Malala takes her first selfie on YouTube sensation Lilly Singh's late-night show

The hilarious interview also included Malala on new year's resolutions, rapping and the 'Booksmart' Malala reference

Malala Yousafzai just made a little history on YouTube sensation Lilly Singh's late-night talk show by taking her first selfie ever for Instagram.

Singh, who ranked 10th on Forbes highest paid YouTuber list 2017, welcomed Malala to her latest episode on Global's 'A Little Late.' There, the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate discussed her Malala Fund, college life and rap lyrics.

One of the highlights of the hilarious interview is when Singh asked Malala about why she has never taken a selfie on Instagram. "I've followed you for such a long time and I love seeing all the wonderful things you've posted on Instagram," she said.

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"But what I have noticed is that you've taken taken a photo of yourself," to which Malala replied 'she's never had a friend to take a selfie with her. The par then proceeded to take a cute pic with each other, selfie style.

"I really want to dive into some heavier things in a bit," Singh continued during the interview. "But I want to ask you some silly question just because I'm genuinely curious."

She then asked Malala a serious of interesting questions about her life. "This last decade has been  a decade of activism for young people and this new year, 2020, is not just a new year but the start of a new decade," Malala began after Singh asked about her goals for the new year.

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Malala continued, "For me it's about change-making, I want to continue my fight for girls education, because there's 130 million girls out of school and I hope we can achieve more and send more girl's to school in the next decade."

"That's the sound of everyone rethinking their resolutions right now," Singh mused. "You're currently a senior and Oxford, do you ever experience a thing called 'senior-it-is'? You're such an advocate for education but this term is when you've become so senior and so fed up of class that you just don't want to go anymore. Come on, be real," she joked with Malala.

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The activist then laughed that she sometimes does not wake up early for class or hand in her essays on time, becoming her 'normal' routine at Oxford.

Singh also mentioned the famous 'Malala' reference from Netflix film 'Book Smart' that sent Twitter into a frenzy earlier in the year and how Malala felt abut being the 'code word'.

"It's good to see people know you, they know your cause and there to support you.," she said, following fits of laughter from Singh on the fact Malala listens to her rap music and could one day 'make a rap song about Malala.'

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