Girls Generation’s album cover changes

Spot the differences?

Due to the overwhelming and exaggerated response to Girls Generation being Nazi and Kamikaze sympathizers, SM Entertainment has postponed the release of their new album to June 29th, in order to alter the cover with more friendly Korean military imagery. Don’t worry SNSD fans because the track “Etude,” which some suspect will be a cover of fellow SM artist BoA’s “Etude” , will be released as scheduled on June 25th, with the rest of the tracklist to follow on June 29th.

So what did they exactly photoshop? SM changed the questionable aircraft from the Type Zero-sen looking fighter jet to the Korean supersonic T-50 jet, and the wings of the eagle pins have been turned up to deflect from the similarity with Nazi eagle pins. Honestly, the T-50 jet graphic looks like a rush job because the contrast makes it stick out. Then apparently, it seems like the continued photoshopping some miscellaneous things, such as changing the direction of the airplane under the Jessica’s name at the top of the album (so it looks like they aren’t being bombed on?), removing the emblem pin on Tae-yeon’s collar, and deleting what looked like an overextended collar behind Sunny. Provided below is the original album cover for your comparison.

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In addition to that, Girls Generation released photos from their recent interview with Yon-hap News, sporting a more casual, sailor look. They look like they are ready for a spontaneous yacht party, except Soo-young, who actually looks like she would have fun just hanging out at the docks.

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Will they be donning their sultry marine girl look or relaxed sailor outfits for their comeback stage on Music Bank on June 26th?

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56 Responses to “Girls Generation’s album cover changes”


  1. 1 antie June 25, 2009 at 5:17 am

    las chicas de snsd estan bonitas

  2. 2 yoonsik lim June 25, 2009 at 5:17 am

    firST!!!!
    ZOMG~! BONERRRR

  3. 3 Awesome June 25, 2009 at 5:18 am

    They look, and sound, like alllllll the other girl bands..Nothing special. Nothing interesting.
    And none of them are hot.

  4. 7 Lala la lexus June 25, 2009 at 5:19 am

    so stupid

  5. 12 Abi June 25, 2009 at 5:21 am

    First! :p
    lol

  6. 13 ... June 25, 2009 at 5:33 am

    wasnt yuri in the middle ?? why is it yoona now

  7. 16 xisionsuh June 25, 2009 at 5:46 am

    It’s nice~! sosi

  8. 17 Tan June 25, 2009 at 6:23 am

    Yoona, Taeyoon and Jessica´s hat emblems have also been changed. Well, it’s that the emblem in the bottom left part of the cover had been replaced, so the others have been changed accordingly.

    I like playing spot the difference :3

  9. 18 XD June 25, 2009 at 6:23 am

    if taeyeon iis the leader, than why do they always put yoona on the front?it kind of pisses me off

  10. 25 lala June 25, 2009 at 6:32 am

    i don’t like the outfit they put sooyoung in . it makes her legs look so much shorter than they actually are . usually in the pictures, you can tell sooyoung is the tallest and with the longest legs . but the loose shorts make her look normal and boring

  11. 26 rhee! June 25, 2009 at 7:07 am

    I wonder why did they chose those outfits when their song is being a “Genie”. That is so stupid.

  12. 28 dwilliams June 25, 2009 at 7:33 am

    I know rhee? I am like and what is this fascination with Nazis. They didn’t like anyone but themselves and they aligned themselves with Japan not South Korea. As one can see they definitely did not step in to stop Japan from occupying South Korea.

  13. 29 Chris June 25, 2009 at 8:33 am

    Seriously, it looks like a high school student made this cover album. I bet even fanmade covers would look better than this.

    What a hack photoshop job (in general)! Random tiny airplanes everywhere? Who the hell was the art director for this album!? It hurts my eyessss.

  14. 30 joelib June 25, 2009 at 8:55 am

    I can not waitttt starting the 26th..the Soshi fever will be back woooot!

  15. 31 joelib June 25, 2009 at 8:56 am

    Sica is sooo cute lol..

  16. 32 passang June 25, 2009 at 9:17 am

    isnt taeyeon the leader? why is yoona in the middle?

  17. 33 Solidad101 June 25, 2009 at 9:20 am

    you can barely see the difference so what’s the point of changing….O_O

  18. 34 YuRi June 25, 2009 at 10:24 am

    Here’s another thing to spot: They also deleted the nazi eagle pin on Sooyoung’s collar =)

  19. 35 lucies June 25, 2009 at 10:40 am

    Don’t really care cause they still look hot as hell!

  20. 36 JJ June 25, 2009 at 10:43 am

    There will always be some nutters that have nothing better to do than complain about the most insignificant thing…

  21. 38 bellos June 25, 2009 at 10:46 am

    i don;t know why i don’t like snsd,though i like their song..hear for 5 times then enough..but i like soo young.

  22. 39 .nodame. June 25, 2009 at 11:55 am

    Am I the only one who noticed the Pepsi symbol on the new plane? Makes me want a soda :D

  23. 40 yumie June 25, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    They look so sexy/cute! I can’t wait to see them perform this song!

  24. 41 alex June 25, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Some people may be indifferent, but those eagle emblem looks heckalike the Nazi styled Reichsadler… it’s only a little better than wearing a swastika. As for those planes, they should remove them all competely, they look like someone went outta control with the clip art.

  25. 42 debbie June 25, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    @.nodame.
    lol it’s not the pepsi sign, it’s the “yin and yang” sign on the Korean flag.
    btw the eagle thing on Yoona’s hat really does look like the Nazi party It’s even got a little cirle at the bottom for where the swastika’s meant to be.

  26. 43 Aurelia June 25, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    haha! funny ~

  27. 44 Drak June 25, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    dam look at all these jealous fangurls x[.

  28. 45 .nodame. June 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    @debbie:
    Hehe yeah, I know. But since it’s not coloured, it automatically looks like Pepsi to me XD

  29. 46 hyunnie June 25, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    go go go

  30. 47 meditation June 25, 2009 at 10:29 pm

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  31. 48 miira-chaan June 26, 2009 at 12:39 am

    cool.!~

    hwaiting SNSD.
    !!~

  32. 49 xmhmu5slove June 26, 2009 at 2:45 am

    Yoona looks hot!!!

  33. 50 wth June 26, 2009 at 3:14 am

    …why is Yoona always in the middle?

  34. 52 Shhh June 26, 2009 at 9:24 am

    jess looks like she to pee

    If they are sailors why do they a need a plane?

  35. 53 2Ne1 June 27, 2009 at 4:32 am

    Yoona is so Uggggllyy
    WHHHYY is she the center

  36. 54 ss August 23, 2009 at 4:44 am

    stupid comments
    yoona pissed you off because she’s in the middle?
    jessica is the leader?
    your idiocy knows no bound. what country are you from?
    under the iron eagle, it’s not swastika, take a
    goddamn look at it.


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