Twicecoaster: Lane 1 | ||||
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EP by Twice | ||||
Released | October 24, 2016 | |||
Studio | JYPE Studios | |||
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Length | 22:48 | |||
Language | Korean | |||
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Producer | J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" | |||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Thailand edition cover
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Singles from Twicecoaster: Lane 1 | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"TT" on YouTube |
Twicecoaster: Lane 1 (stylized as TWICEcoaster: LANE 1) is the third extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group Twice. The EP was released digitally and physically on October 24, 2016 by JYP Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. It contains seven tracks, including the lead single, "TT" produced by Black Eyed Pilseung who also composed Twice's hit songs "Like OOH-AHH" and "Cheer Up". The EP is the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 units at year-end.
On October 10, 2016, JYP Entertainment released a time table for Twice's third extended play through their official homepage and SNS, which shows the group's promotion schedule beginning October 10 until the release of their album on the 24th. It was followed by the release of intro video, track list and album and group image teasers on the next few days. The two versions of the album, apricot and neon magenta, represent Twice's official colors which they announced on September 23, 2016. On October 17, 18 and 19, the individual teaser films of each member were released at midnight. The first video teaser for the title track's music video was released on October 20, featuring a boy and a girl wearing Halloween costumes.
In celebration of Twice's first anniversary since debut, the group unveiled the EP's seventh track "One in a Million", the song they dedicated to fans, through a live broadcast on Naver V Live titled Twice 1st Anniversary V on October 20 at 22:30 KST. It was then followed by the release of second music video teaser for "TT" at midnight. On October 22, it was revealed that the album has nine random CD covers featuring the nine members of the group. On the next day, Twice released the album highlight which outlines every song in the EP, and credits each of the producers and songwriters. They also uploaded image teaser of the choreography of "TT" on their homepage. The album was officially released on the next day. It was also released as a digital download on various music portals.
The music video for title track "TT" was directed by Naive, the same production team behind the music videos for Twice's songs "Like OOH-AHH" and "Cheer Up". It earned more than 5 million views on YouTube in less than 24 hours since its release. As of 2016, the video set a new record in only 40 hours, making it the fastest K-pop group music video to reach 10 million views and then broke the record of fastest to reach 20 million views in 114 hours (4 days 18 hours).