Lilly Singh, or Superwoman, as her 14.6 million YouTube subscribers know her, has been a social media influencer since 2010. Since then, she has quickly grown, with millions of fans across the world, to where she is today, a household name and NBC’s newest late-night talk show host.
While almost reaching 15 million subscribers is a feat in itself, becoming the only female to currently host a late-night talk show on one of the Big 4 networks might just be bigger. Singh will be replacing Carson Daly’s “Last Call” slot at 1:35 a.m. and it has been justly retitled, “A Little Late with Lilly Singh.” It’s currently set to premiere in September.
Singh started out creating content in 2010 with quirky commentary on everyday life and the relatability of being an Indian-Canadian woman. Some of her most popular videos are centered around fictional parental figures she herself plays, Paramjeet and Manjeet, and has react to trending and controversial pop culture content.
Singh has collaborated with celebrities of all kinds, including big names like Will Smith, Dwayne Johnson, Priyanka Chopra, John Legend, and Alicia Keys, to name a few. She also collaborates with other YouTube sensations like James Charles, Shane Dawson, and Liza Koshy. She includes these celebrities in her witty skits that comment mainly on modern women and the complicated twists and turns of modern relationships.
The important thing about Lilly Singh isn’t her social skills and celebrity connections, or even her relatability, it’s her position as a philanthropist. Singh is an activist that has been strongly advocating for important issues like ending girl-on-girl hate, anti-bullying lifestyles, and against sexist rules and codes.
In 2017 Singh was announced as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to advocate for children’s rights. She led a campaign called “GirlLove” which promoted the end of girl-on-girl hate. In the campaign she created a “GirlLove” rafiki bracelet and with the profits helped thousands of girls to gain rights to education in places like Kenya and India.
Singh time after time has proven to be more than a good character, but a just and well-rounded one too. Not only is she talented in her line of work, creating enjoyable and relatable entertainment for all kinds of people, but has left her mark on the world in more ways than one.
Lilly Singh has grown to be incredibly important in public eye, by becoming a role model for girls all around the world. It’s important to have women like Lilly in big, globally recognized positions like talk show hosts, that get broadcasted and reposted everywhere for everyone to see, to spread her success and existence. By showing there’s someone like Singh in such a revered position, despite being a bisexual Indo Canadian female, it shows girls all over that no matter their gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, they too can be successful and help change the world for the better, just like Lilly Singh.