LilyPichu

LilyPichu
Lily in 2018
Born
Lily Ki

(1991-11-20) November 20, 1991 (age 33)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupations
Years active2006–present
OrganizationOfflineTV
PartnerMichael Reeves (2020–present)
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genres
  • Gaming
  • music
  • art
Followers2.4 million
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
Subscribers3.06 million[1]
Total views544.86 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: September 9, 2024
Websitelilypichu.com

Lily Ki (born November 20, 1991), better known as LilyPichu, is an American online streamer, voice actress, artist and YouTuber. She is a member of OfflineTV, an online group of content creators, and was one of the most subscribed female Twitch streamers in the late 2010s and early 2020s. She remains one of the most followed female streamers on the platform. As a voice actress, she is most well-known for the voice of Genshin Impact character Sayu and the English dub voice of Muni Ohnaruto in D4DJ First Mix. Ki began creating videos on YouTube in June 2010 and streaming on Twitch in August 2012. After ten years of streaming on Twitch, she signed an exclusive contract with YouTube in July 2022 and announced the move to the platform. However, as of July 12, 2024, Ki returned to streaming on Twitch after her contract deal with YouTube expired.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Ki was born on November 20, 1991, in Queens, New York.[4] Her family lived in The Bronx before moving to North Jersey.[5] She is of Korean descent, and has a brother named Daniel.[6] Ki grew up in a musical household and began playing the piano at a young age, but she also had an interest in art and illustration.[7] She received an associate's degree in Arts and Music at a community college.[8][9]

Career

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Ki's content includes gaming, art, and music.[10] She first gained popularity in 2011 when her parody song "I'll Quit LoL" went viral on YouTube.[11][12] In 2015, she made her musical debut with the release of her extended play Lilies.[13] In July 2017, a video of Ki playing the melodica to unsuspecting cosplayers at PopCon Indy also went viral, becoming her most viewed YouTube video to date.[14] That same month, she joined OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators.[15] In September 2018, Riot Games launched a series of ads on YouTube for League of Legends which featured Ki and other content creators.[16]

Ki was the fifth most-watched female Twitch streamer in 2020.[17] In 2020, she was nominated for the Shorty Award for Twitch Streamer of the Year.[18] That same year, she appeared in an advertisement for 5 Gum.[19] In 2021, Ki appeared in the music video for Bella Poarch and Sub Urban's song "Inferno", where she cameoed alongside several other content creators.[20] At the 1st Streamer Awards in 2022, Ki was nominated for Best League of Legends Streamer and Best Music Streamer, winning for the latter.[21]

In July 2022, it was announced that Ki had signed exclusively with YouTube and will no longer stream on Twitch.[22]

Personal life

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In 2018, Ki began dating YouTuber Albert Chang, better known as Sleightlymusical, and in 2019, they separated after he had an affair.[23][24] On February 21, 2020, Ki confirmed on a livestream that she and fellow OfflineTV member Michael Reeves were in a relationship.[25]

On June 27, 2020, Ki and Yvonne "Yvonnie" Ng came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against former OfflineTV member Federico "Fedmyster" Gaytan, stating that he would enter her room uninvited and make inappropriate advances on her.[26][27][28] Gaytan was removed from the group following the allegations, and in the week following his removal, six members of OfflineTV came forward with stories of his inappropriate and manipulative behavior.[27][29]

Discography

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Extended plays

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List of extended plays, showing year released and formats
Year Title Details Ref.
2015 Lilies
  • Released: September 10, 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 [13]

