She was encouraged by her mother to keep a journal of her feelings, and she converted many of the journal entries to poems and also songs and this was how she began to write songs. She had to work part time in High School to help pay for tuition.
Yui did not have an easy life as she was from a single parent family and quite poor. I have not given all the words of the songs, I just wanted to give you an idea of the themes.īut first a little background. Yui is my favourite singer songwriter and I would like to share a small selection of her songs with you and to try to advocate her to you by explaining some of the lyrics and the context of the songs.
