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Y: The Last Man

Y: The Last Man is a 60-issue Vertigo comic (2002-2008) by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra about Yorick Brown, last Y-chromosome mammal survivor with his monkey Ampersand, and its canceled 2021 FX on Hulu TV adaptation.

Y: The Last Man (TV series)

Y: The Last Man is a 2021 FX on Hulu post-apocalyptic drama adapted by Eliza Clark from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's Vertigo comic, starring Ben Schnetzer, Diane Lane, and Ashley Romans; canceled after one ten-episode season.

Y:SY (이서연)

Y:SY (이서연), born 2000, is the stage name of Lee Seo-yeon, former main rapper of fromis_9, an Idol School finalist, now a H1GHR Music soloist who debuted solo with "Naked" in 2025 and released the mini album GOODIES in 2026.

Y. B. Mangunwijaya

Y. B. Mangunwijaya (1929–1999), widely known as Romo Mangun, was an Indonesian Catholic priest, architect, and writer, author of the novel Burung-Burung Manyar and winner of the 1992 Aga Khan Award.

Y. G. Mahendran

Y. G. Mahendran, full name Yecha Gunja Mahendran, is an Indian Tamil actor, playwright, and comedian active in theater and cinema since the early 1970s.

Y. L. Cahan

Y. L. Cahan (Yehuda Leyb Cahan, 1881–1937) was a Yiddish folklorist from Vilna who compiled classic collections of Yiddish folksongs and folktales and headed YIVO's folklore committee.

Y.M.C.A. (song)

Y.M.C.A. is a 1978 disco single by Village People, written by Jacques Morali and lyricist Victor Willis, from the album Cruisin'. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, sold over ten million copies, spawned the arm-spelling dance, and entered the National Recording Registry.

Y&T

Y&T is an American hard rock band formed in Oakland, California, in 1974, originally named after the Beatles album Yesterday and Today and fronted throughout by Dave Meniketti.

Y2K aesthetic

Y2K aesthetic, also called Y2K futurism or millennium aesthetic, is the techno-optimist visual style of roughly 1997-2004, coined by Evan Collins after the Year 2000 bug; revived by Gen Z on TikTok from about 2020.

Y2K!

Y2K! is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice Spice, released through 10K Projects and Capitol Records on July 26, 2024, with guests Travis Scott, Gunna, and Central Cee.

Ya Boy Kongming! (パリピ孔明)

Ya Boy Kongming! (パリピ孔明, Paripi Koumei) is a Japanese manga in which strategist Zhuge Liang is reborn in Shibuya and masterminds a young singer's rise.

Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K (Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi) is a Congolese-Belgian rapper, born in Kinshasa, who wrote and sang Technotronic's 1989 hit "Pump Up the Jam" while model Felly Kilingi lip-synced it on video; she later released the solo album One World Nation (1992).

Ya Levis

Ya Levis, real name Prince Nemiala, is a Congolese singer-songwriter from Kinshasa who fuses rumba with R&B and afro-pop, breaking through in 2018 with the hit "Libala".

Ya Xian

Ya Xian (痖弦), born Wang Qing-lin, was a Taiwanese modern poet and editor who co-founded the Epoch Poetry Society in 1954 and died in Vancouver in 2024.

Ya Ya (Beyoncé song)

YA YA is a 2024 Beyoncé song, track 20 on Cowboy Carter, sampling Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walkin' and interpolating the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations; a Tina Turner-inspired country-R&B-rock fusion that peaked at number 39 on the Hot 100.

Yaadein (यादें) (2001 film)

Yaadein (यादें) is Subhash Ghai's 2001 Hindi family drama starring Jackie Shroff, Hrithik Roshan, and Kareena Kapoor, about a widowed father and his three daughters; a domestic flop that set Hindi film opening records overseas.

Yaadgar-e-Ghalib

Yaadgar-e-Ghalib (یادگارِ غالب) is an 1897 Urdu biography of the poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, written by his friend Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali and the first about him.

