Kevin Yi

Kevin Yi is a Taiwanese lyricist. Yi was nominated for Best Lyricist in the Golden Melody Awards and has worked alongside Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin, Coco Lee, Chief Zhao, and Yida Huang. Yi is currently employed as an exclusive writer at Warner Chappell Music.

Career

Early career

Yi began writing lyrics as a student, and would always carry a notebook with him to keep his writing ideas. Early in his career, he joined the marketing department of Rock Records in Taiwan. Yi's first project was Chief Zhao's “A Tiny Bird” (我わが是ぜ一いち隻せき小しょう小鳥ことり).

Yi then moved on to serving as an A&R, and later joined BMG Music as the Marketing and Promotion Director. At the same time, he published numerous lyrics that became popular tracks.

Songwriting

Yi wrote the lyrics for the Chinese version of “A Love Before Time”, the theme song for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This song was performed by Coco Lee and featured Yo-Yo Ma on cello. It was also nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards.

During his time serving as the Marketing Director at Warner Music, Yi made contributions to the debuts of artists like Stefanie Sun and Yida Huang. He has worked on Leehom Wang's “Forever's First Day永遠えいえん的てき第だい一天いってん” and A-Mei's “Remember記き得とく”.

Over the years, Yi老ろう师 has written numerous tracks, including Stefanie Sun's “Kite風ふう箏そう”, “Love Dictionary愛情あいじょう字典じてん”, “Someone Like Me (同類どうるい”), “Encounter遇ぐう見み”, F.I.R's “Crescent Bay月がつ牙きば灣わん”, and Khalil Fong's “Fu Ke Hui Yi復刻ふっこく回かい憶”. The song Yi wrote for JJ Lin in 2013, “Practice Love修おさむ煉ねり愛情あいじょう”, won Hito Pop Music Best 10 Singles, and Singapore Hit Awards Best 10 Singles.

He has published over 1,000 Mandarin songs written for various artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Current career

Yi plays various roles in the Chinese music industry. As of 2020, Yi was working on Eason Chan's “Soar披風”, JJ Lin's “53 Dawns黑くろ夜よる問もん白はく天たかし”, Amei and Sandy Lam's “Double Shadow雙そう影かげ” (song from drama “Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace”), and Mayday vocalist Ashin cover of Joi Chua's song “The Hidden Memories 隱かくれ形がた的てき紀き念ねん” (song for the exhibition “Where have all the flowers gone?”)

Artistry

Style

In his lyrics, Yi also likes to illustrate scenarios in people's daily lives. He can help listeners connect deeply to the song and guide them to construct a whole image in their minds that is unique to them by using fragments of situations that everyone recognizes.

Works

Song title	Performed by	Year
走はし鋼索こうさく的てき人じん	李り泉いずみ	1999
永遠えいえん的てき第だい一天いってん	王おう力つとむ宏ひろし	2000
記き得とく	張ちょう惠めぐみ妹いもうと	2001
遇ぐう見み	孫まご燕つばめ姿すがた	2001
月光げっこう愛人あいじん（電でん影かげ「臥が虎とら藏ぞう龍りゅう」主題しゅだい曲きょく）	李り玟	2001
狠角色しょく	張ちょう惠めぐみ妹いもうと	2002
愛あい上じょう未來みらい的てき你	潘はん瑋柏	2003
同類どうるい	孫まご燕つばめ姿すがた	2004
匿名とくめい的てき寶貝ほうがい	黃き義ぎ達たち	2004
單身たんしん情歌じょうか	林はやし志こころざし炫	2004
燃燒ねんしょう	孫まご楠くすのき	2004
月つき牙きば灣わん	F.I.R.飛ひ兒じ樂團がくだん	2007
復刻ふっこく回かい憶	薛凱琪、方ほう大同だいどう	2008
愛あい都と是ぜ對たい的てき	胡えびす夏なつ	2010
無聲むせい情歌じょうか	辛からし曉あかつき琪、齊ひとし秦はた	2012
修おさむ煉ねり愛情あいじょう	林はやし俊傑しゅんけつ	2013
披風	陳ちん奕迅	2017
黑くろ夜よる問もん白はく天たかし	林はやし俊傑しゅんけつ	2017
雙そう影かげ（戲おどけ劇げき「如懿傳でん」主題しゅだい曲きょく）	張ちょう惠めぐみ妹いもうと、林はやし憶蓮	2018
隱かくれ形がた的てき紀き念ねん	五月ごがつ天てん阿おもね信しん	2019

Awards and recognition

With his lyrics 地下鐵ちかてつ (Singer: 鍾漢良りょう, Composer: 邰正宵よい), Yi was nominated for the Best Lyricist Award in the 10th Golden Melody Award, 1999.