Signal (Twice song)

Did You Know?

• The song was co-composed by Park Jin-young and Kairos.
• It features a programmed Roland TR-808-style kick and hi-hat with hip hop elements.
• The Japanese version was pre-released on June 14, 2017, along with a short music video.

Background and release

JYP Entertainment announced Twice's comeback with their fourth EP Signal and its title track on May 1, 2017. The first music video teaser appeared online on May 13, and the song was released as a digital download on May 15. A Japanese version, with lyrics by Yu Shimoji and Samuelle Soung, was pre-released on June 14 as a promotional single for the compilation album #Twice.

Music video

Directed by Naive Creative Production, the music video features a science fiction-fantasy theme with a green-headed alien and the nine members displaying superpowers such as time reversing, invisibility, and telekinesis. It surpassed 100 million YouTube views on August 30, 2017, and ranked second on YouTube's Most Popular Music Video in Korea for that year, behind "Knock Knock". It also placed ninth on YouTube's Top Trend Music Video in Japan for 2017.

Accolades

"Signal" won twelve music program awards in South Korea, including triple crowns on Music Bank and Inkigayo. At the 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards, it received Song of the Year and Best Dance Performance – Female Group, and was nominated for Best Music Video. It was also nominated for Artist of the Year – Digital Music (May) at the 7th Gaon Chart Music Awards, and earned two weekly Melon Popularity Awards.