Greek, Spanish or Indian? In the cover of Lee Hyori's new teaser stares a seductive woman that has got a little bit of every ethnicity. Without a second look, one might not even recognize that the beauty is Lee Hyori herself.

The teaser of her new upcoming album consists of five short clips - ready, unique, bad, holiday, like. Interestingly, there is nothing 'promotional' about them. There is no sneak peek on the type of genre of music or style of performance included in the video, just footages of her recording at the studio and going about daily activities.

It is one mysterious teaser. Everything runs contrary to expectations. Instead of spectacular performance bits, she put forward her being an ordinary woman going about her business. Rather than mesmerizing the public with colorful visuals, she presents plain images in black and white. As far as she has revealed, only one thing is certain. She has said no to all the conventions when it comes to sensationalism and music teasers.

The shock does not end there. Many expected Lee Hyori, who is coming back to the stage after a 3-year hiatus since plagiarism controversies that forced her to prematurely end her album activities, to return with tame, good-girl type of music. Instead, she came back as a 'bad girl' once again, even sexier and more seductive than ever. From the kind of low-key lifestyle she adopted over the past few years while earning new nicknames like social entertainer for her active social work, it would have made sense to extend her perception off stage and bring it in to her professional music career as well. But Lee Hyori defies expectations and what things are 'supposed' to be.

There is little doubt that this comeback was more stressful than any other times for Lee Hyori. The pressure to redeem herself, to be freed from the stigma of being a copycat, to earn the approval of the public once again, the list continues. Even in the gravest circumstance, she has chosen to do it her way. It is a surprise for many, of course. But if we learned anything about Lee Hyori from what she has shown us over the past decade, we should not be so surprised. After all, she does not follow rules like the most of us. That is why people fell in love with the sexy yet comical diva who knows to laugh at herself once in a while.