TWICE for Beginners: Nine Members, ONCE and the Story from Like OOH-AHH to ME+YOU
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- Category: Starter guide
- Artist: TWICE
KPOP NO1 Editorial · Sources checked November 4, 2026
The first album is called THE STORY BEGINS. Ten years later, a special album answers with TEN: The Story Goes On. TWICE's titles offer a welcoming way into a long catalog: the story has room for a new listener, even if you did not arrive at the beginning.
TWICE is a JYP Entertainment girl group with nine members on its official profile. Its group releases, solo projects, English singles and Japanese activities give you several possible entry points. This guide introduces the people, explains the name, and follows selected Korean-release milestones from Like OOH-AHH to ME+YOU, with official videos you can open as you read.
Why TWICE, and what is ONCE?
JYP's debut-album introduction explains TWICE as touching audiences twice: first through music, then through performance. It traces the group's formation to the Mnet program SIXTEEN, where nine members were selected from sixteen trainees. The debut release, THE STORY BEGINS, is dated October 20, 2015. Official debut account
The fandom name is ONCE. JYP's tenth-anniversary album introduction explicitly addresses the relationship between TWICE and ONCE, identifying ME+YOU as a song celebrating their enduring friendship. That gives the name a useful place in the story before you learn anything about membership or fan events. TEN: The Story Goes On
For practical information, begin with the official artist site and channels. A public video, a fanclub announcement and a paid-membership benefit offer different kinds of access. Enjoying the music does not require deciding immediately whether you want the others.
Meet the nine members
The names, Korean spellings and birthdays follow JYP's current profile. The individual images link to uploads on TWICE's official channel. Most are named cover or Melody Project videos; JEONGYEON's card uses her named official tour vlog. The labels identify those formats, rather than presenting every upload as an original solo single. Official profile
These projects let you attach a name to a face outside a nine-person performance. A cover also gives you a familiar song title as a possible bridge. Its presence on the official channel identifies the upload's source; it does not mean the covered song originated with TWICE.
When you return to a group MV, choose one person to recognize before adding another. There is no need to memorize the entire roster in a single sitting. The cards are a reference you can revisit, and the group's shared releases remain a good starting point even if no individual name is familiar yet.
2015–2017: an opening chapter and a first full album
Like OOH-AHH leads the six-track THE STORY BEGINS. JYP describes its mixture of genres as Color Pop, with hip-hop, R&B and rock among the ingredients. The same debut page introduces the group's intention to make music and performance work together, matching the explanation of its name.
The album's other tracks are Do it again, Going Crazy, Truth, Candy Boy and Like a Fool. That compact sequence is a manageable first album visit. You can hear what surrounds a familiar title without needing to choose from the whole later catalog.
TWICEcoaster: LANE 1, dated October 24, 2016, puts TT at the front of another chapter. Its official entry provides a new set of songs around a title that may already be familiar from a short performance clip. Official LANE 1 page
Official video · JYP Entertainment / YouTube
Watch the original on YouTube ↗The next format milestone in this route is twicetagram, the first full album, released October 30, 2017. JYP identifies LIKEY as the title track. Moving from the debut mini album to a full album gives you another scale of listening session, with more songs available around the main video. twicetagram
Official video · JYP Entertainment / YouTube
Watch the original on YouTube ↗FANCY and I CAN'T STOP ME: two later points of entry
FANCY YOU, released April 22, 2019, is the seventh mini album. Its title track is FANCY. Rather than assuming that a listener must begin in 2015, you can enter here and use the earlier releases as context afterward. Official FANCY YOU entry
Official video · JYP Entertainment / YouTube
Watch the original on YouTube ↗Our take: Compare the questions you bring to the debut video and to FANCY. Are you following a melody, a performer, the staging or simply a title you know? You do not have to declare one era the “real” TWICE in order to enjoy the connection between them.
The second full album, Eyes wide open, followed on October 26, 2020, with I CAN'T STOP ME as its title track. The official album entry connects it with the tension between good and evil and knowing that a line exists while being drawn toward crossing it. That is the agency's conceptual framing, which you can use as a prompt for exploring the release. Eyes wide open
JYP Entertainment · Official MV
Watch the official MV on YouTube ↗The useful connection is between a song and the album around it. Even if an MV became your favorite years after release, its original track list still provides a clear next step. Listening in release order is one route; returning to the surrounding album from a song you already love is another.
