Girls’ Generation explain why only Sooyoung and Tiffany have writing credits on comeback album ‘Forever 1’

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Girls’ Generation have explained why only two of the group’s eight members, namely Sooyoung and Tiffany, have songwriting credits on their new comeback album, ‘Forever 1’.In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Taeyeon revealed that the group’s members were involved in producing tracks for the album, but only two tracks with SNSD member contributions made it to the final tracklist – ‘Seventeen’ and ‘Villain’, both of which credit Sooyoung and Tiffany as lyric co-writers.“Other members also participated in creating the album, but SM [Entertainment]’s standard is very high,” leader Taeyeon explained with a laugh. “It’s very hard.

Tiffany and Sooyoung’s results managed to end up passing.”Elsewhere in the interview, Sooyoung revealed that she was working on lyrics for five songs at one point, and that ‘Seventeen’ was the first time she and Tiffany had written a song together. “It was my first time writing with her, and we worked while hanging out, chatting and making notes, and the lyrics came out pretty quickly,” she said.“We had great chemistry.

I think it’s because we spend a lot of time together, so we understand what the other is thinking with one glance.”Sunny, meanwhile, opened up about what it was like to working with Tiffany as a producer. “When recording for Tiffany’s self-composed track “Villain,” she was in charge of directing and it was definitely something I hadn’t experienced before,” she explained.“It was quite new and exciting to have a member working from the outside of the recording booth.”‘Forever 1’ is Girls’ Generation’s seventh album and their first record as a full unit in five years.