While Newton discovered gravity when hit by a falling apple, Shyn Yee discovered and conceptualized "Project Donate a Song" while having a foot massage (which has now evolved into "Scarlett Rocks for aidha")
One of the original founders of Scarlett, Shyn Yee made quite the impression rapping to Lady Marmalade, electrifying the 1000-strong crowd at SMU campus with her infectious groove, and soulful performance. She literally killed the crowd, and had them lapping up for more.
For that moment in the spotlight, Shyn Yee earned street cred as "The Rapper" of the 8 piece all girl band back in Singapore Management University. Street cred aside, it is her skills in picking and re-arranging songs, making them uniquely Scarlett, that has earned the role of band musicologist and creative inspiration throughout the years, constantly dreaming of new ideas to add fresh grooves to the band's style.
When she's not rapping or being the purveyor of Scarlett's musical taste, Shyn Yee is a well travelled, hotel management consultant, and has travelled to Bhutan, Bali, Maldives for WORK. She is also an amazing cook (she specializes in Greek & Thai cuisine, and is currently perfecting her Nonya recipes) and the official band photographer for this event (which explains why all of us have really nice pictures, except her).
Did we mention she's also a linguist? Shyn Yee speaks at least 6 languages, and considers poetry and scriptwriting, as her past-times. Not many of us know she won SMU's first 24-hour script-writing competition. Plus, she won it with her solo entry, while others were struggling in teams of 4.
An advocate of women empowerment, catch Shyn Yee live @ TAB on the 8th of April!