The Feels, Formula of Love and the language question
The Feels is listed by JYP as an English single released October 1, 2021. The third full album, Formula of Love: O+T=<3, followed on November 12. Its official track list includes The Feels, alongside the title track SCIENTIST, unit songs and other material. Official full-album entry
Official video · JYP Entertainment / YouTube
Watch the original on YouTube ↗This is a helpful place to separate language from release format. An English-language single can later appear on a larger album; hearing it first does not mean you have already heard the album as a whole. Similarly, a Japanese release has its own edition and market context. Check the complete title and track list before treating different versions as interchangeable.
The unit entries on Formula of Love also offer another way to learn names. A smaller combination can make it easier to recognize voices and performers before returning to the full group. The official track listing identifies those combinations; it is a better reference than guessing from a thumbnail.
READY TO BE, THIS IS FOR and a tenth-anniversary chapter
JYP dates READY TO BE to March 10, 2023 and identifies it as the twelfth mini album, led by SET ME FREE. Its format is one more reminder that the numbered mini-album sequence runs alongside the full-album sequence. READY TO BE
Official video · JYP Entertainment / YouTube
Watch the original on YouTube ↗The fourth full album, THIS IS FOR, arrived on July 11, 2025. JYP describes a fourteen-song record with messages of encouragement for the group and its listeners, including songs performed by different units. The album page offers a useful longer session after a shorter introductory route. THIS IS FOR
Then comes TEN: The Story Goes On, dated October 10, 2025. JYP explicitly calls it a special album commemorating TWICE's tenth anniversary. It describes ME+YOU as an R&B pop title track celebrating the friendship between the nine members and ONCE. Official anniversary introduction
JYP Entertainment · Official MV
Watch the official MV on YouTube ↗These classifications explain why TEN should not automatically become “the fifth full album” in a beginner's notes. Its own official category is special album. The selected route here follows JYP's group-release entries; the same catalog also contains individual projects, which should keep their own artist and format labels.
A first evening with TWICE
If you want the bookends, pair Like OOH-AHH with ME+YOU. If a familiar chorus brought you here, choose TT, FANCY, I CAN'T STOP ME or The Feels and then open that song's original release. If your priority is learning the members, use one individual card, then return to a group video.
Our take: A long-running group becomes easier to approach when you allow your own point of entry. You can enjoy an anniversary song before learning the debut, or recognize a member through a cover before hearing an original solo project. The timeline is there to help you connect those discoveries, not to prescribe the only correct sequence.
The same approach works for the international catalog. Keep Korean and Japanese releases, group work, units and solos attached to their official names. Once those labels are clear, the size of the catalog becomes a set of choices rather than a barrier.
Selected group releases
| Date / period | Release | Format / place in the route |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-20 | THE STORY BEGINS | Debut mini album |
| 2016-10-24 | TWICEcoaster: LANE 1 | Mini album |
| 2017-10-30 | twicetagram | First full album |
| 2019-04-22 | FANCY YOU | Seventh mini album |
| 2020-10-26 | Eyes wide open | Second full album |
| 2021-11-12 | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 | Third full album |
| 2023-03-10 | READY TO BE | Twelfth mini album |
| 2025-07-11 | THIS IS FOR | Fourth full album |
| 2025-10-10 | TEN: The Story Goes On | Tenth-anniversary special album |
Official videos by chapter
| Official upload | Channel | Format |
|---|---|---|
| TWICE "Like OOH-AHH(OOH-AHH하게)" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE "TT" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE "FANCY" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE "I CAN'T STOP ME" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE "The Feels" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE “ME+YOU” M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE "LIKEY" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
| TWICE "SET ME FREE" M/V | JYP Entertainment | MV |
Where to go next
- TWICE artist hub: find this introduction and future album guides together.
- BLACKPINK beginner guide: explore a different group's long-running release story through its own milestones.
- Albums & Songs: move from sampling MVs to an album-focused read.