TWICE Transform ‘Fallon’ Stage With Stadium-Ready ‘Set Me Free’ Performance
Jimmy Fallon’s introduction of TWICE before their performance on The Tonight Show was no match for the packed-in studio audience of fans, whose cheers easily overpowered his voice. But the K-pop supergroup – made up of Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu – had the most commanding voices in the room.
Performing “Set Me Free” from their latest mini-album Ready to Be, TWICE completely disregarded the usual staging for The Tonight Show – the quant and contained performance space everyone else uses wouldn’t be large enough to accommodate the large-scale production they had planned, anyway. Instead, the group’s nine members use the full catwalk between the audience and the guest area as their stage and runway.
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TWICE were perfectly in sync as they ran through a carefully choreographed dance routine, much to the delight of their fully captivated audience. Each seamless movement to center one performer in the unit during a solo was met with those same overpowering cheers that showed up before the group even set foot on stage.
The power and attention TWICE commanded on The Tonight Show stage – and what qualified them to announce their biggest tour yet, scheduled to hit stadiums in multiple cities – is the driving force behind Ready to Be, out today.
The seven-track record features the previously released single “Moonlight Sunrise” and “Set Me Free” in both its original Korean recording – which the group brought to The Tonight Show – and its English version.
“Fun and sassy, TWICE have never sounded more in control than on this album, and it’s evident that when it comes to their music — as with their relationships — these girls, nay these women, mean business,” Rolling Stone wrote in a review of Ready to Be. “Eight years into their career, TWICE are certified veterans of the K-pop scene and they’re only getting better and stronger.”
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