Global K-Pop girl group TWICE works with US and Korean hitmakers to end 2020 with a bang with "Cry for Me," released December 18.
The latest track was produced by American hitmaker and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder ("Apologize," Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," and Beyonce's "Halo") and Melanie Fontana (The Chainsmokers' "Setting Fires" and BTS and Halsey's "Boy With Luv"). The lyrics, which is a mix of English and Korean, were penned by JY Park, known as "The AsianSoul," and rapper/ singer-songwriter Heize.
"Cry For Me" marks the girl group's latest effort in expanding into different themes and genres. With its emotionally driven lyrics over a definitely more mature theme, the song tells the tory of a woman who fights back after keeping hatred bottled up inside and finding the delicate balance between love and hate.
The song was first brought to light at a surprise reveal during TWICE's performance stage at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards early this December. "Cry for Me" is the latest single to come from their second Korean-language and fourth overall album, "Eyes Wide Open," first released last October 26. Their latest album, with its lead single "I Can't Stop Me," is currently moving at the top of albums charts around the world - peaking at number 2 on the South Korean Gaon Charts and the US Billboard World Albums, and number 3 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Charts. It has also broken through the US Billboard 200 where it currently sits at the 72nd spot and debuts on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 200 Album List of 2020.
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About TWICE
The nine-member girl group was formed after the survival reality show Sixteen, making their debut under JYP Entertainment in 2015 with the EP "The Story Begins," with the lead single "Like Ooh-Ahh." TWICE rose to local mainstream fame in 2016 with "Cheer Up," which peaked at the top spot of the Gaon Digital Chart and also became its best-performing single in the year and earned awards for the group.
Since then, TWICE has released a number of consecutive hits - "TT," "Knock Knock," "Feel Special," "Fancy," "More & More," and "I Can't Stop Me." TWICE is also the best-selling K-pop girl group of all time in South Korea with 5.8 million albums sold in the country as of December 2020.
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