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This Time (2003)

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Lee Soo-young's first single 〈Deonggeureoni〉 is called a ballad, yet the source describes it as closer to pop rock because of its band session and drum beat.

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Album story

Overview

• Lee Soo-young's fifth full-length studio album
• Title: This Time
• Released 21 August 2003
• Two singles were issued from the album
• The first single is 〈Deonggeureoni〉, and it is the title track
• The second single is 〈여전히 입술을 깨물죠〉, which has a mood similar to the first
• Both title songs were promoted with music videos

Background

• The first single uses more band instruments and heavier drums than Lee Soo-young's usual ballads
• The constant drum beat and bass riff of the first single drew a reaction from fans of her earlier ballad style
• An Irish whistle sounds in the instrumental break of the first single
• Harim, a singer, played the Irish whistle session
• The second single stayed in the upper chart positions for a very long period

Recording

• Session musicians played the band parts of the first single
• The Irish whistle is a traditional Irish instrument

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Lee Soo-young (Korean: 이수영; born Lee Ji-yeon, 이지연 on April 12, 1979) is a South Korean ballad singer.
• She debuted in 1999 with the hit album I Believe and quickly gained popularity due to her strong singing skills.
• During the mid-2000s, she was one of South Korea's best-selling singers, selling more than 700,000 albums in 2004 alone despite a recession in the music industry at the time.
• In 2001, she sang the official Korean version of the Final Fantasy X song "Suteki Da Ne", titled "얼마나 좋을까" ("Eolmana Joheulkka").
• She released her seventh album, Grace, on January 21, 2006; it performed very well and shot straight to the top of the charts.
• The album's popularity led to a limited edition repackage of Grace, of which only 30,000 copies were produced.

Personal life

• She married her boyfriend of one year in October 2010 and has one son, born in July 2011.

Acting

• Appeared in the KBS2 TV series The Accidental Couple (2009) as Jo Seung-eun.
• Appeared in the film The Quiz Show Scandal (2010) as the radio singer.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The music video of the title songs was praised for its excellent quality and received very good reviews
• The videos were released as two parts for each single

Reappraisal

• The source describes 〈Deonggeureoni〉 as closer to pop rock than to a ballad
• The band session and drum beat are the reason the song is described as pop rock
• The second single 〈여전히 입술을 깨물죠〉 has a mood similar to 〈Deonggeureoni〉

Records

• 〈여전히 입술을 깨물죠〉 stayed in the upper chart positions for a very long period
• 〈Deonggeureoni〉 is listed in the chart record section of the source

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The music videos for both title songs starred actors 공효진 and 고수
• Each title song's video was split into a first part and a second part
• The videos were shot in Tokyo, Japan, and deal with the meeting, conflict and reconciliation of the two actors
• The song 〈우미공주〉 was made into a music video for the film 써클
• The song 〈모르지〉 was made into a music video for the film 최후의 만찬
• Harim, a singer, played the Irish whistle session on the first single

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

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