Merry & Happy
2017 studio album by Twice
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Merry & Happy is the reissue of South Korean girl group Twice's first studio album, Twicetagram. The Christmas-inspired album was released on December 11, 2017. In addition to the original track listing, it has two new songs: the first track is titled "Heart Shaker" and the eponymous second track "Merry & Happy" was written by Park Jin-young.[1][2][3] The album and "Heart Shaker" debuted at No. 1 on four charts of Gaon—Album Chart and Digital Chart, Download Chart and Social Chart respectively, while "Merry & Happy" entered and peaked at No. 24 on Digital Chart.[4][5]
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ReleasedDecember 11, 2017
Studio
- JYPE
- Studio Instinct
- E.one Sound
- Heavymental
- NUPLAY
- Studio567
- Banzak
Length50:38
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| Released | December 11, 2017 | |||
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| Label | JYP | |||
| Producer | J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul" | |||
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Twice performed both "Heart Shaker" and "Merry & Happy" on music programs—Music Bank, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo on December 15–17, respectively.[6][7][8] The music video of "Merry & Happy" was set for release on December 21, but was delayed until the next day out of respect for Shinee's Jonghyun, whose burial service was held on December 21.[9][10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart Shaker" | Galactika |
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| 3:08 |
| 2. | "Merry & Happy" | J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" |
| Joe Lawrence | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Likey" |
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| Rado | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Turtle" (거북이; Geobugi) | Jeong Ho-hyun (e.one) | Jeong Ho-hyun (e.one) | Jeong Ho-hyun (e.one) | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Missing U" | earattack |
| 3:00 | |
| 6. | "Wow" |
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| Pop Time | 3:01 |
| 7. | "FFW" |
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| NAOtheLAIZA | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Ding Dong" | Jowul |
| Antti Hynninen | 3:32 |
| 9. | "24/7" |
| Caesar & Loui | 3:36 | |
| 10. | "Look at Me" (날 바라바라봐; Nal barabarabwa) |
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| Frants | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Rollin'" |
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| 3:11 |
| 12. | "Love Line" | Jeongyeon |
| Darren "Baby Dee Beats" Smith | 3:17 |
| 13. | "Don't Give Up" (힘내!; Himnae!) | Chaeyoung |
| Chris Wahle | 2:58 |
| 14. | "You in My Heart" (널 내게 담아; Neol naege dama) |
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| 3:29 |
| 15. | "Jaljayo Good Night" (잘자요 굿나잇; Jaljayo gunnait) | Kevin Oppa (mr. cho) | Kevin Oppa (mr. cho) | Kevin Oppa (mr. cho) | 4:23 |
| Total length: | 50:38 | ||||
Content production
Credits adapted from album liner notes.[11]
Locations
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Personnel
- J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" – producer
- Lee Ji-young – direction and coordination (A&R)
- Jang Ha-na – music (A&R)
- Kim Yeo-joo (Jane Kim) – music (A&R)
- Park Sun-hyeong – music (A&R)
- Kim Ji-hyeong – production (A&R)
- Choi A-ra – production (A&R)
- Kim Je-na (Jenna Kim) – production (A&R)
- Gong Da-yoon – production (A&R)
- Kim Bo-hyeon – design (A&R)
- Kim Tae-eun – design (A&R), web design, album art direction
- Choi Hye-jin – recording, mixing and assistant mixing engineer
- Eom Se-hee – recording and assistant mixing engineer
- Jang Han-soo – recording and assistant mixing engineer
- Friday of Galactika – recording engineer and chorus (on "Heart Shaker")
