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The results are all from "I Can't Stop Me"

2024-08-03 07:15:01

The results are all from "I Can't Stop Me"
出来栄えがすべて「I Can’t Stop Me」から

TWICE's "I Can't Stop Me" part distribution is "terrible"

★According to a video uploaded to the YouTube channel "HEXA6ON", lead vocalist Nayeon has the most parts, followed by main vocalist Jihyo. The least is Momo.

★The poster pointed out that "Nayeon and Jihyo sing more than half of the song" and "Momo, Dahyun, and Chaeyoung only have parts that are like interjections."

★Netizens who saw the post responded with "It can't be helped" and "This is fine."

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(Reactions from Korean online communities)
▲"Isn't this the best? They just had a debate about ability. They need to push the talented members." (TWICE's live singing on Showchan "More & More" becomes a hot topic... Momo is "shocking")
▲"It was like this when they first debuted. What's bad about it? It's in order of ability."
▲"Raise Nayeon's pay."
▲"She can't sing well, so it can't be helped."
▲"She's done better."
▲"This distribution is fine."
▲"I don't think it's bad at all. She still can't do an encore with her own part. If she wants more parts, she should work on her skills."
▲"In More & More, Momo's part was only 10 seconds, but she had a big presence."
▲"What should we do about the parts of the girls who can't rap or sing? She was criticized so much last time."
▲"Other groups are like this too. The main and lead vocals are given too many parts." (TWICE Momo, raps in "I Can't Stop Me" ...Is the "encore live singing" issue the cause?)

I watched the "I CAN'T STOP ME" MV and other videos. The distribution of parts is certainly biased towards Jihyo and Nayeon. But there seems to be no need to be so hung up on that.

It would be a problem if the quality of the performance and singing had declined, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Rather, Jihyo and Nayeon's vocal line has been further polished and is stronger.

Nayeon, for example, is so impressive that it has taken her several years since her debut to finally show her true potential.

In short, "I CAN'T STOP ME" is a performance aimed at the world, rather than Japan or Asia.

BTS and BLACKPINK are starting to be loved by people all over the world, including America, with their cool music.

I feel their enthusiasm to broaden their horizons and follow in their footsteps.
As I mentioned before, the modern K-pop boom, which began to show an upward curve around 2016, was brought about by the success of TWICE, BTS, BLACKPINK, and others.

TWICE succeeded in conquering Japan by emphasizing their friendliness and cuteness. Their success in their home country was not small, but their success in Japan was even greater. It is not fair to say that this success in Japan determined TWICE's basic style.

When TWICE debuted, K-pop had experienced the bottom of the boom and was in the process of breaking out of it.

TWICE seized the opportunity to revive girl groups in Japan, and traveled energetically between Japan and Korea, quickly becoming the most popular girl group.

They struggled for a few months after their debut, but after that their popularity and sales grew smoothly. Although there were some doubts about their stage ability, they continued to dominate in terms of sales and popularity.

Park Jinyoung, the CEO of the agency that TWICE belongs to, has a history of sending Wonder Girls to America but failing.

His passion was incredible.
He set up an office in America and even ran a restaurant to provide a place for local staff to relax.

However, his activities in America, including Wonder Girls, ended in failure, and he closed the agency and restaurant and withdrew.

I'm sure that Park Jinyoung had a blueprint to make TWICE, which had been a huge success in Japan, a success in America as well.

He himself is a singer from America. It was only natural that he wanted to lead his pride and joy TWICE to the same success in America as they had in Japan.

That kind of spirit and desire is also expressed through music.

This was especially true of songs like "LIKEY" and "Heart Shaker" released in the second half of 2017.

It was also a time when BTS was gaining popularity in America, and the CEO himself must have secretly been hoping to ride that wave.

However, the following year, the free and unrestrained sense of freedom that was overflowing in "LIKEY" and "Heart Shaker" was gone, and they returned to a stable style of music centered on cuteness.

It was unfortunate that TWICE went on the defensive at a crucial time when they should have been gaining momentum.

It was a shame that they were unable to seize the opportunity to break away from the stable course in Japan and Korea.

Perhaps they had a chance to be more successful in America than BLACKPINK at that time...

However, heaven was willing that their track record up to that point was enough for TWICE.

Because before long, the fear of COVID-19 will cover the world.

For people who could no longer go outside due to the fear of COVID-19, K-POP, which they sang and danced to together in outdoor flash mobs, had become nostalgic yet fascinating music.

Before COVID-19 hit, TWICE's music was being danced to in flash mobs more than BTS or BLACKPINK's.

"I CAN'T STOP ME" reminded me of the energy TWICE had back then.

Jihyo and Nayeon's singing voices are as powerful as those of BLACKPINK's Rosé and Jennie.

There's no need to worry about the fairness of the part distribution. With music, the overall performance is everything.