Since JYP released the series of teaser photos and concept films for TWICE’s full-album
“Eyes Wide Open” and the upcoming title song “I Can't Stop Me”, fans are getting
more excited than ever. This time, TWICE surprised fans by including
2 opposing versions in the teasers. While the “story” version shows an image of
a splendid, lively blooming garden of flowers, the “style” one is a complete opposite
when all members wear sharp looking suits in a black & white tone, it exudes a classic,
mysterious and minimalistic style. Fans believe that JYP is trying to portray
the inner conflict of a person through this concept, and considering the title song name
is “I Can’t Stop Me”, this theory even makes more sense. But still, we’ll all have
to wait till the last minute to know the real intention of JYP.
Looking at the teaser images of the “Story” version, fans will surely find it familiar.
This image looks extremely similar to the “More & More” poster, from the floral
background, the posing style and the positions of the members. Fans doubted that the designer
team has a special intention, some rather think the team was just being lazy.
For the “Style” version, TWICE slay in menswear outfits. However, out of the 3 photos,
the one considered most beautiful in terms of posing is in black & white, which makes
the overall look less eye-catching, leading to some fans asking JYP to “give the photo
its colors right back”.
Now, let’s talk about the visual line members’ teasers since after being released, their
photos and concept videos are creating a huge storm of both praise and blame.
Obviously, Sana is the one who’s attracting the most attention. The Japanese female idol
received many compliments when she showed off her outstanding charisma, conquering both
concepts. In the concept "story", Sana sit at the center position, wearing a sexy chest-cup
dress. In the concept "style", she drew attention on her by the fierce look along with a confident
and seductive pose. Fans started calling Sana by gorgeous names
like princess, goddess or female CEO, some even said she looks just like a 90s Hong Kong
actress. This time, many people agree that Sana's concept film is more impressive than
TWICE's most two popular visuals, Tzuyu and Nayeon. Her video quickly became the focus
of the ONCE community's attention. After just 10 hours of releasing, the video received
more than 700,000 views and 15,000 comments on YouTube. So it seems like among the visual
trio of TWICE (Tzuyu - Nayeon - Sana), Sana is the dominant one in this teaser series.
As expected of her "TWICE's representative image”, Nayeon’s concept video reached
1 million views and more than 230,000 likes on YouTube after only 12 hours of posting.
Compared to the interaction of her teaser from More & More era, the numbers have increased
significantly, especially, the number of comments was even doubled. Seems like fans are well
accepting this new image of the girls since TWICE has been too famous with the cute and
innocent concept. This time, no one can blab about TWICE being boring anymore.
But besides the positive comments, there are controversies about Nayeon's appearance. A
lot of people think the red short straight hair makes she look older than her real age,
not suitable for Nayeon’s baby face. In the “style” concept, fans also complained
about the eye shadow being too bold, making Nayeon's appearance looks somehow "evil".
Expectedly, some fans was annoyed and left comments like:
"I don't like Nayeon in short hair" "Even the eye makeup is faulty, one lash is
thick and the other is thin. Can JYP's stylist pay more attention on their work?"
"I know TWICE needs a break from the “lovely” concept, but “mature” and “old” are
two different things”
Meanwhile, Tzuyu’s fans are expressing their obvious disappoinment cause they think the
stylists are not taking good care of the female idol.
Surely, Tzuyu’s face still looks as gorgeous as always. However, there’s still a point
that confused many people, which is Tzuyu's strange eye makeup in the black and white
concept. This unique way of drawing eye-liner, although widely used on fashion catwalks,
is still quite unfamiliar to the majority of the public, especially to K-pop fans. Therefore,
many people feel uncomfortable seeing that eye makeup, some even bluntly saying it’s
ridiculous. Besides, Tzuyu’s hairstyle in the "story"
concept was also criticized for being boring and cheesy. Moreover, despite being TWICE’s
visual, she’s always standing at the edge of every photo. And the most disappointing
thing to fans is probably her posing. Clearly, she had to bend her knees down in order not
to look taller than the rest of the girls. This fact upsets many fans, they believe Tzuyu
is treated unfairly and that she deserves so much better.
"I don't get why Tzuyu is the visual but always has to stand at the edge of the photos" - A
fan speaks her mind. "There are 3 teaser photos but Tzuyu never
gets to be in the center" "The other members are fine, only Tzuyu gets
a weird makeup style, even having to stand in an ugly posture”
"Even me, a very calm person, have to be mad at JYP this time”
A lot of them even submitted petitions if JYP did not change the way they work, they
would boycott the new album. So, what do you think about TWICE’s comeback
teasers this time? Do you find Tzuyu’s makeup weird or unique? Is Sana’s teaser looking
the best this time? Comment down below and don’t forget to like and subscribe for more
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