Twinkle (Girls' Generation-TTS song)

"Twinkle" (트윙클) is a Korean song taken from the Twinkle EP. The song was released on April 29, 2012 and serves as the first official single for TTS, the first subgroup of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. Twinkle was written and produced by Brandon Fraley, Jamelle Fraley, and Javier Solis, under their production team, Jam Factory.

Musically, "Twinkle" is an up-tempo dance-pop track, with influences of funk, electropop and go-go. Taking inspiration from songs from the likes of Stevie Wonder, the song features a 1970s-inspired beat, on which the girls showcase their strong vocals. The song recorded over 604,870 downloads during its first week of release, winning the Gaon Chart's top spot for the week's downloads.^[1] As of July 2014, it has sold more than 2,520,485 digital downloads in South Korea.^[2]

An accompanying music video was released on April 30, 2012.

Music video

The video 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. 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 though 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 buildings 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.

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