Yuna performing "Fallin'" live on Kimmel.Yuna Zarai is kind of an anti-pop star. Her genre-skipping music—which has notes of R&B, electronic, and folk—is bright and bubbly even when she tackles weighty themes like the dark side of fame. She’s worked with Pharrell Williams and received production help from Rhye/Quadron mastermind Robin Hannibal and The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo on her excellent Nocturnal album, which she released last year. And she’s a pretty big deal back in her home country, Malaysia. But in spite of these bragging rights, Yuna is for the most part unchanged by her success. “I’m pretty much the same girl I was 10 years ago, except I’m a little bit more wiser now and more comfortable with who I am as a person,” she says over the phone.
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