Yaadon Ki Baaraat (यादों की बारात)

Yaadon Ki Baaraat (यादों की बारात), also Procession of Memories, is a 1973 Nasir Hussain Hindi masala musical written by Salim-Javed, starring Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, and Tariq, with R.D. Burman's music and Aamir Khan's child debut.

Yaam, Berlin

YAAM (Young African Art Market) is a beach club and reggae, dancehall venue on the Spree riverbank in Friedrichshain, Berlin, founded in 1994 and run by Kult e.V.

Yaan (film)

Yaan (யான்) is a 2014 Tamil action thriller, the directorial debut of cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran, starring Jiiva and Thulasi Nair. Released 2 October 2014 by RS Infotainment with music by Harris Jayaraj, it follows a man framed for drugs in fictional Basilistan; reviews were largely negative.

Yaanai (யானை)

Yaanai (யானை), a 2022 Tamil action drama directed and written by Hari, stars Arun Vijay and Priya Bhavani Shankar; released 1 July 2022 by Drumsticks Productions, music G.V. Prakash Kumar, streaming on Zee5.

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree (YJKD) is a Punjabi comedy-drama web series on Troll Punjabi's YouTube channel, written and directed by Rabby Tiwana, two seasons 2018–2020, with a 2026 theatrical film sequel streaming on Chaupal.

Yaara (यारा)

Yaara (यारा) is a 2020 Hindi-language action crime film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, adapting the 2011 French film Les Lyonnais, following four friends in the Chaukdi Gang; it premiered on ZEE5 in July 2020.

Yaaradi Nee Mohini (யாரடி நீ மோகினி)

Yaaradi Nee Mohini (யாரடி நீ மோகினி) is a 2008 Tamil romantic family drama directed by Mithran Jawahar, starring Dhanush and Nayanthara, remade from Selvaraghavan's Telugu hit Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule, with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja; distinct from the 2017 Zee Tamil serial of the same name.

Yaaradi Nee Mohini (யாராதி நீ மோகினி) (TV series)

Yaaradi Nee Mohini (யாரடி நீ மோகினி), a Tamil supernatural thriller serial on Zee Tamil (2017–2021), about widower Muthurasan, scheming stepmother Nilambari, and the protective ghost Chitra; remade in five languages, distinct from the 2008 Dhanush film of the same name.

Yaarana (याराना) (1981 film)

Yaarana (याराना), 1981 Hindi musical drama directed by Rakesh Kumar, starring Amitabh Bachchan as singer Kishan and Amjad Khan as Bishan; Rajesh Roshan music, hit song Saara Zamana, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor for Khan.

Yaare Neenu Cheluve (ಯಾರೇ ನೀನು ಚೆಲುವೇ)

Yaare Neenu Cheluve (ಯಾರೇ ನೀನು ಚೆಲುವೇ) is a 1998 Kannada romantic drama directed by D. Rajendra Babu, a remake of Tamil hit Kadhal Kottai, starring V. Ravichandran and Sangita as letter-writing lovers, with a hit Hamsalekha score that won a Filmfare Award.

Yaariyan (2014 film)

Yaariyan is a 2014 Hindi-language college drama directed by Divya Khosla Kumar in her directorial debut, starring Himansh Kohli and Rakul Preet Singh, whose hit soundtrack helped it succeed commercially.

Yaariyan 2 (यारियां 2)

Yaariyan 2 (यारियां 2) is a 2023 Hindi coming-of-age drama, a sequel to Yaariyan (2014) and remake of Bangalore Days, directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, starring Divya Khosla Kumar, released 20 October 2023, and a box office failure (₹2.75 crore India net).

Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!

Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! is a 2020 Warner Bros. Animation Flintstones spin-off following Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, developed by Marly Halpern-Graser and Mark Marek, with 26 Boomerang episodes and a 2021 HBO Max US release.