Lilly Singh: YouTube Creator, Actor, Producer, Best-Selling Author, and Host of A Little Late with Lilly Singh

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Lilly Singh has proven to be a woman who can truly do it all—from being a comic and YouTube sensation with over 15 million subscribers to becoming a NYT best-selling author and actor. It’s no surprise she’s landed on lists like TIME’s Most Influential People on the Internet and Fast Company’s Most Creative People. In Singh’s latest role, she’s both center stage and behind the scenes as TV host and executive producer of NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh, making her the only female currently on late-night television. On this episode of Second Life, find out how Singh went from studying psychology to finding happiness through content creation and letting go of her “plan B.”

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Wear.
0:12.4	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:20.0	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:24.4	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:30.6	Today's guest is a YouTube sensation actress, producer, comedian, bestselling author and
0:36.8	late-night TV host, the one and only, Lily Singh.
0:41.3	Lily started making YouTube videos from her bedroom back in 2010 and quickly found success
0:47.5	with her incredibly funny content.
0:51.0	Today, her YouTube channel is pushing 15 million subscribers, and her list of collaborators
0:58.1	includes Selena Gomez, Duane the Rock Johnson, Jimmy Fallon Bill Gates, and Michelle Obama.
1:04.8	She's been named one of Times' most influential people on the internet, and to fast companies
1:10.3	list of most creative people.
1:13.1	Lily has also started a production company, filmed and released a documentary, A Trip to
1:18.8	Unicorn Island, which chronicled her 27-city world tour, and she also published a number
1:25.4	one New York Times bestseller, How to Be a Boss, a Guide to Conquering Life.
1:30.8	In addition to all of this, in 2019, Lily added yet another facet to her ever-evolving
1:37.1	career when she became the host and executive producer of her late-night talk show, A Little
1:42.5	Late with Lily Singh.
1:44.7	The second season just premiered on NBC this January 11th, and if you haven't seen it,
1:50.3	trust me when I say it is good.
1:54.4	As a visionary internet sensation with more creative hyphens than I can count, it may
1:59.2	surprise you that way back, before it all, Lily was on a path to pursuing a very different
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