TWICE Talks About Their Guilty

Pleasures, Writing Lyrics For Latest

Album, And More

TWICE shared their thoughts on their latest comeback in a recent interview!

On October 26, the girl group made their much-anticipated return with their second full-length
album “Eyes wide open” and its title track “I CAN’T STOP ME.” The album has since been
topping iTunes charts around the world and also took the No. 1 spot on music charts in Korea,
Japan, and China.

In the interview, TWICE talked about going for a retro concept. Nayeon said, “As we always
did, when the group prepares for a concept we’ve never done before, the members discuss it
with each other a lot. I think we focused on expressing TWICE’s unique colors.”

Jihyo agreed, “TWICE is always thinking hard about showing off new concepts.” She added, “I
think the most important thing is to make sure that TWICE’s transformation doesn’t feel
awkward to the public.”

Mina explained that the group is slowly trying to show off various sides to themselves. “While
our cuteness and healthy energy is a given, we’re consistently working hard to become a group
of many colors that can pull off new concepts,” she said.
In the spirit of the lyrics to “I CAN’T STOP ME,” TWICE named some of their guilty
pleasures. Nayeon said with a laugh, “When I make fun of my members. It’s really fun
messing around and teasing Momo and Tzuyu.”
Jihyo shared that she’s been gaming recently. “It’s a game where you draw conclusions
and trick other players,” she explained. Laughing, she then added, “It feels great when I
win.”

Tzuyu spoke about how she loves bread. She said, “Whenever I eat bread after craving
it, I feel like I can’t control myself just like in the lyrics of ‘I CAN’T STOP ME.'”

The group then talked about what kind of things “can’t stop” them. Momo said that she
can’t stop herself from taking pictures of her dog, Boo. “My phone is full of photos of
my puppy,” she shared.

Meanwhile, Sana named “perfection.” She explained, “I start working really hard when
I think about how I want to show an even more perfect performance and side of me. I
don’t think I can ever stop doing that!”

Dahyun expressed her love for the group’s fans and chose “concerts.” She said, “I hope
the current situation gets better soon so we can perform in front of our fans.”

As for Chaeyoung, she said with a laugh, “Drinking iced Americanos in the morning!
Whenever it’s morning, I just really crave an iced Americano.”
The members took part in writing the lyrics for the tracks on “Eyes wide open,” and
they talked about what messages they wanted to relay through those songs.

“When I usually write lyrics, I begin working on it as I untangle all the things I
imagined inside my head,” said Nayeon, who wrote the lyrics to “DEPEND ON YOU.”
“Sometimes, I start from a blank slate and pour all my thoughts out after organizing all
the things I wanted to say. This time, I wrote our lyrics wishing that our fans would
think of us in this way.”

Sana talked about writing the lyrics to “DO WHAT WE LIKE.” She shared, “When one
is confined by things that are familiar to them, it’s hard to try something new, or they
end up being afraid of taking the first step. The lyrics are about how if one has a source
of motivation, they can start moving in order to find new things.” She added, “I wrote
these lyrics hoping the song could give at least a bit of courage to all the listeners.”

Jihyo explained that she thinks about the melody first and shared her hopes that “UP
NO MORE” can help those struggling to spend their nights comfortably.

Dahyun, who wrote the lyrics to two tracks on their album, described “BRING IT
BACK” as a song about “bringing everything back” to its original place after the
situation has changed. She added, “The lyrics to ‘QUEEN’ contain the message that
people should show themselves as they are without forcibly making themselves pretty.”

Chaeyoung mentioned that “HANDLE IT” is a song about the anger after a breakup.
“TWICE hasn’t had a song about the feelings after a breakup, so I really wanted to try
writing the lyrics to a song like this,” she said. “I wanted to show everyone that we can
do a good job trying new things!”