Singles

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As a lead artist

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List of singles, showing year released and producers
Year Title Details Ref.
2020 "comfy vibes"
  • YouTube Release Date: April 11, 2020
  • Producers: Marc Straight & Richard Rodriguez
"dreamy nightmares"
  • YouTube Release Date: May 5, 2020
  • Artist: Michaela Nachtigall (violin)
  • Producer: Marc Straight
"foreverland"
  • YouTube Release Date: May 19, 2020
"sunshine & butterflies"
  • YouTube Release Date: May 23, 2020
  • Producer: Vedra
"wilting memories"
  • YouTube Release Date: June 2, 2020
  • Artist: feat. Jun Sung a.k.a. JuNCurryAhn (violin)
"a vision"
  • YouTube Release Date: June 21, 2020
"unknown waters"
  • YouTube Release Date: June 24, 2020
"a stormy night"
  • YouTube Release Date: July 1, 2020
  • Artist: feat. TJ Brown
 [30]
"these days it's hard to find the words"
  • YouTube Release Date: July 19, 2020
  • Producer: Vedra
"dreamy night"
  • YouTube Release Date: September 1, 2020
  • Artist: Zorsy (piano), Megan Shipman & Rezyon (background vocals)
  • Producer: Rezyon
"if there was a zombie apocalypse i'd let my dog eat me"
  • YouTube Release Date: November 1, 2020
  • Artist: TJ Brown & JohnOfTheForest (background vocals)
  • Producers: TJ Brown & JohnOfTheForest
 [31]
"walking with you"
  • YouTube Release Date: December 14, 2020
2021 "POM POM"
  • YouTube Release Date: May 24, 2021
  • Producer: VGR
"last cup of coffee"
  • YouTube Release Date: August 9, 2021
  • Producer: JohnOfTheForest
 [32]
"summer nights"
  • YouTube Release Date: October 19, 2021
  • Producers: Daryl Barnes & Falconshield
2022 "lilypad"
  • YouTube Release Date: March 18, 2022
  • Producer: TJ Brown
"not too late"
  • YouTube Release Date: August 14, 2022
  • Producer: Falconshield
"happy"
  • Youtube Release Date: August 22, 2022
  • Producer: Farhan Sarasin
"anemo sky"
  • Youtube Release Date: October 19, 2022
  • Producer: Daryl Barnes
2023 "my own"
  • Youtube Release Date: March 5, 2023
  • Producer: Falconshield
"disappear"
  • Youtube Release Date: June 15, 2023
"waiting for a sign"
  • Youtube Release Date: July 19, 2023
  • Producer: TJ Brown
"ceiling fan"
  • Youtube Release Date: August 25, 2023
  • Producer: Farhan Sarasin
"breathe"
  • Youtube Release Date: September 25, 2023
  • Producer: Biango, TJ Brown
"starsmitten"
  • Youtube Release Date: October 26, 2023
  • Producer: TJ Brown
2024 "hyacinth"
  • Youtube Release Date: February 14, 2024
  • Producer: StreamBeats
"blue heart"
  • Youtube Release Date: May 3, 2024
  • Producer: Jorgen Odegard
"into dust"
  • Youtube Release Date: August 8, 2024
  • Producer: JohnOfTheForest
"jellyfish"
  • Youtube Release Date: October 31, 2024
  • Producer: WD, Lotus Flow & Shawn Halim
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List of singles, showing year released and select information
Year Title Details Ref.
2021 "Pre-Parade" (with AmaLee)
  • YouTube Release Date: January 9, 2021
  • Anime (Toradora) English song cover
 [33]
"Summertime" (with Natsumiii)
  • YouTube Release Date: May 25, 2021
  • Original song cover
"Nightmares" (with Static-P)
  • YouTube Release Date: October 9, 2021
 [33]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2021 Belle Additional voices; English dub

