Lilly Saini Singh[6] (born September 26, 1988)[7][8] is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian and author.

Singh released her documentary A Trip to Unicorn Island (2016) and her first book How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life (2017), which was a New York Times Best Seller.

Her parents, Malvindar Kaur and Sukvindar Singh,[14] are Indian Punjabi immigrants from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India and raised her as a Sikh.

[17] She attended Mary Shadd Public School during her elementary years, and in 2006 she graduated from Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute in Malvern, Toronto.

Singh rapped in the song Mauj Ki Malharein, which played in the Bollywood drama Gulaab Gang in August 2014.

[24] In July of the same year, she released a song titled #LEH in a collaboration with her friend, author and rapper Kanwer Singh, who is known by the pseudonym "Humble the Poet".

[26] In 2016, she was included in Forbes list of world's highest paid YouTubers ranking third and earning a reported $7.5 million.

[27] In 2018, she was once again ranked on the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid YouTube stars, in tenth place, earning a reported $10.5 million.

[28][29][30][31] She recorded and released another music video in February 2015 titled The Clean Up Anthem in collaboration with Canadian artist Sickick.

[32] In March 2015, Singh began a world tour called "A Trip to Unicorn Island", adapting her YouTube content and including singing, dancing, music performances, comedy, and her parent characters.

She documented the tour in her first feature movie, A Trip to Unicorn Island, which also describes how YouTube fame is affecting her life.

[citation needed] In January 2017, she won a People's Choice Award for "Favorite YouTube Star".

[40] Singh was cast in HBO's film adaptation of Fahrenheit 451 after recording an audition outside an Internet café in Melbourne, Australia.

[41] She plays the character of Raven, "a tabloid blogger who works with the fire department to spread the ministry's propaganda by broadcasting their book-burning raids to fans".

[57][non-primary source needed][58] She was scheduled to host the 31st GLAAD Media Awards in March 2020 before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[65][66][67] She and her Unicorn Island Productions banner struck a deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio.

[75][76][77] Following the signing of a first-look deal with Bell Media, it was announced that Singh would host CTV's new primetime quiz show titled Battle of the Generations,[78][79] which premiered on June 19, 2023.

[80] In 2024, Singh starred in the film Doin' It, directed by Sara Zandieh and premiering at South by Southwest, receiving mixed reviews from critics.

[83] Her most popular video is Three Girls, One Elevator (ft. Zendaya & Winnie Harlow) which also promotes her women's empowerment campaign GirlLove, and her most popular series features her fictional parents, Paramjeet and Manjeet, both played by Singh herself, reacting to trending and controversial videos.

[87][88][89][90][91] Anna Silman of The Cut accused Singh of appropriating both Black and Indo-Caribbean culture on her channel because of her tendency to don a "blaccent", whilst making rap videos sporting chains and cornrows.

"[93] Rachna Raj Kaur and Radheyan Simonpillai of Now similarly criticized Singh's appropriation of black culture due to her use of braids, hip-hop slang and Caribbean accents.

[94][95] Singh has responded to the criticism by stating her mannerisms are due to her upbringing, adding "all my friends from Scarborough [Toronto] act exactly like me.

[106] In July 2018, Lilly travelled to South Africa to meet the students of elementary schools who spoke against bullying and classroom violence.

[107] Since 2022, Singh created the "Unicorn Island Fund", a non-profit charity that continues the work of "GirlLove".