K-pop icons Twice return with new album Taste of Love and summery song Alcohol-Free
- Nine-member group follow up May’s single Kura Kura with new track whose lyrics speak of a love so strong it gives you the feeling of being drunk
- The EP features six new songs, including one co-written by Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix, who tweets she’s ‘excited and honoured’ the girl group featured it
K-pop girl group Twice brought a romantic vibe to summer on Wednesday with the release of their single Alcohol-Free.
The track – which fronts their 10th mini-album, or EP, “Taste of Love” – is the popular act’s first Korean release of 2021, and follows the release of last month’s Japanese single Kura Kura .
The single is accompanied by a vibrant, boozy music video that features the nine members of Twice shuffling along to Alcohol-Free‘s romantic bossa nova instrumentals. They filmed it on the holiday island of Jeju in South Korea.
Despite the song‘s title, the lyrics are about a love like alcohol that makes the narrator feel they’re drunk even though no liquor has passed their lips. Lines compare this love to drinks including margaritas and champagne.
Like many Twice singles, Alcohol-Free is co-written by J.Y. Park, the head of JYP Entertainment, the label under which the band was formed in 2015. Since then, Twice have become one of the most popular girl groups of their generation, with numerous hits and records to their name.
