Wake Me Up (Twice song)

"Wake Me Up" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Twice. It is the group's third Japanese maxi single and includes three other tracks. The song was pre-released as a digital single on April 25, 2018 and the CD single was released on May 16 by Warner Music Japan.

"Wake Me Up"
Standard single cover
Single by Twice
from the album BDZ
B-side"Pink Lemonade"
ReleasedMay 16, 2018
Genre
Length3:31
LabelWarner Music Japan
Songwriter(s)
  • Natsumi Watanabe
  • Atsushi Shimada
  • Louise Frick Sveen
  • Albin Nordqvist
Twice singles chronology
"What Is Love?"
(2018)		 "Wake Me Up"
(2018)		 "Dance the Night Away"
(2018)
Music video
"Wake Me Up" on YouTube

The single album surpassed 200,000 sales in its first week, first foreign artist in Japan to achieve for three consecutive release.[2] It exceeded 500,000 shipments by May 28 and became the first single by a foreign female artist to be certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ.[3][4][5]

Background and release

On April 1, 2018, Twice announced the release of their third Japanese single titled "Wake Me Up", along with the news that Twice would appear in a television commercial for ABC-Mart and Nike Air Max. The commercial, featuring "Wake Me Up", began airing nationwide in Japan on April 5.[6][7] The full song was first revealed on Tokyo FM's School of Lock! on April 24 and it was pre-released as a digital single on various online music portals the next day.[8][9] The full music video was also released online on April 25.[10]

Composition

"Wake Me Up" was composed by Atsushi Shimada, Louise Frick Sveen, and Albin Nordqvist, with lyrics written by Natsumi Watanabe.[11] It was described as an upbeat dance song that "encourages people not to give up and keep going forward".[12]

Music video

The full music video of "Wake Me Up" was uploaded online on April 24, 2018. It was directed by Jimmy of BS Pictures, the same team that produced Twice's previous music videos, "TT (Japanese ver.)" and "Brand New Girl".[13]

It features the nine members portraying chic school girls and switching off between a variety of settings and outfits as the group sing and dance along to the upbeat song. The choreography was performed in athletic wear as Twice cheer on the listeners, with and without pompoms, and serve up Para Para-inspired dance moves. Unlike past videos that have featured social media-inspired elements, "Wake Me Up" gets a bit of an old-school treatment, with Chaeyoung looking at videos of the members on what appears to be one of the earliest Mac operating systems.[1]

The music video ranked at No. 10 on 2018 YouTube's Top Trend Music Video in Japan, the third group's song on the list.[14]

Promotion

"Wake Me Up" was first performed on Music Station on May 25, 2018.[15] It was also performed during Twice 2nd Tour: Twiceland Zone 2 – Fantasy Park in Saitama and Osaka.[16] On August 3, it was performed on a Music Station 2-hour special episode.[17]

Commercial performance

The CD single debuted atop the daily ranking of Oricon Singles Chart with 129,275 units sold on its release day, breaking Twice's record of the highest first day sales for Korean girl groups in Japan.[18][3] It topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 262,658 copies sold,[19] while debuted at number 14 with 5,939 downloads on Oricon Digital Singles Chart.[20] It also topped the Billboard Japan recorded 299,195 unit sales from May 14–20, 2018.[21] This is Twice's third consecutive release to surpass 200,000 sales in its first week, making the group the first foreign artist in Japan to achieve this.[2]

It was also reported that "Wake Me Up" sold 471,438 copies in pre-orders, and it exceeded 500,000 shipments by May 28.[3][4] On June 8, it became the first single by a foreign female artist to be certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ.[5][22]

Track listing
Digital download EP
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Wake Me Up"Natsumi Watanabe
  • Atsushi Shimada
  • Louise Frick Sveen
  • Albin Nordqvist
Atsushi Shimada3:31
2."Pink Lemonade"
  • Lauren Kaori
  • Yu-ki Kokubo
  • Lauren Kaori
  • Kohei Yokono
Kohei Yokono3:40
3."Wake Me Up" (Instrumental) 
  • Atsushi Shimada
  • Louise Frick Sveen
  • Albin Nordqvist
Atsushi Shimada3:31
4."Pink Lemonade" (Instrumental) 
  • Lauren Kaori
  • Kohei Yokono
Kohei Yokono3:40
Total length:14:22
First press limited edition A DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Wake Me Up" (Music video) 
2."Wake Me Up" (Music video making movie) 
First press limited edition B DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Brand New Girl" (Music video) 
2."Brand New Girl" (Music video making movie) 
3."Jacket shooting making movie" 

Content production

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.[23]

Locations
Recording
  • JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Mixing
  • Mirrorball Studios, North Hollywood, California ("Wake Me Up")
  • I to I Communications, Tokyo, Japan ("Pink Lemonade")
Mastering
  • Sterling Sound, New York City, New York

