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gag ittt
JYP needs to be banned from releasing trailers. I'm still suffering from PTSD from the "Sneakers" trailer.
Really though 😭😭 I would’ve thought they would completely overhaul their teaser strategy after the backlash and discourse sneakers’ teasers caused
@@choujimi In all fairness, they played it super safe with their most recent round of ITZY comeback trailers, although we've also discussed how hard those videos were phoned in. Clearly they're not willing to take any more big risks on them and that's for the best in my opinion because they weren't doing them any favors.
NAAH CUZ ME TOO
being a midzy in 2022 was like a fever dream
THE I CANT STOP ME TEASER LEAKING THE WHOLE CHORUS 😭😭
Am I the only one like sneaker?
Totally agree-- that makeup teaser was so intruiging and then the concept just felt watered down at the end. Love the song but it had so much untapped potential
if set me free has 100 fans i am one of them, if set me free has 10 fans i am one of them, if set me free has one fan i am that one fan, if set me free has no fans i am dead
i would get it etched on my grave so i can support it even when im 6 feet. hell, if stuff hits the fan, ill carve it onto my thigh
Meeeeeee
real 🙏
As the epitaph on my gravestone should be "'Cause you bring out the best of me (Best of me; Ooh, yeah)
All the things I'm ready to be (Everything)
Yeah, gonna set me, set me, set me free" 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Same I'm not a once but I loved this
what’s interesting is that, if im not mistaken, the first set me free teaser with the makeup was actually jeongyeon’s idea. so it seems like the twice members maybe had a broader vision for this comeback but that wasn’t fully expanded upon. like, this Does kind of link in the mv when sana removes her makeup and nayeon puts it back on her, the pieces are THERE, the IDEA is there but the lyrics kind of feel like adding new puzzle pieces to the already existing ones laying on a table. i feel like there was a bit of missed potential there. that being said, set me free is a top 3 twice title track for me so this isn’t shade to the song at all but as an era it definitely wasn’t as strong as it Could’ve been imo (like can u imagine how powerful it would’ve been if their first cb post renewals was abt being set free from expectations and limitations??)
If I remember correctly they received backlash after the makeup free teaser came out. I’ll dig around if I can find it but I remember reading abt it and being disappointed because I also felt like it would’ve been so good had it gotten expanded on plus it being Jeongyeons idea it was sad to hear it was removed.
@@mightymyax5108 No. they received a lot of attention in korean twitter for the teaser
@@mightymyax5108backlash from k netz I suppose? Damn they really go and try to ruin greatness
When I saw the first teaser for Set Me Free where the members are removing their makeup I thought , “Wow, we’re getting an empowering concept about being free from the expectations that women are held to. Twice are moving in a deeper and more meaningful direction”. Then the actual song and music video came out and that framework was not a part of the final product and I was like huh??? To this day i’m still so confused and annoyed. It feels like JYP was too scared to piss off their demographic of 50 year old business men who still see Twice as cute innocent girls rather than GROWN FUCKING WOMEN!!!
Yeah😢
SAME WITH "One Spark" there was a scene with Dahyun crying in a dance training room and i was like damn thats a drama that many in real life have dealt with but in the mv its just a mini struggle the group went through, but because dahyun aint lonely there, it shows how twice as groups make every member feel warm and fullfilled in joyness. Yeah, okay. Thought it could be a deepend topic. Just like u said about the removing of the makeup. That be a hot trending topic i would have loved too
I honestly wish that JYPE would take twices message from the “love between them and another”, to instead the love they have for themselves or their group. They’re at that point in their career, maturity wise. It seems like their last 2 releases REALLY wanted to be that. “Set me free” from societal expectations, or limitations of their industry. “One spark” and “I got you” being about the love they have for their group, and their careers. This change feels needed, and inevitable.
Isn’t that the message though for I Got You? The lyrics “No matter what you got me I got you,” seem to be about the members love towards each other, no?
@@larasnows3133 Yes it is! Thats why I wished set me free would’ve followed a similar message.
