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Lee Hyori began her career as part of South Korean girl group Fin.K.L, whom debuted in 1998 and later became one of the most successful girl groups in country. They released their forth and last studio album Eternity (2002), before going on hiatus to pursue solo careers. Lee soon after started working on her debut album, Stylish...E, and picked up a few roles as hosts for many television variety shows, notably KBS2's Happy Together and MBC's Time Machine. With much attention granted while the singer was still in Fin.K.L, her debut album was then hailed as the most anticipated among other female singers in the country.

For the project, Lee collaborated with composer Kim Do-hyun and singer-songwriter MayBee on "10 Minutes", a pop song which followed the album's main concept: "sex[iness]."


 * Its lyrics were written by MayBee with composition and arrangement handled by Kim. All the songs' production on Stylish...E, including "10 Minutes", credited Lee and Jung Hoon Lee as producers.
 * Lee once admitted that she was not friendly with people


 * Kim shared about the song's recording process and his first encounter with Lee: "I was worried when I first met [Lee]. She didn't even bat an eye. I had a lot of things that I need to discuss with her about the song. Eventually, I was able to record everything easily because the conversation we had was about music."

Music

 * "The truth is it's a genre that is hard for Korean singers to digest. Korean dance music is mainly melody, but in ["10 Minutes"], the rhythm is like drum and bass. At the beginning I was a little surprised when [Lee] asked me to make songs in this style.


 * ... with main influences from American popular music.


 * Kim had previously worked with many underground artists including Cho PD and Jo Gyu-man, with the latter wrote the song "Like Today" for Stylish...E.


 * "Actually, it is a genre that our singers can not digest.


 * Kim also composed two other album tracks "One Two Three N'Four" and "Hey Girl" while MayBee contributed the lyrics for "Remember Me".


 * Both of them later became her longtime friends, with Kim also composed other songs for Lee in later projects.


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 * I don't want to make a dance song that is similar to others. "[The song's] genre is not yet popular but I wanted to try it first. However, I don't want to disregard radio airplays or television performances. I want you to listen to the music style rather than looking at my costumes or dancing."


 * Lee also liked Babyface's R&B style and also monitored and studied the trend in music from ten biggest music stars including Norah Jones and Avril Lavigne.




 * Mid-tempo dance track.

Lyrics

 * "I'm different, don't compare me to her".


 * Lee Hyo Ri then lit up the way of directing female singers. Ten Minutes, a song that can entice a man in 10 minutes. Singer Mabi who wrote "Tenminitsu" commented, "It was the housework that could recall the visions of Lee Hyo Ri full of confidence anywhere."


 * The content tells a story about a woman seduce in ten minutes.


 * "It was a song that could come up with the visuals of Lee Hyo-ri, who was so confident everywhere."


 * In 2011, MayBee revealed that the song was her favorite composition. She shared: "It received the most love, and because of it, I was able to come up with more songs with powerful lyrics." Although MayBee's mother was very happy that she became a lyricist, after reading the song's lyrics, she got angry and "punished" the singer with "doubts" about her private life. "I got scolded by my mom afterwards. She asked me, 'What've you been doing everyday that you were able to create lyrics like this?,'" MayBee revealed.

"Women are not just crying because they broke up with their boyfriends, but there are a lot more women who want to get revenge on men because they are more beautiful," he said.


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It is a testament to the psychology of those who are full of confidence