Sri Lanka
Yohani
Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, rapper and multi-instrumentalist Yohani takes to the Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre at Expo 2020. The artist became an internet sensation with her “Manike Mage Hithe” song which was trending simultaneously in Sri Lanka, India, Maldives and UAE. She is accompanied on stage by Channa Upuli Performing Arts Foundation.
Hailing from the capital of Colombo, Yohani is a genre-breaking force of nature who intermingles pop, R&B, hip-hop, and alternative with fiery, yet focused fluidity. In 2016, she launched her YouTube account with a cover of Above & Beyond’s “Satellite / Stealing Time.” Armed with just a guitar and a microphone, her renditions of “Deviyange Bare” went viral and cracked 1 million views on YouTube. In between marathon gigs at pubs around the city, she attracted management and received an invite to perform at a Red Bull concert. Taking the stage by storm, she nailed her mash-up of various Sinhala pop hits in 2019. A must see!
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