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K-Pop Spotlight: TWICE

TWICE has solved the age-old question of how to quantify love in their newest single and the formula is simple: it's the communication and support given between a group and their fans. Their 3rd full album "Formula of Love: O+T=<3" features a combination of brand-new units, multilingual tracks, and musical composition by the members themselves. We caught up with TWICE ahead of the release to chat about their new album and favorite school subjects, and to look back on the six busy and successful years since their debut. Check out our full interview below!

Tell us about your album "Formula of Love: O+T=<3" and the title track SCIENTIST, and how preparation differed from your first English single, The Feels.

NAYEON: Because this is our 3rd Full Album, we have planted some surprises for our fans like unit tracks and a track composed by our very own JIHYO. The title track SCIENTIST also conveys the charm of TWICE well, so I hope you enjoy listening to our album!

JIHYO: This album also consists full English tracks. Whereas we were so nervous recording The Feels to make the pronunciation perfect and deliver the meaning of the lyrics well to ONCEs, this time, the process felt more relaxed since we’ve done it once and since we know that ONCEs also enjoy English tracks.

"Formula of Love: O+T=<3" is your third full album and the latest in a long line of singles and mini-albums. How do you keep your sound fresh and decide which music genres to explore ahead of comebacks?

TZUYU: The wide variety of concepts help in keeping our sound fresh and deciding which mood would go well with that specific album. For example, for <Taste of Love>, the concept was about having a fun time and falling in love at first sight during a bright summer. That concept made our sounds more energetic, so that we can invite the listeners to dance along the music.

SANA: Similarly, for this album, the concept of studying about love as a scientist made us feel more serious, whilst maintaining the natural energy of TWICE. These two combinations surprisingly go well, so we are all very satisfied with how this album came out!

If love’s formula is the combination of ONCE and TWICE, what’s your favorite aspect of the relationship between you and your fans?

MOMO: I like how we communicate through online platforms, especially during times like this when we should be careful when meeting in-person. I love reading the comments and communicating through livestreams with fans. I wish we can keep this lively atmosphere and relationship with each other throughout the upcoming years as ONCE and TWICE!

What’s the biggest change you’ve seen within yourselves over the last 6 years both as performers and individuals?

JIHYO: The biggest change I’ve seen in myself over the last 6 years is that I am able to express myself in a wider range. I can see myself growing as an artist by participating more in the album making process. I’ve participated as a lyricist before, but through this album, I tried composing for the first time. The process was so new and exciting, and I hope my enthusiasm and love for this song gets transferred to the listeners.

The teaser photos for this album show TWICE in a chemistry classroom, but what were your personal favorite subjects when you were in school and why?

MINA: My favorite subject was Technology and Home Economics. I don’t know if other countries have this subject in their academic plan, but I learned it when I was in school and really enjoyed the classes. We got to learn new skills like knitting and did a bunch of DIY projects.

Tell us about the unit songs on this album and what types of genres we can expect.

DAHYUN: We have total of 3 unit songs, each consisting of three members. JIHYO, SANA, and my unit track, PUSH & PULL, experiments with the R&B/Soul genre that consists of funky up-tempo disco and 1980s vibe soul and hip-hop.

CHAEYOUNG: You’ll be surprised to hear NAYEON, MOMO, and my unit track, HELLO. It’s a rap/hip-hop song, which is completely different from the existing TWICE songs. It’s very powerful, so I hope ONCEs enjoy this new side of TWICE.

JEONGYEON: MINA, TZUYU, and my unit track, 1, 3, 2, explores sexy reggaeton groove in the genre of an addictive mid-tempo pop. It’s so addictive that you’ll hear the music on repeat in your head, just like I experienced ever since I heard this song for the first time.

When TWICE debuted 6 years ago, did you envision you’d be where you are now?

DAHYUN: My days have been filled with unexpected and pleasant surprises ever since I debuted as TWICE. I’ve never imagined that I would be receiving so many unconditional love from my fans. ONCE’s love makes my heart be filled with warmth and turns me into a more positive person. I keep on thinking of ways of return this overwhelming love to the fans and am always thankful that we are all in this together.

Want more from TWICE? Check out their 3rd full album, "Formula of Love: O+T=<3", and the music video for SCIENTIST here.

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Oh shoooot oh shooot!!! The final season of #FairyTail anime is here! Hooray! Can't wait to see all the roller coaster ride of emotions and battles in action 😊😊😊

I'm a bit sad it's really the end but still can't stop feeling excited 😍😍

Episode 1 and 2 are up!

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BE ASSERTIVE

Learn to say your feelings... But how when you don't want them to be hurt or sad...

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I once said I love hearing you laugh. I like the sound of it… But lately, I feel a building hole inside whenever I hear it. As it’s not I you’re with in these moments. I don’t think I can make you laugh anymore.

Yet I can’t say anything… Even if this hole keeps growing, I want you to laugh and be happy.

