The Best Thing I Ever Did Explained

The Best Thing I Ever Did
Type:single
Artist:Twice
Ep:The Year of "Yes"
Language:Korean
Genre:R&B[1]
Length:3:32
Label:JYP
Composer:
Lyricist:
  • J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"
  • Park Ji-min
  • Jinri
Chronology:Twice single
Prev Title:Yes or Yes
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Fancy
Next Year:2019

"The Best Thing I Ever Did" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Twice. It was released by JYP Entertainment on December 12, 2018, as the lead single from the group's third special album, The Year of "Yes" (2018).

Composition

"The Best Thing I Ever Did" was composed by J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Park Ji-min, Jinri (Full8loom), Glory Face (Full8loom), Sophia Pae, Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" and Justin Reinstein, with lyrics by J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Park Ji-min and Jinri (Full8loom).

The song was classified as an alternative R&B song, which mixes Twice's distinctive pop sound to create a "warm winter sensibility." The holiday-inspired track lyrically describes the memory of meeting a loved one during the holiday season. The song was noted to be Twice's first instance of featuring the R&B genre.[2] Tanu Raj of NME described the song as a "delightful track (that) turns a characteristic lonely season into one of companionship and love".[3] Running for 3 minutes and 32 seconds, the song is composed in the key of F major with a tempo of 105 beats per minute.[4]

Music video and promotion

The holiday-themed music video, directed by Mustache Film, was shot in Ulaanbaatar and Gorkhi-Terelj National Park in Mongolia at the end of October 2018.[5] [6] [7] On December 8, the first music video teaser was released.[8] A second teaser was uploaded on the following day.[9] The music video was released on December 12.[10]

Twice did not promote "The Best Thing I Ever Did" on any South Korean music programs. The song was performed for the first time at the 33rd Golden Disc Awards on January 5, 2019.[11]

Japanese version

The Japanese version of "Best Thing I Ever Did" was released as part of B-side for "Happy Happy" on July 17, 2019.[12] The lyrics were written by Natsumi Watanabe.

In July 2020, JYP Entertainment announced Twice's release of their third compilation album named

  1. Twice3
for September 16. The album, containing twelve tracks with both Korean and Japanese versions of six songs, also includes "The Best Thing I Ever Did".[13]

Commercial performance

"The Best Thing I Ever Did" debuted at number 27 of the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 22 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100.[14] [15] The song also peaked at number 15 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales and at number 67 on Japan Hot 100 charts.[16] [17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.[18]

Charts

Charts (2018)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)67
South Korea (Gaon)27
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)22
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)15

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [EP] The Year of "YES" ]. July 14, 2022 . Melon . Kakao Corp. . ko . June 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607094359/https://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm%3FalbumId%3D10232038 . live .
  2. Web site: Ji . Min-kyung . December 12, 2018 . 트와이스, 신곡 '올해 제일 잘한 일' 오늘(12일) 공개.."2018년 대미 장식" . July 14, 2022 . OSEN . ko . April 29, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429115943/http://mosen.mt.co.kr/article/G1111047783 . live .
  3. Web site: Every TWICE song ranked in order of greatness . November 10, 2021 . July 17, 2022 . Raj . Tanu I. . NME.
  4. Web site: Key, BPM of The Best Thing I Ever Did by TWICE . July 14, 2022 . Musicstax . en.
  5. Web site: Mustache Films – Work . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190109024716/http://mustachefilm.co.kr:80/work . January 9, 2019 . December 10, 2023 . Mustache Films . ko.
  6. News: 가수 헤이즈, 몽골에서 신곡 '떨어지는 낙엽까지도' 뮤직비디오 촬영 . December 10, 2023 . KOFICE . October 17, 2019 . ko.
  7. News: Hong . Seung-han . [단독]트와이스, 12월 리패키지 초고속 컴백…신곡 M/V 촬영 완료 ]. December 10, 2023 . Sports Seoul . November 26, 2018 . ko.
  8. Web site: Kim . Eun-ae . December 8, 2018 . 트와이스, '올해 제일 잘한 일'로 R&B 도전+박진영의 새로운 작곡법 . July 14, 2022 . OSEN . ko . April 29, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429115944/http://mosen.mt.co.kr/article/G1111045782 . live .
  9. Web site: 베일벗은 트와이스 MV 티저, 9인 9색 보석 같은 매력[비하인드컷] ]. Hwang . Hye-jin . December 9, 2018 . live . Newsen . July 14, 2022 . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429115944/https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201812090930250410 .
  10. Web site: TWICE Get Reflective in Sweet New Video For 'The Best Thing I Ever Did': Watch . Herman, Tamar . December 12, 2018 . July 14, 2022 . Billboard.
  11. News: Kim . Min-ju . '골든디스크' 트와이스 "본상 수상, 2019년 좋게 시작" . December 10, 2023 . TV Daily . January 5, 2019 . ko.
  12. Web site: HAPPY HAPPY - TWICE. Apple Music. ja. Apple Inc.. July 17, 2019. July 14, 2022 . December 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222114205/https://music.apple.com/jp/album/happy-happy-ep/1465222258. live.
  13. Web site: Twice to release Japanese album on Sept. 16. July 14, 2022. Korea JoongAng Daily. en. 2021-02-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224032130/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/07/19/entertainment/kpop/Twice-Japan-TWICE3/20200719155700420.html. live.
  14. Web site: Digital Chart – 2018 Weeks 50 . Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association . ko . July 14, 2022 .
  15. TWICE Chart History: Billboard Korea K-Pop 100 . . July 14, 2022 . June 24, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624191114/https://www.billboard.com/music/twice/chart-history/KPO . live.
  16. Web site: TWICE Chart History: World Digital Song Sales . . July 14, 2022 . June 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200609204102/https://www.billboard.com/music/TWICE/chart-history/WDT . live.
  17. TWICE Chart History: Japan Hot 100 . Billboard. July 14, 2022 . January 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210102202803/https://www.billboard.com/music/twice/chart-history/JPN . live.
  18. Web site: 올해 제일 잘한 일 . . July 14, 2022.

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