Hey guys! I am here with Sayulee today!
and we are going to talk to you about an awesome project that we are working on together!
I'm so excited, this is something that I've never done before
and I'm really happy to be able to share it with you guys in video form!
So, first introduce yourself! Tell these guys who you are!
Hi guys! My name is Sayulee
Well, I am a singer/songwriter based in Tokyo
I grew up most of my life in New Zealand, so that's why I sound funny
We've been friends for a while now, we met through the whole YouTube thing
and I've just launched a new project called "Your Song"
Which is basically, collaborative music creation
Which is basically getting the audience to write the lyrics, and I create the melody to it
And voila! There's a song!
But for this one, I really wanted at least one YouTube creator that I collaborate with
And I was like, I really wanna do this with Sharla! So...
I approached her and was like, can you be part of this Your Song project?
So basically that's where it all started and we decided to collaborate on writing a song together
We're writing a song together!
So I interviewed her
Yeah we just sat down in a coffee shop, it was really casual
Yeah I told her about my life story
and kind of, what themes I wanted to be included in the song
and what messages I wanted it to portray
Yeah it was an experience for me, because I SUCK at writing
So luckily Sayulee is really good at that...
So I gave her the ideas, and she wrote the whole thing
and she did a wonderful job, so I'm sooo excited to share this with you guys <3
Yeah it was fun! Because I had to think about you the whole time as I was writing
Yeah you kinda have to become me
Yeah yeah yeah!
That must've been hard
It was really interesting, because you know she's actually got a very interesting life
I mean, it already looks very interesting but there's so much more to it that I found out as I was interviewing you!
Yeah I don't really talk about anything other than Japan on my channel, so...
This is something new for me
There's a lot of deep stuff
If you guys wanna get to know a little bit more about me, check out the song
and we just did a video on her channel explaining kind of what the 1st verse is all about & the meanings behind it
So definitely check that out!
But now we're gonna go a little bit into the second verse
and what I wanted to say, what my message was for the second verse
Yeah, let's talk about that
What was the main image of the second verse?
As I was interviewing her, I realized that in order to come to Japan and do what you wanna do
there's actually a lot that you had to give up in order to do that
So it's kinda talking about that, when you want to gain something you have to let go of something as well
and I saw that mainly as like, in terms of you, like your family!
You know, how you don't get to see your family while you're here
and you mentioned that that's really hard for you, so I really wanted to put that part in the lyrics
Well that's a big thing, I find that that's one thing that holds people back from moving out of their hometown
or coming to Japan, I'm sure lots of you guys are interested in coming to Japan
That was always a big thing for me, like holy crap... I'm not gonna be able to see my family for years!
Maybe once a year if I have the time I can go visit them, but that's about it
And of course that's hard, but I don't think you should let missing someone hold you back from doing something that you're really passionate about
There are ways to talk to people, I talk to my family on Skype and email every day
So you know, it's not that big of a deal
We're separated physically, but we can still talk to each other
And my family is happy that I'm doing what I wanna be doing
Yeah I don't want you guys to be too worried about that
Of course you're gonna miss your family and it's gonna be sad, and it's gonna be hard but
you know it's worth it! And your family will be proud of you :)
And we filmed a music video together!
Today, on this couch!
I'll add a clip of that at the end, and definitely check that out!
I'll put the link in the description box
Let me know what you think! We worked really hard on it
It's turned out being a really cool song! I'm really excited about it!
It's catchy, and I hope it inspires some of you!
Yeah!
And you can learn a little bit about me
I don't really talk about my life
Very cool life!
Haha, interesting
And I'm hoping it's really encouraging and inspiring for people too
Yeah, we talk about that on your channel, but I get lots of comments about people that wanna do what I'm doing
and they wanna come to Japan, but they feel that they can't
but there's nothing special about me!
I'm just someone that really liked Japan, and studied and put a lot of work into coming here
and I made it happen!
I'm not super rich or anything, so if I can do it, you guys can do it too! It just takes a lot of work.
So definitely check out the video, and the song!
Thank you so much for including me in your project, this has been so much fun <3
Thank you! For being part of it! It's been so much fun!
Alright guys, well check that out! And make sure to subscribe to Sayulee's channel!
She shares all her music on there, it's wonderful
Thanks for watching, and see you soon! Bye!!
Spent my high school days working part time jobs
Failed my tests, didn't like to study
Spent my days daydreaming, didn't have a boyfriend
But then I realized that it's all about your environment
Found a goal and crossed borders
Looking for a place to call home
I ended up in Tokyo
and I realized that it's all up to yourself