Summer Nights

Summer Nights
EP from Twice
Publication (s)	July 9, 2018
Label (s)	JYP Entertainment + Iriver
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	K-pop
Title (number)	9
running time	29:35
production	JY Park "The Asiansoul"
Location (s)	Seoul , South Korea
chronology What is love? (2018) Summer Nights BDZ (2018)
Single release July 9, 2018 Dance the Night Away

Summer Nights is a mini album by the South Korean girl group Twice . It is a re-release of their fifth album What Is Love? . Summer Nights was released on July 9th along with the new single Dance the Night Away .

background

On June 7th, 2018, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice were preparing for a comeback in July. The music video for the new single had already been shot in Japan. In mid-June it was announced that the new single would be called Dance the Night Away , and the date of the comeback was set for July 9th. In the following years teaser photos and videos were published. The track list published on June 28th indicated that the new mini-album should be called Summer Nights and a re-release of the previous album What Is Love? is. In addition to the well-known What Is Love? it contains the new single and the two tracks Chillax and Shot Thru the Heart .

The album was produced by JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young ; the single Dance the Night Away was written by the South Korean singer and producer Wheesung. The lyrics to the song Shot Thru the Heart comes from the three Japanese Twice members Mono, Sana and Mina.

Summer Nights was released on July 9th.

Track list

Summer Nights
No.	title	text	music	length
1.	Dance the Night Away	Wheesung	Anne Judith Stokke Wik, Moonshine, Cazzi Opeia, Seung-eun Oh, Andreas Baertels	3:02
2.	Chillax	Galactika	Lee Woo-min, Valeria Del Prete	3:07
3.	Shot thru the heart	Momo, Sana, Mina	David Anthony Eames, Sophie White, Amy Richardson, Mayu Wakisaka	3:26
4th	What is love?	JY Park "The Asiansoul"	JY Park "The Asiansoul"	3:28
5.	Sweet talker	Jeongyeon, Chaeyoung	Erik Lidbom, MLC, Julie Yu	3:27
6th	Ho!	Jihyo	Micky Blue, The Elev3n, Joren Van Der Voort	3:09
7th	Déjà-vu	Chloe	Hayley Aitken, Jan Hallvard Larsen, Eirik Johansen, Anne Judith Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Nermin Harambašić	3:16
8th.	Say yes	Monotree	Monotree	3:02
9.	Piece	Galactika	Frants, Valeria Del Prete, Sean Alexander	3:38
Overall length:				29:35

Chart placements

country	Charts	Chart placements
Japan	Oricon Album Charts	4th
	Oricon Digital Album Charts	6th
	Billboard Japan Hot Albums	14th
South Korea	Gaon Album Chart	1
Taiwan	Five Music	1
United States	Billboard World Albums	4th
Annual charts
Japan	Oricon Album Charts 2018	55
South Korea	Gaon Album Chart 2018	16

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
South Korea (KMCA)	platinum	250,000
All in all	1 × platinum	250,000

Main article: Twice / discography

Overview of publications

region	date	format	Label	Catalog no.
Worldwide	July 9, 2018	Download	JYP Entertainment + Iriver	-
South Korea				-
	July 10, 2018	CD		JYPK1011

Individual evidence

1. ^ JYP Confirms TWICE Is Preparing For Their Korean Comeback. In: koreaboo.com. June 7, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Twice to return with 'Dance the Night Away' on July 9. In: koreaherald.com. June 18, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
3. ↑ TWICE to come back with 'Dance The Night Away' written by Whee Sung. In: kbs.co.kr. June 28, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Twice Releases Teasers for Upcoming Album "Summer Nights". In: mwave.me. June 29, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
5. ↑ TWICE's 'Shot Thru The Heart' lyrics revealed to have been written by the group's Japanese members! In: allkpop.com. Accessed July 11, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Watch: TWICE Members “Dance The Night Away” In Summery Comeback MV. In: soompi.com. July 9, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Oricon Album Charts. Retrieved July 18, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Oricon Digital Album Charts ( Memento from July 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Billboard Japan Hot Albums. Retrieved July 18, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Gaon Album Chart. Retrieved July 19, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Five Music-5 大 唱片. Retrieved on July 14, 2018 (Chinese, week 28/2018 - to view the placement, select the year and week in the pull-down menu at the bottom left). 
12. ^ Billboard World Albums. Accessed July 17, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Oricon Album Charts 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018 (Japanese). 
14. ↑ Gaon Album Chart 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018 (Korean).