TWICE Releases Teaser for New October Album, ‘Eyes Wide Open’
South Korean girl group TWICE released album an album concept film highlighting group member, Jihyo.
At midnight on Saturday, KST, a photo and film concept teaser was released featuring TWICE member Jihyo posing in front of a wall of flowers. The stunning film has already amassed almost one million views on YouTube.
To celebrate their fifth year as a group TWICE has had events going on all month long leading up to the release of their second album. Anniversary videos were released the week of October 4 and teasers for the album began on October 11.
Their new album comes four months after the release of their EP, More & More, their best-selling EP to date. The single “More & More” broke records for the highest first-day sales for a Korean girl group. It was their first single being entirely in English and as it was released the group told Forbes “We hope this new version brings ONCE happiness, and that they enjoy it with their friends and family!”.
The album, “Eyes Wide Open,” along with the title track, “I Can’t Stop Me” will be released on October 26 at 6 PM KST. It is described to be a mix of European electronic sound and American 80’s synth sound. Notable names on the 13-track album include Dua Lipa and Heize, who is a renowned Korean singer-songwriter known for her R&B and hip-hop hits. The powerhouse female duo both contributed to the track, “Behind the Mask,” where Dua Lipa is credited as one of the composers and Heize wrote the song. Other producers on the album include Melanie Joy Fontana and Michel “Lindgren” Schulz (who wrote for BLACKPINK, BTS, and TXT), JYP Entertainment’s CEO J. Y. Park, and some of TWICE’s own members wrote on several songs as well.
Fans of the group have been quick to pre-order the album and are loving the concept video they put out.
Jihyo is SO stunning 😭♥https://t.co/iop7pKV1Cp#TWICE #ICANTSTOPME @JYPETWICE pic.twitter.com/2lKgGdBdS3
— misa •ᴗ• (@misayeon) October 16, 2020
We congratulate TWICE on all their success and can’t wait to hear their new album. You can pre-order Eyes Wide Open here.