I think Set Me Free isn't helped by how it feels tamer than Moonlight Sunrise to me. It undercuts the core message of the song. Ultimately the expectations created by the title aren't fully met by the song. I reckon I could recontextualize it in my head, but I don't feel a need to do so.
Yeah definitely! After the success of TTT and the Basics from 2022, I think Moonlight Sunrise was the sound most people were looking for from twice
honestly, it kinda feels like since around 2021 Twice has been wanting to progress past the "cute and/or young love" concepts but Jyp just refuses to let them fully commit to the transition and instead wants to keep playing it safe since they make the company a TON of money. That isn't to say their music has been in a decline for the past few years, some of the more recent comebacks are among my all time favorites from them, but it just feels like there is some kind of disconnect between what the members and the company want for the future of the group. And if that's the case then it's pretty frustrating cause like they have the popularity, the stability, the seniority to branch out from the known Twice branding/sound/concept and still be successful, so set them free! (pun intended)
They still have cute songs like Hare Hare, they're just going a bit more experimental with their style. I notice that since Icsm their music has more retro influence but listening to their albums, the sounds are diverse
I don't have a source but i remember one of their interviews where they stated they wanted to do bright concepts again after icsm. I remember reading it back in 2021. Imo, i think them mixing bright and mature like TTT and One Spark showcase Twice the best.
Honestly this whole issue is more of a JYP issue than a twice issue. Jyp has a tendency of releasing teasers and concept photos that don't match the actual product they are releasing. Itzy's sneakers being the number example, people thought it was a royal concept and it ended up being the total opposite. They really need to hire new people for their creative team because it's getting quite ridiculous that smaller companies are better at releasing teasers that build anticipation than a big 4 company.
I feel like twice doesn't care about competiting anymore and just release what they want because they done that for 7 years and have a loyal fan base already.
Being paired up with set me free by jimin from bts by similar realease dates makes your point more strong when comparing side by side lyrics and deviation from the molds. Not judging value between them, just contrasting.
That’s a good point! They were released so close to each other and with the same name 😭 jimin’s SMF lyrically went in the kind of direction I thought twice was going to go into
YOU made POINTS. And like FR why is them breaking their hands out of some imaginary confinement part of the choreo if in the end… it’s a ‘love’ song. I totally agree with you about feeling like it started as one thing but then by the time it was what they put out it was another. It feels like someone at jype went ‘hey guys isnt this sort of breaking free self empowerment forward facing messaging ITZY’s thing?’ And someone was like ‘we’ll rework it into a love song and they won’t even notice the di-
Tbh, i never really new that set me free was a love song, because i never payed attention to the lyrics, but now just learning that it is, im kind of distraught. smf is suchhhhhhhh a goood song and i love it sm, but i feel like since even the instrumentals and the name of the song feels so emmpowering, i really wish it could have been about being set free from a toxic relationship.
I really want TW to do concept, sound,styling, lyricsim that they did for Perfect world for their Korean comeback.
I feel like it would a nice thing to both Onces and casual listeners cause I think Twice's becoming more and more formula based as comebacks go especially after contact renewal.
Not that all songs and performances are bad, far from it. I just see comebacks less extending as non Onces who genuinely enjoy in a lot of things they did both individually and as a group.
I remember Jeongyeon recently-ish saying she wants to do something with sexy concept, a song like Good at love would open many directions in everything if done properly.
I agree! A song like perfect world / good at love as a promoted Korean title track would be so good!
jyp needs to seriously hire a new creative team. their concepts are always just all over the place
I would really love to see what twice would do in a complety different genre and a maybe more different song structure
Same! I’d like to see more section switches, and allow members like Tzuyu, Mina and Dahyun to sing the main parts of a chorus
Hater...go to listen american pop
@@rossanascarati2720 i am a hater because I want to hear their voices in a differnt Genre? Make it make sense
@@carolinesch. They did different genres ...pop dance , RnB , retro ...go to listen your american they always do Boring music
@@rossanascarati2720 my american? I am not even american, and if you dont want to hmget my point then get out of my comment and dont reply like that
that's a very interesting discussion you brought up. I don't listen to that many 3rd gen groups but I agree that some projects seem like vague on purpose. But in 4th gen, songs and even albums are straight to point and it is working for groups. Gidle, Le Sserafim and most of Itzy songs are great examples.
