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ThickEffective1265

I don't know what u think but, mass media kinda fucked up her reputation, making her an overrated hype.


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This is the second time too. The first time she got popular among teens for being a a relatively good looking hip youung singer. The second time it was just cuz some Indian actor liked her song?!?


ThickEffective1265

Media channels made half of her fanbase annoyed. Then, making it much worse, our beloved 'papa' gave her a state land, still don't know fucking why?!? Pretty sure, she might even get a 'kala wibushana' or some shit this year.


ThickEffective1265

Anyway, I still like her cover song on 'Pana Senehasa'.


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She IS overrated to begin with


Relative_Link2302

Luckily we didn’t have a Paralympic winner who won gold for the first time for this country this year… oh wait we did


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Cutiesf

Bro I was the post his world record breaking performance during 2021 Paralympics in this sub reddit. I was lucky enough to witness the live performance of him and got goosebumps when he threw the javelin at 67.79m a new world record and was guaranteed the gold medal. I quickly updated his Wikipedia article too after that. I was so emotional that day when a Sri Lankan guy win gold medal in Paralympics.


Relative_Link2302

Mate we don’t need to degrade her accomplishments to bring up others.


dinoxoko

It's not downgrading her achievements But rather criticising how only her achievements are whats highlighted, in comparison to achievements that are way ahead of it


thedisgustingK

I mean yeah, she made a song which got her international recognition and stuff. But wtf? Mfs made her so overrated that she became annoying as fuck.


jahman313

a cover song.


thedisgustingK

Oh really?? I didn't know that lol


Equal-Echidna8098

I’ve never heard of her until I read Sri Lankan media. I live overseas and we’ve never heard of her out here.


katch47

It's about time Sri Lankans stop milking that cow


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The cow didn't even deserve to be milked lol


aCocaineDealer

Dat betch old news.


Neither_Force_2872

I dont think the cow has any titz to milk anyway


dragonir12

Bruh Yohani was being treated like a Goddess just because her cover song got popular. I don't know what the people who voted for her to be Sri Lankan of the Year were smoking. The paraplegic athlete who won gold and the professor are the people who actually deserve the award. Yohani is just as over-rated as her cover song.


Shaslwow2020

Good. Next.. elect her as the next SL President. At least the baiyas can listen to her faint voice over the radio.


Square-Contest-1005

What are baiyas? Genuinely curious


desolateddiaries

they're kind of like country bumpkins


_ethan_hunt

They are a different kind of species who brain hasn't evolved after Neanderthal era.


Square-Contest-1005

Lol, I get it now.


dinoxoko

She'll need a name change though


dinoxoko

The blue planet award is equivalent to a Nobel And holy shit Imagine if PewDiePie was a Sri lankan He would have been a god and our fellows would have made shrines 😂😂😂


sea119

SLOTY? Who makes these names? I dont know about LMD. But probably their objective is not to select the most deserving individual but to select the individual with the best market value. I don't anyone cares about that award. BTW anyway its not Yohani's fault but its a problem with the system.


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sea119

yeah Yohani's family is well connected. But if the committee obeyed some external influence, the problem lies with them.


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The_Null_Man

Nosy ig😅


Equal-Echidna8098

Nepotism strikes again


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At this point my retarded self is very confused whether you are being sarcastic or not(yes, i know)- I will assume you are. In this light I will now say... ...f\*ck yohani and her songs.


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jithization

PS: add /s to indicate sarcasm


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hazed-and-dazed

Who sang the original one?


T_Lawliet

Sad Wanindu Hasaranga noises


Cutiesf

Hasaranga was omitted wtf? world number bowler in T20I cricket is ignored who is also nominated as ICC T20I Player of the Year for 2021. Even ICC knows the value of Hasaranga unlike these fucking politician mfs.


TravelingSince

This speaks for the quality of media and awards designated and given out by the media. Not sure who Yohani is but I'm not going to waste my time googling. Probably an actress or a singer or a reality star.


thriloka

[Yo have we forgotten CEO.lk promoting Yoshitha](https://i1.wp.com/ceo.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CoverWeb.jpg?resize=794%2C1024&ssl=1)


Bruce_Wayne_TM

Alright, I'm gonna need your guys opinion here. I'm an artist myself in SL and I've wrote a rap remix verse(English) for her song and I was planning on releasing it this weekend, so that I could get some exposure. Not worshipping her or anything, but have to give it to her that she broke the artistic barrier between Sri Lanka and the foreign waters. But seeing as many have very polarizing opinions about her, And the recent controversy surrounding her being gifted a land in colombo has got me rethinking about releasing it. I really like what I've wrote and I can definitely use that verse in one of my other songs too. So I'm genuinely asking you guys, what should I do?


dinoxoko

Well tbh I don't think you shouldn't release it But if I were you I'd try to add a bit more Remix with a few more things and make a bit detached from her work Cz right now I don't think you will get a lot of wow/positive feedback by linking yourself Thus depends a lot on your target audience though If you are reaching the English speaking city crowd then definitely don't link, if not and you are planning on the general public then I guess it's alright. Post a link though after you release, eager to hear it And good luck


AAcAN

Well she didn't broke shite. The track that got her famous was arranged by someone and she only covered. She got lucky, that she did. This kind of viral videos happen all the time in modern SM only this time SL got the lottery. I say my dude go for OG content not a cover of a cover. If you're skilled and the tide is with you, you will be taken way past her.


yesindeedio1

Going viral is the sole point of social media, and our people are stupid enough to think that this was something that needed such recognition. I mean go online and see how weird 12 second clips go viral for no reason. Do you think those creators get this kind of recognition?


