Shirley Setia, an Indo-Kiwi singer, performer from New Zealand who discovered her passion for music over YouTube. The coveted “Pyjama Popstar” had marked her territory in making soul stirring covers for international hits, and rarely and fortunately mashups as well. The entry was recorded in her bedroom while she was wearing pyjamas. Amidst the chaotic life of being a student and a part-time radio jockey, she started uploading regularly on to YouTube and has since then collaborated with YouTube artists from across US, UK , India and Canada. Three years, 230K subs and 14M views later, she has now moved to Mumbai to pursue her dream of making it big in Bollywood.
Forbes magazine’s Rob Cain wrote a feature on her and her future goals recently in which he stated that “Bollywood’s Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Tiny Kiwi”. She was also acknowledged as India’s YouTube sensation by the Hindustan Times and as one of New Zealand’s biggest international artists by TVNZ. Here’s the fabulous cover by her of the recent soulful number, Bol Do Na Zara from the Azhar and it is mesmerisisng to the hilt..!!
