Watch How Pink Changed YouTuber Davina Michelle's Life Overnight
American singer-songwriter Pink has, for years, given fans hit after Top 40 hit. From “Just Give Me A Reason” to “So What,” the artist’s powerhouse vocals and emotionally-charged lyrics have kept the her a pop frontrunner since she came on the scene in early 2000. So, really, it’s no surprise that fans love covering her work, or that her work has, quite literally, changed lives.
In October 2017, Glamour showed Pink a video of a YouTuber, Davina Michelle, who was covering Pink’s 2017 power ballad “What About Us.” At the time, Pink was overwhelmingly impressed by the singer. “That is better than I will ever sound,” she says while watching Davina Michelle perform. “I love that. I want to own that.”
Davina Michelle’s own reaction to Pink watching her performance is pretty priceless, too. But it’s how the novice YouTuber’s life changed after appearing in Glamour’s “You Sang My Song” video series that proves particularly special.
After her “You Sang My Song” cameo with Pink, Davina Michelle achieved an impressive amount of fame on her own. Before appearing in “You Sang My Song,” Davina Michelle’s YouTube cover of “What About Us” had approximately 200K YouTube views. Now, the video has over 11.5M. She’s also performed on Dutch radio stations and is a fixture on a weekly Dutch television show alongside other musicians. What’s more, the artist currently has a song on Dutch Top 40 that has remained number one for nine weeks.
“So many things have changed, it’s crazy” the artist explains in a follow-up conversation with Glamour, one year later. “I didn’t do any live performances [before], I only was on YouTube. After the Pink video…I got to perform everywhere.”
Something for the highlight reel: Davina Michelle was recently informed that she will perform on tour with Pink in Amsterdam when her tour reaches the Netherlands in June 2019.
Watch Glamour catch up with Davina Michelle and learn about her whirlwind year below.
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