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The Story Begins is the debut extended play by South Korean girl group Twice. It was released by JYP Entertainment on October 20, 2015, through KT Music.[1] It features six tracks, including the lead single, "Like Ooh-Ahh", which was composed by Black Eyed Pilseung and is a blend of several different genres.

The Story Begins
EP by Twice
Released	October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)
Recorded	2015
Studio	JYPE Studios
Genre	K-pop dance
Length	19:55
Language	Korean
Label	JYP Republic
Producer	J. Y. Park
Twice chronology
The Story Begins (2015) Page Two (2016)
Singles from The Story Begins
"Like Ooh-Ahh" Released: October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)

Following the formation of Twice through the survival show Sixteen, which concluded in July 2015, the group made their official debut three months later. The group promoted their debut EP on several South Korean music show programs, with the EP meeting moderate commercial success, peaking at number three on the Gaon Album Chart and selling over 40,000 copies by the end of 2015.

Background and release

On February 11, 2015, JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young announced the company's collaboration with Mnet to air Sixteen, a competition survival show that would decide the lineup of an upcoming girl group, the first under JYPE in five years, following the debut of Miss A in 2010. The show, which featured a total of 16 candidates, began airing on May 5.[2][3][4]

The show concluded on July 7, with Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, and Chaeyoung being selected as the seven Twice members. Park then made the controversial decision of adding two eliminated contestants: Tzuyu, who was known as the "audience's pick" since she was the most popular contestant by the show's end, and Momo, who was added by Park himself since he felt the group needed someone with Momo's performance abilities. It was then announced that the new girl group under JYPE would be making their debut in the later half of 2015.[5][6][7]

On October 7, JYPE confirmed that Twice would make their official debut on October 20, with the agency releasing a group teaser image.[8] On October 9, Twice released a group teaser image and confirmed that the lead single for their upcoming album is titled "Like Ooh-Ahh".[9] The following day, the group revealed more details about their EP titled The Story Begins, posting a picture of the album's track list revealing six songs in total.[10] On October 12, the group released individual teaser videos featuring Nayeon, Momo, and Mina, which depicted certain notable characteristics or personalities of each member. In each of their respective videos, zombies made an unexpected but short appearance. Later on the same day, individual teaser photos of the three members were uploaded.[11][12] On October 13, individual teaser photos of Sana, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu were released.[13] The following day, teaser photos for Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Dahyun were uploaded.[14]

On October 15, the group uploaded two teaser images featuring all the members.[15] On October 16, they uploaded a music video teaser clip revealing a part of their choreography for "Like Ooh-Aah". The members were depicted to be dancing in the middle of a zombie horde.[16] On October 17, Twice uploaded an album highlight medley featuring audio instrumental snippets for all tracks in the EP.[17] A day before the release of their album, the group held a live countdown broadcast on V Live.[18]

The Story Begins and its title track "Like Ooh-Ahh" was officially released on October 20.[19]

Composition

The Story Begins is an EP consisting of six tracks. The title track "Like Ooh-Ahh" is produced by Black Eyed Pilseung, who had previously worked with other artists under JYP Entertainment including Miss A and Got7. The song was sonically described as a color pop track which incorporates various genres such as hip hop, R&B, and rock. The second track "Do It Again" was written by Park Jin-young, lyrically describing the excitement one feels after receiving a confession of love from another person, and was previously performed by Twice in Sixteen. "Going Crazy" is another song that was first performed by the group during Sixteen, and lyrically talks about uncontrollable feelings due to infatuation. The song "Truth" is classified as a song incorporating pop dance, punk, and ballad. "Candy Boy" is described to be a love song, with the song's lyrics depicting how a person can meet their loved one even in dreams. The album's closing track "Like a Fool" is an acoustic song that tells about a girl's heartache after being unable to confess to their romantic interest.[20]

Promotion

On the same day as the release of The Story Begins, Twice held a live showcase at the AX-Korea in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, wherein they performed "Like Ooh-Ahh" alongside the dance tracks "Going Crazy" and "Do It Again."[21]

Twice promoted their album by appearing and performing on several South Korean music programs. The group made their first-ever music show appearance on M Countdown on October 22, performing "Like Ooh-Aah" and "Do It Again".[22] This was followed by performances on KBS2's Music Bank on October 23,[23] MBC's Show! Music Core on October 24,[24] and on SBS' Inkigayo on October 25,[25] among other performance dates. The group also made their appearance on the SBS Gayo Daejeon 2015 held on December 27, performing the album's title track.[26]

On January 22, 2016, Twice performed "Like Ooh-Aah" alongside a cover of Miss A's "Bad Girl Good Girl" and Wonder Girls' "So Hot" on You Hee-Yeol's Sketchbook.[27] On April 24, the group performed at the KCON Japan 2016 in a special broadcast done by M Countdown.[28]

Commercial performance

The Story Begins debuted at number four on the Gaon Album Chart for the week ending October 24, 2015 and peaked at number three two weeks later.[29][30] By the end of October, the EP sold a total of 17,100 physical copies.[31] At the end of 2015, the album reached 49,904 copies sold.[32] As of 2020, the album has sold 199,696 copies in South Korea and 47,448 copies in Japan.[33][34] It is also the group's best selling album in the United States with 4,000 copies sold.[35]

Future impacts and effects

On October 19, 2016, Twice revealed their official light stick dubbed "Candy Bong" (bong meaning stick in Korean), inspired by the song "Candy Boy".[36]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver

Content production

Credits adapted from album liner notes.[38]

Locations

• Recorded, engineered and mixed at JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
• Mastered at The Mastering Palace, New York City, New York and Suono Mastering, Seoul, South Korea

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Distributor	Ref.
Worldwide	October 20, 2015	Digital download	JYP Entertainment KT Music	[43]
South Korea				[44]
		CD		[45]
Taiwan	December 11, 2015 (Taiwan edition)	CD, DVD	JYP Entertainment Universal Music Taiwan	[37]
Thailand	February 12, 2016 (Thailand edition)	CD	JYP Entertainment BEC-Tero Music	[46]
United States	March 1, 2020	Streaming	JYP Republic	[47]

Notes

References

На других языках

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[de] The Story Begins

The Story Begins ist das Debüt-Mini-Album der südkoreanischen Girlgroup Twice. Das Album erschien am 20. Oktober 2015 zusammen mit der Single Like Ooh-Ahh. Die Produktion des Albums übernahm JYP-Entertainment-Gründer Park Jin-young. Like Ooh-Ahh wurde vom südkoreanischen Produzenten-Duo Black Eyed Pilseung geschrieben.[1]

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- [en] The Story Begins

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[es] The Story Begins

The Story Begins es el extended play (EP) debut por el grupo de chicas surcoreanas Twice. El álbum fue lanzado digitalmente y físicamente el 20 de octubre el año 2015[1] por JYP Entertainment y distribuido por KT Music. El álbum contiene seis canciones, incluyendo el primer sencillo, «Like OOH-AHH», que fue compuesta por Black Eyed Pilseung y es una mezcla de varios géneros diferentes.

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[ru] The Story Begins

The Story Begins (с англ. — «История Начинается») — дебютный мини-альбом южнокорейской гёрл-группы Twice. Альбом был выпущен на цифровых и физических носителях 20 октября 2015 года лейблом JYP Entertainment при поддержке KT Music. Пластинка включает в себя шесть треков вместе с лид-синглом «Like Ooh-Ahh», композитором которого стал Black Eyed Pilseung и является смесью нескольких разных жанров.

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