This Is For

This Is For
Digital cover
Studio album by
Twice
ReleasedJuly 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)
Length36:14
Language
  • English
  • Korean
Label
Producer
Twice chronology
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(2025) 		This Is For
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Singles from This Is For
  1. "This Is For"
    Released: July 11, 2025

This Is For is the fourth Korean studio album (ninth overall) by South Korean girl group Twice. It was released on July 11, 2025, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. The album consists of fourteen tracks, including lead single "This Is For" and five sub-unit tracks. It debuted at number one on the South Korean Circle Album Chart and number six on the US Billboard 200.

Background and release

Twice began teasing their fourth studio album on May 19, 2025, with the release of a teaser video titled "Intro: Four".[1][2] The short clip features all nine members, each wearing a blue skirt with "Four" written across it.[3] The album is the group's first Korean-language studio release since Formula of Love: O+T=<3 (2021).[4] The album's release date and title were announced on May 21.[5]

On June 9, Twice announced the This Is For World Tour in support of the album.[6] On June 26, the tracklist was revealed via their social media accounts, including five sub-unit tracks, similar to those in Formula of Love: O+T=<3. A few days prior, the group had shared nine solo tracks, one for each member, though none of these songs were included in the album.[7] The album was released on July 11 alongside the music video for lead single "This Is For".[8] The deluxe version of the album, released on July 14, includes an extended version of "This Is For" as well as "Takedown" from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack.[9]

Promotion

On July 8, Twice held eight "listening party" sessions where fans listened to the title track before its release. During the last session, Twice talked about the album and screened the "This Is For" music video.[10][11] To promote the album, Twice performed "This Is For" on the music programs Music Bank, Show! Music Core, and Inkigayo on July 11, 12 and 13, respectively.[12] They also performed songs from the album during the This Is For World Tour, which began at the Inspire Arena in Incheon on July 19.[13] The group then performed "Right Hand Girl" and the extended version of "This Is For" during their headlining set at Lollapalooza on August 2.[14]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[15]
Beats Per Minute84%[16]
Sputnikmusic2.8/5[17]

Chase McMullen of Beats Per Minute scored the album 84/100, calling it Twice's "tightest and most cohesive album to date" and praising the production and the group's performances.[16] Taylor Swinton of Melodic Magazine called the album "Twice's declaration that they’ve earned their place at the top" and highlighted the distinct sound of each subunit track.[18] Matt Collar of AllMusic awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that it "finds the K-pop girl group in an upbeat and swaggering dance club mood".[15] Conversely, Raul Stanciu of Sputnikmusic scored the album 2.8 out of 5, criticizing the short length and derivative production on most of the tracks. He overall called the album "a 10th anniversary misstep" and considered it a disappointing follow-up to Formula of Love.[17]

Commercial performance

This Is For topped South Korea's Circle Album Chart for the week ending July 12, 2025, with 671,771 copies sold.[19] In the United States, the album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 with 80,000 equivalent album units, as reported by music data tracking firm Luminate. Of these, 68,000 were pure sales and 12,000 were streaming-equivalent units. This Is For is Twice's seventh top-10 record on the chart.[20]

