Lin Yuan's Cross-Industry Influence and Ambitions

The moment they heard that the song would be recorded tomorrow, Taeyeon and her teammates perked up.

"Recording tomorrow?" Kim Taeyeon asked cautiously.

"What if we mess it up?" Im Yoon-ah was also uneasy.

Shouldn't they first be given the rearranged sheet music so they could study and absorb it before recording began?

What worried Taeyeon even more was that without a music producer beside them, they had no confidence in the recording process.

South Korea's music industry had already become highly mature by 2005, resulting in an extremely detailed division of labor.

But from another perspective, it also meant singers had no freedom in how they interpreted songs.

Basically, when an album was released, from track selection and concept marketing to arrangement and vocal style, idol singers like them had absolutely no say.

The company would assign professional producers to guide them throughout the process, down to whether a single note should be sung in falsetto or full voice.

But this time, no music production team from SM Entertainment was accompanying them to record the theme song for "Mad Max 4."

This was necessary to keep the film confidential. The more people who came into contact with it before release, the harder it became to control leaks—especially when those people came from South Korea across the ocean.

On the other hand, it was also a request from Lin Yuan and Taylor Swift. They had both agreed to give Girls' Generation more freedom.

Although Taylor Swift's plan was highly detailed, most of it consisted of framework-level and advisory guidance. It did not demand that the Girls' Generation members perform rigidly according to her baton.

If they interpreted the song that way, it would be impossible to achieve the song's core pursuit of "freedom."

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