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"Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,

even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story."

"Desiderata" (1927), a Prose Poem by Max Ehrmann

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"You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything . . . affects everything."

- Hannah Baker, Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher

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“The fact that Ridge has been honest in his conversations with me is not something he did wrong. The fact that he has feelings for me also isn’t wrong, when you know exactly how much he’s fought those feelings. People can’t control matters of the heart, Warren. They can only control their actions, which is exactly what Ridge did. He lost control once for ten seconds, but after that, every single time temptation reared its ugly head, he walked in the other direction. The only thing Ridge has done wrong is fail to delete his messages, because by doing so, he failed to protect Maggie. He failed to protect her from theharsh truth that people don’t get to choose who they fall in love with. They only get to choose who they stay in love with.” I look up at the ceiling and blink back tears. “He was choosing to stay in love with her, Warren. Why can’t she see that? This will kill him so much more than it’s killing her.”

- Sydney, Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

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Peeta to Katniss

Catching Fire

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for you my dearest friend, sorry for the wait and the low quality pix and the two pages. :D

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After all, it really didn’t matter if I left, because Bella could never see me the way I wished she would. Never see me as someone worthy of love.

Never.

Could a dead, frozen heart break? It felt like mine would.

“Edward,” Bella said.

I froze, staring at her unopened eyes.

Had she woken, caught me here? She looked asleep, yet her voice had been so clear…

She sighed a quiet sigh, and then moved restlessly again, rolling to her side―still fast asleep and dreaming.

“Edward,” she mumbled softly.

She was dreaming of me.

Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to.

“Stay,” she sighed. “Don’t go. Please…don’t go.”

She was dreaming of me, and it wasn’t even a nightmare. She wanted me to stay with her, there in her dream.

I struggled to find words to name the feelings that flooded through me, but I had no words strong enough to hold them. For a long moment, I drowned in them.

When I surfaced, I was not the same man I had been.

My life was an unending, unchanging midnight. It must be, by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?

- Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

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for my dearest friend. . .Nia! xD

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This is a letter that’s written both to you and to me at the same time.

I might forget that I had written this letter or even this letter itself might disappear. For me or for you, this letter is written for whoever may live holding on to the memories.

When I first happened to come into possession of this talisman, I was very curious about its cause and effect. At first, I thought that the realization of my dream was the effect.

Shortly after, I thought meeting you was its effect. Then afterwards, I thought that beginning a new life in another world was the effect.

But it’s only now that I came to realize its effects.

If the cause was me surviving, then me losing everything was the effect.

My future. My honor. My values. My people.

And you, too. In order to preserve my life, I have to give up an equivalent price. This only made sense. That I thought I could keep even one of those things was my own foolishness.

How much more will I lose in order to repay the price?

Not being able to see you anymore I have realized that even that was a luxury.

Memories. Our memories. Memories. Losing them is the final price I must pay. 

 I don’t know what will happen now. Will we forget each other, or will we live unable to forget forever in agony?

If I have a final wish, it is to remember you. In a life without aims, to not have even those memories would be hell.

And you… as for you… Even if you should happen to read this letter someday far in the future, I pray that you will not be able to realize whom it is for.

  A letter written by Gim Bung Do . . . in it, his deep affection towards a nameless person and the sadness of their parting. ..

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 to Nia, in Indonesia. :D

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HELP ME TO MEET BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PLEASE. REBLOG THIS AND THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU.

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Eun Gi asked me. At that time in the tunnel, why didn’t I avoid the car? Even though I told Eun Gi that I don’t remember, I remember the reason very clearly.

At that time, I was exhausted by the world and by my lot in life, and this present life of mine even if it ended this way, I thought it wouldn’t make a difference.

And that in the next life, I would definitely meet Eun Gi and then the ordinary kind of love that everyone does, the simple kind of love that regardless of who they are and what they do in the world get to experience. That ordinary kind of love.

I want to start all over again. This is what I think I prayed to God.

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awww, so cute expressions from Go Hye Mi and Song Sam Dong. hahha

and they're so cute together! :3

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Ma Ru: If one in a million, something goes wrong during the surgery or if I die mid-surgery on the operating table, or if I lose my memory or get paralyzed in the aftermath of the surgery, then what would Kang Ma Ru be? What could be done for such a pathetic guy?

Jae Gil: You… Why do you always think the worst?

Ma Ru: Because that’s the story of my life.

Jae Gil: Ma Ru..

Ma Ru: I’m so happy right now that I might lose my mind.

Our Choco, Choco’s health is so much better, and even just for that alone I’m so happy I might go crazy.

But the Seo Eun Gi that I waited for came back to me and is sleeping in my house, and sharing my dinner table, going to work together, getting off work together… and whenever I turn, she’s looking at me, smiling.

Does this make any sense? I want to ride this out just a little longer, Jae Gil. After riding out this ridiculous happiness for just a little longer, I’ll get my surgery.

  - The Innocent Man