A decision to replace SNSD's controversal album cover; Netizens applaud SM's “quick response”, Tuesday June 23, 2009 Korea Options

[Love. Music.]

T: bug@soshified.com
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SNSD, the biggest issue of this summer, released the album cover of upcoming 2nd mini-album on the 22nd, but people criticized the image of aircraft, which resembled Zero-sen. As the criticism grew, SNSD's management company decided to immediately delete the controversial image. On the 23rd, SM Ent said, "We inserted military icons in the album cover, but we are going to delete those because some are misinterpreted from what we have intended", and added "We will delete the image and replace it with T-20 which is developed and produced in Korea".

In response to the step taken by the management company for unintended but controversial issue, most of Netizens viewed it as a "regrettable but a proper decision".

One Netizen said "It's good that they quickly reacted to the criticism before the comeback. If they ignored this issue and only gave excuses, the situation would have gotten worse". Another said, "deleting the pic will be better for SNSD".

Meanwhile, SNSD's new single "Tell me your wish" topped various charts in just one day after its release, and is about to extend "Gee" syndrome.

SNSD's 2nd mini album title song "Tell me your wish" was released through various mp3 sites on
the 22nd. Shortly after the release, the song topped real time charts, and after a short while, it reached #1 in daily charts. After the day from its initial release, the ranking is shooting up even higher. Entering Melon chart as #6 surprised many people who work in music industry. Considering that "Gee" entered the chart as #10, the new song is getting a lot of popularity. The song reached #1~2 in almost every mp3 charts foreshadowing another SNSD syndrome.

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Thats not a quick respond thats the only logical decision they have

[ai.s2]

wow i guess sm aint taking any risks,
but that was fast



This post has been edited by hazel.: Jun 23 2009 6 40 PM

Reason for edit: double post

[nadine]

wow since when sm listens to what netizens said?
this is interesting

[♥hippo-holic♥]

yeah that was really fast and because of this the release of snsd mini-album was pushed,aish!

[ayu_angel]

really fast...but i hat ethat the album pushed back <-<

[strawberry_hit]

ah now have to wait a lil loner until the official release date. they should have done copy testing before they make their final decision....but i still have to say...the girls look great

[diopatra]

this not only demands from netizen anymore.

im not familiar of korea-japan during WW, but this kind of thing is very sensitive. there are still people who hates japanese because of what happen during that time

its a wise move for SM to change what it is needed to be change

[susu_t12]

i can't understand what happend can anybody tell me what's oing on and why the rea;se date have been change >?

[diopatra]

i can't understand what happend can anybody tell me what's oing on and why the rea;se date have been change >?

SM decided to change the album cover because of a lot of reactions of the current album cover.

read the article "controversy on snsd new album". not sure of the exact title of the news article

[blacktulip]

The girls look great, and Yuri on the front just makes it even cooler

[shim_mydarling_c...]

i don't really like the new concept but the girls looks gorgeous.... be waiting for this...^^

[★Shira]

wow i thought they didnt wanna do anything about the cover.
oh well,it's a good thing anyways.

[♥ K A T ♥]

yes its really fast..hhhhmmm. as always -____-

woah, nikki! wooyoung