Since Linen is very close to her parents, she might see her father as a role model and recognize the love between her parents in the lyrics; that is why she was crying when she first listened to it.
You can find Linen’s 2024 Autumn Music Competition vocal performance here.
Watch Linen Bunnag sing Like My Father by Jaclyn Cole Miskanic for the 2025 Classical Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.