Album by Twice
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]
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 uploaded online the next day instead in respect to Kim Jong-hyun , whose burial service was held on December 21.[ 9] [ 10]
Merry & Happy Title Lyrics Music Arrangement 1. "Heart Shaker " Galactika David Amber Sean Alexander 3:08 2. "Merry & Happy" J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" Joe Lawrence Dawn Elektra Sam Hocking Joe Lawrence 3:16 3. "Likey " Black Eyed Pilseung Jeon Gun 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" Pop Time 3:01 7. "FFW" 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 ) Frants 3:13 11. "Rollin'" 3:11 12. "Love Line" Jeongyeon Darren Smith Tammy Infusino Darren "Baby Dee Beats" Smith 3:17 13. "Don't Give Up" (힘내!; Himnae! ) Chaeyoung Chris Wahle Thomas Harsem Andreas Ohrn Chris Wahle 2:58 14. "You in My Heart" (널 내게 담아; Neol Naege Dama ) Jeong Ho-hyun (e.one) Choi Hyun-jun (e.one) Jeong Ho-hyun (e.one) Choi Hyun-jun (e.one) Jeong Ho-hyun (e.one) Choi Hyun-jun (e.one) 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
Credits adapted from album liner notes.[ 11]
Recording
JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Studio Instinct, Seoul, South Korea
E.one Sound, Seoul, South Korea
Heavymental Studios, Seoul, South Korea
NUPLAY Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Studio567, Seoul, South Korea
Banzak Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Mixing
Mirrorball Studios, North Hollywood, California
JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Studio Sean, Seoul, South Korea
Cube Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Mastering
Honey Butter Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Sterling Sound, New York City, New York
821 Sound Mastering, Seoul, South Korea
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")
Year
Award
Category
Result
Ref.
2018
1st Korea Popular Music Awards
Best Album
Nominated
[ 18]
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