There, she gained popularity from her musical talents and her artwork, among her video streaming of games play-throughs.Ī lot of people know Lily for her relationship with her fellow online personality Albert Chang in 2017.
She started gaining traction with her animated videos on different topics over the years before moving on to Twitch. The online world became an outlet for her feelings and emotions. Her parents often demanded high grades from her that she couldn't deliver. Even the relationship with her parents was tense. Being born into a Korean-American household, she moved around a lot when she was young and experienced bullying at school. Lily has recounted multiple times of her difficult upbringing and how it inspired her to turn to the online world for comfort and to express her creativity. She took inspirations from other animation channels at the time and took the effort to learn their work and make her own style. In her channel, she started by posting animated videos detailing her life and her story. Born on November 20, 1991, the 28-year-old streamer began her career in 2006 with her YouTube channel and has remained active since. She is often streaming and playing with her friends. With 1.5 million subscribers on Twitch, LilyPichu is one of the more popular streamers taking over the platform with her regular schedules and variety. They can grow their following by letting the world know their talent. Twitch is a giant platform for people from everyday life to go and shine. Some would even do non-gaming related streams like art and music, where they showcase their other talents like painting and playing instruments. Some do variety where they play different games of different genres. Some do speedrunning, where they play the same game thousands of times to get the world record in speed. There are many different types of streamers. Most streams have their breakout success from their talents in crushing video games and offering a satisfactory feeling for those watching. They all gained popularity from the streaming of different video games. Several popular content creators on Twitch include Ninja, Tfue, Shroud, and Myth. Streamers are able to gain their following and make a living through donations on live streams, sponsors, joining tournaments, etc. It was created specifically to serve the gaming industry. The platform offers a fast-streaming service for thousands of users to watch a gamer/streamer live stream their video game playthrough. Its growing popularity has sprung off multiple tournaments and trivials with celebrities and online personalities that have caught the attention of the public. Even non-gamers would have heard of Twitch. Twitch is YouTube for gamers introduced in 2011.