- Jowul – recording engineer, vocal producer (on "Merry & Happy"), vocal director and background vocals (on "24/7")
- Jeong Ho-hyun – recording engineer, all instruments and keyboard (on "Turtle" and "You in My Heart")
- Earattack – recording engineer, and all instruments and computer programming (on "Missing U" and "Rollin'")
- bass (on "Missing U"), background vocals (on "Rollin'") and director (on "Don't Give Up")
- Jeong Gyu-chang – recording engineer
- Kevin Oppa (mr. cho) – recording engineer, vocals producer (on "Love Line"), computer programming, piano and digital editing (on "Jaljayo Good Night")
- Frants – recording engineer, all instruments and computer programming (on "Look at Me")
- Tony Maserati – mixing engineer
- James Krausse – mixing engineer
- Lee Tae-seob – mixing engineer
- Lim Hong-jin – mixing and assistant mixing engineer
- Staytuned – mixing engineer
- Yoon Won-kwon – mixing engineer
- Jossi Ahjussi – mixing engineer
- Jeon Bu-yeon – assistant mixing engineer
- Bae So-yoon – assistant mixing engineer
- Park Jeong-eon – mastering engineer
- Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
- Kwon Nam-woo – mastering engineer
- Naive Production – video director
- Kim Young-jo – video executive producer
- Yoo Seung-woo – video executive producer
- Choi Pyeong-gang – video co-producer
- Kim Young-joon at Agency SEED – photographer
- Kang Hye-in at Normallogic – album design
- Kang Hye-in at Normallogic – album design
- Choi Hee-seon at F. Choi – style director
- Son Eun-hee at Lulu – hair and makeup director
- Jung Nan-young at Lulu – hair and makeup director
- Choi Ji-young at Lulu – hair and makeup director
- Jo Sang-ki at Lulu – hair and makeup director
- Zia at Lulu – hair and makeup director
- Jeon Dal-lae at Lulu – hair and makeup director
- Won Jung-yo – makeup director
- Yoon Hee-so – choreographer
- Kang Da-sol – choreographer
- Today Art – printing
- David Amber – all instruments, computer programming (on "Heart Shaker")
- Avenue 52 – all instruments, additional programming (on "Heart Shaker")
- Galactika – vocal director (on "Heart Shaker")
- e.Na – chorus (on "Heart Shaker")[12]
- Joe Lawrence – all instruments, computer programming (on "Merry & Happy")
- Jihyo of Twice – background vocals (on "Merry & Happy", "Likey", "Ding Dong" and "Love Line")
- Nayeon of Twice – background vocals (on "Merry & Happy" and "Likey")
- Kim Cho-young – background vocals (on "Merry & Happy")
- Rado – all instruments, computer programming and background vocals (on "Likey")
- Choi Hoon – bass (on "Turtle" and "You in My Heart")
- Yoon Tae-woong – guitar (on "Turtle" and "You in My Heart")
- Kim Yoon-ji – chorus (on "Turtle")
- Kim Jong-seong – guitar (on "Missing U")
- Nam Joo – background vocals (on "Missing U", "FFW" and "Rollin'")
- Jeong Yoo-ra at Cassette08 – digital editing (on "Missing U", "Rollin'" and "Don't Give Up")
- Jeong Dong-hwan & Park Ji-yong & Nusoul – keyboards (on "Wow")
- Kriz – background vocals (on "Wow")
- Park Gi-tae – guitar (on "Wow")
- NAOtheLAIZA – all instruments and computer programming (on "FFW")
- Antti Hynninen – all instruments and computer programming (on "Ding Dong")
- Caesar & Loui – all instruments and computer programming (on "24/7")
- Oh Han-sol – background vocals (on "Look at Me")
- Hyerim – background vocals (on "Look at Me")
- Fox Stevenson – all instruments and computer programming (on "Rollin'")
- Bin – background vocals (on "Rollin'" and "Don't Give Up")
- Darren Smith – all instruments and computer programming (on "Love Line")
- Chris Wahle – all instruments and computer programming (on "Don't Give Up")
- Kim So-ri – chorus (on "You in My Heart")
- Kim Jun-soo – guitar (on "Jaljayo Good Night")
- Lee Da-jeong – background vocals (on "Jaljayo Good Night")
Charts
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | 1st Korea Popular Music Awards | Best Album | Nominated | [18] |