Twice2

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#Twice2
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Standard edition cover
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)
Recorded2017–2018
StudioJYPE
Genre
Length34:19
Language
  • Japanese
  • Korean
Label Warner Music Japan
Producer J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"
Twice chronology
The Year of "Yes"
(2018)
#Twice2
(2019)
Fancy You
(2019)
Singles from #Twice2
  1. "Likey (Japanese ver)"
    Released: January 10, 2019
  2. "What Is Love? (Japanese ver)"
    Released: February 7, 2019

#Twice2 (Hashtag Twice2) [2] is the second Japanese compilation album by South Korean girl group Twice. It consists of both Korean and Japanese versions of "Likey", "Heart Shaker", "What Is Love?", "Dance the Night Away" and "Yes or Yes". It was released by Warner Music Japan on March 6, 2019.

Contents

Background and release

In January 2019, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice would release their second Japanese compilation album on March 6, as well as embark on a dome tour in Japan later that month. [3] "Likey (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released on January 10 as a digital single, along with an accompanying music video. [2] [4] "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released as a digital single on February 7, also with an accompanying music video. [5] [6]

#Twice2 was officially released on March 6 in three versions: Standard Edition, First Press Limited Edition A (CD and photo book) and Limited Edition B (CD and DVD). It was also released as a digital download in EP format, containing only the five Japanese-language songs. [1]

Promotion

On March 8, 2019, Twice performed a medley of "Yes or Yes (Japanese ver.)", "Likey (Japanese ver.)" and "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" on Music Station . [7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of Oricon Albums Chart with 95,825 units sold, breaking Twice's record of the highest first day album sales for K-pop girl groups in Japan. It was also reported that shipments of the album exceeded 250,000 copies. [8] [9] #Twice2 then topped the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 200,846 units sold. [10] It is the first album by a foreign female artist to sell more than 200,000 albums in the first week since Kara's Super Girl in 2011. [11] On Oricon Digital Album Chart, it debuted at number 2 with 5,192 download count. [12]  It also topped the  Billboard Japan  Hot Albums recorded 211,406 copies sold. [13] [14]

Track listing

#Twice2 Standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Likey" (Japanese version)
  • Black Eyed Pilseung
  • Jeon Goon
Rado3:29
2."Heart Shaker" (Japanese version)
  • Galactika
  • Risa Horie
  • Na.Zu.Na
  • Yu-ki Kokubo
  • David Amber
  • Sean Alexander
  • David Amber
  • Avenue 52
3:08
3."What Is Love?" (Japanese version)J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"Min Lee "collapsedone"3:30
4."Dance the Night Away" (Japanese version)
Jonatan Gusmark & Ludvig Evers a.k.a. Moonshine3:03
5."Yes or Yes" (Japanese version)
  • Sim Eun-jee
  • Yuka Matsumoto
  • David Amber
  • Andy Love
David Amber4:01
6."Likey"
  • Black Eyed Pilseung
  • Jeon Goon
  • Black Eyed Pilseung
  • Jeon Goon
Rado3:29
7."Heart Shaker"Galactika
  • David Amber
  • Sean Alexander
  • David Amber
  • Avenue 52
3:08
8."What Is Love?"J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"Min Lee "collapsedone"3:30
9."Dance the Night Away"Wheesung (Realslow)
  • Anne Judith Stokke Wik
  • Jonatan Gusmark & Ludvig Evers a.k.a. Moonshine
  • Moa Anna Carlebecker Forsell a.k.a. Cazzi Opeia
  • Seung-eun Oh
  • Andreas Baertels
Jonatan Gusmark & Ludvig Evers a.k.a. Moonshine3:03
10."Yes or Yes"Sim Eun-jee
  • David Amber
  • Andy Love
David Amber4:01
Total length:34:19
#Twice2 Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Likey" (Japanese version) (Music video) 
2."Heart Shaker" (Japanese version) (Music video) 
3."What Is Love?" (Japanese version) (Music video) 
4."Dance the Night Away" (Japanese version) (Music video) 
5."Yes or Yes" (Japanese version) (Music video) 
6."Likey" (Music video) 
7."Heart Shaker" (Music video) 
8."What Is Love?" (Music video) 
9."Dance the Night Away" (Music video) 
10."Yes or Yes" (Music video) 
11."Likey" (Japanese version) (Music video making movie) 
12."Heart Shaker" (Japanese version) (Music video making movie) 
13."What Is Love?" (Japanese version) (Music video making movie) 
14."Dance the Night Away" (Japanese version) (Music video making movie) 
15."Yes or Yes" (Japanese version) (Music video making movie) 
16."#Twice2" (Jacket shooting making movie) 

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [17] Platinum250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for #Twice2
RegionDateFormat(s)EditionLabelRef.
VariousMarch 6, 2019Standard Edition Warner Music Japan [1]
Japan CD [18]
CD + Photo BookLimited Edition A [19]
CD + DVD Limited Edition B [20]
September 27, 2023 Vinyl Limited Edition [21]

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