YouTube star Lilly Singh to lay Superwoman cape to rest

After identifying herself as Superwoman for years, a YouTube star is set to bid goodbye to the moniker and embrace her true identity. 

“Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is @Lilly,” she said in the Instagram post, that also revealed the story behind her original handle.

Superwoman, one of the most successful YouTubers, said that when she started her channel nine years ago, she did not invest much time in coming up with a name and Superwoman was just the first name that came to her mind.

 

 

 

 

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Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is @Lilly. ••••••• Nine years ago I decided to make a YouTube channel and thought nothing of it. I didn’t think it would alter my life path, turn into a career and to be honest I didn’t even think I’d upload more than five videos. When prompted to choose a username I instinctively typed Superwoman because it had been my MSN messenger screen name (shoutouts millennials). Based on a song by Lil Mo and Fabulous, I used to call myself Superwoman growing up because like any kid I wanted so badly to deal with life’s obstacles like a hero. As I grew up, I held on to this belief that everyone could be their own superhero. Until this day I truly believe that we have all the tools we need to be our own saving grace. It’s been heartwarming and empowering to hear people address me as Superwoman, a name I worked so hard to live up to. But today as I type this, as the person I’ve grown into, I feel even more empowered by the name Lilly. Lilly has become an even bigger hero than Superwoman on this journey through my life. Lilly encompasses everything it took to get to where I am... and it’s a place I’m proud to be. And so at this time, it feels right to give thanks to the moniker Superwoman and to lay the cape to rest. Today my biggest and best super powers lay within Lilly and thus Lilly I shall be. Aka new handle is @Lilly. Wooop! Woop! Holla atcha girlllll 💃🏽💪🏽❤️

A post shared by Lilly Singh (@lilly) on Aug 13, 2019 at 11:04am PDT

She further wrote on her Instagram handle, “When prompted to choose a username I instinctively typed Superwoman because it had been my MSN messenger screen name (shoutouts millennials). Based on a song by Lil Mo and Fabulous, I used to call myself Superwoman.”

She also said that it was “heartwarming” and felt “empowering” when people addressed her as Superwoman.

But with time, Singh said she felt that she was more empowered by her actual name.

“Lilly has become an even bigger hero than Superwoman on this journey through my life. Lilly encompasses everything it took to get to where I am… and it’s a place I’m proud to be. And so at this time, it feels right to give thanks to the moniker Superwoman and to lay the cape to rest. Today my biggest and best super powers lay within Lilly and thus Lilly I shall be,” she wrote.

Lilly Singh is set to debut as a late night show host on NBC and the show will debut on September 16. The show, titled A Little Late With Lilly Singh, will make Singh the only woman hosting a late night show on broadcast networks.

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