TWICE didn’t need a blockbuster anime tie-in to become a global force, but their appearance on the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack this past summer put their name in front of an entirely new wave of listeners. For longtime fans, it simply confirmed what years of hits like “TT,” “What Is Love?,” “FANCY,” and “The Feels” already proved. Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu have been one of the world’s most consistent and creatively restless pop groups since stepping out of the survival show Sixteen in 2015.

Their latest chapter arrives with ENEMY, the group’s second full-length release of 2025 and a project aimed squarely at Japan, a market that has embraced TWICE from the beginning. It is their sixth Japanese album, following BDZ, &TWICE, Perfect World, Celebrate, and DIVE. It is also a homecoming of sorts for Momo, Sana, and Mina, whose presence in the lineup has helped the group build a rare cross-border connection in a region where K-pop and J-pop regularly collide.

ENEMY opens with a title track that takes their trademark color pop and pushes it toward rock-driven territory without losing the shine, melody, or emotional pulse that defines their catalog. Dahyun and Chaeyoung deliver one of the album’s key moments in the second verse, rapping in Japanese about the resilience it takes to get anywhere worth going. The song sets the tone for an album built on the idea of standing tall even when the ground feels unstable.

Across nine tracks, TWICE move through bright summer pop on “Up To You,” sleek electronic shimmer on “FINE,” a wandering jazz-pop groove on “Love Is More,” and a soft-focus acoustic moment on “Glow.” The album loops back to J-rock for the closer “Like 1,” written by ONE OK ROCK’s Taku and Toru and shaped lyrically by Jihyo. It leaves the record on a quiet, bittersweet edge, the kind that lingers after the lights go out. “Know there will come a time for a bittersweet salute,” Jihyo writes. “Stay in this moment now, but we don’t get to choose.”