Track listing

This Is For track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Four"Sim Eun-jeeSimSim1:45
2."This Is For"
2:11
3."Options"
  • Earattack
  • Chesterton
  • James
  • CQ
  • Earattack
  • CQ
3:06
4."Mars"Jinli (Full8loom)
Bloomfield2:21
5."Right Hand Girl"
  • Taneisha Jackson
  • Georgia Ku
  • Morgan Connie Smith
  • James Daniel Lewis
  • Ku
  • Smith
  • Lewis
Lewis2:31
6."Peach Gelato"
  • Coogan
  • Ryan
  • Bunetta
  • Coogan
  • Ryan
  • Bunetta
2:18
7."Hi Hello"
  • Lee Eun-hwa (153/Joombas)
  • Megan Bülow
  • Simon Wilcox
  • Matthew Holmes
  • Phil Leigh
  • Bülow
  • Wilcox
  • Holmes
  • Leigh
Mac & Phil2:07
8."Battitude" (Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Mina)
  • Miranda Glory Inzunza
  • Alexis Andrea Boyd
  • Inzunza
  • Boyd
Dem Jointz2:26
9."Dat Ahh Dat Ooh" (Sana, Jihyo, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu)
  • Kabba
  • MNEK
  • Baby Tate
  • Woon
  • Relyt
Relyt2:28
10."Let Love Go" (Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Tzuyu)
  • Allen
  • Matthews
  • Tighe
  • Buckley
Pink Slip2:58
11."G.O.A.T." (Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung)
  • Gusten Dahlqvist
  • Arineh Karimi
  • Versachoi
  • Dahlqvist
  • Karimi
Versachoi2:25
12."Talk" (Nayeon, Jihyo)Chesterton
  • Earattack
  • Chesterton
Earattack2:48
13."Seesaw"Lee Seu-ran
Clampitt3:30
14."Heartbreak Avenue"
  • Woo Min Lee "Collapsedone"
  • PenSmith
  • Sherie
W. Lee3:16
Total length:36:14
This Is For Deluxe track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
15."This Is For" (Extended)
  • Parx
  • Walcott
  • Parx
  • Walcott
  • Landell
  • McGregor
  • Anthony
  • Landell
  • Di Genius
  • Daoud
2:26
16."Takedown" (Jeongyeon, Jihyo, Chaeyoung)LindgrenLindgren
  • Lindgren
  • Ian Eisendrath
3:00
Total length:41:40

Personnel

Musicians

  • Twice – vocals (all tracks)
    • Nayeon – background vocals (track 1)
    • Jeongyeon – background vocals (track 1)
    • Jihyo – background vocals (track 1)
    • Mina – background vocals (track 1)
  • Sim Eun-jee – computer programming, keyboard, bass, drum, synth (track 1)
  • Tayla Parx – background vocals (track 2)
  • Earattack – all instruments (tracks 3, 12)
  • CQ – all instruments (track 3)
  • Moonhyuck Byun – all instruments (track 3)
  • Taet Chesterton – background vocals (tracks 3, 12)
  • Jinli (Full8loom) – background vocals (tracks 4, 13)
  • Sophia Pae – background vocals (tracks 5-11, 14)
  • John Ryan – programming, bass, percussion, synths, drums, guitar (track 6)
  • Julian Bunetta – programming, bass, percussion, synths, drums (track 6)
  • Versachoi – computer programming, all instruments (track 11)
  • Woo Min Lee "Collapsedone" – computer programming, electric guitar, bass, keys, synth (track 14)

Technical

  • Kwon Nam-woo – mastering (tracks 1, 3-14)
  • Shin Bong-won – mixing (track 14), Dolby Atmos mixing (all tracks)
    • Park Nam-jun – Dolby Atmos mixing assistance
  • Sim Eun-jee – vocal direction, vocal editing (track 1)
  • Eom Se-hee – recording (tracks 1, 7, 11), digital editing (track 7)
  • Lee Tae-sub – mixing (tracks 1-5, 8-9, 11-12)
  • Earattack – vocal direction (tracks 2-3, 10, 12), recording (tracks 2-3, 12)
  • KayOne – digital editing (tracks 2-3, 11-12)
  • Kwak Bo-eun – recording (tracks 2, 4, 6-10, 13)
  • Lee Sang-yeop – recording (track 2), digital editing (track 9)
  • Lim Chan-mi – recording (tracks 2-4, 14)
  • Randy Merrill – mastering (track 2)
  • Seo Eun-il – recording (tracks 3, 6, 10), digital editing (track 10)
  • Jinli (Full8loom) – vocal direction, digital editing (tracks 4, 13)
  • Goo Hye-jin – recording (tracks 3, 5, 12-14), digital editing (track 8)
  • Sophia Pae – vocal direction (tracks 5-9, 14)
  • Park Eun-jung – digital editing (track 5), mixing (track 13)
  • Andrew Choi – vocal direction (track 6)
  • Kim Gab-soo – digital editing, mixing (track 6)
  • Lee Chang-hoon – mixing (track 7), recording (track 11)
  • Choi Hye-jin – mixing (track 10)
  • Noday – vocal direction (track 11)
  • Woo Min Lee "Collapsedone" – vocal direction, vocal editing (track 14)

Charts

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