since ready to be was heavily promoted in the west, i feel like div2 took that fact that english speaking audiences in the west would not be looking into the lyrics quite as much as korean audiences, since we cant speak korean lol. and thats why i feel like there is a disconnect between the visual storytelling of the music video compared to the lyrics. if that makes sense? it is kind of sad that what couldve been with this project is right there in front of us in the mv, but the lyrics just dont tell the same story. but anyways... set me free was my top streamed song of 2023, and i have no qualms! i genuinely love the 70s inspired strings and disco sound that this followed, i think twice is at their best when they explore retro sounds (idk if that's a hot take but... i just think they pull it off so well)
Same! I think the song production by itself was a big success, and I don’t mind twice’s retro sound either - ICSM is one of my all-time favorite title tracks
I'm so glad you made this video. I think the reasons why songs like Scientist and Set Me Free didn't do as well have very little if anything to do with quality and more to do with things like the psychological and sociopolitical aspects. And this takes me back to a video I made on Scientist years ago at this point, and I'm remembering now why I love this form of analysis so much. I also very much love both songs, and it's weird talking about their shortcomings kinda makes me love them more? Idk. But thank you for making this video. It's one of my favorites of yours, which is saying a lot.
I’m a scientist defender until the end as well 😭 I definitely understand what you mean by appreciating songs more by identifying what could’ve been better about them. I think SMF had the potential to be so much more than it was, but that doesn’t impact how I appreciate the song in the end
Finally I feel understood... Ready To Be era felt very lifeless. I agree with the comments saying Twice tries to get more mature but fails to deliver on it. Its fine with me to just go back to cute concepts then...
out of context some part of set me free instrumental reminds me of subway surfers sound idk why in the best way tho, i really liked set me free!!
lmao it does
I think it was rushed💨 because it wasn’t ready due to their contract. Moonlight sunrise mv seems so rushed, no full choreography at time of release, and the mv ended with a cliff hanger that didn’t really fit with anything else.
I agree that the release felt rushed. My theory is that jype wanted to send them on tour really badly but needed them to release new music so that could. Everything besides the music felt low quality compared to past twice releases.
The initial teaser was called Our Youth. I have a feeling that One Spark and I Got You were not ready at the time. So, they picked several songs that Twice recorded and released it to accompany the world tour. Hence, the conceptualization of this comeback isn't as strong as most of their releases.
I think your analysis makes sense, especially since TWICE has songs that tackle the topic of barriers, expectations, and prejudice like Breakthrough, Queen, and even Likey to some extent... so it is interesting to see the direction they went with SMF.
That said, you could argue that maybe the creative directors (or who knows maybe TWICE themselves) wanted to portray love as this powerful force that fuels them to break past the obstacles to eventually be set free, idk.
Either way, they ate with the fake ending stunt and the ARMNHMR remix that's for sure!!! 😌👌🏾
It really sucks to see all these other jyp managed girl groups get managed so well with their concepts and ideas when twice's concepts and title tracks have kind of stayed the same and not really excelled. The pre release tracks these days are a lot more well rounded than the title tracks 😥😥I LOVE TWICE SM THO I LOVE THEIR BSIDES SM every song on the our youth album slapped!
girl i love your discussion videos, you're literally the only one i can stand when it comes to kpop-related commentary LOL
Wow thank you so much 😭 also I like your enya pfp
@@choujimi thank youuu fellow enya umanzor lover
Due to me not hearing JYP teasers through bad experiencies (yes Not Shy i still love you, but i'm talking to you) i didn't know what to expect from this comeback when i heard the title Set Me Free i thought that Twice were going to release their main Korean first break up song as a title track (Cry For Me doesn't count). So after hearing this video, the album and the title track i came to the conclusion that Ready to Be is a history of a relationship that starts strong and ends up horribly (With the order of the songs describing the relationship is Wallflower > Moonlight Sunrise > Ready to Be > Got the Thrills > Don't Blame It On Me > Crazy Stupid Love).
