TWICE just lately made their comeback with the brand new English single “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKlEE_EYuNM
Both international and Korean netizens are loving it. From the members’ visuals to the MV aesthetic to the catchy refrain, there are solely praises for “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE!”
MOONLIGHT SUNRISE IS A BOP! @JYPETWICE pic.twitter.com/HlPjvX1jBr
— ron ☾ (@imyeonnz) January 20, 2023
OK BUT OMYGODDDDD TWICE LOOKS SO GOODDD
MOONLIGHT SUNRISE OUT NOW#핫하고달달해_트와이스의_문라썬라#TWICE_OurMoonlightandSunrise @JYPETWICE pic.twitter.com/814xULu4GO
— hoodz ◡̎ (@HoodieTW) January 20, 2023
Yet, the tune really was written for TWICE by one other lady group…
Meet Citizen Queen.
Citizen Queen is an American lady group shaped in 2018 underneath RCA Records. It is comprised of 4 vocalists Kaedi Dalley, Cora Isabel, Nina Nelson, Kaylah Sharve’, and previously Hannah Mrozak, who departed in May 2022.
The group has been recognized as enjoying an element within the revival of lady teams within the United States. Refinery29 acknowledged that the group ‘kicks down the doors with their powerful official debut, and the perfectly placed harmonies, bass, and vocal percussion on the original song all but promise a top spot for the talented newbies. Forget what you heard — girl groups ain’t useless, y’all’. Nylon described the group as ‘Modern representation plus Danity Kane-levels of pop ear-worminess? This is the girl group we deserve!’ The group has been described as ‘unique because they tend to rely more on their voices rather than singing along to a beat’. Cosmopolitan in contrast the group to Fifth Harmony, and their origin to the film, Pitch Perfect, noting that ‘after going through a cappella boot camps and auditions, the girls joined forces to create pop anthems and covers’. Fringe famous that the group had ‘received praise from the likes of everyone from Ariana Grande to Meghan Trainor’.
— Wikipedia
Interestingly, Pentatonix‘s Scott Hoying is Citizen Queen’s mentor. He, together with producers and arrangers Shams Ahmed and Ben Bram, “hand-selected” the members “from different states and different ethnic backgrounds.” Citizen Queen additionally toured with Pentatonix in July 2019 because the acapella group’s opening appearing for his or her nine-week world tour.
Singer and beatboxer Cora Isabel was the primary member chosen, after sending audition movies to the arrangers. Bram first noticed Hannah Mrozak on season 13 of The Voice ‘where she made it to the playoffs in 2017 as a member of Adam Levine’s and Jennifer Hudson’s groups’. Bram ‘reached out to Mrozak” and ‘encouraged her to audition’ for Citizen Queen. The members of the group had been “complete strangers before the group’s founding”, aside from SoCal VoCals members Nelson and Sharve’. Bram had been music director of the SoCal VoCals earlier than collaborating within the formation of Pentatonix and Citizen Queen. Sharve’ had additionally beforehand launched an album and carried out in her dwelling state of Texas.
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Reportedly, the group recorded “four fully produced songs and music videos” collectively in a Los Angeles Airbnb throughout their first week. They first gained recognition in 2019 with the viral YouTube video “Evolution of Girl Groups,” a six-minute medley of 25 songs with 25M views on the time of writing.
While they continued to release standard cowl songs, their first unique tune, “Call Me Queen,” written by Justin Tranter, Nova Wav, and Shawn Wasabi, was launched in December 2020. Since then, they’ve continued to release unique songs, reminiscent of “No Ego,” “Y,” “XO,” “Waste My Time,” and “Break Up,” and the members have been more and more concerned within the inventive course of.
Most just lately, Citizen Queen collaborated with Fifth Harmony‘s Dinah Jane. They launched a “holiday medley of Justin Bieber‘s ‘Mistletoe’, Ariana Grande‘s ‘Santa Tell Me,’ and Fifth Harmony’s ‘Can You See’ from holiday film The Star.”
Even if you’re unfamiliar with Citizen Queen’s music, you might need seen them seem in your TikTok FYP a few times. The members are very lively on social media with their shared accounts. Their TikTok has 1.8M followers, Instagram has 139K followers, Facebook has 65K followers, and YouTube has 593K subscribers.
@citizenqueen one in all our favorites we’ve ever accomplished 😭
@citizenqueen im a survivor 😩😓😮💨😫 #reba
Recently, Citizen Queen’s Nina Nelson and Kaedi Dalley shared their response to ONCEs listening (and loving) “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE.” They wrote it with earattack and Lee Woo Hyeon.
@citizenqueen seeing ONCEs go loopy for the one we wrote has us 🥺 #TWICE #moonlightsunrise
We can solely think about what a dream come true it should have been for the Citizen Queen members! The group consists of proud K-Pop followers, regularly fangirling over BTS…
@citizenqueen cora 🤝 simping for suga
@citizenqueen MULAN AND PRINCESS JASMINE ARE ARMY #army #bts #taehyung ✊🏼😔🫰🏼
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