TWICE Will Release “Taste of Love”, the 10th Mini Album, and “Alcohol-Free”, the Title Track on June 11th
- The first new album of the representative K-pop girl group releases in 2021! Enchanting songs sung by TWICE
- “Alcohol-Free”, the title track, is a “new TWICE-brand summer song” made by combining hip-hop with Bossa Nova
- Lyrics of songs are solely written by Nayeon, Sana, Jihyo, and Dahyun & Globally renowned artists joined in this album! A masterpiece album that will hit the summer of 2021!
TWICE will release their 10th mini album, “Taste of Love”, on June 11th.
“Taste of Love” allows the audience to enjoy the special summer of TWICE who have fallen in love. It is at the center of domestic and international fans’ attention as it is a comeback about 8 months after “Eyes Wide Open”, the second regular album, and it is the first album of 2021.
TWICE challenged the synthwave genre that combined European electronic sound and 80’s American synth sound with “I CAN’T STOP ME”, the previous title track, and TWICE has digested a new genre of music with “Alcohol-Free” that combines Bossa Nova and hip-hop.
“Alcohol-Free”, the title track, is a summer dance song that depicts the magical moment of falling in love that brightens the world. It adds a trendy hip-hop sound to the sound of the nylon guitar and percussion that reminds you of the beaches in South America. The chorus lyrics increase the fun of listening by containing the names of sweet wines and cocktails.
Jin-young Park, the representative producer of JYP Entertainment, was in charge of writing, composing, and arranging, whereas composer Hae Sol Lee participated in the arrangement to enhance the quality of the song.
The music video is proud of the rich and diverse attractions by describing the appearance of TWICE with various video transitions and colors.
The process of making a cocktail by putting everything of a loved one and the fantastic scenes of watching and drinking it effectively deliver the gradually uplifting feeling of getting drunk in love. In particular, the performance that adds trendy to the Latin movement makes the song more exciting.
“Taste of Love” presents fascinating recreation to listeners by depicting the romantic atmosphere and the moment of falling in love throughout the album. The new album includes 7 songs, which are “First Time”, “Scandal”, “Conversation”, “Baby Blue Love”, “SOS”, and “CRY FOR ME”, an English version of the digital single released in December of last year, in addition to the title track.
Starting with Jin-young Park, nationally and internationally renowned artists – such as Melanie Joy Fontana (hit song maker), Jade Thirlwall (a member of global girl group Little Mix), Chloe Latimer (who contributed to “SHADOW” and “STRAWBERRY” of TWICE, “Celebrity” of IU, “Dolphin” of OH MY GIRL, etc.), and Hyun Do Lee (a member of “Deuce” and produced many hit songs) - participated in this album.
The members of TWICE also showed off their excellent musical talents by participating in the lyrics of this new album. Nayeon independently wrote “Baby Blue Love”, Sana wrote the lyrics of “Conversation” alone, and Jihyo created the lyrics of “First Time” independently. Dahyun received credits for writing lyrics for two songs – “Scandal” and “SOS”.
TWICE created steady seller summer songs two in a row – “Dance The Night Away” in July 2018 and “MORE & MORE” in June 2020 – and will continue this hit song trend of “TWICE brand summe
TRACK LIST
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1. Alcohol-Free *title
This is a new summer dance song that combines Bossa Nova with hip-hop to express TWICE’s own new color. They sing of the magical moment of falling in love that brightens the whole world. The chorus lyrics using the names of sweet wines and cocktails increased the fun of listening. It combined trendy instruments and hip-hop sounds on nylon guitars and percussion instruments reminding the beaches of South America. The choreography was also completed by adding trendy Latin movements and grooves.
Lyrics by J.Y. Park “The Asiansoul”
Composed by J.Y. Park “The Asiansoul”
Arranged by J.Y. Park “The Asiansoul”, 이해솔
Original publisher JYP Publishing (KOMCA)
Sub-publisher JYP Publishing (KOMCA)
Sessions Computer programming by 이해솔
All instruments by J.Y. Park “The Asiansoul”, 이해솔
Guitar by 함춘호
Background vocals by Sophia Pae, Distract
String performed by ON the string
String arranged & conducted by 이나일
Vocals directed by 심은지, J.Y. Park “The Asiansoul”
Recorded by 엄세희, 박은정 at JYPE Studios
Strings recorded by 오성근 at Studio T
Recording assisted by 주예찬 at Studio T
Digital editing by J.Y. Park “The Asiansoul”, 이상엽, 심은지 at JYPE Studios
Engineered for mix 이상엽 at JYPE Studios
Mixed by 이태섭 at JYPE Studios
Mastered by 권남우 at 821 Sound Mastering
2. First Time
’First Time’ goes well with the fresh early summer weather. Jihyo wrote the lyrics alone and expressed the thrill a lover feels for the first time when in love and the feeling of being soaked in happiness.
Lyrics by 지효
Composed by Rick Parkhouse, George Tizzard, Jade Thirlwall, Sophie ‘Frances’ Cooke
Arranged by Red Triangle
Original publisher JYP Publishing (KOMCA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing
Sub-publisher JYP Publishing (KOMCA), Warner Chappell Music Korea Inc, Sony Music Publishing Korea, Universal Music Publishing Korea
Sessions Keyboard by George Tizzard
Bass by Rick Parkhouse
Guitar by George Tizzard
Programming by Rick Parkhouse
Background vocals by Sophia Pae, Distract
Vocals directed by 심은지
Additional editor Jiyoung Shin NYC
Recorded by 이상엽 at JYPE Studios
Mixed by 임홍진 at JYPE Studios
Mastered by 권남우 at 821 Sound Mastering
3. Scandal
‘Scandal’ is written by Dahyun, and it describes the moment of falling in love and burning with it as “a scandal material”. Chaeyoung's whisper in the introduction effectively perks up a private and secret feeling. It is an attractive song that adds a disco to the upbeat dance.
Lyrics by 다현
Composed by Kristoffer Tømmerbakke, Erik Smaaland, Alida Garpestad Peck
Arranged by Erik Smaaland, Kristoffer Tømmerbakke
Original publisher JYP Publishing (KOMCA), Honua Music
Sub-publisher JYP Publishing (KOMCA), Kobalt Music Publishing
Sessions Background vocals by 김연서
Additional editor Jiyoung Shin NYC
Recorded by 박은정 at JYPE Studios
Mixed by 박은정 at JYPE Studios
Mastered by 권남우 at 821 Sound Mastering
4. Conversation