Tiffany Taeyeon releases first album 'Friday Night Fever'

Despite currently being missing somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle, lost idol Tiffany Taeyeon has finally released her first full-length album, Friday Night Fever.

[Download: Friday Night Fever]

The album was originally scheduled for release in February, but its release had to be postponed when Tiffany's plane vanished on a flight back from a music video shoot in Australia, and a mysterious warehouse fire destroyed her album photoshoot. Luckily, a small handful of pictures were saved, leading Tiffany's agency to release the album in honor of her memory and to cash-in on the publicity surrounding her tragic disappearance.

Friday Night Fever contains a total of nine songs, four interludes, and one special club remix song, making for a total of fourteen tracks. The cinematic concept of the album was directly inspired by the famous 1976 film Taxi Driver, which is about a psychologically-damaged Vietnam war veteran who becomes a late night cab driver in New York City and develops a strange friendship with a 12-year-old prostitute. For the cover of Friday Night Fever, Tiffany recreated the classic poster for the film and dressed in the iconic outfit that Jodie Foster wore in her star role as the child hooker.

At a press conference to launch the album, White Entertainment CEO Trina Villota stated: "The bold concept for the album was all Tiffany's idea, as she was a fan of the film and was inspired by T-ara's successful mini-movies to try and recreate it."

She continued: "Musically, Friday Night Fever is an album that focuses on R&B and pop music. It also contains elements of retro disco, Hip-Hop, and 90s rave music. During the recording process, Tiffany was heavily influenced by Britney Spears and Namie Amuro to make a fun and eclectic album that would showcase her powerful dance skills and unique musical color."

"To increase the appeal of this album, Tiffany worked with only the most respected Korean Hip-Hop artists, including LeeSsang, Simon D, and international hallyu superstar Jay Park, who recently conquered the American rap music industry with his critically-acclaimed mixtape Fresh Air: Breathe It. Tiffany also did a joint collaboration with her Girls' Revolution bandmates and artistic idol group Sunny Hill, as well as another BAP&TIFFANY unit song called "I Love You, Too", which is the official sequel to their top twenty hit "I Love You". With such diverse features and production from the likes of Sweetune, Daishi Dance, and Heidi Montag's producer Chris Rojas, we believe that Friday Night Fever is an album that will make Tiffany a world star."

Friday Night Fever was specifically released by White earlier today to compete directly with the current wave of top tier K-Pop comebacks, in the hopes of helping the agency overtake Core Contents Media and CUBE Entertainment as the fourth biggest agency in Korea. As of 7pm tonight, both Tiffany's album and its lead single "Do Da Disco" are current ranking behind Busker Busker, SISTAR, T-ara, and Super Junior on Korea's digital charts and Hanteo's album chart, and showing no signs that it will be able to overtake them.

Comments from netizens include, "With indie features like LeeSsang, Simon D, and Sunny Hill, why does this album sound so mainstream and commercial to me?", "I've been waiting for this album for so long. I know Tiffany is dancing to it in heaven right now." and "Just like HyunA Knowles, this has too much autotune for me. I'll stick to Jessica Jiyeon, thanks."

[Note: Certain audio files from Friday Night Fever have errors in Windows Media Player. Album best played in other audio players, like iTunes]