Pod#84 - Maria Unera! Singer, Songwriter, Model, Youtuber!

Maria Unera is a star. You've seen her on TV on multiple music shows, you most likely have seen her on YouTube either on her own channel or with her recently found crew, or you probably have seen her on a massive billboard somewhere in Pakistan. While even more fame and hopefully fortune most certainly await her in the future, her journey to this point has not always been smooth sailing. She was kind enough to come on to the show and talk about her journey so far with all the troubles and tragedies and also the big breaks and victories. Check out this wide ranging conversation all about her and her career and check out the links to her work and the people she mentioned below! Things discussed in this episode: 1. 00:00 Intro 2. 01:36 A rough past couple months in Karachi 3. 04:56 Living on your own in Pakistan 4. 13:49 Early life in Islamabad 5. 19:55 Introduction to theater and busking outside restaurants 6. 24:40 Short interlude on originality 7. 27:30 Difficult times at school & deciding to pursue music full-time 8. 32:15 A sudden break & being discovered by Noori 9. 38:44 Coping with the loss of her mom & how it impacted her music 10. 46:38 Short interlude on professionalism & integrity 11. 50:55 Aftermath of "Strong" & not getting the chance to grieve 12. 59:37 Why she moved to Karachi 13. 1:03:34 Her work on YouTube & getting to know Momina, Alina & Umer 14. 1:14:29 Plans for 2021 LINKS Maria's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MariaUnera/ Maria's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariaunera/ Maria's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MariaUneraQureshi Maria on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4g0Hm55v0B1qMupOA2mvDW Momina Munir: https://www.youtube.com/MominaMunir/ Alina Hayat: https://www.youtube.com/AlinaHayat/ Umer Noman: https://www.youtube.com/UmerNoman/ Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanPehelwan Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan