After putting 19-year-old singer Yas to the ultimate music test in our first-ever Shuffle & Play challenge, we sat down with the rising star to talk about music that has shaped her life… 

I started singing…
When I was 15 

I think about inspirational woman when I hear…
Survivor, Destiny’s Child

The song that’ll make me cry…
Perfect, Pink

The song I wish I could sing but totally can’t…
If I Were A Boy, Beyoncé

A song I sing better than the original…
Someone Like You, Adele  (LOL no shade to Adele)

The song that’ll get me on the dancefloor…
Say My Name, Destiny’s Child

Can the radio please just stop playing…
Old Town Road, Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus

If I were on a desert island, the song I’d listen to on repeat is…
American Boy, Estelle 

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