The problem i have perosnally (besides my issues with Twice & retro) is that Twice essence was almost entirely removed from the comeback. No, i'm not saying that the comeback should've been cutesy or colorful, but thw Twice essence & style is being lively, and Set Me Free (for the most part) is very sluggish. This IMO
This video was so great, raised a lot of points ive thought about, ive always thought a lot twice recent relases could be bigger if jyp put more effort into the creative vision and marketing.
Oh so absolutely right, I do believe they had a bigger concept for the group in mind because the teasers were very special. But in the end the jyp way of things got in the way. They try to appeal again and again to old kpop concepts when today empowering songs rule the charts, even in Korea… so, what is it going to take for them to realize… since they really don’t care about the kcharts placements of the group apart from the physical copies.
I just realized I never bothered watching the MV for this song. I'm not even sure if I've ever listened to the song in its entirety. Just heard the chorus and some teasers and never went back.
nmixx's creative direction is so good though. i only follow ggs really and out of the jype groups i like theirs is leaps and bounds above the rest
Yeah! NMIXX seems to have a really good creative direction team that has adapted quite well after each comeback - the Fe3o4 album is one of the best conceptual projects to come out JYPE in a long time imo
Even with the English Version it opens with “I want it all and I ain’t ever gonna settle, even if all of this is just a fantasy”
Like, if they kept going with that mentality through the entire song, imagine the power it could’ve held
But no, immediately after is “cuz’ I’ve been hiding how I feel for you forever, now that it’s off my chest there’s room for you and me.”
Loved the song (the album is a bop, Wallflower flows in my veins), the styling was peak (outside of one shirt) and I still bought the album for my friends to jam to for our trip to their concert (Got the Thrills and Blame It On Me were hits on the road.)
Yeah the English version especially 😭 another person mentioned that maybe SMF was turned into a love song because the album was to be marketed to the west, but I feel like “breaking from limitations” would’ve found the same amount of success regardless
And same! Wallflower and Got the Thrills have become some of my favorite twice bsides
I remember being so excited by the 1st teaser and then being so disappointed to not see much of that in the actual song and video we got. I had to set my expectations aside to appreciate the song for what it was and not what I thought it was going to be.. but they made me think that! I kind of feel the same way about the song. I think it's great, but it could have been spectacular
One of the hardest pills I’ve had to swallow being a Once is that Twice has never and won’t ever do concepts that pushes boundaries. Everytime they comeback I’m always left a little disappointed in their soft or very ordinary concepts and I think I’m just waiting for someone bigger or riskier..cry for me was amazing for this reason, and their new album with youth is one of their best in recent times but still, I’m waiting for that special innovative comeback they deserve
I totally agree. I really love Set Me Free though because I was waiting for this, but the One Spark comeback is a flop for me.. it's anti TWICE for me. In the way it is not innovative, so safe and the chorus is so forgettable.
TWICE built their career on being completely original with fresh and innovative music, paired with the addicting melodies. Plus their concepts.
They have no reason to give up on this. Combining TWICE experience and more mature concept of now, with the genius of the old TWICE would make the biggest break through in the industry. But JYP has been so bad lately.
I loved loved Twice but this is why I have been drawn to G-idle lately. You expressed it very well!
So I am not a person who really puts concepts very high up, unless a company has proven itself to do well at this time after time. TWICE is not such a group for me, so I solely go in based on how I enjoy the songs. I haven't saved anything from this era as imo the vocals were yet again even quite jarring on the main tracks. Nor to do I subjectively enjoy that 70s sound like that for TWICE. I do enjoy the new album and the more laid back vibes though. I saved 2 songs and I love them!
