Twice - Feel Special

Release Date: September 23rd, 2019
Genre: kpop

I guess technically, "Feel Special" was my first Twice comeback because I had started following them on twitter, and when these teasers came out, it had the pre-chorus instrumentals that felt like it was building to something, but silly me, I wasn't sure if it was an album, a one-off M/V, or perhaps a concert. I didn't even know that Mina was taking a break. So this was my first exposure of a Twice comeback, each member getting a teaser everyday.

Review: I feel like I said this on my blog a few times, but certain things needed to happen before I fulled embraced kpop and what Twice was. Because there was nine members, I originally didn't like the song because Nayeon didn't start the song, and it wasn't cute, I didn't understand the words, and the "feel special" chorus felt weird to say out loud. Of course, as I gotten smarter and understood the meaning of the song, it's a very sweet song about their friendship and love for each other.

"Rainbow" was written by Nayeon and the music is feels very unstable, like a lot of clashes. I love it because it's feels hard and crunchy. "Get Loud" has those same qualities, very chaotic music, then with "Trick It" just feels like they are shooting phases at me and they just shock me. Most people know about "Love Foolish" and its either overrated, or MTV got it right declaring it the best b-side of 2019. I imagine people who love the song love it because when chaeyoung goes "i hate you" like holy shit, it sounds so good.

"21:29" supposedly is a song "to Onces" (21), "from Twice" (29) and yeah, it's a ballad, written by all of the members, but kinda boring if I'm being honest, however, I don't mind it when they use it for their variety show content, but i tend to skip this song. And finally with the korean version of Breakthrough, it's just a bonus, but I'm not a fan of the song.

Tracklist/Scorecard:
1. Feel Special 10/10
2. Rainbow 10/10
3. Get Loud 9/10
4. Trick It 10/10
5. Love Foolish 10/10
6. 21:29 7/10
7. Breakthrough (korean version) 5/10

Summary: So removing the last two songs, those five tracks are ridiculous. "Fancy You" were more mature in how it sounded like they are grown up women, and "Feel Special" sorta continues that, but I don't hear a clear sound from the 70s or the 80s, it just sounds like a noisy dance trick with a lot of fun repeating syllables, and it drives me mad. Also, all of the b-sides are co-written by members of Twice.

Key Tracks: Feel Special, Trick It, Love Foolish
Rating: 9/10