#weeklyrecaps

Many tears were shed as it was TWICE’s 3rd anniversary this week. With an anniversary Vlive and Instagram spams from many members ONCEs were well fed. Simultaneously ONCEs could feel their wallets becoming lighter with the announcements of the comeback date of Yes or Yes comeback, BDZ fan merch, TWICE AIRLINES season greetings, and ONCE Halloween fan merch.

Here’s what happened last week:

October 15, 2018 – To start the week TWICE announced commemorative merchandise for their first Japanese album BDZ.

Sana updated twicetagram with with stunning pre-recording photos from their DTNA performances.

October 16, 2018 – It’s TWICE’s first day for their BDZ arena tour in Tokyo! The venue was filled with cheers thanking all ONCEs who were with them for the first day.

Next up a costume event for ONCE Halloween was announced! We’re excited to see who or what TWICE and ONCEs will dress up as.

Chaeyoung also updated their twicetagram talking about her short bangs that she plans to grow out. A member also uploaded a photo of tired TWICE wishing everyone who was reading to have strength for tomorrow.

The fans’ hearts were warmed for TWICE’s honesty towards their fans. Both the girls and the fans get strength from each other. It’s really a bond like any other!

And last for instagram updates, Dahyun also uploaded a photo telling everyone that they’ve worked hard for the day.

Later in the same day, a teaser for TWICE AIRLINES season greetings was dropped. We can already feel our money flapping away~

Sana also did a vlive to greet ONCEs good night~

October 17, 2018 – Halfway through the day, Nayeon uploaded photos of her with their manager. 

Wednesday was the final day for their BDZ tour in Tokyo. This concludes their first ever Japan Arena Tour! Congrats girls and rest well!

NaMo (Nayeon and Momo) posted a video on Instagram to celebrate the completion of their tour in which they toasted over “apple” juice.

But just when you thought TWICE were going to slow down with their Japanese promotions they announced a 2019 Dome Tour. They’re the first girl group to ever hold a Japan Dome tour. Making everyone even prouder with this feat.

Dome tour plans consist of 2 days in Tokyo dome, 1 day in Nagoya dome, and 1 day in Osaka dome. More details to be released in November.

October 18, 2018 – Thursday saw the release of the ONCE Halloween merchandise list. With Pre-Orders running from October 18th to October 25th.

TWICE was also confirmed to attend SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 25th!

October 19, 2018 – Friday came the feast for ONCEs as many members flooded Instagram with pictures and videos.

Firstly, photos of Momo seductively eating a snack that was taken by Chaeyoung!

Next up is a group polaroid of TWICE celebrating the completion of their first Japanese Arena Tour along with the dancers that has been with them all through out the tour.

Later that day Dahyun updated also Instagram wishing everyone goodnight.

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Just before the day changes and hit their 3rd year since debut, Nayeon and Momo did a vlive with Jeongyeon who came in a little later. They were adorable and casually talking with the fans with Momo dozing off in the background.

October 20, 2018 – Saturday is TWICE’s 3rd year since debut!

As soon as the clock struck twelve, JYPE released a special anniversary video that recapped many early moments in TWICE’s career, and at the very end was a surprise spoiler for their upcoming 6th Mini album since debut ‘Yes or Yes’!

Tzuyu uploaded a photo of her and a sleeping Momo on her shoulder, telling ONCEs that they’ll see each other later for the Hi-Touch event.

TWICE held a BDZ Hi-Touch event in Japan early in the day and held a Vlive right after to spend a few hours with ONCEs for the 3rd anniversary!

ONCEs were also flooded with a bunch of instagram updates from the girls. We feel really blessed!

“We’re the brightest when we’re together”, Chaeyoung sends a message to her co-members. Also thanking Onces for the past 3 years.

“ 🍭🍭🍭 You’ll be together with us forever, right? #yesoryes”, a member captions this photo of TWICE celebrating together.

And of course, Our leader won’t miss to say hear felt words towards the members and ONCEs during this day, mentioning that they learned a lot from each other, laughed and cried and made memories together. Thanking all the fans that looked after them and cheered on for them, “Because of ONCEs, i’m assured and happy” she adds. Lastly, saying that she always wants to be together like this. She never fail to make the fans cry with her words. All the members did really well! Thank you so much for the past three years!