Comparing earlier works like ooh ah, cheep up, and what is love; after several years in the industry, its great to hear Twice's release Set Me Free, Talk That Talk, and Scientist. These songs feel different and mature than the usual Kpop formula. As those that grew with Twice can affirm, the new songs haa that 80's synth like Likey but hits differently when you've gone past 21
I think Twice could've made a huge comeback in sales and "relevancy" if they went with the original intention and what was teased in the MV teaser. Removing their makeup and removing themselves from limitations. The song had a lot of potential that I think went wrong. They went from a lot of people talking about the teaser to a few people talking about the song when it came out. The same thing happened with "I Got You" A lot of people were tuned in but the hype was lost as time went on and they didn't promote it until the album came out. By that time people had already forgotten the original excitement
UGH i have so much to say about this video and ur points,,, but all i can is subscribe rn. speechless, cuz u put so many words to the thoughts i had about this era!!
set me free showcases how much aesthetics matter in kpop!i feel like if they followed the same aesthetics mlsr it would have been much bigger,cuz smf lacks particular aesthetics but mlsr has very strong emphasis on its dreamy aesthetics
I really enjoyed this video
This song slaps i refuse to elaborate
DISSOLVE DIV 2 AND DIV 3 AND GIVE TWICE AND ITZY TEAMS WITH PASSION
Twice are still so very young and they can get even bigger than now with the right effort put into their music and sets. The songs are not bad, neither are the music videos. But something is lacking the star factor and is not the girls fault. It pisses me off that it seems like the only reason they still have comebacks is because the girls themselves want to remain together not because Jype cares about them any longer, even if they still have so much to offer is like the company doesn't see the point anymore besides the fans they already have..
Back when they released and promoted cry on me they were gaining so much western public and Jype didn't bother going after more
Set me free sounded more like a b side or a side reject rather than title track material for twice
i feel JYP making twice known as the standard of girl groups, has not allowed them to explore out of their comfort zones ,which are mainly love songs. red velvet is known to be experimental and there's songs that have been disliked by the majority but still have a solid fanbase. companies will always prioritise domestic fans and as majority of twice fans in kr are male, i feel they are shifting towards newer groups of 4th/5th gen. which is why twice not FULLY committing to the change up because in fear of losing even more fans. JYP groups also tend to follow trends, unlike SM or YG who has their established sound
loved this video
set me free they will never make me hate you
the problem with twice and itzy now is the lack of perspective and that's why their latest comeback have no spark (no pun intended lol) and some creative gimmick that makes their music stand out, the sound and visuals as bland as possible and that's what upsets me the most
only few years ago twice and itzy were the groups with the strongest identities conceptually
Set me free could have been amazing if the next tracks were super edgy, bad girl, or sexy. It would complete Twice’s gradual coming of age discography. Idk why they won’t let these girls be full blown women yet lmao
I love Set me Free, I will ALWAYS defend it wholeheartedly but whenever I hear the instrumental I just cant help but imagine the song being more Funk-ish if that makes sense? like the instrumental goes so well as like an instrumental for a party-based song from the 70s or something
I agree with you ...this concept seems unfinished; i think to they need to go all out to attract more attention and add more fun in the concept. As a fan I'm a bit sad that Set Me Free had so much potential but much of it is wasted. For example the trailer of them removing makeup, and finally breaking free from societal standards towards women, but was taken aback in the end, and was turned into a love song. If the girls wanted to do a concept like this, their creative team should fully support them... they don't have much chances left to do a concept they want as a whole group anymore(considering they're into their 9th year now)
Nonetheless, the song is still a banger, and I will support twice unconditionally ❤
Concept teasers and trailers only werrrrks for sm 😅
it’s like i get your point but it feels like a non problem like it didn’t work for them didn’t do all that well wasn’t received very positively and the gp just didn’t vibe with it that much and we’re trying to go back and find a reason for that but i don’t think the love song concept is preventing anyone from enjoying the song if they love the instrumental, the vocals, the visual concept etc…
i love set me free as a song, although many onces do hate on it a lot. i don’t think it’s because they think the song is bad, but as you mentioned in the video, rtb was twice’s first comeback after the contract renewal. onces expected a lot more from the title track than what set me free gave. it didn’t help that the concept was so ambiguous either.
now ready to be as an era is a part of twice’s journey that i will always remember. the tour provided a lot of firsts for both twice and onces which was fun for me to experience. the ready to be tour was meant to show the world twice’s individual talents as well as their group talents. the tour has a lot of sentimental value to me, but the album it was attached to didn’t hit the mark. not because it was bad by any means, but when twice have title tracks like i can’t stop me and talk that talk, there is a high bar to meet.
