Everything You Need To Know About South Korean Popular And Famous Girl Group Under JYP Entertainment – TWICE
TWICE is a popular girl group from JYP Entertainment which was formed from a survival program titled SIXTEEN that aired on MNET. After getting on the air on May 5th, 2015, finally, on July 7th, 2015, JYP Entertainment announced the 9 members who qualified to debut as members of a new girl group. The nine members were Jihyo, Nayeon, Chaeyoung, Jungyeon, Mina, Sana, Dahyun, Tzuyu, and Momo. TWICE finally officially debuted on October 20th, 2015, with the first mini-album titled The Story Begins with the song “Like OOH-AHH” as its main track
TWICE is currently one of the most successful female K-Pop groups in South Korea. Behind their success, in 2020 a lot of things happened to TWICE members. Starting from news dating from their Japanese member, Momo and Super Junior’s Kim Hee-chul, TWICE who met their favorite characters, concert preparations, Nayeon who continues to be bothered by German stalkers, Chaeyoung who felt her privacy was disturbed and many more.
In this article, Byeol Korea will give you a full run-through of what has happened to TWICE in 2020 so far. So, stay tuned and keep scrolling down.
TWICE Members Met Their Favorite Characters
On January 5th, 2020, TWICE members met one of their favorite penguin characters, Pengsoo. The four members of TWICE, Jungyeon, Nayeon, Momo, and also Sana looked very happy when they met with Pengsoo. Then the TWICE members uploaded their photos and videos together with Pengsoo through TWICE’s official Instagram with the caption “Peng-ha.” Pengsoo is known to be an award presenter on the second day of the 34th Golden Disc Awards which took place on January 5th, 2020.
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Pengsoo is a penguin character created by the educational television channel EBS, and his popularity increased when his first appeared on his own YouTube channel at the end of 2019. The story, if asked about his identity and origin, Pengsoo claimed to be a 10-year-old penguin from Antarctica who stopped by South Korea because he wanted to meet with BTS.
Concert Preparation
In March 2020, TWICE was scheduled to hold a concluding concert of their world tour series titled Twicelights which was supposed to be held on March 7-8, 2020 at the Gymnastic Olympic arena, Seoul, South Korea. Before starting the concert, they always prepare a dazzling performance for their fans. All TWICE members always practice and work hard to prepare for their solo concerts to entertain their fans (ONCE).
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But unfortunately, despite preparing everything for the concert thoroughly, TWICE had to announce that their concert is postponed indefinitely due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Despite canceling the concert, the TWICE members remained enthusiastic about practicing in their dance practice room. Previously, JYP Entertainment, on February 24th, 2020, also announced the cancelation of the TWICE concert in Seoul, South Korea.
TWICE Na-yeon Instagram Story Is Directed At Her Stalker?
On January 1st, 2020, fans were surprised by the Instagram Story upload on TWICE’s official account. In the post that was quickly deleted, one of the TWICE members, who was suspected to be Nayeon begged someone to leave her alone. From the photo, it can be seen that it was taken on a plane.
“Please go home. Please stop it. I am begging you,” it was written in the upload. After a while, a Twitter account known to belong to TWICE’s Nayeon’s stalker wrote down how he tried to deliver a letter on the plane. But two TWICE managers, stopped him. Then, TWICE’s Fans related that the previous Instagram Story post was directed at the stalker of TWICE’s Nayeon who followed her on the plane and Nayeon felt scared.
Official Statement From JYP Entertainment
JYP Entertainment also released an official statement regarding the incident with TWICE’s Nayeon’s stalker on the plane. The agency confirmed the stalker followed up to the TWICE flight back from Japan. He also repeatedly tried to approach Nayeon.
“Hello, this is JYP Entertainment.
There was a big disruption in [TWICE] flight from Japan today because foreign stalkers boarded the same plane as Nayeon. The stalker keeps trying to reach Nayeon. Because of the immediate response, fortunately, no damage was done directly to the artist, but they have expressed a lot of discomfort and anxiety.
