With TWICE’s pre-release single for their latest album release (their 13th mini-album, With YOU-th) now reviewed, it is time to turn to the big release of the day – TWICE’s comeback single ONE SPARK.

ONE SPARK is a good song, from my point of view. It feels sophisticated, classy and mature in a bigger picture sense. But unfortunately, the first and second run at the chorus flattens out the song. This feels rather disappointing given the edgy and impactful second half of the pre-choruses that leads into the choruses. The third and final run at chorus actually had a dynamic touch thanks to the added clapping effect and detailing to the instrumentation, which allowed it to feel more alive and satisfying to make up with the flatter effect. For me, the problem stems from the melodies and hooks in the centrepiece of ONE SPARK, which doesn’t have much bite to them. But they do set a good foundation to build upon to get to that next level. Had ONE SPARK featured stronger melodies and a more prolific hook in its earlier choruses, ONE SPARK for sure could have taken to the next level. Elsewhere in the song, the members executes ONE SPARK in solid fashion, with good vocals and brief touch of rapping just before the final chorus. Both MOMO and NAYEON had standout parts in this song, with MOMO’s edgy style coming through the first second half of the pre-chorus and NAYEON’s vocals to close out the song (without any instrumentation) was an interesting yet effective ender to the song. The dreamy parts of the pre-chorus, courtesy of MINA and TZUYU were a strong runners up. While the foundation of ONE SPARK is good and it succeeds at that bigger picture level, improvements can be made to make it even better.

The music video captures that sophisticated, classy and mature feel quite well. And I liked that initial impression from the music video. I like the idea of the elevator going upwards, with the numbers at the top of the elevator signifying their journey since debut to ‘timeless’. It pairs well with song’s lyrics, which highlights their never ending passion to get to that ‘timeless’ point in their careers. And the scenes scattered throughout the video amongst the elevator scenes shows the members together, further highlighting that their collective passion together is what got them to this point in their careers.

The choreography for this comeback is awesome. The music video definitely puts the best foot forward during each part of the song, but I am sure the rest of the routine is just as good. From what I could see, the routine in the verses look interesting, the first half of the pre-choruses felt graceful, the second half of the pre-choruses that ramps us up to the choruses felt edgy, the choruses themselves looked lively and definitely not flat like the song came off. The choreography associated with the final chorus itself looks exciting.

Song – 8/10
Music Video – 8.5/10
Performance – 9/10
Overall Rating – 8.4/10