I was taking up accounting and logistics as my career. “In 2019, I finished my masters in accounts. Interestingly, Yohani had no plans to pursue music as a profession, as she was pursuing her degree in accounts. “‘Manike Mage Hithe’ is my sixth original single,” she said. The young singer has sung many covers and a few original songs. When I was in school, I used to play the trumpet and the French horn,” she said, adding: “I learned to play the guitar through YouTube.” “My mother had put me in piano lessons when I was a kid. My grandfather did a little bit of music,” she said. “We don’t have any musicians or singers in our family. Yohani is a self-taught singer, whose tryst with music started at a young age. Technically, the original song is sung by a male singer, Satheesan,” she said. Yohani also decoded the meaning of the song in Sinhala, a language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. It’s amazing to see how it has crossed so many boundaries, cultures, languages,” the singer said. “For me, it’s amazing to see how people are loving it without understanding the meaning of the song. Her song once again proved that music has a universal language, as people gave so much love to a foreign language song. So, it’s really a cool thing to see this happening,” she said. We didn’t even think that it will go out of Sri Lanka, because that’s never happened in our country.

Read also – Vicky Kaushal’s convincing acting brings alive ‘Sardar Udham’ Yohani shared that she did not foresee ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ trending all over when she created the song. “There are so many opportunities and offers coming from India,” she said. The young singer is basking in the glory of her success, as she is getting constant calls for singing offers in India. I am really excited to see how it’s going to turn out and what the reaction is going to be like,” she said. In an exclusive conversation with IANS on the eve of her live concert, Yohani shared her excitement of touring India for the first time and the immense popularity her song gained. She will be seen in action at the Supermoon #NowTrending concert Thursday in Gurugram, and then in Hyderabad October 3. New Delhi: Sri Lankan singing sensation Yohani is in India, all set to perform her trending Sinhalese song ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ live at different venues.

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