Our home girl continues to make all of us back home super proud!
Not only did the singer grace the New York Times Square Billboard just a few months ago, she was also recently nominated for the E! People’s Choice Award for Most Inspiring Asian Woman. If that’s not enough, Yuna knocked it out of the park again with her nomination for the Best South East Asia Act award at the upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards!
The 32-year old is up against other amazing artists from the region, including Indonesia’s Rich Brian, Thailand’s Janine Weigel, Singapore’s Jasmine Sokko, and the Philippines' Moira Dela Torre.
MTV EMA’s website commended Yuna for her impressive album, ‘Rouge’, calling it her “her most ambitious and empowering album to date”.
Yuna has certainly come a long way from when all of us were bopping to ‘Yang Sebenarnya’ or were deep in our feelings with ‘Deeper Conversation’. Her latest ‘Rouge’ album features songs like ‘Forevemore’ which serves as an ode to Malaysia and combines the elements of Malaysia’s traditional music like Syair and Kompang that we are all too familiar with. Another one of our favourites has to be her addictive bop with G-Eazy titled ‘Blank Marque’, that we just can’t stop singing along to!
The MTV EMA 2019 will be held in Seville, Spain next month, honouring artists for their contribution to pop culture and Yuna definitely deserve the win! Vote for your favourite homegirl for the MTV EMA’s Best South East Asia Act here.
Catch the awards show LIVE on MTV Asia on Astro’s Channel 713 or Astro GO, with the red carpet kicking off at 8pm and the main show at 8:50pm.
Good luck, Yuna! You definitely have our vote!
