TWICE: Photos From the Billboard Women in Music Shoot

It’s 9:15 a.m. in Seoul, and a lot of the 9 members of TWICE have simply woken up. They’re barefaced, dressed casually and cozily in heat knits and sweatshirts; Chaeyoung nonetheless wears her parka hood, her blonde hair peeking out of the underside. Nayeon, seated subsequent to her, cleans her glasses together with her shirt sleeve. Tzuyu, nevertheless, is alert and attentive. After I ask (via a translator) who’s the early riser of the group, everybody factors to her.

This morning, the ladies of TWICE look extra like college students who’ve arrived at an early-morning class than the wildly well-liked Okay-pop lady group they’re. However for his or her globe-spanning cohort of followers (generally known as ONCE), this can be a acquainted sight. The group’s long-running YouTube actuality and vlog present, TWICE TV, together with different on-line vlog content material, have gone behind the scenes with the act since its 2015 debut. Over the previous seven-plus years, followers have adopted alongside as Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu (who vary in age from 23 to 27) have recorded music; toured throughout South Korea and Asia; attended award ceremonies; debuted their first-ever English-language single, “The Feels”; and, final yr, performed and bought out U.S. arenas, a still-rare feat for Okay-pop artists.

“That was our first time having a live performance of that scale, so it was actually surprising for us to see so many followers within the U.S.,” says Jihyo, recalling TWICE’s two nights in Could 2022 at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium.

Learn TWICE’s full Billboard Ladies in Music interview right here. You should purchase the unique TWICE zine right here.