Twice accidentally becomes senators after live US debut on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’

Daniel Anderson
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K-pop girl group Twice made their in-person U.S. television debut on the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” with a performance of their English-language track “The Feels.” The show’s YouTube channel, however, mistakenly titled the video “Who Won The PA GOP Senate Primary? | North Carolina Says Farewell To Madison Cawthorn.”

The video, whose title has now been fixed, showed Twice putting on a memorable performance where they utilized Colbert’s entire stage, from guest chairs to his host desk. At the end of their performance, the girl group received a standing ovation from the crowd.

Colbert’s main guest for the night, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, is speculated to have enjoyed the performance as he is a known K-pop fan, having named Minzy’s 'Teamo' as a favorite song of his in 2021.

The mistitled YouTube video was posted to Twice’s official Twitter account yesterday.

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The title “GOP Senate Primary and U.S. representative Madison Cawthron” was originally intended to be used for a video of Colbert’s opening monologue.

Twitter users had a laugh and were quick to chime in with their responses to the mixup.

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One Twitter user, @JDoublove, tweeted a compilation of screenshotted YouTube comments, including one that said, “Thought I would never fall for politicians but these ladies proved otherwise,” and another that said “I have never enjoyed politics as a topic but these Queens proved otherwise. Congrats to Twice for being the first girl group to win a senate primary. Breaking records wherever they go.”

User @jeongyeonswifts made sure to double-check the results of the primary.

Another user, @twicextayxteez, wrote, “i dared to sleep and twice won a senate primary win.”

User @choutzuyu99 pointed out, “jype werent joking when they said twice will keep their momentum this year with various activities. congrats girls on winning the senate primary election!!”

The nine-member girl group has been keeping their momentum up this year by selling out the U.S. leg of their world tour, performing a two-night encore concert in their first stadium show, creating their own personal Instagram accounts and starting their first-ever solo projects.

Twice’s performance this week on Colbert’s show means they have performed on the show, well, twice. They performed a pre-recording from Seoul of “I Can’t Stop Me” in 2020. They have also now performed “The Feels” twice for a late-night U.S. television show, having a pre-recorded performance for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in October last year.

Feature image via @JDoublove