Dive (Twice album)

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Dive
Twice - Dive cover art.png
Digital and limited B edition cover
Studio album by
Twice
ReleasedJuly 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)
Recorded2023–2024
Length32:20
LanguageJapanese
Label Warner Music Japan
Twice chronology
With You-th
(2024)		Dive
(2024)		 Strategy
(2024)
Singles from Dive
  1. "Hare Hare"
    Released: May 12, 2023
  2. "Dive"
    Released: July 10, 2024

Dive is the fifth Japanese studio album (eighth overall) by South Korean girl group Twice. It was released on July 17, 2024, by Warner Music Japan. The album features ten tracks, including the title track of the same name and the previously released single "Hare Hare". It also includes "Dance Again", which was previously released as a digital single on December 12, 2023, and was featured in the "FamilyMart x Twice Christmas Chicken" advertising campaign. [1]

Contents

Release and promotion

On December 28, 2023, Twice announced that they would release their fifth Japanese studio album during the summer of 2024. [2] On April 30, 2024, it was announced that the album, titled Dive, would be released on July 17, marking the seventh anniversary of Twice's official debut in Japan. [3] [4] [5] The title track "Dive" was pre-released as a digital single on July 10, along with its music video. [6] [7] To promote the album, Twice performed "Dive" and "Here I Am" on TV Asahi's Music Station , on July 19. [8] The group also performed songs from the album during the final leg of the Ready to Be World Tour in Japan. [9]

Commercial performance

Dive debuted at number 2 on the weekly ranking of Oricon Albums Chart with 104,051 copies sold. [10] It also debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart, recording 1,329 downloads and 130,009 copies sold from July 15–21, 2024. [11]

Track listing

Track listing for Dive
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Beyond the Horizon"
  • Yu-ki Kokubo
  • YHEL
  • Nils Rulewski Stenberg
  • Malin Christin
Nils Rulewski Stenberg (Hitfire Production)3:32
2."Dive"
  • Yoon (153/Joombas)
  • Kelbyul (153/Joombas)
  • Ha Dawon (153/Joombas)
  • Yu-ki Kokubo
 3:01
3."Ocean Deep"
  • Dayoung Jeong (153/Joombas)
  • Yu-ki Kokubo
Alawn3:40
4."Love Warning"
  • Kakinuma Masami (Relic Lyric)
  • YHEL
  • JJean
  • Justin Reinstein
Justin Reinstein3:26
5."Here I Am"Kakinuma Masami (Relic Lyric)
  • Ronny Svendsen
  • Pizzapunk
2:50
6."Inside of Me"Co-sho
  • T-SK
  • ViiV
  • Jonna Hall
T-SK2:53
7."Peach Soda"Rose Blueming
  • Won Again
  • Anna Kusakawa
Won Again (The Architects)3:10
8."Echoes of Heart"Gratia
HotSauce3:14
9."Dance Again"Co-sho
  • Alexander Karlsson
  • Alexej Viktorovitch
  • Ellen Berg
JeL3:11
10."Hare Hare"
  • Seo Yongwon (153/Joombas)
  • Yu-ki Kokubo
  • Henri Vuortenvirta
  • JJean (Number K)
  • Justin Reinstein
Henzo3:23
Total length:32:20
First press limited edition A DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Hare Hare" (Music Video) 
2."Hare Hare" (Music Video Making Movie) 
3."Dive" (Jacket Shooting Making Movie) 
4."Dive" (Jacket Member Making Video) 

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [12]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Dive
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [19] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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