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This Is For (2025)

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The title is a play on words that marks this release as the group's fourth full album. It debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart but at number six on the US Billboard 200.

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Album story

Overview

• This Is For: fourth Korean studio album and ninth overall by South Korean girl group Twice
• Released 11 July 2025 through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records
• Fourteen tracks, including the lead single 'This Is For' and five sub-unit tracks
• Debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart and number six on the US Billboard 200
• Twice have been promoting the album on the tour of the same name since July 2025

Background

• Teasing began on 19 May 2025 with the teaser video 'Intro: Four'
• The teaser clip features all nine members, each wearing a blue skirt with 'Four' written across it
• First Korean-language studio release since Formula of Love: O+T=<3 (2021)
• Release date and title announced on 21 May
• Member Dahyun explained that the title is a play on words for the group's fourth full album, and a work for everyone and for fans
• On 9 June, Twice announced the This Is For World Tour in support of the album
• On 26 June, the tracklist was revealed through the group's social media accounts, including five sub-unit tracks similar to those on Formula of Love: O+T=<3
• A few days earlier, the group had shared nine solo tracks, one for each member, but none were included on the album
• All nine solo tracks would later appear on Ten: The Story Goes On

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

• Beats Per Minute's Chase McMullen scored the album 84/100, calling it Twice's tightest and most cohesive album to date and praising the production and the group's performances
• Melodic Magazine's Taylor Swinton called the album Twice's declaration that they've earned their place at the top and highlighted the distinct sound of each sub-unit track
• AllMusic's Matt Collar awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying it finds the K-pop girl group in an upbeat and swaggering dance club mood
• Sputnikmusic's Raul Stanciu scored the album 2.8 out of 5, criticizing the short length and derivative production on most of the tracks
• Stanciu overall called the album a 10th anniversary misstep and considered it a disappointing follow-up to Formula of Love
• IZM's Lee Jae-hoon gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, criticizing the songs for lacking substance
• Lee said this is most evident in the sub-unit tracks, which fail to highlight the members' individual strengths

Reappraisal

• Idology included This Is For in its list of the 20 best idol pop albums of 2025
• Idology called it a quintessential K-pop album with a bright and cheerful K-pop style despite the increased proportion of English lyrics

Records

• South Korea's Circle Album Chart: number one for the week ending 12 July 2025, with 671,771 copies sold
• US Billboard 200: debuted at number six with 80,000 equivalent album units, per Luminate
• Of those units, 68,000 were pure sales and 12,000 were streaming-equivalent units
• Twice's seventh top-10 record on the Billboard 200

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The tracklist was revealed on 26 June through the group's social media accounts, with five sub-unit tracks similar to those on Formula of Love: O+T=<3
• Nine solo tracks were shared a few days before the tracklist, but none of them made the album; they later appeared on Ten: The Story Goes On
• Eight listening party sessions were held on 8 July, letting fans hear the title track before release
• The title track was performed on Music Bank on 11 July, Show! Music Core on 12 July, and Inkigayo on 13 July
• The deluxe version, released on 14 July, adds an extended version of the title track
• At Lollapalooza on 2 August, Twice performed Right Hand Girl and the extended version of the title track in their headlining set

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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