The other members won’t lose in terms of content, Starting from Dahyun uploading a funny video of herself taken by Chaeyoung dancing to the beat with her eye-catching purple hair.

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Saida also didn’t forget to feed their fans with another video on instagram. 

Dahyun continuously bombards the fans with behind the scenes videos and images from BDZ era photoshoot and filming! (1)(2)

Ending it with a photo and a message to ONCEs thanking them for the past 3 years.

October 21, 2018 – Even though a day late, Sana posted a lot of photos together with her members to commemorate their 3rd year anniversary.

Followed by a video of her and Dahyun cuddling on the couch, with a whining Chaeyoung at the background!

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The members’ closeness makes our heart flutter with warmth <3

On this Sunday TWICE flew back into Korea, and it was announced that TWICE will be filming for Knowing Brothers on the 25th of October. This marks their 3rd appearance on the show!

With TWICE’s comeback, it’s no surprise that the week has been busy for the girls and as well ONCEs. Whether it is being busy for ONCEs with streaming, catching up with the showcase, keeping updated with all the preview and HD photos from fansites, or watching the girls perform their hearts out with ‘Likey’. 

Here’s a timeline of what happened during TWICE’s comeback week!

October 30, 2017 – The day of the girls’ comeback!!! However, even before the clock struck 6:00 PM KST, the girls were awarded with the “Ministry Award for 2017 Pop Culture of Tourism.”

Prior to the official showcase, the girls performed their newest songs for the press which began at 2:00 PM KST.

6PM KST, on the dot, JYP Entertainment’s Official Youtube Channel released the music video for the girls’ most awaited 1st full album title track ‘Likey’ together with its release on digital streaming platforms.

‘Likey’ surpassed ‘Knock Knock’’s record for Melon's 1st-hour unique listeners with 61,084 while ‘Knock Knock’ had 58,473.

By 8PM KST, the showcase began with a cute VCR playing all their title tracks and the girls began performing 'CHEER UP', followed by 'TT'! The girls then talked about the songs in their album using particular keywords pasted on the blocks of a human-sized game Jenga that they played. Besides that, they also answered questions and did dares! What a fun loving girls.

They subsequently performed 'KNOCK KNOCK', 'SIGNAL' and 'ONE IN A MILLION', leading on to the song '거북이', or 'Turtle', ending the showcase with their new title track, 'LIKEY'.

October 31, 2017 – ‘Likey’ M/V reached 10,000,000 views on YouTube in less than 24 hours! ‘Knock Knock’ had a record of 9.8 million views while ‘Signal’ reached more than 8.3 million views in 24 hours.

It was also revealed that the girls accumulated approximately 330,000 copies for the pre-orders of their very first full album, ‘TWICETAGRAM’! Also in HANTEO, ‘TWICETAGRAM’ surpassed 40,000 copies sold only on its first day.

Likey has been on the steady #2 spot on instiz chart at 4:30PM while 거북이 charted on the 18th spot!  

JTBC released a preview clip for TWICE’s 3rd episode guesting in Carefree Travelers earlier that day. The clip shows the girls enjoying their time in the beach and having fun riding the waves.

The episode itself showed the girls having fun playing in the water and beach volleyball with the cast, with a little teasing here and there. But then again, TWICE isn’t TWICE without teasing and a little playfulness~

November 1, 2017 – HAPPY JEONGYEON DAY!!! The girls dedicated their Instagram to Jeongyeon by posting numerous photos, specifically photos uploaded by Nayeon, Momo, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung! This is truly a very special day for the girls because as if it was a gift, TWICETAGRAM surpassed 70,000 copies sold in HANTEO and Likey has reached the number 1 spot on Instiz Chart!

On the same day, after the clock struck 12am KST, Momo did a V Live  where she had fun teaching ONCEs how to dance to the choreography for ‘Likey’.

As usual, the girls were busy as they performed ‘Cheer Up’ and ‘Likey’ at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics G-100 Concert. The concert started at 6PM but only performed for their stage towards the end.

