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 Channelreleased 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 Vappwith 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!!!
