Twice

Kpop group
Kpop group
Group name(s)	Twice, 트와이스, トゥワイス
Members	Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu
Fandom name(s)	Once
Fandom symbol(s)	Fan colors: Apricot and Neon Magenta
Date(s)	2015 - present
Company	JYP Entertainment
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	Contents 1 History 1.1 Members; ; 2 Legacy & Impact; 3 Fandom; 4 Example Fanworks; 5 Resources; 6 Notes & References;

Twice is a nine-member kpop girl group consisting of members Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. The group was formed in 2015 by JYP Entertainment on the survival show Sixteen where sixteen girls competed for spots in the company's upcoming girl group. The group debuted on 20 October 2015 with the mini-album "The Story Begins."

History

Originally Twice was going to be called '6mix', with members of Twice Nayeon, Jihyo, Jeongyeon, Sana, as well as JYPE trainees Minyoung and Lena, another girl named Cecilia was to be a part of the group, however she left before Sixteen and Sana was set to replace her. Lena also left before Sixteen, and Minyoung participated in Sixteen, however she failed to make it into the final lineup of Twice.

February 11, 2015 Jin Young Park announced a new reality survival show, Sixteen. May 5, 2015 the first episode aired. The final 7 member line up was Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun and Chaeyoung. Two additional members were added to the line up, Tzuyu due to her popularity and visuals, and Momo due to her impressive dance skills.

2015 they appeared on a variety show, and member Tzuyu waved a flag of the Republic of China/Taiwan. A Taiwanese pro unification activist accused her of being pro Taiwanese independence. Because of this she got massive hate and apologized with a video.^[1] She was supported by the then president of Taiwan as well as other Taiwanese politicians.^[2] Her apology video was supported by mainland Chinese publications, particularly the Global Times.

July 9, 2018 they released a reissue of their extended play "What is love?" titled "Summer Nights" with the song "Dance the night away". Chaeyoung was accused of copying Blackpinks Lisa due to Chaeyoung dyeing her hair orange and having bangs during this comeback. ^[3]

April 22, 2019 they released a extended play titled "Fancy You" with the title track "Fancy". Following the release of the EP and the announcement of their world tour, Mina went on hiatus due to anxiety and other mental health reasons. ^[4] Following the end of the Heisei era in Japan and the start of the Reiwa era, member Sana celebrated the end of the era on Instagram and received hate.^[5] The release of Fancy was criticized by male Korean onces, due to the change from a cute concept to a girl crush/mature concept and their promotions in Western countries. This led to a boycott by male Korean onces of all Twice music and products.

September 23, 2019 they released an extended play titled "Feel Special" with the title track of the same name. Before the songs release, each member had an individual teaser. Momo's teaser showed her without bangs, the same day as her teaser was an Apple release event, Momo trended more than Apple. ^[6] The song, written by their CEO, JYP, is written about the pressure Twice felt being idols (especially member Sana). Some of the lyrics of the song were seen by fans of BTS (armies) as being written about BTS due to a mishearing of the Korean lyrics as being the BTS members names.

October 26, 2020 Twice released their 2nd studio album I Can't Stop Me. This comeback was highly praised and criticized. This was due to the more mature music style, rather than what Twice had done in the past. Many fans embraced the change as Twice had grown as women and were more mature, whilst other fans disliked it as it was very different musically and stylistically than what Twice had done before. Despite this its one of the most known and loved Twice songs and albums.

In late 2022, whilst on live, Dahyun was going to play a Youtube video for viewers, before the video an ad for 'LaLisa' by Lisa of BlackPink played, for a few seconds Dahyun was dancing to the song before skipping the ad, saying she didn't have Youtube premium and the video was in fact an ad, afterwards this led to Blinks and Lillies accusing Dahyun of racism due to Lisa being Thai and Dahyun being Korean, as well as sending Dahyun death threats and hate.^[7]

In 2023 following the release of Set me free, BTS member Jimin released a song called Set me free part 2. this led to onces and armies bringing up the 'Jeongyeon and Jimin beef', a fan theory that they hated each other, even before pre debut.^[8]

Members

The members, in age order, are:

Im Nayeon (임나연)

Born 22 September 1995 in Myeongil-dong, South Korea
Lead vocalist, lead dancer, center, face of the group
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nayeonyny/

Yoo Jeongyeon (유정연)

Born Yoo Kyung Wan
Born 1 November 1996 in Suwon, South Korea
Lead vocalist
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jy_piece/

Hirai Momo (平井もも)

Born 9 November 1996 in Kyoto, Japan
Main dancer, sub vocalist, sub rapper; also a member of the Japanese subunit MiSaMo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momo/

Minatozaki Sana (湊崎紗夏)