[SHINee] [Translation] SM Artists and Repertoire head, Lee Sung-soo, Praises Jonghyun

* This is an excerpt from a book released by lyricist Kim Eana. She is a lyricist famous for penning songs for Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra, Sign, Sixth Sense, Gain's Bloom), IU (Good Day, The Red Shoes), SHINee (Hello), etc.

Kim Eana: I want to ask which work in SM A&R made you the most emotional.

Lee Sung-soo: For me, it was during that time I was in charge of SHINee. I really loved that song by Alejandro Sanz, "Y Si Fuera Ella". I thought that SHINee's member, Jonghyun, who sang the song really did it it a cool way. Through that song, the song, "Hyeya" was born. The process (of remaking it) was really full of hardship, but personally I felt very emotional during that course of work.

Kim Eana: I certainly became SHINee's fan through that song! You set the background for that song, didn't you?

Lee Sung-soo: Not at all. All the work in that song was by the arranger/lyricist/director Kenzie and Jonghyun. This is not just because I'm being modest; it's true. The recording took around five days. It was difficult recreating the impression of the words in the song's original language (Spanish). Jonghyun was exhausted and Kenzie also had a lot of trouble. When President Lee Soo-man listened to the finished product, he took a liking to it and decided that it should be broadcasted/released. It was decided that Jonghyun singing that song would give a good positioning for SHINee in that time.


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https://twitter.com/peach0408/status/579550601115090944
https://twitter.com/peach0408/status/579551426692575233
https://twitter.com/peach0408/status/579552542373203969
https://twitter.com/peach0408/status/579553294088962049
https://twitter.com/peach0408/status/579554242295267328
https://twitter.com/peach0408/status/579555356164014080