Twicecoaster: Lane 1

Twicecoaster: Lane 1 (stylized as TWICEcoaster : LANE 1) is the third extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group Twice. The EP was released digitally and physically on October 24, 2016 by JYP Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. It contains seven tracks, including the lead single "TT" (refers to the emoticon used to express crying or sadness). The EP is the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 units at year-end.

The reissue of the EP, titled Twicecoaster: Lane 2, was released on February 20, 2017.

Background and release
On October 10, 2016, JYP Entertainment released a time table for Twice's third extended play through their official homepage and SNS, which shows the group's promotion schedule beginning October 10 until the release of their album on the 24th. It was followed by the release of intro video, track list and album and group image teasers on the next few days. The two versions of the album, apricot and neon magenta, represent Twice's official colors which they announced on September 23, 2016. On October 17, 18 and 19, the individual teaser films of each member were released at midnight.

In celebration of Twice's first anniversary since debut, the group unveiled the EP's seventh track "One in a Million", the song they dedicated to fans, through a live broadcast on Naver V Live titled Twice 1st Anniversary V on October 20 at 22:30 KST. On October 22, it was revealed that the album has nine random CD covers featuring the nine members of the group. On the next day, Twice released the album highlight which outlines every song in the EP, and credits each of the producers and songwriters. They also uploaded image teaser of the choreography of "TT" on their homepage. The album was officially released on the next day. It was also released as a digital download on various music portals.

Promotion
Twice held their showcase for the EP on October 24, 2016 at the Blue Square located in Seoul, South Korea. They performed songs from their previous albums: "Like Ooh-Ahh", "Do It Again", "Precious Love", "Cheer Up" and "Candy Boy". They also performed "One in a Million", "Jelly Jelly" and "TT" for the first time at the showcase, which was broadcast live via Naver V Live.

On October 27, 2016, Twice made their comeback stage on M Countdown in Jeju, which gathered 10,000 local and international fans and was broadcast in thirteen countries. It was then followed by performances on the October 28th episode of Music Bank, Show! Music Core on the 29th and The Show on November 1 where they won their first trophy with "TT". The group also performed for the first time since debut on Show Champion and also won the trophy on the November 2nd episode of the program. Their final comeback performance was on the November 6th episode of Inkigayo. Twice performed their new songs "1 to 10" and "TT" for all comeback stages.

Twice performed "Jelly Jelly" for the first time in music program on the November 27th episode of Inkigayo.

Commercial performance
On October 31, 2016, it was reported that Twicecoaster: Lane 1 recorded more than 165,000 physical sales on Gaon Chart within a week. It exceeded the five-month sales of Twice's previous album Page Two in only seven days. The EP entered the Billboard charts World Albums at number 3.

On November 22, it was reported that the EP had surpassed 200,000 physical sales, making Twice the only K-pop girl group who had sold over 200,000 copies throughout 2014 to 2016. The EP is the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 units at year-end.

Christmas edition
On December 5, 2016, it was announced through their official SNS channels that the group would be releasing a Christmas edition of Twicecoaster: Lane 1. It was released on December 19 with the same track listing as the original release. The Christmas edition sold over 115,000 copies in pre-orders.

Track listing

Content production
Credits adapted from album liner notes.

Locations

 Recording
 JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
 Prelude Studio, Seoul, South Korea
 Trinity Sound Studio, Seoul, South Korea
 Paradise Music Studio, Seoul, South Korea
 U Productions Studio A, Seoul, South Korea
 Kairos Music Group, Los Angeles, California

 Mixing
 JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
 W Sound Studio, Seoul, South Korea
 Echo Bar Studios, Los Angeles, California

 Mastering
 Sonic Korea, Seoul, South Korea

Personnel

 J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" – producer
 Black Eyed Pilseung – co-producer
 Lee Ji-young – direction and coordination (A&R)
 Jang Ha-na – music (A&R)
 Nam Jeong-min – music (A&R)
 Kim Ji-hyeong – production (A&R)
 Kim Bo-hyeon – design (A&R), album design and artwork
 Kim Tae-eun – design (A&R), album design and artwork
 Choi Hye-jin – recording and assistant mixing engineer
 Im Hong-jin – recording engineer
 Lee Chang-seon – recording engineer
 Kim Si-cheol – recording engineer
 Yang Jeong-nam – recording engineer
 Brian U – recording engineer
 Kang Yeon-noo – recording engineer
 Wes Koz – assistant recording engineer and acoustic guitar (on "Next Page")
 Kevin Wong "Koncept" – assistant recording engineer
 Park Sang-rok – assistant recording engineer
 Lee Tae-seob – mixing engineer
 Kim Yong-woon "goodear" – mixing engineer
 Jo Joon-seong – mixing engineer
 Bob Horn – mixing engineer
 Choi Ja-yeon – assistant mixing engineer
 Park Jeong-eon – mastering engineer
 Kim Young-jo (Naive Creative Production) – music video director
 Yoo Seung-woo (Naive Creative Production) – music video director
 Kim Young-joon (Agency Seed) – photographer
 Choi Hee-seon – stylist
 Im Ji-hyeon – stylist
 Park Nae-joo – hair director
 Won Jeong-yo – makeup director
 Park Nam-yong – choreographer
 Yoon Hee-so – choreographer
 Lia Kim – choreographer
 Jiggy Choi Young-joon – choreographer
 Hong Hoon-pyo – choreographer
 Rado – all instruments and computer programming (on "TT")
 Jihyo – background vocals (on "TT")
 Nayeon – background vocals (on "TT")
 Noday – all instruments, keyboard and computer programming (on "1 to 10")
 Chloe – all instruments, keyboard, computer programming and background vocals (on "1 to 10")
 Kwon Phillip – guitar (on "1 to 10")
 Yoon Woo-seon – piano (on "Ponytail")
 Kim Ki-wook – bass (on "Ponytail")
 Hong Joon-ho – guitar (on "Ponytail")
 Lee Gyu-hyeong – drum (on "Ponytail")
 Lee Dae-hee – synthesizer (on "Ponytail")
 Kim So-hyeon – chorus (on "Ponytail") and background vocals (on "Pit-a-Pat")
 east4A – all instruments and computer programming (on "Jelly Jelly")
 Jeong Jin-ha – background vocals (on "Jelly Jelly")
 Im Kwang-wook – all instruments and computer programming (on "Pit-a-Pat")
 Kang Ji-won – all instruments and computer programming (on "Pit-a-Pat")
 Joe J. Lee "Kairos" – all instruments and vocal production (on "Next Page")
 Hobyn "K.O" Yi – all instruments, keyboards, computer programming and vocal production (on "Next Page")
 Samuel J Lee – bass and vocal production (on "Next Page")
 Esther Park "Legaci" – background vocals and vocal production (on "Next Page")
 Bei Zhang – background vocals (on "Next Page")
 Sebastian Thott – all instruments, computer programming and guitars (on "One in a Million")
 Andreas Öberg – guitars (on "One in a Million")
 Lee Da-jeong – background vocals (on "One in a Million")

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Accolades

Release history

References

Category:2016 EPs
Category:Twice (band) EPs
Category:JYP Entertainment EPs
Category:Genie Music EPs
Category:Korean-language EPs
Category:Dance-pop EPs