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BDZ (2018)

Where the lyrics of BDZ take you, and where it was really made.

BDZ is short for 'bulldozer', and the title was chosen to express the members' wish to be tough and live strong.

Key places

Recording at JYPE Studios, Seoul (2018)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — All songs except 'Wishing' were recorded at JYPE Studios in Seoul. The map point is set at the city centre of Seoul, not at the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• BDZ: debut Japanese studio album (second overall) by Twice
• Released 12 September 2018 by Warner Music Japan
• Contains five previously released songs and five new ones
• Includes the title track 'BDZ', produced by Park Jin-young
• Title is an abbreviation of 'bulldozer'
• Title symbolizes the members' wish to be tough and live strong

Background

• Announced on 3 June 2018 at Twice 2nd Tour: Twiceland Zone 2 – Fantasy Park in Osaka
• Announced as Twice's first Japanese album, to come out in the autumn
• Title track 'BDZ' pre-released as a digital single on 17 August 2018, with its music video
• Full album released with a 'document video' of 'Be as One'
• The document video shows behind-the-scenes footage of Twice's first year in Japan

Recording

• All songs except 'Wishing' recorded at JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
• 'Wishing' recorded at U Production Studio, Seoul
• Mixing took place in several cities: Mirrorball Studios in North Hollywood, I to I Communications in Tokyo, MusicLab Busan Studios, and WSound in Seoul
• Mastering was done at Sterling Sound in New York City

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed under the Mnet survival show Sixteen (2015) by JYP Entertainment
• Nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu
• Debuted October 20, 2015 with the EP The Story Begins
• Fans are called Once

Members

• Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu
• Jihyo serves as leader

Career

• 2016 single Cheer Up topped the Gaon Digital Chart and was the best-performing single in South Korea that year
• 2016 single TT topped the Gaon chart for four consecutive weeks
• Debuted in Japan in June 2017 with the compilation #Twice; first Korean girl group to earn RIAJ platinum certification for an album and CD single in the same year
• 2017 Twicetagram became the first female K-pop act to top Billboard World Albums and World Digital Song Sales simultaneously
• 2021 The Feels became the group's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100
• 2024 With You-th topped the US Billboard 200
• Headlined Lollapalooza Chicago in 2025; the This Is For World Tour concluded in July 2026 with 81 shows in 44 cities

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of the Oricon Albums Chart with 89,721 units sold
• Set a record for the highest first-day album sales by K-pop girl groups in Japan
• Topped the Oricon weekly ranking with 181,069 units sold
• Made Twice the fifth foreign female artist in Oricon history to top both the weekly singles and albums charts, after The Nolans, BoA, Kara, and Girls' Generation
• Debuted at number 1 on the Oricon Digital Album Chart with 3,103 downloads
• Topped the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart with 181,605 copies and 3,239 downloads, for the week of 10–16 September 2018
• Pre-order sales were reported at more than 292,300 copies on 15 September 2018

Records

• Certified Platinum by the RIAJ on 11 October 2018
• Twice's fifth consecutive platinum certification

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title is an abbreviation of 'bulldozer'
• The title track 'BDZ' was first performed on Music Station on 31 August 2018
• The next day it was performed on the opening stage of Tokyo Girls Collection
• Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 'BDZ' started on 29 September in Chiba and performed every song from the album
• Pre-order sales of more than 292,300 copies were reported before release, on 15 September
• The album received RIAJ platinum certification as Twice's fifth consecutive platinum certification

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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