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TWICE popularity and Japanese language

2024-07-13 22:43:53

TWICE popularity and Japanese language

TWICE, Asia's No. 1 strongest girl group, is a group whose name means "to charm people once with good music and twice with great performances."

In Korea, they have achieved many accomplishments, including winning the Grand Prize at the 31st Golden Disc Awards, one of the most prestigious awards, less than a year and two months after their debut.

They made their long-awaited Japanese debut on June 28th with their best album "＃TWICE."

TWICE's best album has sold over 270,000 copies, and has been certified as a platinum disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
In addition, the album has been a long-running hit, topping the Oricon daily rankings, topping YouTube views for six consecutive weeks (topping the month of July), topping the iTunes general album weekly rankings in nine regions including Japan, topping LINE MUSIC's July monthly ranking, and topping other distribution sites.

The "TWICE whirlwind" in Japan shows no signs of slowing down, with collaborations with Tokyo Tower (TOKYO TOWER) and SHIBUYA109 during the week of release on June 28th, and their first appearance on a hugely popular music program just three days after their debut.

Meanwhile, it has been decided that their first original Japanese single, "One More Time," will be released on Wednesday, October 18th.

It has also ranked first across the board in e-commerce at various CD stores.

The popular fashion magazine "non-no" has announced the release of a Shibuya limited edition with TWICE on the cover (Friday, October 20th), and this time they have achieved a feat on wired radio as well.
"TT", which has a huge following among teenagers in Japan, also won first place on both the USEN Foreign Music Request Chart and the J-Pop Request Chart on September 27th. "TT", released in Korea, was first on the USEN Foreign Music Request Chart, and "TT - Japanese ver.", released in Japan, was first on the USEN J-Pop Request Chart. It is unusual for the same song to be first on the chart at the same time, and the strength of their support, which has captivated a wide range of listeners, especially young people, is overwhelming.

(From K-Pop News)

TWICE's popularity seems to have fully established itself in Japan. Watching a vlive video for the first time in a while.

Watching a video of Sana teaching Japanese to Tzuyu. First, about chargers. In Japanese, it's "juudenki" In Korean, it's "chunjeonggi". Maybe it's because she learned Korean first. Even

Sana's bitter smile as she desperately tries to teach her is adorable. "Juudenki"
"Juudenki...Chunjungi?"
"Yes. Juudenki!"
"Juudenki!"
"Juudenki!"
"Juudenki"
"Juudenki"
"Ki!"
"Ki"
"Yes, Juudenki"
"Juudenki"
Wow, it looks really hard.
Tzuyu can't pronounce the "ki" at the end of a word very well. Even if she can say it once, she can't pronounce it the same way the next time.

...
"Keitai"
"Keidai"
"Keitai"
"Tai"
"Yeah, hendouppong..."
"Keidai"
"Keitai"
"Keitai"
She tries to pronounce it again but ends up going back to "Keidai".

"Tsume"
"Shume"
"Tsume"
"Shume"
Sana starts laughing.
"Not Shume, but Tsume. Tsume."
"Tsume."
"Yes, Tsume."
However, when Tzuyu does it alone, it goes back to the way it was. I can picture Sana running up to Tzuyu and saying, "It's not that, it's a mobile phone."

Mina and Momo must also be struggling against the other members...