videos as a way of dealing with her feelings. She found joy in making other people laugh. She felt good to be able to bring a smile on people's face after a bad day at work/school. She found happiness in making other people happy. And I find happiness in being a part of her happy family.
She creates content about relatable and funny things. Well I admit she seems too hyper in front of the screen and some people find it irritating but she is just being herself. And that, is the most beautiful thing about her. Isn’t it awesome to be able to be your crazy self on screen, being viewed by people all over the world? I can’t imagine the amount of self-confidence it would take for me to do that!
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| Lilly on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon |
Extremely humble, sweet, creative, hardworking, positive, humorous, encouraging…. the list is endless.
She treats her fans like her family. I don't wish to imply that I'm a very big fan of hers and that I would know every single detail about her. I am just another person who believes in whatever she does, who enjoys her videos and vlogs, who supports the good causes that she uses her popularity to bring awareness about.
In March 2015, Singh began a world tour called "A Trip to Unicorn Island", adapting her YouTube content, including singing, dancing, music performances, comedy, and her well-known parent characters in places across the globe. The motto was that “Happiness is the only thing worth fighting for in your life!”
A documentary of her tour as well as an insight of her life is the movie “A Trip to Unicorn Island”. It’s the first movie that I actually paid to watch online. It’s literally one of the most inspiring films I’ve ever seen.
Lilly uses the phrase “Unicorn Island” as a synonym for her Happy place. She believes that everybody have their own happy place.. And they’re not all the same. For instance, her Unicorn Island is filled with rainbows and skittles. She says that we all have such UIs and she wants to lead us to find our own happiness. I know all this sounds very stupid and kiddish in some of your perspective because this is such a simple matter. You might think -- ugh, they’re making money marketing Happiness now! But trust me, the simplicity of it itself is the problem. It is something so simple that we neglect it. We are constantly chasing something forgetting that we left behind us the most important element of life. And Lilly is just trying to remind us so we pick it up.
She also started an app called “Unicorn Island” It's pretty much like any other social networking app. The difference is, there is only love everywhere. Everyone are just so compassionate to each other. All of them on the app are people who love to watch Lilly’s videos and respect her positive outlook on life. The bottomline is, Unicorn Island has become my happy place too.
Last December, she started a very thoughtful and creative campaign called #girllove (don't get the idea of LGBT haha) which is based on the sad reality of Girl on Girl hate. She said it never made any sense to her because women know how awesome other women can be.
She recruited celebrities and Internet stars, including Shay Mitchell, Priyanka Chopra and Lindsey Stirling to spread the message along with her in the video. Singh donated the money the video earned by the views to the Malala Fund to support girls' education worldwide.
Lilly is literally 1.65 metres of happiness and positivity. She’s had her downfalls too, but she overcame them. She held on when her parents didnt support her. She held on when people called her a copy of Jenna Marbles. She's a unicorn personified. There's no better way to describe her!
