Between 1&2

Between 1&2 followed Celebrate, Twice's fourth Japanese studio album, and served as the group's first Korean release in 2022. On May 16, after concluding their second worldwide concert tour in Los Angeles, a cryptic post featuring the dates "2022.06.24" and "2022.08.26" circulated Twice's social media accounts, leading to fan speculation. June 24 was later revealed as the release date for Nayeon's solo debut EP, Im Nayeon. On July 2, while hosting an episode of MBC's Show! Music Core, Twice member Dahyun announced that Twice would be making a comeback, stating that "it is planned, so please look forward to it". On July 12, all members of Twice renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment. One day later, the label announced a "mini album" titled Between 1&2 with a planned release date of August 26. == Title and composition ==

Similar to Formula of Love: O+T<3, the EP's title, Between 1&2, represents the connection of Twice with their fandom, Once. Members Chaeyoung, Dahyun, and Jihyo wrote lyrics of some songs on Between 1&2, with the latter also being credited as a composer on the song "Trouble". The EP's second track, "Queen of Hearts", an English song, features a drum beat and guitar sound mixed with Twice's "cool" vocals in harmony. "Brave" was described as a dance-pop track centered on the group's fandom, called Once, which "gives Twice the courage to become themselves". Lyrically, the song expresses "the sincerity of Twice members". == Release and promotion ==

A promotional poster with the phrase "Tell Me What You Want" written above a light switch was posted onto Twice's social media accounts on July 13, 2022. On July 26, the tracklist of Between 1&2 was released. On August 5, JYP Entertainment released a timetable for the EP. On August 9, Twice released an opening trailer for the EP and a snippet of lead single "Talk That Talk". On August 17 and 18, individual teasers and group photos demonstrating the concept of the album were posted on Twice's official social media accounts. On August 19, the group released snippets of the second track, "Queen of Hearts", and fifth track, "Brave". On August 23, the group released a sneak peek to the album. On August 24 and 25, the group released two teasers for the music video of "Talk That Talk". == Critical reception ==

Writing for NME, Tanu I. Raj noted that while Between 1&2 looks back on Twice's "growth with fondness and pride, and leave[s] us with the promise of better things to come", it suffers from some "road bumps". == Commercial performance ==

On August 25, 2022, it was reported that pre-order sales of Between 1&2 had surpassed 1 million copies, exceeding Twice's previous career high of 700,000 pre-orders for Formula of Love: O+T=<3, and making Twice the third female K-pop group to exceed 1 million pre-orders after Blackpink and Aespa. Between 1&2 debuted at number 2 on South Korea's Circle Album Chart with 995,614 units sold. In Japan, it debuted at number 4 on Oricon's Digital Albums Chart and at number 10 on Billboard Japans Hot Albums chart. According to Luminate's Year-End U.S. Report, Between 1&2 was the sixth best-selling CD album of 2022 in the United States, with 199,000 copies sold. == Track listing ==

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians • Twice – vocals • Jihyo – vocal director, background vocals • Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" – synth, bass, guitar • MRCH – background vocals • Sophia Pae – background vocals • Graux – guitar • Gray Trainer – guitar • Gingerbread – percussion • earattack – all instruments, synthesizer, piano, drum programming • chAN's – all instruments, synthesizer, piano, drum programming • Darm – all instruments, synthesizer, piano, drum programming • Slow Rabbit – keyboard, synthesizer • Young – guitar • Yannick Rastogi – all instruments, synths, bass, drums • Zacharie Raymond – all instruments, synths, bass, drums • Johannes Willinder – keyboards Technical • Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" – programming, vocals directing • MRCH – programming, vocals directing • Eom Se-hee – recording • Lee Sang-yeop – recording • Goo Hye-jin – recording • Tony Maserati – mixing • David K. Younghyun – mixing • Kwon Nam-woo – mastering • Sophia Pae – vocal director • Jiyoung Shin – additional editor • Lee Tae-seop – mixing • Gingerbread – programming • Lee Kyung-won – digital editing • Im Hong-jin – mixing • earattack – vocal director • Slow Rabbit – vocal director, digital editing • YANG GA – mixing • Yannick Rastogi – programming, recording • Zacharie Raymond – programming, recording • Johannes Willinder – programming == Charts ==

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