{"id":324769,"date":"2026-03-02T09:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/324769\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:49:07","slug":"k-pop-girl-group-twice-talk-kpop-demon-hunters-ten-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/324769\/","title":{"rendered":"K-pop girl group Twice talk ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘TEN’ and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

The only thing rarer than success in the global pop music industry is longevity. But K-pop girl group Twice<\/a> make resilience look easy.<\/p>\n

Last year \u2014 Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu \u2014 celebrated their 10th anniversary with the release of \u201cTEN: The Story Goes On.\u201d It\u2019s mostly composed of solo songs from its nine members, extending into genres far beyond the bubblegum pop they popularized: \u201cFix a Drink\u201d is country, \u201cChess\u201d samples Beethoven\u2019s \u201cF\u00fcr Elise,\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not the only thing they\u2019re celebrating: Not so long ago Sony Pictures Animation reached out to the group to participate in a new project they were working on: \u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The movie, which Netflix has said is its most watched film of all time, has amassed hundreds of millions of hours viewed worldwide. It was also the highest charting soundtrack of 2025 with eight of its songs landing on the Billboard Hot 100. It also made a splash in theaters in August<\/a> and got a subsequent release over Halloween weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next week, it\u2019s up for two Oscars<\/a> at the Academy Awards. Not a bad call to get.<\/p>\n

Below, Twice discusses \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d being a decade into their career and evolving definitions of success.<\/p>\n

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.<\/p>\n

AP: To celebrate 10 years of the group, you released \u201cTEN: The Story Goes On.\u201d And for the first time, all of you have solo tracks on a Twice record. <\/p>\n

MINA: For Twice\u2019s solo songs, it seems like each member chose a concept that suited them well. And for the group songs, because we\u2019ve been together for 10 years, we know each other\u2019s vocal colors and strengths, so we\u2019re able to assign parts that highlight those individual characteristics, allowing us to showcase our personalities even more.<\/p>\n

AP: How has your definition of success changed over time, 10 years later?<\/p>\n

JIHYO: We\u2019ve worked incredibly hard for the past 10 years, but honestly, I\u2019m not sure what the criteria for success really is. We\u2019ve just consistently and diligently done what we\u2019ve been doing, and if the fact that many people have listened to our music,<\/a> loved it, and felt encouraged by it constitutes success, then perhaps we have achieved success. However, I still think there\u2019s so much more we can do.<\/p>\n

AP: I\u2019m curious how the conversations begin for you when it comes to putting out a new comeback release. What are those early chats like?<\/p>\n

DAHYUN: First of all, we have a lot of group chats. We have a company group chat, a member group chat, and several other group chats. When we can\u2019t meet in person, we discuss things there, and sometimes we even use a voting feature to make decisions by majority vote, choosing from various options. We also hold meetings in person at the company. Both the members and the company staff work together, discussing things and trying their best to make a great album.<\/p>\n

AP: How do you keep moving forward?<\/p>\n

JIHYO: It feels like there\u2019s also a broader generational trend at play, and when looking at what\u2019s popular these days, we tend to choose things that align well with Twice. We try to do what we can at that time, and we also try not to repeat what we\u2019ve done before. We consider many different opinions, and although the process gets more difficult with each album,<\/a> we\u2019re still enjoying it.<\/p>\n

AP: What\u2019s your relationship to your individual voices now, as opposed to 10 years ago?<\/p>\n

JEONGYEON: I think I understand it well now. Ten years ago, my voice was one that was trying very hard to sound good, but now I\u2019m recording with the mindset of singing in my natural voice, just being myself.<\/p>\n

AP: And what\u2019s your relationship to perfectionism?<\/p>\n

CHAEYOUNG: When recording, I think we try our best to perform our parts well, listening to it repeatedly and rerecording. Since performing well is our job, we naturally feel that we have to do it perfectly.<\/p>\n

AP: We have to talk about \u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/a> I mean, Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung, your version of \u201cTakedown\u201d is in the credits. And the group song, \u201cStrategy,\u201d was also featured on the soundtrack. How did being a part of this project challenge you creatively?<\/p>\n

JEONGYEON: Twice\u2019s music is very bright, cute, and generally requires a refreshing vocal style, but the song \u201cTakedown\u201d in \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is a very powerful song. In fact, during my trainee days, I only sang powerful songs. So, it brought back memories of my trainee days, and I remember having a lot of fun recording it.<\/p>\n

AP: You\u2019re one of a small handful of people that can relate to the girl group narrative in \u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/a> Were there specific moments in the film that hit home for you?<\/p>\n

CHAEYOUNG: There were several scenes where Mira (a member of \u201cKpop Demon Hunters\u201d girl group HUNTR\/X), was constantly eating something. Although the eating scene was portrayed dramatically in the animation, we also eat a lot after concerts because we had spent so much energy, and we need that energy replenishment. I think those aspects were portrayed quite well. Those parts really resonated with me. The costumes were also great.<\/p>\n

AP: What are you hungry for at this point of the journey? What is it that you want right now as a group?<\/p>\n

MOMO: We\u2019ve done a lot already, but our goal is to meet our fans for a long, long time, perform together, try new things, and continue to connect with our fans for many years to come.<\/p>\n

AP: How do you kind of balance, your personal goals, your goals in your various subunits and the goals of the group?<\/p>\n

JIHYO: Well, so far, I honestly think that over the past 10 years, we\u2019ve put a lot of emphasis on the group. But recently, we\u2019ve shown some unit activities, like the MiSaMo subunit (made up of Momo, Sana, and Mina) and some members performing at the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show<\/a> and I think those are also part of Twice\u2019s activities. <\/p>\n

Dahyun is pursuing an acting career for example, but ultimately, I think these activities don\u2019t negatively impact Twice\u2019s activities; in fact, they bring many positive benefits, so I don\u2019t feel like there\u2019s much of a difference.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP Music Writer Maria Sherman in New York and writer Juwon Park in Seoul contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The only thing rarer than success in the global pop music industry is longevity. But K-pop girl group…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[52349,11195,93,1595,61,60,6521,278,47325,268],"class_list":{"0":"post-324769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-classical-music","9":"tag-domestic-news","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-general-news","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-k-pop","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-sanaa","17":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}