Lee Hyori shows her unchanging sexiness in 'High Cut'

On her comeback, she said, "To be honest, I didn't even think of having a comeback. I just thought I should have one sooner or later, but I didn't have any detailed plans. But Uhm Jung Hwa unni told me she wanted a duet song with me on her comeback album, so I happily came to Seoul to record it with her. Seeing her have so much fun preparing her album was a good stimulus for me, too. From then, I signed with a label, listened to the demos I wrote before, and things went really fast from there. [Uhm Jung Hwa] is a person who always gives me support and motivation as a sunbae and as a close unni."

She also talked about her 20th anniversary since debut and said, "Sometimes it feels like time flew by so fast, but sometimes I think there was so much that happened within that time that it passed slowly. I don't really feel anything about how much years it's been since my debut. But I still can't believe that I'm 39 this year and that I'm turning 40 in one year. I still feel like I'm in my 20s and I have so much I want to do, but I realize I'm already 40. So I sometimes get sad."

She also said, "I don't think there's anyone that expects me to be as pretty as a flower now. There are so many celebrities that are already as pretty as flowers. I was like that once. But what people expect from me now is not youthful beauty. I think they want me to be a sunbae or an unni that they can have a warm conversation with."