Personnel
JYP Entertainment staff
  • Song Ji-eun "Shannen" (JYP Entertainment Japan) – executive producer
  • Jimmy Jeong (JYP Entertainment) – executive producer
  • Cho Hae-sung (JYP Entertainment) – executive producer
  • J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" – producer
  • Yasuhiro Suzuki (JYP Entertainment Japan) – strategic planning
  • Rinko Narita (JYP Entertainment Japan) – A&R
  • Lee Ji-hoon (JYP Entertainment Japan) – A&R
  • Park Won (JYP Entertainment Japan) – A&R
  • Kang Min-ju (JYP Entertainment Japan) – A&R
  • Ayumi Saiki (JYP Entertainment Japan) – artist and fan marketing
  • Lee Seong-ah (JYP Entertainment Japan) – artist and fan marketing
  • Kim Sung-bub (JYP Entertainment Japan) – artist and fan marketing
  • Hong Mina (JYP Entertainment Japan) – artist and fan marketing
  • Miho Minaka (JYP Entertainment Japan) – artist and fan marketing
  • Fuka Sudo (JYP Entertainment Japan) – artist and fan marketing
  • Shin Hyun-kuk – Twice team
  • Chung Hae-joon – Twice team
  • Joo Bo-ra – Twice team
  • Kim Hyo-yun – Twice team
  • Shin Sae-rom – Twice team
  • Kim Na-yeon – Twice team
  • Yoo Jong-beom – Twice team
  • Park Rae-chang – Twice team
  • Jun Yong-jin – Twice team
  • Yang Da-seol – Twice team
  • Kwon Hyeok-jun – Twice team
  • Jung Kyoung-hee (JYP Entertainment Japan) – administration
  • Park Nam-yong (JYP Entertainment) – performance director
  • Kim Hyung-woong (JYP Entertainment) – performance director
  • Yun Hee-so (JYP Entertainment) – performance director
  • Na Tae-hoon (JYP Entertainment) – performance director
  • Yoo Kwang-yeol (JYP Entertainment) – performance director
  • Kang Da-sol (JYP Entertainment) – performance director
  • Lee Tae-sub (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer
  • Choi Hye-jin (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer
  • Eom Se-hee (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer
  • Lim Hong-jin (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer
  • Jang Han-soo (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer
  • Lee Jeong-yun "Lia" (JYP Publishing) – publishing
  • Kim Min-ji (JYP Publishing) – publishing
  • Shin Da-ye (JYP Publishing) – publishing
  • Cho Hyun-woo (JYP Publishing) – publishing
Warner Music Japan staff
  • Kaz Kobayashi – executive producer
  • Hayato Kajino – supervisor
  • Rie Sawaoka – supervisor
  • Yukiyasu "German" Fujii – chief A&R
  • Toshio Kai – A&R
  • Nao Fuse – A&R
  • Norihiro Fukuda – A&R
  • Himawari Fukuhara – A&R assistant
  • Hidetsugu Sato – sales promotion
  • Naoki Takami – digital planning and marketing
  • Mamoru Fukumitsu – WMJ "JYP room"
  • Han Gui-taek – WMJ "JYP room"
  • Eom Eun-kyung – WMJ "JYP room"
  • Hong Mina – WMJ "JYP room"
  • Kim Jang-ho – WMJ "JYP room"
  • Myoka Arai – WMJ "JYP room"
  • Masayo Kuroda – product coordination
  • Mizuho Makizaka – A&R secretary
  • Shizuka Sato – A&R secretary
Japanese recording staff
  • Goei Ito (Obelisk) – music director
  • Yu-ki Kokubo (Obelisk) – recording director
  • Satoshi Sasamoto – Pro Tools operation
Design staff
  • Toshiyuki Suzuki (United Lounge Tokyo) – art direction
  • Yasuhiro Ueda (United Lounge Tokyo) – design
  • Tommy – photography
  • Choi Hee-sun (F. Choi) - style director
  • Seo Ji-eun (F. Choi) - style director
  • Lee Ga-young (F. Choi) - style director
  • Lee Jin-young (F. Choi) - assistant stylist
  • Jeong In-yung (F. Choi) - assistant stylist
  • Park Soo-young (F. Choi) - assistant stylist
  • Park Jin-hee (F. Choi) - assistant stylist
  • Han Jin-joo (F. Choi) - assistant stylist
  • Jung Nan-young (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – hair director
  • Choi Ji-young (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – hair director
  • Son Eun-hee (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – hair director
  • Jo Sang-ki (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – makeup director
  • Jeon Dallae (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – makeup director
  • Zia (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – makeup director
  • Won Jung-yo (Bit&Boot) – makeup director
  • Choi Su-ji (Bit&Boot) – assistant makeup director
Movie staff
  • Jimmy (BS Pictures) – music video director
  • Han Gui-taek – music video making and jacket shooting making movie director
  • Yu Yamaguchi (Warner Music Mastering) – DVD authoring
Other personnel
  • Atsushi Shimada – all instruments (on "Wake Me Up")
  • Kohei Yokono – all instruments (on "Pink Lemonade")
  • Twice – background vocals
  • Ikuko Tsutsumi – background vocals
  • Tony Maserati – mixing engineer (on "Wake Me Up")
  • Naoki Yamada – mixing engineer (on "Pink Lemonade")
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[27] 2× Platinum 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2018 60th Japan Record Awards Grand Prix Nominated [28]
Best Song Award Won

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