Witty comedic skits with some suggestive themes & language.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Drinking, Drugs & Smoking
some
A few videos include characters drinking alcohol, sometimes to access. References to getting drunk and depictions of getting drunk (acting, not actually) as well as references to hangovers in some videos.
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Talks about sex in many videos with references like "banging" and "lightning in your pants". Some crude jokes about body parts, sexy students in high school and creepy teachers hitting on them, reproductive systems and sex. There are several references to dating and relationships in her skits, but nothing graphic.
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Use of some swear works like "damn", "hell", "sucks butt", "slut". Lilly stops short of using more explicit four-letter words, but uses replacement terms such as "what the F" and "effin" instead.
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Videos are subject to ads that may not always be age appropriate. There's some product placement throughout videos, but it's usually subtle. She promotes her book, tv show and other projects including her non-profit. Sometimes makes references to purchasing her merchandise, but doesn't have a store on her channel.
Positive Role Models
a lot
Lilly Singh is a successful comedian, who went against what her family expected of her and followed her dreams of becoming a comedian. She's a trailblazing woman of color in comedy and inspires others to follow their dreams. She promotes her non-profit she created, Unicorn Island Fund, which helps support women's rights, education and helping amplify women's voices. Lilly uses her success and platform not only to bring joy to people's live's by making them laugh, but also to create awareness and make change. She shares her story to help empower and uplift other women and inspire young girls. Lilly outwardly embraces her Indian culture and heritage.
Diverse Representations
a lot
Lilly is of Indian descent. She's worked hard to break into the comedy industry through her YouTube channel, which is more difficult for women and women of color since the industry has long been dominated by men. Lilly is committed to uplifting the voices of women and created a non-profit, Unicorn Island Fund, to help in this effort. Many of her guests include Black Indigenous People of Color as well as folks from the LGBTQ community. She often features other South Asian comedians in her skits.
Although she often pokes fun at her Indian family and stereotypes about her culture, the undertone of these skits is her love and appreciation for her heritage and her family. Many of these skits show how to take your power back through the use of comedy. Mental health and wellness are also clear themes throughout. Encouragement of her viewers to be themselves and to break free of other's expectations and the boxes society puts us in. Skits feature important commentary on defying stereotypes, racism and misogyny, societal issues, and unreasonable beauty standards all through the lens of comedy, which makes it more relatable.
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Lilly Singh's YouTube channel is a comedy channel that features well-produced skits and parody videos. Lilly's videos use humor to poke fun at her Indian parents and family as well as make social commentary on stereotypes, racism, misogyny and unreasonable beauty standards. Many of her videos and shorts include collaborations with well-known celebrities like Zendaya, Russell Peters, Tia Mowry and many more. As a woman of color in the male-dominated industry of comedy, Lilly uses her platform to empower other women as well as to shine a light on the importance of mental health. This channel is probably most relatable, and definitely more suitable, for teens and adults. Some of the raunchy humor and references to drinking, dating and sex may go over teens' heads. Although these references as well as some of the swearing aren't overly graphic, parents should be aware that some videos use words like "slut", "damn", "effin", and ""what the F". Some skits depict drinking to access and having a hangover.
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What’s It About?
LILLY SINGH's YouTube channel is comedic social commentary at its best. Lilly originally joined the platform in 2010 under the name "IISuperwomanII", because as a child she felt like she could do anything. She clearly held on to this belief as she rose to YouTube fame, earning her spot as one of the world's highest paid YouTube stars and breaking barriers as a female comedian of Indian descent. Her videos mostly poke fun at herself, her Indian family and societal trends. Some of her most popular videos highlight relatable experiences women go through at different points in their lives and stereotypes of South Asian parents based on her experience of growing up in an Indian household. She also posts a lot of YouTube shorts, which may be appealing to the those used to short-form content platforms like TikTok. Some of Lilly's content may be too mature for younger teens, like skits that joke about sex, dating and drinking, but it's clear she tries not to cross the line in order to still be accessible to the demographic she looks to empower and inspire.
Creative, witty and hilariously relatable, this channel is a breath of fresh air on a platform saturated with gaming videos and make-up tutorials. Lilly Singh sees the world and makes fun of it through her videos on her long-running YouTube channel that launched her into comedic fame. Much like the sketch comedy duo Key & Peele, Lilly's skits take aim at racism, stereotypes and misogyny, but through the lens and experience of a Desi woman, which makes her channel all the more unique and important. It's clear from her content that Lilly has used, and continues to use, comedy as a way to cope and process challenges and struggles in life. Her openness about her experience with depression and living up to the expectations of others may be relatable to teen fans and her ability to express herself through comedy offers inspiration to viewers looking for their own outlet of expression.
Like most comedians, Lilly sometimes uses edgy humor that includes sexual innuendos, jokes about sex and body parts, references to drinking, and light swearing (she strays away from harsher four-letter words). But Lilly is careful to never be too edgy as to alienate her teen fandom that spends a good amount of time on YouTube. For parents worried about more crude humor, there are videos that are more on the clean side, like music video parodies and silly skits with some of their favorite celebrities. This channel also offers content both teens and adults will love, opening the door to bond through talking about the videos they watch together.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how Lilly Singh portrays her mother and her father in videos about her childhood and young adult years living with them. Is she playing into stereotypes or making commentary based on her own experiences? Can you relate to Singh's experience of differences in expectations, interests, and social norms?
In Singh's video Draw My Life, she talks frankly about her battle with depression and how she overcame it. If your teen struggles with depression or knows someone who is, this may be a helpful video to watch together. Why can it be helpful to hear other people's stories?
Talk about how Lilly's videos use light-hearted humor to comment on important topics like unreasonable expectations and beauty standards for women and racism. How does humor help open up the discussion for important, but often difficult, discussions?
Lilly worked hard to become one of the top YouTubers and a trailblazing comedian, especially as a woman of color in a male-dominated industry. How does the YouTube algorithm make it harder to creators of color to get as much attention as some of their peers?
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