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<\/p>\nSINGAPORE \u2013 Ask Tzuyu of K-pop girl group Twice to describe herself as a driver in three words, and the usually soft-spoken star pauses to think.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe cute, attractive\u2026\u201d she says in English, before settling on her third choice: \u201cSpeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old laughs, then adds: \u201cI\u2019m a good \u2018speed\u2019 driver.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Straits Times on Oct 9 at Frasers House hotel, the Taiwanese singer also shares that her calm demeanour does not necessarily carry over when she gets behind the wheel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I may seem like I have quite a laid-back personality,\u201d she says in Mandarin. \u201cBut I don\u2019t drive slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tzuyu is in town for the\u00a0Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2026,\u00a0taking place at Marina Bay Street Circuit from Oct 9 to 11. She is the voice behind the official theme song for a collaboration between Atlassian Williams F1 Team and Japanese anime series Dan Da Dan.<\/p>\n
The track and accompanying music video are due in early 2027, ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix in April. The project brings together Williams\u2019 speed with the supernatural world of Dan Da Dan under the concept \u201cspeed meets the supernatural\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I find interesting about this collaboration is that F1, K-pop and anime seem to come from very different worlds, but they share something in common,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat connects us are ambition, passion and courage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tzuyu adds that getting a closer look at F1 has changed her own perception of the sport.<\/p>\n
She had previously associated it mainly with highly skilled drivers and speed. But after visiting the Williams paddock and seeing the people working behind the scenes, she gained a new appreciation for the teamwork involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realised that they really need the power of teamwork to bring everything together,\u201d she says. \u201cI think that\u2019s very impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
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(From left) Sayako Niimi, lead global partnership director at Sector Zero; Luke Timmins, merchandise and licensing director at Atlassian Williams F1 Team; K-pop idol Tzuyu; and Tassei Shimoie, manager of TV anime Dan Da Dan at the press conference of the Atlassian Williams x Dan Da Dan collaboration event at Frasers House on Oct 9.<\/p>\n
ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN<\/p>\n
First launched at the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, the William-Dan Da Dan tie-up has also spawned merchandise, fan platform Sector Zero and an appearance at Anime Expo in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
For Tzuyu, the supernatural side of the collaboration hits rather close to home \u2013 even if she has not personally experienced anything paranormal.<\/p>\n
Her mother, however, has told her many stories about such encounters.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I find them quite fascinating,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n
Dan Da Dan, adapted from Yukinobu Tatsu\u2019s manga, centres on teenagers Momo and Okarun. Momo believes in ghosts but not aliens, while Okarun believes in aliens but not ghosts. Their attempts to prove each other wrong plunge them into a world of extraterrestrials, spirits, curses and supernatural powers \u2013 alongside an unfolding romance.<\/p>\n
Tzuyu has had her own dependable crew for more than a decade. She debuted with Twice in 2015, after the nine-member act was formed through South Korean reality survival show Sixteen.<\/p>\n
Besides Tzuyu, Twice comprise Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun and Chaeyoung. Tzuyu made her solo debut with the EP abouTZU in 2024.<\/p>\n
When asked what she is still discovering about herself as an artiste after more than 10 years with the group, she says having the other members by her side has long been a source of reassurance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the past, they would go on stage with me, so I felt very supported,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I\u2019m solo, I have to face everything by myself, so sometimes I get very nervous. But there are also many new challenges for me, and I find them very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, when it comes to facing Dan Da Dan\u2019s ghosts and supernatural creatures, she would prefer not to go it alone.<\/p>\n
Asked which of her eight Twice bandmates she would want beside her in a haunted house, Tzuyu deliberates before settling on Mina.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I would be very scared too,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cMina would probably be a little calmer, so she wouldn\u2019t let me feel so nervous or afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE \u2013 Ask Tzuyu of K-pop girl group Twice to describe herself as a driver in three words,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-625309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}