"I Didn't Know Anyone in The Industry" | Celebrity Podcast with Daiyan Trisha EP1: The YouTube Girl - video Dailymotion

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In this episode, Daiyan Trisha shares her life before the fame—growing up in a loving but academically-focused household—and opens up about how starting her career at a young age affected her mental health.

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00:00I didn't have anybody. I didn't know anyone in the scene.

00:02I didn't know anyone in the industry.

00:04Tak ada connection, tak ada kabel, tak ada apa-apa.

00:06So, really, I was scouted from YouTube.

00:16Hi guys, this is Di and Trisha,

00:18and you're listening to my Celebrity Podcast.

00:30Oh my god.

00:32I rasa I've never told people this part of my life,

00:40where I came from, like post-pandemic.

00:43I rasa macam where I came from has always been a mystery

00:47for people who tak kenal saya dari awal, you know.

00:50So, I'm from Bangi, Selangor.

00:56And I came from a middle-income family.

01:01Keluarga yang sederhana.

01:04Sekolah SMK.

01:06Normal. Pakai tidur di sekolah.

01:08You know, things like that.

01:10Koko, you know.

01:11I love math.

01:14I love English. I love art.

01:17I took piano lessons.

01:19I self-taught guitar.

01:21I'm the second daughter of five siblings.

01:26And my mom was a teacher.

01:29And she is a writer. She's a novelist.

01:31And my dad just works in private sector.

01:33So, it's very average chain. Very normal family.

01:38But alhamdulillah, my family's still together right now.

01:41Came from a good support system, I would say.

01:47Yeah, and then at 14, I started menjunak-junak kandiri in YouTube.

01:53And I also became the YouTube girl at 16 years old.

02:03Yeah.

02:06Well, 14-year-old Diane wanted to be a Disney star.

02:13You know, I grew up with Disney.

02:15Watching a lot of Disney things.

02:17And that's where even Nisibet Gwaii.

02:19I'm like, wow! Someday I'm gonna be there.

02:21I'm gonna be a Disney star.

02:24And so, I thought...

02:25Masa tu, I just wanted to showcase my talents on YouTube.

02:30And then I started learning guitar.

02:32And then started posting like tons of covers.

02:37At that point, it wasn't a big thing on YouTube yet.

02:41But there were a few like singer-songwriters,

02:44female singer-songwriters that I remember that started with me.

02:49I think I would say like...

02:52Najwa Latif.

02:53She was, I think, was the first one who like breakthrough on YouTube.

02:59If I'm not mistaken.

03:00I think her song Cinta Muka Buku ke, something like that.

03:03And then, I was like the third or fourth wave.

03:07I was the same kind of time with Tasha Manshahar.

03:12I would say Nita as well.

03:14So, we were...

03:16Yeah, we were in the same batch of YouTube girls at that point.

03:20Yeah, so...

03:21It was really funny.

03:25Like thinking about that right now.

03:26Because back then, it was just small shows.

03:28We would do just like online acoustic sessions.

03:32And I would perform at like Frinjan.

03:34I would perform at like...

03:36Before X, it was Twitter, you know.

03:39So, they would have like TweetFest.

03:41I would perform at TweetFest.

03:43Simple set up, just with my guitar.

03:45It was the most simplest time back then.

03:49Why are you making me like ingat balik all these things?

03:51Oh my god, it's insane.

03:54Yeah, and there would be a lot of like indie festivals.

03:57And I would be the indie girl with the guitar.

04:00And at that time, Yuna was the MySpace girl.

04:05And she'd already like kickstarted her career.

04:08And yeah, and I would never think that I would be a friend.

04:12Like a really close friend now.

04:13So, we shared a lot of things when it comes to like things like this.

04:16It was very cute coming from where I came from.

04:20It was very like innocent.

04:22Serious.

04:23It was so innocent at that time.

04:25So, at that time, indie people were thriving.

04:29And so, the indie scene was filled with like just...

04:33Young boys and girls with big dreams.

04:35To just like make it and bring like indie scene.

04:40Like our songwriting to the mass main media.

04:52Yeah, of course.

04:54I didn't have anybody.

04:55I didn't know anyone in the scene.

