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''Twinkle'' is the debut EP by the South Korean girl group
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, composed of
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, Tiffany, and
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. It was released digitally on April 29, 2012 and physically on May 2, 2012 by S. M. Entertainment.


Background and release

On April 19, 2012,
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announced the creation of
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, as the first official subgroup of the 9-member South Korean girl group,
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. They said in a statement, "This subgroup will aim to grab the attention of fans with all aspects of music, performance, and fashion styles.". The release of ''Twinkle'' was also confirmed in the same press release. The title track, having the same name, "Twinkle", was released simultaneously through iTunes for the global market, which included a special photo booklet that was different from its offline release.


Promotion and critical reception

The group started off their promotional activities on
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's ''
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'' on May 3, then subsequently also performed on various other South Korean music shows, such as KBS's ''
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'', MBC's ''
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'', and SBS's ''
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''. They participated at the KBS's "Hello and Open Concert" during the same month. In the last week of promotions,
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's
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performed a solo dance for her bandmates on their ''Music Core'' goodbye stage, while
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, another Girls' Generation's member, performed a dance as well on ''Inkigayo'' with her ''
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s dance partner. On June 5, 2012, the video of the group's second single "OMG (Oh My God)", was released. AllMusic gave ''Twinkle'' a four out of five stars review. The single "Twinkle" was ranked number 14 on David Bevan's list of top 20 K-pop songs of 2012 for ''
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''.


Chart performance

''Twinkle'' reached #126 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart by selling over 3,000 copies, creating the record for the highest peaking K-pop album on the chart at the time The album also reached #1 on the Billboard World Albums and #2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums. As of October 2016, the album has sold over 160,000 copies in South Korea. "Twinkle" peaked at number 1 on the
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and number 2 on ''
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. The song had over 604,870 downloads during its first week of release, winning the Gaon Chart's top spot for the week's downloads. As of July 2014, it has sold more than 2,520,485 digital downloads in South Korea.


Singles

"Twinkle" was released as the subgroup's first single on April 29, 2012. It was written and produced by Brandon Fraley, Jamelle Fraley, and Javier Solis, under their production team, Jam Factory. It was recorded at Sunset Blvd Studios in
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. The song is a
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track with influences of
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,
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and
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, drawing inspiration from music during the 1970s and 1980s, specifically that of Stevie Wonder.


Music video

The video was released on April 30. It starts off with
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, Tiffany, and
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getting out of a car with the instrumental of "OMG" (Oh My God) playing in the background, whilst a large amount of paparazzi are taking photos as they greet and smile to the cameras. One of the paparazzi is
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member
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. Rock singer
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could also be seen here as one of the paparazzi. After making their way through the paparazzi, they turn and begin to sing, while raising each arm, making all but one of the paparazzi follow their every move. Taeyeon then leads the girls though a hallway in new outfits, where they dance, and continue on. The video then cuts to Tiffany in a dressing room chair, holding a dog and being offered clothes by different women, next Seohyun begins to walk towards the camera as women all hold up different pairs of shoes for her to choose. The three girls then sit down and have women apply makeup as they continue singing. Next, Tiffany, Taeyeon, and Seohyun are seen sitting with EXO-K member
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as they chat and get ready. Seohyun whispers something funny to Tiffany and they finish getting ready. Tiffany then leads the girls as they continue their walk through a hallway and are passed by
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members
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and Kai, who then high-five each other after dancing with Tiffany. They are then shown on a stage where they sing into microphones and dance, a curtain appears. When it parts, Seohyun is on the building's roof, with a grand piano and a lit-up sign saying "Girls' Generation Twinkle" behind her. Tiffany and Taeyeon descend down the stairs on either side before it cuts to them with their backup dancers on the roof and on the stage. As the song finishes, "안녕" (Goodbye, Hello) starts playing, and the video cuts back to the paparazzi outside, who react when one of the front doors open, assuming it's one of the girls. But after they rush up, they find out it was only the dog that Tiffany was holding earlier. The camera pans up to the roof, where the three girls are looking down and laughing.


Track listing

Credits adapted from
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Personnel

Credits are adapted from
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. * Sean Alexander – Arranger * Joachim Alte – Arranger * Beat Burger – Choreographer, Direction * Jimmy Burney – Arranger * Dave Cleveland – Guitar * George Cochinni – Guitar * Steve Dady – Engineer * Hitchhiker – Arranger, Bass, Direction, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming * Greg Hwang – Choreographer, Direction * Kenzie – Arranger, Direction, Keyboards, Vocal Director * Kim Young-Hu – Engineer, Vocal Director * Kim Young-Min – Executive Supervision * Lee Soo-Man – Executive Producer * Steven Muynkyu Lee – English Supervision * Gary Lunn – Bass * Jimmy Andrew Richard – Arranger * Jeff Roach – Keyboards * Tom Roger – Arranger * Lee Sung Sil – Assistant Engineer * Jae Sim – Choreographer, Direction * Sunset Blvd. Tracking Crew – Arranger * TST – Brass * Scott Williamson – Drums * Girls' Generation-TTS – Vocals, Background Vocals, Styling


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Awards and nominations


Music programs awards


Release history


References


External links

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