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Kevin Yi is a Taiwanese lyricist. Yi was nominated for Best Lyricist in the Golden Melody Awards and has worked alongside a number of notable artists including Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin, Coco Lee, Chief Zhao, and Yida Huang. Yi is currently employed as an exclusive writer at Warner Chappell Music.
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” (我是一隻小小鳥). [1] [2]
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. [3] [4]
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. [5]
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永遠的第一天” and A-Mei's “Remember記得”. [6] [1]
Over the years, Yi老师 has written numerous tracks, including Stefanie Sun's “Kite風箏”, “Love Dictionary愛情字典”, “Someone Like Me (同類”), “Encounter遇見”, F.I.R's “Crescent Bay月牙灣”, and Khalil Fong's “Fu Ke Hui Yi復刻回憶”. The song Yi wrote for JJ Lin in 2013, “Practice Love修煉愛情”, 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, such as Terry Lin, Stefanie Sun, Jackie Chan, Jolin Tsai, Shirley Kwan, Eric Suen, Hacken Lee, Jordan Chan, Sam Lee, Karen Mok, F4, 4 in Love, Kelly Chen, Cecilia Cheung, Hins Cheung, Evonne Hsu, Fish Leong, Rachel Liang, Eason Chan, A-Mei, Tanya Chua, Joi Chua, Winnie Hsin, JJ Lin, Leehom Wang, Will Pan, Andy Lau, Sandy Lam, Yida Huang, S.H.E, Yoga Lin, Victor Wong, Cyndi Wang, Kay Tse, Andy Hui, Jacky Cheung, Sammi Cheng, Rainie Yang, Vivian Hsu, Valen Hsu, Wan Fang, Joey Yung, Julia Peng, Leon Lai Gigi Leung, Rene Liu, Anita Mui, Leo Ku, Tiger Huang, Aaron Kwok, Van Fan, Twins, Nicholas Tse and others.
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黑夜問白天”, Amei and Sandy Lam's “Double Shadow雙影” (song from drama “Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace”), and Mayday vocalist Ashin cover of Joi Chua's song “The Hidden Memories 隱形的紀念” (song for the exhibition “Where have all the flowers gone?”) [7] [8]
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.[ citation needed ]
| Song title | Performed by | Year |
| 走鋼索的人 | 李泉 | 1999 |
| 永遠的第一天 | 王力宏 | 2000 |
| 記得 | 張惠妹 | 2001 |
| 遇見 | 孫燕姿 | 2001 |
| 月光愛人（電影「臥虎藏龍」主題曲） | 李玟 | 2001 |
| 狠角色 | 張惠妹 | 2002 |
| 愛上未來的你 | 潘瑋柏 | 2003 |
| 同類 | 孫燕姿 | 2004 |
| 匿名的寶貝 | 黃義達 | 2004 |
| 單身情歌 | 林志炫 | 2004 |
| 燃燒 | 孫楠 | 2004 |
| 月牙灣 | F.I.R.飛兒樂團 | 2007 |
| 復刻回憶 | 薛凱琪、方大同 | 2008 |
| 愛都是對的 | 胡夏 | 2010 |
| 無聲情歌 | 辛曉琪、齊秦 | 2012 |
| 修煉愛情 | 林俊傑 | 2013 |
| 披風 | 陳奕迅 | 2017 |
| 黑夜問白天 | 林俊傑 | 2017 |
| 雙影（戲劇「如懿傳」主題曲） | 張惠妹、林憶蓮 | 2018 |
| 隱形的紀念 | 五月天阿信 | 2019 |
With his lyrics 地下鐵 (Singer: 鍾漢良, Composer: 邰正宵), Yi was nominated for the Best Lyricist Award in the 10th Golden Melody Award, 1999. [9]
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