Twicetagram


Twicetagram is the first studio album by South Korean girl group Twice. It was released on October 30, 2017 by JYP Entertainment and distributed through Genie Music. The title Twicetagram is a reference to their official Instagram account of the same name.
The lead single "Likey" was composed by Black Eyed Pilseung and Jeon Gun. It is the group's fourth collaboration with Black Eyed Pilseung. Several composers and songwriters participated in the album including the Korean members of Twice as lyricists and former Wonder Girls' member Hyerim who co-composed the eighth track titled "Look at Me".
The reissue of Twicetagram, titled Merry & Happy, was released on December 11, 2017.

Background and release

It was revealed in early September 2017 that Twice filmed a new music video in Vancouver, Canada. On September 25, JYP Entertainment confirmed that the group would be releasing a new Korean album in late October though the exact date was still undecided. On October 15, a surprise trailer for the upcoming album was shown to fans during the second day of the group's two-day fan meeting—a commemoration of the two year anniversary of their debut. It was officially announced the next day that the comeback was scheduled to be released on October 30 with Twice's first full-length album named Twicetagram, a social-media-inspired album, and its title track titled "Likey". The first group image teaser was uploaded online four days later.
Twicetagram contains thirteen tracks including songs written by some members of Twice. A sneak peek of two songs from the album titled "Turtle" and "You in My Heart", along with member Sana's narration part in "Jaljayo Good Night", were first unveiled on October 20.
The album, along with the music video for the lead single, was officially released on October 30 as a digital download on various music sites while the physical album was released the following day.

Promotion

On October 10, 2017, it was announced that Twice would film an episode of Weekly Idol as start of their full scale activities for the album.
Prior to the release of Twicetagram, Twice held a media showcase for the album at Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. It was then followed by a live showcase broadcast through Naver V Live, two hours after dropping the album online, where they performed "Likey" and "Turtle" for the first time, as well as hit songs from their previous albums including "Cheer Up", "TT", "Knock Knock" and more.

Reception and commercial performance

Twicetagram was included on Billboards 20 Best K-pop Albums of 2017. It placed at No. 19 and was described as "an entire collection of incredible bubblegum hits".
The album and its lead single "Likey" debuted atop both Billboards World Albums and World Digital Song Sales respectively—the group's first number 1, making Twice the first female K-pop act to lead on both charts. They also rose on the Heatseekers Albums as the album debuted at number 10, one position higher than Signal's peak at number 11.
It reached 100,000 unit sales within three days of its release, becoming the fastest-selling album by a K-pop girl group since 2002, with over 129,000 copies sold in its first week. It is also the best-selling K-pop girl group album of 2017, which sold 320,389 copies at year-end.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.
Recording
Mixing
Mastering

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Japanese Albums 63

Accolades

Release history