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TEN: The Story Goes On (2025)

Where the lyrics of TEN: The Story Goes On take you, and where it was really made.

Released as a tenth-anniversary special album, yet nine of its ten tracks were first performed on a tour that began in July 2025.

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Ten: The Story Goes On is the fifth Korean studio album (eleventh overall) by Twice
Released October 10, 2025 through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records
Commemorates the group's tenth anniversary since their 2015 debut
Ten tracks: the lead single "Me+You" and nine solo tracks
The nine solo tracks were previously performed on the This Is For World Tour, which began in July 2025
Pop album with hip-hop influences, also incorporating country, dark pop and R&B; lyrics primarily in English

On September 19, 2025, JYP Entertainment announced the special album
A prologue film followed the next day: a talent show themed on the number ten, in sitcom style
Presented as a gift to Once, the name of the group's fan community
The title alludes to the debut EP The Story Begins (2015), conveying that Twice's story continues

The digital cover was revealed on September 21, 2025
It shows Twice in the same poses as the group concept photos for The Story Begins

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

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

Clash's Sofia Gomez gave the album 8 out of 10 stars, praising the members for finding their footing and artistic sound in their solo songs but criticizing the short duration of most tracks
AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung gave the album three out of five stars, describing it as a standard hip-hop-inflected pop album with smooth production and few surprises
The Rice Thresher's Charlie Cruz gave the album three out of five, saying it falters in execution rather than concept
Cruz praised the musical diversity but found the tracks better approached separately, and called Dahyun's "Chess" interpolation of Für Elise overshadowing the track
Billboard included the album on its list of the best K-pop albums of 2025
Beats Per Minute included "In My Room", "Meeeeee" and "Fix a Drink" in its best releases of October 2025

Debuted at number 2 on South Korea's Circle Album Chart for the week ending October 11, 2025, selling over 260,000 copies
Debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200, making Twice the first K-pop girl group to have ten albums enter the chart
Sold 23,000 copies in the United States according to Luminate

The music video for "Me+You" features actor Uhm Tae-goo and references the music videos for "Like Ooh-Ahh", "Knock Knock" and "What Is Love?"
The 10ve Universe fan meeting was streamed on the pay platform Beyond Live
Short versions of the solo songs were published on YouTube