Who Are TWICE? Everything to Know About the Breakthrough K-Pop Girl Group: The Members, Their Music and More
10.03.2023 - 23:17
/ usmagazine.com
Queens of K-pop. The girl group TWICE has continued to dominate the music industry, both in Asia and around the world.
The nine-member band — comprised of members Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu — was formed in 2015 on the music competition series Sixteen, and released their first EP, The Story Begins, in October of that year. Just like fellow K-pop groups such as BTS and BLACKPINK, TWICE has grown to become one of the best-selling artists of the genre, even before rising to global popularity.
Over the years, they have released over two dozen albums, EPs and singles, and recently dropped their latest mini album, READY TO BE, on March 10. The girls will be hitting the road this summer on their fifth world tour, fittingly titled the READY TO BE tour, and will make several U.S. stops in cities such as Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and New York City.
Their upcoming tour comes just one year after their 2022 North American tour, during which they played to sold-out arenas across the country. “That was our first time having a concert of that scale, so it was really shocking for us to see so many fans in the U.S.,” lead singer Jihyo, 26, recalled in a February 2023 interview with Billboard, referring to their back-to-back shows at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
One of the group’s rappers Chaeyoung, 23, went on note, “At that time in Korea, we couldn’t perform in the same way as in the U.S.,” due to South Korea’s COVID-19 restrictions. “So it was really refreshing to see the fans face to face in the U.S.”
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Though the group’s upbeat, catchy songs mostly feature Korean lyrics, TWICE has also released several English