I love Set Me Free, like the song is a bop, the choreo slays, the MV is gorgeous. the end product being the literal antithesis of what the entire concept was about though, that burns.
tho for with you-th, i do appreciate that they legitimately took it beyond the framework, though maybe thats cuz twice had the pens and not jyp division 2.
Okay just starting the video. LOVE THIS IDEA. Also the rap line/break would LOVE to debate you over your first sentence of this vid 😂💀
Haha 😭 yeah… I agree the bridge could’ve definitely been something other than a rap
Nah the rap was the best part of the song
you spilled it, so sad that twice get to work with these poor n vague concepts.
i NEED your take on the new album
PRETTY GiRLS ^_^
the way the opening trailer gave off such a unique vibe and it felt so new and so good and then set me free released and it definitely underwhelmed me a bit but i wish they could just stick to one thing 😞
when the meaning is so ambiguous it genuinely does not matter at all
honestly if they arent doing a glamorous adult concept, twice's more mature concept singles dont tend to take off. i think the fans are still mad we didnt get the cry for me era we felt we deserved after growing up with twice.
to me the song was really uninspired in terms of production, i love disco, but there's nothing that sticks out about this song and the rap imo was terrible. but i would've liked it more if there was an actual self-empowerment concept... so the song was already bland for me but the video made it even worse lol.
I just feel like JYP tries so bad to copy what's popular but in like a superficial way which ends up producing half baked products, only group I can see that has been taking some risks with original concepts is nmixx, meanwhile some groups like itzy still feel directionless
twice are at the top of their game right now. jyp needs to let their artists flourish!
Actually, more had potential to not be a love song
Most notably set me free which could've been TWICE's own Wannabe or Dalla Dalla
There's also blame it on me which has potential to be more powerful self love type song
Dont get me wrong i absolutely love these songs and Dahyun's writing
I feel she captured the beat of crazy stupid love live much better
Like you can feel from the other 4 songs what they are
Moonlight sunrise gives of this sexy vibe and hence its lyrics are kinda suggestive as well
Wallflower screams elegant flirty and that's exactly what that song is (it is my theme song atp, i live for it😭😭😭)
Crazy stupid live screams break up song and it is that😭
Got the thrills screams newly fell in love and is that as well
The title of the album ks perfect for these 4 songs as they are ready to be something new
Moonlight sunrise us ready to enter a new type of love
Wallflower is well (god) getting a wallflower out of there shell, making them ready to be something new
Crazy stupid love is ready to move on
Got the thrills is ready to embrace anew feeling
Set me free and blame it on me thi feel they have much much more potential
I just expect a MISAMO comeback!!
I've been enjoying One Spark and the whole EP
The thing is onces are tired of Mina being treated like a lead vocal and Jeongyeon like a sub vocal, thats why onces are leaving Twice fandom
I thought Set Me Free was great. But One Spark... a total miss. After Set Me Free which was more retro and grounded, that comeback was supposed to bring back the original TWICE power and hype.
TWICE have built their career and success on innovative music and concepts. Combining the more experienced and mature TWICE of now with the genius of TWICE before would bring the group and JYP to new heights. It would be absolutely groundbreaking, they have so much to offer. Remember it was a time where Twice were the direct competition of Blackpink... what did JYPE do ?
Something clearly changed at JYP if you look at all of their girlgroups, they're in a downfall but for what reason?
Hi! Can you do Unis?