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 Zo Zo Zombie LiliPichu Voice; English dub [34]
2021 Tonikawa: Over The Moon for You Reporter and cashier Voice; English dub; Ep. 7 [35]
D4DJ First Mix Muni Ohnaruto Voice; English dub
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Overdress Megumi Okura [36]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Miki [37]
2022 Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro Yoshi [38]
Players Herself Web series
2023 The Misfit of Demon King Academy Lena Voice; English dub [39]
Mashle Love Cute [40]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Champions of Chaos 2 Mage
2019 Arcade Spirits Juniper [41]
2020 Ethereal Enigma Mina English dub [42]
2021 Phantom Breaker: Omnia Rin [43]
Eternal Return: Black Survival Eleven [44]
Genshin Impact Sayu [45]
Cookie Run: Kingdom Onion Cookie [45]
Paladins Salt Io [46]
2022 Phantom Breaker: Omnia Rin/system voice [47]
Legends of Runeterra Disciple of Doran [48]
Omega Strikers Juno [49]
2024 Arknights U-Official
Fears to Fathom: Woodbury Getaway Nora Kim [50]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist(s) Ref.
2021 "Inferno" Bella Poarch and Sub Urban [20]
"Break Out" MaiR [citation needed]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2020 Shorty Awards Twitch Streamer of the Year Nominated [18]
2022 The Streamer Awards Best Music Streamer Won [21]
Best League of Legends Streamer Nominated
Dec 2024 Best Fighting Games Streamer Nominated [51][52]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About LilyPichu". YouTube.
  2. ^ https://x.com/LilyPichu/status/1811924425320857690
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fl-t3tt1N0
  4. ^ "Offlinetv Plays Two Truths One Lie Again". YouTube. 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's History Month (ft. LilyPichu)". YouTube. 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ LilyPichu [@lilypichu] (May 23, 2019). "my brother coleg graduat!!!1 grats Daniel" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Lilypichu Bio - Height, Brother and Love Story With Albert "SleightlyMusical" Chang". AnswersAfrica.com. January 22, 2019.
  8. ^ @LilyPichu (2019-05-22). "It makes me miss it too... jk I went to community college and never got a graduation 😭😭😭" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "COLLEGE DEGREE TALK FT. SYKKUNO, VALKYRAE, TOAST, LILYPICHU AND FRIENDS". YouTube. 31 October 2020.
  10. ^ "LilyPichu - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com.
  11. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQphkQBYNBs
  12. ^ Favie III, Carmelo (16 November 2020). "Offline TV: The story of one of the most successful streaming houses ever". ClutchPoints.
  13. ^ a b Lilies, 2015-09-10, retrieved 2022-07-01
  14. ^ Johnson, Mia (3 August 2017). "Cosplayers receive a lovely surprise when a talented melodica player belts out their themes". Mashable.
  15. ^ Hong, James; Jang, David (25 September 2018). "League of Legends: [A Deep Discussion With Scarra] Scarra Reveals His Thoughts On DL vs qt, Harry Potter, and OfflineTV". InvenGlobal.
  16. ^ Lee, Julia (January 26, 2019). "New League ads celebrate your average player". The Rift Herald.
  17. ^ Lee, Helen A. (19 January 2021). "The Top Female Twitch Streamer Of 2020 May Surprise You". SVG.
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  19. ^ "5 GUM X AVENGERS (FT. LILYPICHU)". Sawhorse. Sawhorse LA. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  20. ^ a b Haylock, Zoe (2021-08-13). "Bella Poarch Welcomes You to Her Tower of Terror in the 'Inferno' Video". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  21. ^ a b Miceli, Max (22 February 2022). "All nominees for QTCinderella's Streamer Awards". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group.
  22. ^ Diaz, Ana (2022-07-07). "Popular streamer LilyPichu takes exclusive deal with YouTube". Polygon. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  23. ^ Asarch, Steven (November 11, 2019). "Members of OfflineTV are embroiled in an alleged cheating scandal over Twitter and Reddit". Newsweek. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  24. ^ Galloway, Ryan (2020-10-06). "Mizkif calls viewers 'hypocrites' in response to Albert Chang's return". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  25. ^ Are Michael and Lily together? Retrieved on 2021-11-23.
