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Producer of “Athena” OST laments Taeyeon’s ‘idol’ status

Composer Ahn Young Min had the highest praise for SNSD’s leader Taeyeon after they collaborated on “I Love You“ for the “Athena” OST.

Reflecting on his personal homepage a few days ago, the composer wrote, “It’s my second time collaborating with Taeyeon. With ‘Like a Star‘ we worked together for the lyrics, but this time we’ll be handling composition, lyrics, and the arrangement.”

Ahn went on to say, “I was so shocked by Taeyeon’s singing ability. It’s a mature song so I was worried, but she made tears fall down my face. Barely an hour into production had passed, and I remember clapping my hands.”

“It felt regrettable just then that this voice and emotion could be covered up by the title of ‘idol’.”

Agree or disagree? Could being labelled as an ‘idol’ stunt one’s growth as an artist? Let us know your thoughts down below!

SNSD's Yoona resembles chinese actress Miao Ker Hsiu! (What do you think?)

Just a brief translation by me.

Miao Ker Hsiu is a very famous actor borned in 1952 and she has been starred in various popular films with Bruce Lee.Her old photos spread like wildfire on chinese community online as some netizens claim that SNSD's Yoona resembles her.

So what do you think,do they look-alike?Share your thoughts here?

Ahn Youngmin commended Taeyeon for her singing ability

omposer and lyricist Ahn Youngmin has nothing but praises for taeyeon.

In a post entitled ‘Taeyeon – I Love You (Athena OST)’ in his own minihompy, Ahn Youngmin mentioned that he worked with Taeyeon for the OST.

Ahn Youngmin stated, “This is the second time I work with Taeyeon and it’s amazing to see that she handled the song really well. I was worried that the song might be too matured for her but when she started singing, my tears started to fall”. The well known composer went on to praise Taeyeon in terms of her singing ability as well as how she managed to put in her feelings and emotions into the song.

Taeyeon’s ‘I Love You’ was officially released on December 13th, the same day as the first broadcast of SBS drama ‘Athena: Goddess of

War’.

Shoujo Jidai’s ‘Genie’ is the ‘Breakthrough Album’ on iTunes Japan!

SNSD’s First Japanese Single ‘Genie’ was selected as ‘Breakthrough Album of The Year’ by iTunes Japan.

iTunes Japan recently announced the winners for ’2010: Music, 2010′s Best’. According to the charts, SNSD’s ‘Genie’ released in September 2010 was picked as the winner for ‘Breakthrough Album of The Year’ in the Pop Category.

Meanwhile, the ‘Best Album’ in the Pop Category went to ‘The Fall’ by Norah Jones and Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’ was announced as the ‘Best Song’.

In the ‘Top Selling Songs on iTunes Chart’, Kara’s ‘Mister’ took the 14th spot while SNSD’s ‘Genie’ and ‘Gee’ were in the 29th and 30th spot respectively.