I loved Set me free from the first listen but the awful rap sections never fail to take me out of it. They're so short to even matter and rather than transition into a satisfying final chorus they just pause the song like a 5 second ad break I can't wait to skip T.T
Honestly I kind of like the ambiguity of this come back, the title track is kind of like a double entendre, however the fact it stayed as a framework is it’s main downfall. I imagine twice have a massive/relatively large budget and i really would have loved to see them explore several concepts like the makeup one, the 70s concept, the film concept… don’t tell me one story but several. Sometimes not everything needs to be to the point in my opinion and be one linear story and that’s okay. They could have done several concepts in one, maybe doing a Newjeans and having several M/V’s for the same song (like side A, side B, etc). JYPE really needs to get their stuff together because we could really cool groups with good stories to tell, I imagine they don’t go the extra mile because of trying to market to the mass public. Ok sorry for my ramble but I wish and pray that twice has a better narrative too, I liked with you-th because it felt like it was going in that direction.
Also i think jyp did such a good job maturing twice concept from cute stuff like tt, signal ect to fancy, feel special to finally cant stop me and more and more. With this change in direction with the disco vibe I feel like there should be a warning be4 hand. Same happened with sneakers. With skz it is not a problem bcz they are a boy group and have a way loyal fanbase than any other group.(I would say as loyal as army and lilies). But with groups like twice and itzy the general public is more important so for that i guess a proper idea of what the song is gonna be should be conveyed properly. So even when some of the people dont like it, the others will have time to persuade them into supporting and liking it.
I'm fed up with Twice's love songs and friendship songs, they really need to steer hard and get bold.
i feel like twice has been pretty underwhelming lately, i feel like jype is losing its ability to come out with addictive hit songs the way it used to. it doesn’t really matter what the song is talking about, a good chorus will save any concept
i like your videos and usually agree with your opinions, but one criticism for YOU would be that you repeat the same points over and over in the same way instead of really explaining it and this video in particular it is very prominent
Having seen every trailer, spoiler, sneak peak, but ONLY caring about how the music sounded and the lyrics… I loved the song. I thought it was better than Talk That Talk and probably Alcohol Free and Scientist (And I loved those 3). Just my opinion.
Exactly. Views don't matter at all. Set Me Free is 10 times better than moonlight sunrise yet moonlight sunrise got more views attention etc...
@@ButterflySUB OH YES, Totally agree. I didn’t like Moonlight Sunrise as much as everyone did (It has very catchy lyrics tho, i’ll give it that), and I think this song is far better.
Ready to be ep is the ep of the year, album of the year imo. It didn't get any daesang 😢. How come!!
only 15 seconds in and oh my goddd the framework thing. fe304: break had amazing trailers and teasers but nothing came of them. the whole buildup to dice, with the rules of play and each member having a different role, that would've been so cool even if only for one comeback! a tarot concept! i also think back to itzy's checkmate promo, they weren't hinting at a greater universe or anything but they were hinting at a GOOD SONG DIFFERENT FROM THEIR TYPICAL TITLE TRACKS and then we got fuckass sneakers. yk people make fun of like magic but that's really as deep as jyp projects go nowadays, coordinated outfits and cool sets and making money. which i guess is what kpop is.
I think part of the issue with the entire SMF era was that even JYP didn’t know what they wanted to do with Twice. Moonlight Sunrise got so much backlash because it was seen as too mature for Twices concepts. Although JY himself said he wanted the idea of a grown up Twice, you could tell they backpedaled when SMF came. The entire album was good but not cohesive. With Youth benefitted from committing back to Twices mature sound but inserting a lot of nostalgia and fun lighter concepts.
This is an amazing video but can we talk about how funny it is that a group called Twice is under Division 2? (Never knew that before)
I think they're under 3 not 2
My personal reasons why Set Me Free didn't work:
- The pre-release (Moonlight Sunrise), it almost blocked the opportunity of Set Me Free to be the only one to be focused on since Set Me Free was supposed to be the title track. I hope the pre-release trend will die.
- The music video was lengthy, it was kinda hard for it to stream TH-cam-wise.
- The promotions. They initially promoted the song first in America, which I believed, boycotted by the KNetizens, reflected by the KCharts.
- The concept of the MV doesnt scream "Set Me Free" or "Ready To Be" enough. It feels like they're forced.
