Kevin Yi

Kevin Yi (or Yee Kar Yeung, Traditional Chinese: 易家揚) is a Taiwanese lyricist best known for his work with Coco Lee, Leehom Wang, A-Mei, Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin, and Khalil Fong. Alongside his work as a lyricist, Yi is a record executive working in Asia with Mandarin-language artists. Yi received a nomination for Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist and a nomination for Best Original Film Song at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Career Early career After completing his military service in 1989, Yi Chia-yang joined the marketing department of Rock Records in Taiwan. His early work there included Chief Zhao's song "A Tiny Bird" (我是一隻小小鳥). Later, Yi worked as an A&R representative before joining BMG Music as Marketing and Promotion Director.

Songwriting In 2000, Yi wrote the lyrics for the Chinese version of "," the theme song for the wuxia martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Performed by Coco Lee and featuring Yo-Yo Ma on cello, the English version of the song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001.

As marketing director at Warner Music, Yi contributed to the debuts of artists Stefanie Sun and Yida Huang. Yi has written lyrics for tracks such as Leehom Wang's "Forever's First Day" (永遠的第一天), A-Mei's "Remember" (記得), F.I.R.'s "Crescent Bay" (月牙灣), and Khalil Fong's "Retrospective" (復刻回憶). In 2013, the song Yi wrote for JJ Lin, "Practice Love" (修煉愛情), was awarded Hito Pop Music Best 10 Singles and Singapore Hit Awards Best 10 Singles.

As of 2020, Yi's work included Eason Chan's "Soar" (披風), JJ Lin's "53 Dawns" (黑夜問白天), A-Mei and Sandy Lam's "Double Shadow" (雙影), and Mayday vocalist Ashin's cover of Joi Chua's song "The Hidden Memories" (隱形的紀念).

Works

Awards and recognition In 1999, Yi was nominated for the Best Lyricist Award at the 10th Golden Melody Award for his lyrics in "Metro" (地下鐵) performed by Wallace Chung, composed by Samuel Tai.

In 2010, Yi was nominated for the Best Original Film Song at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards for the song "Mulan Love" (木兰情), which served as the theme song for the film "Hua Mulan."