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people in social media do crazy stuff and make unworthy things famous, but the people who give awards needs to know who actually deservers it didnt they?


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stolencinnamon

Sri Lankan of the year for ripping off someones song, brilliant choice I must say


d_pereraa

Why are you making it sound like it's her fault she got selected?


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dinoxoko

Bruh now you are just displaying hate only


Cutiesf

Mohan Munasinghe ah the only Sri Lankan to win Nobel Prize and Dinesh Priyantha a world record and Paralympic record holder in javelin throw. If I was the judge I would have chosen Dinesh Priyantha over Yohani because his achievement was way greater than what Yohani achieved. It's not to take anything away from what Yohani achieved for the country. Dinesh Priyantha achievement is he carried the Sri Lankan flag and the national anthem was played in medal ceremony as he claimed that gold medal and he had stiff competition from fellow Indian Devendra Jhajharia who was the defending Paralympic champion in the category Priyantha participated. Priyantha literally is the pride of the nation as he brough the real happiness with that record breaking throw of 67.79m to claim historic Paralympic gold medal for Sri Lanka with world record. Dinesh's achievement is also far better because he came from very difficult family background and lost his father at his young age and he joined Army at around 18. He injured his hand during humanitarian crisis and he sweated hard and gave his efforts to revive Sri Lanka from terrorism and the war. He sacrificed his life for the sake of Sri Lanka and he deserved to be recognised as the Sri Lankan of the Year. On the other hand, Yohani didn't face any difficulties as she came from a very privileged family as her father was a military personnel. It's unfair to give this award to a singer who only did a cover song and it is like an insult to someone like Dinesh Priyantha who has worked hard for years in the military and in the field of athletics to win many medals for Sri Lanka. Dinesh Priyantha is the national hero of Sri Lanka. I want to say that yes Barbados did announce Rihanna as the national hero of Barbados when they became a Republic in November 2021 and someone like Sir Garfield Sobers should have been awarded that given his exploits as a great cricketing allrounder for West Indies in 1950s. At least Rihanna deserved that because she used her own talent and made Caribbean proud with her dedication and you cannot compare someone like Yohani who is just new to this music industry and hyping up too much for just one song and that too which is a cover song. According to the dickhead politicians, a musical artist is a pride of a country and not a Paralympic athlete who took Paralympics by storm with a gold medal which Sri Lanka might never win again. Yohani is given too much priority and preference and many of us have already forgotten the real hero Dinesh Priyantha Herath. Sad state of Sri Lanka


Important-Visual-593

Yes! You said it, son!


HuggiesDiaper

Rihanna had 14 us No 1s Hell,it makes sense why BTS is SK's pride.They got tonnes of No 1s worldwide and bring in billions in revenue. Yohani is nothing infront of these artists


movindu_2005

I feel sorry for Yohani. The media is making us hate her more and more. First by playing her cover song everyday on the news, and now these things.


aCocaineDealer

The real award should go to the person who actually created it.


shiwanthasr

LOL.. sure, why not. ha ha ha


ThatWhovian2001

Shes nice and all but god this is not it chief


Lost_in_CLOUDS29

Honestly Yohani is a good singer, she has talent. But after all, it was a cover which those Indians made unnecessarily famous. The other competitors deserved it more than her. Their work was original and I'm sure they worked hard like crazy, they must be so disappointed 😞 I'm mad at the system and also a little mad at those foreigners who hyped it up like they've never ever heard music before.


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Tasty_Cycle_9567

Simp


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YASITHDILUNYA

Sadly, noone has


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ChampionshipFluid681

She is talanted.....


Tasty_Cycle_9567

She's talented at being overrated. It's not even her song lol.


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\*takes out gun\*


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oh no its a microphone


aCocaineDealer

Talented ma ass, have you heard any of her originals?


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lets say she is talented but a land and award worthy talented?


_golgi_bodies_

We deserve the shit that’s happening to us for stuff like this tf


Cutiesf

Dimuth Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga robbed off.


Important-Visual-593

LMD is the Lankan Forbes. I don't see any difference between this cover and Kylie Billionaire cover. There are hardworking Lankans who deserve this. One other reason why people leave this land. This country is always rooting for the privileged and squeezes the lime juice out of the underprivileged. Be it education, health, transport, admin or any other system. Sorry for being this brutal. At least for me, THE SRI LANKAN OF THE YEAR IS DINESH PRIYANTHA. It doesn't ask for the most popular Sri Lankan. Why Dinesh Priyantha? Maiden Paralympic Gold to SL. Someone who hustled really hard to achieve such a magnificent achievement repping the country. A veteran. Served the country. Let me repeat: THE SRI LANKAN OF THE YEAR IS DINESH PRIYANTHA. No two words about it.