  26. ^ Shannon Liao (30 June 2020). "Gaming world faces one of its biggest #MeToo moments yet". CNN. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  27. ^ a b khan, Aqdas (2020-11-25). "Fedmyster, Pokimane and OfflineTV: A quick recap on the incident that shook the Twitch world". The SportsRush. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  28. ^ Lopez, Jalen (June 28, 2020). "Offline TV removes Fedmyster in response to sexual harassment allegations". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  29. ^ "Pokimane responds to Fedmyster allegations". Upcomer. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  30. ^ Made this piece in collaboration with @LilyPichu, inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender. tjbrownmusic. Published Date: 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  31. ^ if there was a zombie apocalypse i'd let my dog eat me. lilypichu. Published Date: 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  32. ^ "The Premiere for our song is live! Drops today at 2pm PST! Valkyrae x Natsumiii x Lilypichu - Last Cup of Coffee ♫ Cover -". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  33. ^ a b Nightmares!. lilypichu. Published Date: 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  34. ^ Zo Zo Zombie! LILY PICHU becomes the World's Best ZOMBIE Rock Star! on YouTube Retrieved on 2021-11-23.
  35. ^ Ki, Lily [@LilyPichu] (January 16, 2021). "if you watch the English dub of TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, you can briefly hear me as the cute reporter girl (and a cashier) in episode 7. 😊 it's on @Crunchyroll!!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Twitter.
  36. ^ "Cardfight!! Vaguard Overdress Animation Now Available in English Dubs & Mini Animation Series, "Mini Vanguard Large" Launch". Anime News Network. 5 July 2021.
  37. ^ Ki, Lily [@LilyPichu] (January 16, 2021). "I voice Miki in the Welcome To Demon School #IrumaKun Season 2 dub :DD, thank u @mummynyan @BangZoom @JalenKCassell" (Tweet). Retrieved April 28, 2022 – via Twitter.
  38. ^ Ki, Lily [@LilyPichu] (January 25, 2022). "I voice Yoshi in Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro!! Thank you sososo much @mummynyan @BangZoom @littlevomama :\] check it out at @crunchyroll!!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Twitter.
  39. ^ @LilyPichu (March 20, 2023). "I'm in this! I voice Lena in the dubbed Misfit of Demon King Academy S2 🥰" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  40. ^ @LilyPichu (August 10, 2023). "I voice Love Cute in the English dub of Mashle: Magic and Muscles! 🩷 you can watch it at @crunchyroll :D" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  41. ^ "Arcade Spirits - A Visual Novel Romantic Comedy". Fiction Factory Games. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  42. ^ Romano, Sal (15 October 2020). "Phantom Breaker: Omnia announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC". Gematsu.
  43. ^ Mateo, Alex (8 December 2020). "Phantom Breaker: Omnia Game's Trailer Previews Fighting Gameplay". Anime News Network.
  44. ^ "Get ready to go live with Eleven!! Check out her skills RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW". Twitter.
  45. ^ a b "Lily Ki (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 October 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  46. ^ @LilyPichu (October 14, 2021). "I voice Io's salt skin from Paladins!... Hope she doesn't annoy you too much. 😆" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  47. ^ Mages. Phantom Breaker: Omnia. Rocket Panda Games. Scene: Ending credits, 1:03:50 in, ENGLISH CAST.
  48. ^ @LilyPichu (September 6, 2022). "I finally got to voice something for Riot 🥰🥰 you can hear me as Disciple of Doran from Legends of Runeterra!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  49. ^ @OdysseyStudio (September 15, 2022). "Everyone's favorite slime girl now has a voice, and that voice is none other than the supremely talented @LilyPichu!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-09-29 – via Twitter.
  50. ^ Fears to Fathom: Woodbury Getaway (Video Game 2024) ⭐ 8.2 | Adventure, Horror, Mystery. Retrieved 2024-09-14 – via m.imdb.com.
  51. ^ "The 2024 Streamer Awards: All Nominations". Esports Illustrated On SI. 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  52. ^ DeSena, Gabby (December 8, 2024). "Recap: All 2024 Streamer Awards Winners". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
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