Although born in 1985 in South Korea, Lilly grew up in Greenwich Village, NY. Her parents realized early that she had an innate love for music and opted to give her piano lessons to help nurture any natural talent she might possess. By the time middle-school rolled around, Lilly was ready to leave the world of classical piano playing behind and took up the guitar. She soon discovered that singing was where her true talents lay, and began to use her knowledge of the guitar and training in classical piano to write songs. During the spring of 1999, Lilly won her first Talent Show and, more importantly, was introduced to the musical stylings of Dylan Shmitt and Adam Seidman, two classmates at the NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies. Another girl in their class, Eden Sidney Foster - an extremely talented actress and writer - began to share her poetry with the three musicians around this time. They began to set her lyrics to music, resulting in such songs as That Much Closer, Rumor Has It, Into You, South of Here, I'd Sing You To Sleep, Sabbath Queen, Frantic Boy, and What Faerie Means.