Nayeon is currently under police surveillance because of this problem, and despite being repeatedly warned by the police and Nayeon herself that he should not approach her, he continues to ignore them, raise his voice towards our staff and clash with our staff. Foreign stalkers continue to behave without regrets for their actions despite consistent warnings. We hereby announce that we will take legal action against him as soon as possible.
We also recognize that artist flight information is illegally sold and distributed. We want to say that we will continue to look for steps to eradicate this problem completely. We would like to express our sincere apologies to the passengers who might be very uncomfortable with this problem.
We will take action to prevent this from happening again. Thank You.”
TWICE Chae-young Privacy Concern
A sasaeng (fanatic fan) of TWICE is acting up again. This time, the sasaeng is known as Josh, allegedly uploaded Chaeyoung’s phone number on purpose on his Twitter account. This then invited a lot of criticism from TWICE fans. JYP Entertainment as the agency of TWICE also took action by reporting the incident to the authorities. The sasaeng named Josh posted a post containing Chaeyoung’s phone number on January 26th, 2020. He argued that he posted the number because he wanted to share it with other fans who want to provide support to Chaeyoung directly.
Through the official Instagram account of TWICE, Chaeyoung also expressed her disappointment because of things that are personal and confidential just spread by the sasaeng. Implicitly, she conveyed, the way the sasaeng used to show support was wrong.
“I think I’ve reached the limit where I’m silent, waiting for people to step back and wait for the right time. When 11 random-looking numbers are posted on the internet, by someone who has no sense of consideration or respect, my cellphone is flooded with phone calls and messages, and I have to go through things that should never have happened.
This problem not only happened to me, but also to our valued members (TWICE), and many other idols in our agency. I ask you to think, even just for a moment, about how you act that you don’t think much about others than packaging it and saying that it is a form of love. It makes so many people feel nervous and very tired.
And don’t let the ‘little packaging’ you make bring a bad name to your fans, who show us their love, support and love in the right and healthy way. I’m not a person who is easily swayed by problems like this. I didn’t write this because I couldn’t help feeling angry. I just want to say, this is something wrong. That this is something to be ashamed of,” wrote Chaeyoung.
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Dance Practice
In February 2020, TWICE members Momo and Nayeon shared their dance training activities together with reliable choreographer Lee Jung in the JYP Entertainment training room. They display a very good and perfect dancing ability. Many fans gave praise to Momo’s and Nayeon’s dancing abilities.
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Holiday Time
Since their schedule was emptied by JYP Entertainment, all TWICE members enjoyed their vacation by spending time with their family. The youngest member Tzuyu also spent the holidays with her family by returning to Taiwan. Sana who spent the holidays in her hometown, Japan. And other members who also gathered with their respective families.
Latest News
For the sake of safety, TWICE canceled the concert at Tokyo Dome scheduled for 15-16 April 2020!
The popular K-Pop girl group TWICE had plans to hold a series of concerts in Japan. The existence of the Corona COVID-19 virus pandemic, which until now has not ended, made the girl group reschedule their appearance. However, after rescheduling their concert, TWICE finally decided to cancel their appearance at the Tokyo Dome which was supposed to be a gig in mid-April 2020.
“The 2019 TWICE World Tour ‘Twice Lights’ in Japan which was originally scheduled to be held at the Tokyo Dome on April 15th and 16th, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic,” an official announcement from TWICE said. This decision was made for the safety of not only the artists but also the fans and crew.
“Considering the current situation and the policies of the government and related organizations, and the health and safety priorities of fans, artists and related staff; concerts at the Tokyo Dome have been postponed,” he added.
The announcement was added, TWICE and the team is currently working to arrange a new performance that will replace the concert at the Tokyo Dome. Cancellations were made after changes to their originally scheduled date of March 3-4, 2020, by reason of the Corona COVID-19 pandemic.
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