All four are in quarantine
A fourth member of the K-pop group Twice has tested positive for COVID-19. Mina tested positive today (Mon, May 23rd) following Nayeon, Momo and Tzuyu who tested positive on Saturday, May 21st upon returning home to South Korea from the United States.
“All members were tested negative for COVID-19 PCR testing after arriving in the United States, for daily antigen testings, and for departure PCR testing,” JYP Entertainment shares. “Additionally Mina has tested negative for PCR testings taken before departure in the US and after arrival in South America.
“Mina experienced a slight through irritation and took self-testing kit this morning on May 23rd, and tested positive after antigen testing. She is currently in quarantined, following the guidelines from the health department.”
The nine-piece superstar group recently performed back-to-back, sold out performances at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium – encore performances of their sold out 4th World Tour III. These performances were a major milestone for the group, as they made Twice the first female K-Pop group to play a North American stadium.
They followed the Los Angeles shows with a performance of their Billboard Hot 100 hit “The Feels” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week. It was the group’s in-studio US broadcast debut in which they also captured a fun digital piece called “Sil-WHO?-Ette with Twice.”
Twice’s 4th World Tour, which opened in Seoul in December of last year, sold out stadiums and arenas across five cities in North America including Los Angeles, Oakland, Fort Worth, Atlanta and New York. All seven shows sold out just hours after on sale, and made Twice the first female K-Pop group to sell out two North American arena tours. Twice’s return to States was highly anticipated, as this tour was the group’s first time back since their hit Twicelights world tour in 2019, which included sold out shows at Los Angeles’ The Forum in Los Angeles and Newark’s Prudential Center.
Twice’s latest third full length album Formula of Love: O+T=<3, released in November 2021, charted third on the Billboard Top 200 and stayed in the chart for eight weeks in a row. Their tenth mini-album Taste of Love, released in June of last year, ranked sixth on the Billboard Top 200 and set the highest record in the history of K-pop girl groups’ mini-album.
In March, the music video for the third title song on Twice’s full-length album, “Scientist,” exceeded 100 million views on YouTube becoming their 20th music video surpassing 100 million views following those for all 16 title songs, their first English single “The Feels” and three songs released in Japan. Among those tracks, the videos for “TT,” “Likely,” “What is Love?” and “Fancy” exceeded 500 million views.
