K-pop girl group TWICE returned with their fifth EP What Is Love? today, promoted with a titular single that draws its inspiration from famous film moments.
Bright in its retro electro-pop styling, "What Is Love?" opens with a clapping beat and the girl group’s telltale declaration of their name. It sprinkles digital quirks, sparkling chimes, and staccato'd percussion over the bubblegum melody, as the nonet sing about their desire to discover the elusive feeling that they’ve learned about through fictional depictions of what love is.
With an addictive choral hook, much like their past hits, the song quickly shot to the top of Korean music charts.Within six hours of its release, the accompanying music video also saw over 5 million views on YouTube.
Inspired by famous movies, including Ghost, The Princess Diaries, and Pulp Fiction, the music video draws on the opening lines of the single -- "Every day in a movie, in a book, or in a drama, I feel love I learn about love/ My heart keeps beating as if it's my own story” -- and depicts the women exploring the question of “What Is Love?” by recreating iconic cinematic scenes: Nayeon undergoes a makeover a la Princess Mia; Jeongyeon and Sana recreate the pottery wheel scene of Ghost; Dahyun sneaks headphones on Mina as in the French film La Boum; Sana and Tzuyu have a dance off as in Pulp Fiction; Momo and Tzuyu imitate La La Land; Tzuyu and Jeongyeon recreate the famous fish tank scene of Romeo + Juliet; Jihyo & Jeongyeon reenact an emotive school scene from the Japanese film Love Letter, Chaeyoung imitates Léon: The Professional, and Dahyun, in blatant product placement, poses as a model for Acuvue Define contacts.
The theatrically inspired scenes are interspersed with several group scenes that feature the members of TWICE at a sleepover watching the movies, and dancing in romantic, tea-length cocktail dresses and ‘90s-inspired outfits, as they perform the question mark-creating dance moves.
What Is Love features five songs aside from the single, one of which, "Stuck," is only available on the physical album. "What Is Love?" was co-written by J.Y. Park, the head of TWICE's label JYP Entertainment, while the effusive "Sweet Talker" features lyrics written by members Jeongyeon and Chaeyoung, and Jihyo penned the verses of the swing-pop "Ho!"
One of the most popular girl groups around, TWICE has dominated the K-pop scene since their since their first single "Like Ooh-Ahh" in 2015, which debuted at No. 6 on the World Digital Song Sales chart. Each of their following songs, including Japanese singles, have charted within the top 10 of that chart, and all of their Korean albums have charted on the World Albums chart.
Watch the music video for “What Is Love?” below:
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia -- Girlband asal Korea Selatan Twice merilis video musik sekaligus album mini terbaru mereka pada Senin (9/4) ini. Video musik itu diberi judul What is Love?, sama seperti tajuk album mini kelima mereka.Lagu yang ditulis dan dikomposeri Park Jin Young ini memiliki irama musik dance dengan tempo yang ceria. Meski demikian, lagunya sendiri mengungkapkan tentang kegelisahan serta imajinasi para personel soal cinta lewat buku, film, atau pun seri drama."I wanna know know know know/ What is love?" lantun grup tersebut.Video musik What is Love? menggambarkan kehidupan sehari-hari para personel. Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, dan Tzuyu tampak menjadi rekan satu asrama yang tengah menonton televisi.Mereka saling berebut alat kontrol untuk memilih acara favorit dan membayangkan arti cinta versi masing-masing. Pada salah satu cuplikan, terlihat adegan dalam film La La Land turut menjadi referensi mereka dalam memaknai cinta.Sebelum merilis album mini dan video musik What is Love?, Twice telah merilis debut album bertajuk Twicetagram pada tahun lalu. Di sisi lain girlband yang berada di bawah naungan JYP Entertainment ini juga memiliki empat album mini.Empat album mini itu yakni The Story Begins (2015), Page Two (2016), Twicecoaster: Lane 1 (2016) dan Twicecoaster: Lane 2 (2017), serta Signal (2017).Album mini What is Love? terdiri atas enam lagu termasuk Sweet Talker, Dejavu, Say Yes, Stuck, dan Ho!
Simak kocaknya member Twice bikin ulang adegan film dalam MV terbaru mereka, 'What is Love?'
WowKeren.com - Twice akhirnya kembali dengan mini album baru mereka. Setelah merilis beberapa teaser video di akun YouTube JYP Entertainment, kini Twice resmi comeback dengan MV "What Is Love?".
"What Is Love?" merupakan lagu dance yang mengekspresikan keingintahuan dan imajinasi seorang remaja yang belajar tentang cinta. Mereka menggunakan buku, film, dan drama dalam mencari arti cinta.
Seperti biasanya, Twice selalu mengusung konsep yang ceria, penuh warna, dan segar dalam setiap MV-nya. Setelah menjadi alien cantik dalam MV "Signal", kali ini Twice melakukan remake kisah cinta romantis yang terdapat di film, buku, maupun drama.
Seperti saat Jeongyeon menjadi Demi Moore yang membuat sebuah kerajinan dari tanah liat dalam film "Ghost". Kemudian terdapat adegan Tzuyu dan Jeongyeon saat melihat akuarium yang berasal dari film romantis "Romeo + Juliet".
Momo dan Sana juga menari seperti pada film romantis yang sempat hits, "La La Land". Masih banyak adegan film yang dikemas lucu dan imut versi member Twice.
Di sisi lain, Twice mengeluarkan empat karya di Korea selama 2017, berupa mini album, album reguler dan album repackage. Mereka juga baru saja merilis album "Candy Pop" di Jepang. (wk/kr)
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