Twinkle (EP)

On April 19, 2012, SM Entertainment announced the creation of Girls' Generation-TTS, as the first official subgroup of the 9-member South Korean girl group, Girls' Generation. They said in a statement, "This subgroup will aim to grab the attention of fans with all aspects of music, performance, and fashion styles.".{{Cite web |url=http://soshified.com/2012/04/taeyeon-tiffany-and-seohyun-to-release-mini-album-on-may-2nd |title=Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun to Release Mini-Album on May 2nd |access-date=2012-04-23 |archive-date=2012-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030100502/http://soshified.com/2012/04/taeyeon-tiffany-and-seohyun-to-release-mini-album-on-may-2nd |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allkpop.com/2012/04/girls-generation-sub-unit-taetiseo-releases-debut-album-jacket-cover-for-twinkle|title=Girls' Generation sub-unit Taetiseo releases debut album jacket cover for 'Twinkle'|date=Apr 22, 2012|access-date=Apr 25, 2012|author=VITALSIGN|publisher=allkpop.com|archive-date=April 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424223158/http://www.allkpop.com/2012/04/girls-generation-sub-unit-taetiseo-releases-debut-album-jacket-cover-for-twinkle|url-status=live}}

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The group started off their promotional activities on Mnet's M Countdown on May 3, then subsequently also performed on various other South Korean music shows, such as KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core, and SBS's Inkigayo. They participated at the KBS's "Hello and Open Concert" during the same month.{{cite web|url=http://soshified.com/2012/04/tiffanys-twinkle-teaser-released-and-girls-generation-tts-to-perform-on-m-countdown|title=Tiffany's 'Twinkle' Teaser and 'Twinkle' Tracklist Released, and Girls' Generation – TTS to Perform on 'M! Countdown'|date=April 26, 2012|access-date=April 26, 2012|publisher=soshified.com|archive-date=April 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428201107/http://soshified.com/2012/04/tiffanys-twinkle-teaser-released-and-girls-generation-tts-to-perform-on-m-countdown|url-status=live}} In the last week of promotions, Girls' Generation's Sooyoung performed a solo dance for her bandmates on their Music Core goodbye stage,[http://www.allkpop.com/2012/05/sooyoung-to-perform-with-taetiseo-on-upcoming-music-core-goodbye-stage Sooyoung to perform with TaeTiSeo on upcoming ‘Music Core’ Goodbye stage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603003059/http://www.allkpop.com/2012/05/sooyoung-to-perform-with-taetiseo-on-upcoming-music-core-goodbye-stage |date=2012-06-03 }} Allkpop.com (May 31, 2012). August 1, 2014. while Hyoyeon, another Girls' Generation's member, performed a dance as well on Inkigayo with her Dancing with the Stars's dance partner.[http://www.allkpop.com/2012/06/girls-generations-hyoyeon-to-perform-omg-with-taetiseo-on-inkigayo Girls Generation’s Hyoyeon to perform “OMG” with TaeTiSeo on ‘Inkigayo’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605004912/http://www.allkpop.com/2012/06/girls-generations-hyoyeon-to-perform-omg-with-taetiseo-on-inkigayo |date=2012-06-05 }} Allkpop.com (June 1, 2012). August 1, 2014.

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 Spin.{{cite web| url=http://www.spin.com/2012/12/k-pop-2012-life-after-psy/3/| title=Life After Psy| work=Spin| first=David| last=Bevan| date=December 12, 2012| access-date=May 20, 2015| archive-date=June 26, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626111339/http://www.spin.com/2012/12/k-pop-2012-life-after-psy/3/| url-status=live}}

