Is "What is Love?" close to "Candy Pop"?
「What is Love？」は「Candy Pop」と接近する？
TWICE releases group preview image for 5th mini album "What is Love?"... "Lovely charm"
K-pop girls in Japan are in a one-strong, many-weak mode. The one-strong refers to TWICE, of course.
In Korea, TWICE, BLACKPINK, Red Velvet, GFRIEND, and new girl group MOMOLAND have joined the group and are competing fiercely.
However, even in Korea, TWICE is the only girl group that can hold a three-day concert with an audience of 6,000. In the whole of Asia, TWICE's momentum seems stable, as far as videos of cover dances and random dances are concerned.
In this situation, TWICE's start in Japan this year was relaxed. When you relax, you can relax, relax, and enjoy playing.
Yes, play. Even though they must have been busy with work when they came to Japan, that impression was weak. They looked like they were enjoying their time in Japan. It wasn't TWICE that created this situation. It was their ever-growing fan base. "Candy Pop" is the kind of music that Japanese children's fans wanted. The members of TWICE, who devoted themselves to this work, must have enjoyed it as if they were children themselves. Music is a familiar form of entertainment for people of all ages, both men and women, from children to adults, but if you look around the world, there aren't many videos of children enjoying music alongside adults. It's been a long time since K-POP music started to spread around the world. However, it's only recently that children have started to be seen performing K-POP cover dances and random dances. In Japan, the situation is a little different. When KARA appeared in 2010, a flock of children around 10 years old were born. However, since KARA, no K-POP group has emerged that has captured the hearts of children. Although it was not mentioned, the children of those days have grown up. The 10-year-olds are now 18. In fact, the core teenage fans who support TWICE and BTS today are the kids who listened to KARA's music.
"Candy Pop" was probably created with an anime sensibility. But for the kids who were exposed to KARA's music, it probably sounds like a nostalgic tune.
TWICE's new song "What is Love?" will likely continue the musical style that followed "Knock Knock," "SIGNAL," "LIKEY," and "Heart Shaker," but I feel that the performance and music will be quite close to "Candy Pop."
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