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Stylish...E (2003)

Where the lyrics of Stylish...E take you, and where it was really made.

Her solo debut album came as Fin.K.L's activity slowed, and its lead single "10 Minutes" was first meant for another group, People Crew.

Key places

Booming Studio, Seoul (2003)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The album's recording is linked to Booming Studio in Seoul. The map point sits at city-center level, not on the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• Stylish...E is the debut solo studio album of Lee Hyori
• Released 13 August 2003 through DSP Media; distributed by CJ E&M Music
• Primarily a pop and R&B record with hip-hop influences
• Songwriting contributions from Rhymer, MayBee, Won Tae-yeon, Yoon Il-sang, and Lee Hyun-do of Deux
• Singles: "10 Minutes", "Hey Girl", and "Remember Me", each with its own music video

Background

• Lee became well known in South Korea as a member of girl group Fin.K.L
• Fin.K.L debuted under DSP Media in May 1998 with the album Blue Rain
• Group activity slowed after the fourth studio album Forever in March 2002
• Members began individual activities in 2003, putting the group on temporary hiatus
• This album marked her solo debut, about one year and two months after the end of Fin.K.L's fourth album activities
• The second single was originally intended to be "Eve, Sleeping in Paradise"

Recording

• Recording studio linked to the album: Booming Studio, Seoul

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Debuted in 1998 as the leader of girl group Fin.K.L, one of the most popular South Korean girl groups of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• Made her solo debut in August 2003 with the album Stylish..., whose hit single "10 Minutes" won numerous daesangs at year-end award ceremonies.
• Korean media dubbed her popularity the "Hyori Syndrome" and nicknamed 2003 "The Year of Hyori".
• Released the albums Dark Angel (2006), It's Hyorish (2008), H-Logic (2010), Monochrome (2013) and Black (2017).
• Became the highest-paid female singer in South Korea when she signed with Mnet Media in 2006.
• Formed the project groups SSAK3 and Refund Sisters in 2020.
• Hosted numerous television programs, including Family Outing, Hyori's Homestay and The Seasons.

Activism

• Has been a prominent animal rights advocate, publishing the photo-essay book Closer in 2012.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Pre-orders reportedly reached 70,000 copies before release
• The album catapulted Lee to superstar status in the country, and the press dubbed her popularity the "Hyori Syndrome"
• "10 Minutes" won the Grand Prize (daesang) at the KBS Music Awards and SBS Gayo Daejeon, and the Most Popular Music Video at the Mnet Music Video Festival
• Lee performed on Music Camp and Inkigayo; "10 Minutes" ranked number one on these programs for several weeks
• The album's success made Lee the highest-paid female artist in South Korea at the time

Reappraisal

• Rolling Stone ranked "10 Minutes" 24th in its list of the 100 greatest Korean pop songs of all time
• Rolling Stone said she became an inescapable presence in Korea around her solo debut
• Rolling Stone compared the song to the music of Aaliyah and Jennifer Lopez
• Melon and Seoul Shinmun ranked "10 Minutes" 16th among the best K-pop songs of all time in 2021

Records

• Debuted at number three on the RIAK monthly chart for August 2003, selling 79,361 copies in its first month
• Sold 144,182 copies by the end of 2003, the 15th best-selling record of the year in South Korea
• Sold an additional 9,408 copies in 2004 according to RIAK charts
• Sales passed 170,000 copies by 2006
• Won an Album Bonsang at the 18th Golden Disc Awards and was nominated for the Album Daesang
• Sales totaled 153,590 copies by February 2004

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The lyrics of "10 Minutes" were first written for a song by hip hop group People Crew, then given to Lee Hyori
• SBS banned the "10 Minutes" music video from public broadcast over its erotic choreography
• "Hey Girl" featured Rhymer and was not performed as often as the first single
• "Eve, Sleeping in Paradise" was originally intended as the second single
• Kim Do-hyun, who composed "10 Minutes", later worked with Shinhwa

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

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