Along with the concert, the Weekly Idol episode featuring TWICE aired on the same day. The girls showed a preview of the choreography for ‘Likey’ and proceeded to perform twice (no pun intended) its speed.

After so, Coni and Doni then continued the show with TWICE’s very first ‘Idol Call Centre’ corner where the girls showcased their various styles of dancing, aegyo, and “Wild Edge” charm which was suggested by ONCEs themselves.

November 1st seems to be a very full-packed and happy day for ONCEs because the teaser for TWICE TV6 in Singapore was also released through Vapp and YouTube and it will first air on the 8th of November! We all can’t wait for it!

November 2, 2017 – Starting the day, ONCEs were greeted with LIKEY's M/V reaching 20 million views! Speaking of which, TWICE's debut M/V 'Like Ooh-Ahh' joined 'Cheer Up' and 'TT' in each having 200 million views! With that, TWICE joins BTS as the only Korean Pop groups to achieve such feat!

With Jihyo, Mina and Chaeyoung as the special MCs of the day, TWICE were set to pre-record their performance for LIKEY on M! Countdown, where they held a mini fanmeeting during the show.

TWICE were also featured on the front page of a local newspaper of Richmond in BC, Canada and was also announced as the second line-up artist for MAMA in Japan.

Adding to that, the preview for ‘Let’s Eat Dinner Together’ episode guesting Jeongyeon and Dahyun was released and is set to be aired on the 9th of November.

Lastly, the release of the Bluray/DVD for TWICE's Debut Showcase in Japan was announced!

November 3, 2017 – The girls were set to pre-record their stage for KBS' Music Bank and despite the foul weather, they still greeted the fans waiting by the entrance of KBS! Also, Billboard featured TWICE in an article titled "15 Reasons Why Twice Are Social Media Queens", where it says the wonders about TWICE's social media account and the tightly knitted relationship among the members. On another note, they held their first fansign in Sangam, where lucky fans who won the free fansign golden ticket could use them. Lastly, it was revealed by fans that by the 4th day of its release, TWICETAGRAM became the 6th bestselling album of all time by a Korean Pop Group in HANTEO, and the 3rd bestselling Girl Group album on HANTEO!

November 4, 2017 – As tabulated by user @precious_twice on twitter, TWICE achieved a total of 1,000,000,000 views on YouTube with only their Korean music videos, being the 5th Korean Pop group who has achieved this, alongside Big Bang, Girls' Generation, EXO and BTS.

TWICETAGRAM has now the highest sale for a Korean Pop girl group in their 1st week of promotions, with the other top 4 places also held by other TWICE albums. In only the 5th day of sales, TWICETAGRAM has also became the 25th Korean Pop group album with the highest sales in HANTEO, and TWICE is the only girl group in the list. Following up close behind at 26th and 27th place are SIGNAL and TWICEcoaster: Lane 2, respectively.

On Melon Korea's Girl Group top search chart, TWICE ranked #1 with 60% of the searches ran by females and 40% by males.

JYP Entertainment, to ONCE’s delight, released the Dance Practice for LIKEY! also released a dance practice video for ‘Likey’ on Vapp with cute CGs and on YouTube without the CGs. Lastly, variety show "Master Key", where Sana appeared in, was aired in the evening. 

November 5, 2017 – Another milestone has been broken, as TWICE’s Knock Knock M/V surpassed 150 million views on YouTube and has taken over the 4th place as the fastest Kpop group M/V to do so in approximately 257 days! The girls also went to pre-record their performance for Inkigayo at 3:00AM whereas the actual show starts at 12:10PM.

'TWICETAGRAM’ also charted on the 29th spot for the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart.

That’s for this week, ONCEs! Please continue supporting TWICE in all ways you can. Let’s not forget to vote for them in music shows and stream ‘Likey’ by watching their Music Video on YouTube, listening to it on official Korean streaming sites to get TWICE their well deserved wins for ‘Likey’.

Lastly, don’t forget to vote for them on award shows where the girls can hopefully win awards! TWICE has worked hard on keeping us happy, let’s repay them with simple things like these!

ONCE! Let’s do well!!!

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