04:57I didn't know anyone in the industry.

04:58No connection, no cable, nothing.

05:00So, really, I was scouted from YouTube.

05:04And then from then, I think I was like,

05:08Okay, maybe this could be a thing for me.

05:11But I had to still study.

05:13I still had to like finish my degree and everything.

05:16And my mom was like, my parents like,

05:19Being Asian, you know, Asian household.

05:21Is it right to do this?

05:22Like, why don't you study accounting?

05:24And so, I did.

05:25You know, I took accounting for my diploma.

05:28I got...

05:29I was a deanly student for four semesters.

05:32And then after that, they were still like,

05:33No, you have to get a degree.

05:35And then I went on and get a degree in business.

05:39I was a deanly student too.

05:41And then after that, my parents were like,

05:43Okay, you can do whatever you want now.

05:46You know, but I was studying and working at the same time.

05:49I was doing shows in the weekend,

05:51classes on weekdays.

05:53Alhamdulillah, I still get like good results

05:55because I need to be an Asian daughter.

05:58And so, yeah, my mom and dad was proud.

06:00And because of that, they let me do whatever I want

06:03because I think in a way, I have to sort of prove to them

06:07that I can do this, you know.

06:10And so, because of that, I feel like

06:13they gave me the freedom to kind of make my own decisions

06:17into who I wanted to become

06:18because I got my degree, you know.

06:20So, I think that was one of the challenges.

06:23And second, it's just kind of like maneuver my way into

06:26because I just had to like make friends,

06:29be an adult, and be someone who

06:33is learning her way through the industry

06:35and learning the gains of it.

06:44I think growing up with art and music

06:47is something that I still have right now.

06:51I think maybe my...

06:53If there is, you know,

06:55my parents are amazing people,

06:57but if there's one thing that I can command to them,

06:59like, thank you for giving me this,

07:01it's that they really raised me up in an environment

07:06filled with love.

07:08That's one thing.

07:09And also, my dad sent me to piano lessons

07:13and my mom sent me to art class.

07:15So, I really feel like those experiences and what I studied

07:19shaped me into the person that I am today

07:22because art and love is still very much like...

07:28It really makes me as a person that I am today.

07:31And also, my mom is like very...

07:34Tekankan education.

07:36And so, I feel like that's what I want people to tekankan also

07:39because we didn't have influences back then.

07:41So, we didn't know that that was a thing.

07:43And so, we have to focus on education.

07:45But you know, in this day and age, everyone can be...

07:49You know, whatever they want with just record

07:51and whatever they want to do with it.

07:53But I still would highlight the importance of education

07:56because it really shapes your mindset

07:58and your decision-making and who you are

08:00and your values as a person and your principles.

08:03So, I feel like maybe because I came from there

08:06and my family is also simple.

08:11So, I feel like I still really want to have that humility in me.

08:17I think that's what I feel.

08:21You know?

08:27I don't feel like I'll ever be fully ready or fully prepared

08:31to face whatever that's out there.

08:36But I've learned a lot.

08:39I think maybe...

08:42I'm not sure if it is any point but

08:45maybe growing up as a second child

08:50or more so the middle sibling

08:55kind of like make you more independent in a way.

08:59I've always have a sort of very stubborn mindset

09:03in which like I have to get what I want.

09:06Like if I want this thing, I have to get it.

09:08And then, I will work towards that like 100%.

09:12So, I think maybe that's what makes me stubborn

09:15but in a good sense, in a good way.

09:18So, when we talk about anxiety, I feel like

09:21it's just what I developed as an adult.

09:27You know, from all this pressure

09:31and from strangers talking about you

09:34and just kind of like, huh?

09:36They think like that?

09:37Yeah, I have a lot of like

09:39going up into this industry

09:43and like, huh? They think like that?

09:45I have a lot of those moments.

09:47But, why a lot of like, huh?

09:51Huh? Like that.

09:52So, I just have to like get used to like

09:54other people's way of thinking.

09:57Yeah, so maybe that kind of gave me anxiety in a way.

10:02Thank you for watching episode 1.

10:04Stay tuned for episode 2

10:06with me in my celebrity podcast.

10:17You

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