Also in a way i never really saw set me free that much as a comeback release since it felt very clear they were using the song as a tour opener and the song that were using to present themselves in the west. it does feel kinda rushed as well, i just wish jyp did more
Set Me Free is their worst title track for me. It's just so boring
I love teaser spoiling
Before I say anything, one small correction!! Twice's actually in division 3. Itzy is the only group on division 2!
Ok so, the whole Ready To Be era felt RUSHED, even tho it had the "biggest promo" among recent releases and was announced back in December 2022, which is extremely disappointing to say the least.
JYPE has this thing of announcing projects way ahead of the date and I HATE IT. I mean, 3 MONTHS of rollout >by JYPE< makes any hype negative... that was their first mistake, and it's not new bc we had the same issue in The Feels but w/ the album announced at the end of the MV, at least the gap felt shorther. But TF was SUPER MESSY, the song started being teased TWO 😭 MONTHS ahead of it's release but had a 3 weeks gap between the 1st & 2nd set of teasers. Also, they obviously switched Itzy's comeback date for TF's since the tweet about the single said friday of SEPTEMBER and all of a sudden it changed to Oct 1st.
DIV3 100% changed the concept between announcement and planning. They completely discarted the 'Our Youth' thing and used it for With You-th. It's clear. The shoots for Ready & Be ver. scream last minute, Ready is a fashion crime 😭, the MV to me is very amateurish in quite a lot of scenes, specially this one 0:53, and the set felt small.
I do love all tracks from RTB, but since the start I felt they seem randomly selected from old albums rejects, like strong 2016-18 vibes. And the disco sound isn't bad, just extremely overdone. SMF goes wild live tho, I almost fainted at the concert!!
The MSLR MV had better production than SMF imo, but looked a tad cheap on some parts too, and not that relevant but I think 7/9 of the white fits just aren't it...
Last for both: promotions were just bad. MLSR had nothing but dance challenges and cringe Tiktoks for weeks even after becoming their biggest debut day and week ?? then SMF had plenty of offline promo just to satify fans... Fine, getting their colors on Empire States is very cool, but I wouldn't consider it promo bc no one pays attention to this. Pop up stores aim towards fans too, TV performances are fine even if they don't do much for the effort TWICE has to put in them, playlisting went all to SMF (Eng) for some reason ? + again neither the single or title were sent to radio...
I swear I tried to make the comment smaller, sorry 😅
Set Me Free is peak TWICE 2.0 for me.
Forgive me i have only in 2024 become aware of Twice, and i thought Set me Free was pretty great , i enjoy it. I seem to like more of the things they did in the last two years more than earlier things and i also like the way most of them look a little older. I do not understand why you say it did not work? Also yes i understand since i am in the USA i understand why i would like the more English oriented songs. But like Hare Hare i think is great also.
Twice has been drifting making generic and vague music for a few years nows. JYPE's fault obviously, they need to change.
What set me free couldnt do one spark surpassed it
Why set me free didn’t work. But what about Scientist? Talk that talk? One spark?
The truth is, Twice just isn’t as popular in Korea as they used to be. And there’s nothing wrong with it. Their decline in SK charts started with fancy, so we can’t expect them to still do great in charts. They’re so much more popular in the West so it doesn’t matter.
Twice is already the best selling girl group this year, what are you talking about 😂
I’m not talking about numbers or chart performances, just the concept of SMF
@@kuma1326yeah cause barely anyone has released yet
I just noticed that almost every song from the album is about love, and I think that the lyricism in it is quite cohesive. But I do agree with this one
It’s one of my favorite songs from them
Another day, another Kpop "fan" complaining. Swear Kpop fans do nothing besides complain and toxic Stan.....
I’m not dissatisfied or annoyed with Set Me Free; I’m not complaining, or at least that wasn’t my intention.
I think your a tad bit late
Youre wrong, it is obvious
I love it so muchhh Ready To Be is my favourite album of all time T-T
I think despite it not being popular it has still higher quality than nude, super shy or any other 4th generation song.
I think you got the meaning of set me free wrong in the love context. It's about having a crush on someone for a long time but finally setting yourself free by telling them & confessing to them. In this way there is room for the relationship to work. You can clearly understand the meaning from the first few lines of the song.