Queens of Okay-pop. The woman group TWICE has continued to dominate the music business, each in Asia and all over the world.
The nine-member band — comprised of members Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu — was shaped in 2015 on the music competitors collection Sixteen, and launched their first EP, The Story Begins, in October of that 12 months. Identical to fellow Okay-pop teams akin to BTS and BLACKPINK, TWICE has grown to change into one of many best-selling artists of the style, even earlier than rising to world reputation.
Through the years, they’ve launched over two dozen albums, EPs and singles, and not too long ago dropped their newest mini album, READY TO BE, on March 10. The women will likely be hitting the street this summer time on their fifth world tour, fittingly titled the READY TO BE tour, and can make a number of U.S. stops in cities akin to Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and New York Metropolis.
Their upcoming tour comes only one 12 months after their 2022 North American tour, throughout which they performed to sold-out arenas throughout the nation. “That was our first time having a live performance of that scale, so it was actually stunning for us to see so many followers within the U.S.,” lead singer Jihyo, 26, recalled in a February 2023 interview with Billboard, referring to their back-to-back reveals at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
One of many group’s rappers Chaeyoung, 23, went on observe, “At the moment in Korea, we couldn’t carry out in the identical approach as within the U.S.,” on account of South Korea’s COVID-19 restrictions. “So it was actually refreshing to see the followers nose to nose within the U.S.”
Although the group’s upbeat, catchy songs principally characteristic Korean lyrics, TWICE has additionally launched a number of English singles through the years, together with “The Feels” and “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE,” the latter of which they carried out on the Billboard Girls in Music Awards on March 1. On the ceremony, they had been awarded this 12 months’s Billboard 2023 Girls in Music Breakthrough Award.
However as Jihyo identified to Billboard, “I believe it’s the songs of ours that carry TWICE’s coloration moderately than the language wherein the track is sung. I don’t suppose the language is that related in finishing up TWICE’s [identity].”
Changing into one of many greatest woman teams on the earth is one thing eldest member Nayeon, 27, stated they by no means anticipated to occur. “We didn’t think about this,” she stated in a July 2022 interview with Cosmopolitan. “Not simply us, however the Okay-pop market has actually expanded through the years. So I believe that’s another excuse why we’ve got so many world followers now. As a result of we had our debut in Korea, I believe our preliminary hope was to let ourselves be recognized to as many individuals as attainable in Korea. We didn’t actually count on the worldwide followers.”
When requested how they hope to be remembered in 50 years’ time, youngest member Tzuyu, 23, advised Cosmo her hope for the group’s future: “I need to be remembered because the legendary band of our time.”
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