It’s cute and it’s TWICE! TWICE has been known for its cute concepts. But, behind that cheerfulness, the songs also give strength to their listeners, especially ONCE members, TWICE‘s fandom. After their debut in 2015, they soon entered the entertainment industry in Japan with “One More Time” in 2017. A year later, three years after TWICE’s debut, they also released the Japanese single “Candy Pop.”
Background of “Candy Pop”
“Candy Pop” is the second Japanese single by TWICE. This song was pre-released on January 12th, 2018, as a digital single. The CD single was then released on February 7th, 2018, and it contains three tracks. The announcement of the song release was made public on December 22nd, 2018, with the teaser photos.
Story of “Candy Pop”
The sneak peek of “Candy Pop” was released with their B-side track “Brand New Girl.” While “Candy Pop” was released on January 12th, 2021, “Brand New Girl” was released on January 23rd, 2018, via Line Music. The song “Candy Pop” was composed by Woo Min Lee and Mayu Wakisaka who also collaborated in producing “Knock Knock.” The mixing engineer for “Candy Pop” is Tony Maserati, and Ted Jensen plays the role of mastering engineer. The lyrics of the song are about being happy about the existence of someone else, and the person’s existence feels like candy with many flavors. This special existence also makes their lonely days long gone whenever they hear that person talk. Many have said that this song is about TWICE’s relationship with ONCE while they rely on each other.
MV of “Candy Pop”
The MV of “Candy Pop” is quite interesting. In this MV, TWICE’s members act as animated idols who can only be seen on television. Besides TWICE, the main hero of this MV is a girl who watches TWICE as animated idols. The girl looks at the calendar and she looks sad while TWICE is facing some difficulties as they are nagged for their performance. They then change into humans, thus symbolically representing the fact that they are human and not the ideal version that people thought they were when they were animated. However, eventually, the human TWICE members are being chased by policewomen who are trying to bring them down. TWICE then is saved by a car that is driven by JYP, and they see the sad girl who watches them. Then, they visit the human world and give candy to the girl while they are happily together.
The animated music video of “Candy Pop” is directed by Takahiko Kyogoku in collaboration with Naïve Creative Production while the storyline is written by Park Jin Young. It should also be noted that there’s a hidden character that is illustrated by Chaeyoung. The music video of “Candy Pop” ranked 6th on the 2018 YouTube Top Trend Music Videos in Japan.
“Candy Pop” Performance
Regarding the performance of “Candy Pop,” TWICE performed “Candy Pop” for the first time on their TWICE Showcase Live Tour 2018 that began on January 19th, 2018, in Seto, Aichi. Other than the Showcase, TWICE also performed “Candy Pop” on Music Station on February 2nd, 2018.
“Candy Pop” Achievements
As one of the best-selling girl groups in South Korea, TWICE also received a warm welcome from Japanese listeners. The CD single that contains two songs sold 117,486 units on its release day. On the Oricon Chart, the single sold 265,758 copies, making it the highest number of copies sold of a Korean girl group that has debuted in Japan. “Candy Pop” Chart Achievements We have reached the end of our article about Twice’s popular song “Candy Pop.” We hope that you liked our detailed feature and that we were able to satisfy your curiosity. If so, please don’t forget to kindly share your thoughts in the comment section below, and stay tuned for more interesting articles from Channel-Korea.