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[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/489102/girls-generation-splinter-group-enters-billboard-200 Girls' Generation Splinter Group Enters Billboard 200] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708005654/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/489102/girls-generation-splinter-group-enters-billboard-200 |date=2014-07-08 }} Billboard.com (May 4, 2012). Retrieved on August 1, 2014. The album also reached #1 on the Billboard World Albums and #2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums.{{cite web|url=http://www.soompi.com/news/taetiseo-reaches-into-the-billboard-200-chart-in-40-hours|title=TaeTiSeo Reaches Into the Billboard 200 Chart in 40 Hours!|date=May 4, 2012|access-date=May 4, 2012|publisher=soompi.com|author=jbarky|archive-date=May 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507010648/http://www.soompi.com/news/taetiseo-reaches-into-the-billboard-200-chart-in-40-hours|url-status=live}} As of October 2016, the album has sold over 160,000 copies in South Korea.{{cite web|title=Gaon physical sales|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/album/list.gaon|publisher=Gaon Chart|access-date=3 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119045148/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/album/list.gaon|archive-date=19 January 2012}}

"Twinkle" peaked at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} and number 2 on Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-05-19/k-pop-hot-100|title=K-Pop Hot 100|publisher=Billboard|access-date=2012-05-19|archive-date=2014-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708041457/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-05-19/k-pop-hot-100|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://soshified.com/2012/05/girls-generation-sets-a-record-on-the-gaon-chart-and-nears-one-million-album-sales|title=Girls' Generation Sets a Record on the Gaon Chart and Nears One Million Album Sales|date=May 12, 2012|access-date=May 12, 2012|publisher=soshified.com|archive-date=May 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515092958/http://soshified.com/2012/05/girls-generation-sets-a-record-on-the-gaon-chart-and-nears-one-million-album-sales|url-status=live}} As of July 2014, it has sold more than 2,520,485 digital downloads in South Korea.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140716100633/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&nationGbn=&f_month=3&f_year=2012&f_type=year South Korea's Gaon chart's overall download sales of 2012 (in Korean)] Originally from Gaonchart.co.kr (2012). Archived on July 16, 2014. Retrieved on July 23, 2014.

"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 Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite web | title = Girls Generation - Sunset Blvd Studios | publisher = Sunset Blvd Studios | access-date = 2015-06-26 | url = http://sunsetblvdstudios.com/?page_id=28 | archive-date = 2015-06-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150626121649/http://sunsetblvdstudios.com/?page_id=28 | url-status = live }} The song is a dance-pop track with influences of funk, electropop and go-go, drawing inspiration from music during the 1970s and 1980s, specifically that of Stevie Wonder.

The video was released on April 30.{{cite web | url=http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/girls-genations-unit-group-becomes-the-first-korean-113029930.html | title=Girls' Genation's unit group becomes the first Korean singers to rank in TOP5 | publisher=Yahoo! | work=omg! | date=May 1, 2012 | access-date=May 1, 2012 | author=Dong-Joo, Kim | archive-date=March 24, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324232956/http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/girls-genations-unit-group-becomes-the-first-korean-113029930.html | url-status=live }} It starts off with Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun 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 EXO-K member Park Chan-yeol. Rock singer Jung Joon-young 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 Baekhyun 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 EXO-K members Sehun 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.

In an interview with Joon Park and Brian Joo on October 3, 2024, Tiffany shared that she directed the music video.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=585&v=-6PKXozez3c&feature=youtu.be |title=SNSD Tiffany is here! From K-pop to Chicago’s Sexy Roxie💖 {{!}} Joon&Brian BYOB EP.1 #SNSD #SNSDTiffany |date=2024-10-03 |last=JohnMaat |access-date=2024-10-11 |via=YouTube}}

Credits adapted from Naver

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| title6 = Love Sick

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| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Eden Kang}}

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Credits are adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/twinkle-mw0002386659/credits|title=Twinkle – Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 2, 2012|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222205056/http://www.allmusic.com/album/twinkle-mw0002386659/credits|url-status=live}}

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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

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• 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

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• {{YouTube|JmM04_OgajU|"Twinkle" music video}}
• {{YouTube|V-yT_c8ZL2Y|"OMG" music video}}

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