''BDZ'' (an abbreviation for "bulldozer") is the debut Japanese
studio album
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(second overall) by South Korean girl group
Twice
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. It was released on September 12, 2018, by
Warner Music Japan
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. The album contains five previously released songs and five new ones, including the
title track of the same name produced by
Park Jin-young
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. The title "symbolizes the members' wish to be tough and live strong".
A
repackaged edition with one additional song was released on December 26, 2018.
Background and release
On June 3, 2018, at
Twice 2nd Tour: Twiceland Zone 2 – Fantasy Park in Osaka, it was announced that Twice would release their first Japanese album in the autumn. The title track "
BDZ" was pre-released as a digital single on August 17, along with the accompanying music video.
[ The full album was released on September 12, along with a "document video" of "Be as One" featuring behind-the-scenes footage of Twice's first year in Japan.
A repackage was released on December 26, 2018, containing "Stay by My Side", the theme song of the Japanese television drama '. "Stay by My Side" was released as a digital single on October 22 along with a "making" music video showing Twice recording the song.
]
Promotion
"BDZ" was first performed on ''Music Station
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'' on August 31, 2018, and it was performed on the opening stage of Tokyo Girls Collection
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the next day. All songs from the album were performed during Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ", which began on September 29 in Chiba
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.
Commercial performance
''BDZ'' debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of Oricon Albums Chart
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with 89,721 units sold, setting a record for the highest first day sales of albums released by K-pop girl groups in Japan.The Nolans
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, BoA
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, Kara
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, and Girls' Generation
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.Billboard Japan
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'', sold 181,605 copies and 3,239 downloads from September 10–16, 2018.[ It was certified Platinum by the ]RIAJ
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on October 11 – Twice's fifth consecutive platinum certification.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD album liner notes.Twice
Twice (; Japanese: トゥワイス, Hepburn: ''To~uwaisu''; commonly stylized as TWICE) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, ...
– background vocals
* Ikuko Tsutsumi – background vocals
* Dr. Jo – vocal recording director (on "BDZ")
* Tony Maserati – mixing engineer (on "BDZ", "One More Time", "Candy Pop", "Wake Me Up")
* Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
* Na.Zu.Na – all instruments (on "BDZ", "One More Time", "L.O.V.E", "Brand New Girl")
* Min Lee "collapsedone" – all instruments and computer programming (on "Candy Pop" and "Say it Again")
* Mayu Wakisaka
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– background vocals and vocal recording director (on "Candy Pop" and "Say it Again")
* Naoki Yamada – mixing engineer (on "L.O.V.E", "Wishing", "Brand New Girl", "I Want You Back")
* Mussashi (Albi Albertsson) – all instruments (on "Wishing")
* Brian – recording engineer (on "Wishing")
* Shin Bong-won – mixing engineer (on "Say it Again")
* Atsushi Shimada – all instruments (on "Wake Me Up")
* Kim Seung-soo – all instruments (on "Be as One")
* Choi Hyun-jun – all instruments and vocal recording director (on "Be as One")
* Chung Soo-wan – guitars (on "Be as One")
* Jo Jun-sung – mixing engineer (on "Be as One")
* Yuichi Ohno – all instruments except guitars (on "I Want You Back")
* Akitoshi Kuroda – guitars (on "I Want You Back")
Locations
Recording
* JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea (all songs except "Wishing")
* U Production Studio, Seoul, South Korea ("Wishing")
Mixing
* Mirrorball Studios, North Hollywood, California ("BDZ", "One More Time", "Candy Pop", "Wake Me Up")
* I to I Communications, Tokyo, Japan ("L.O.V.E", "Wishing", "Brand New Girl", "I Want You Back")
* MusicLab Busan Studios, Busan, South Korea ("Say it Again")
* WSound, Seoul, South Korea ("Be as One")
Mastering
* Sterling Sound, New York City, New York
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Accolades
References
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2018 albums
Twice (group) albums
Warner Music Japan albums
Japanese-language albums
Electropop albums