KPOP 5th generation · PLEDIS Entertainment
TWS
トゥアス / 투어스
TWS were the first group from PLEDIS Entertainment in nine years, and the whole brief is about friends going through the same day together.
- 2024DebutJan 22, 2024
- 6Members
- 5thGeneration
- 42Fandom
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In 30 seconds: TWS
The debut turns first-day nerves into something bright, and the later singles keep the same clean, running energy.
Choose this if you want school-aged optimism made properly rather than sentimentally.
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Key facts
- Group name
- TWS
- Reading / Hangul
- トゥアス / 투어스
- Company
- PLEDIS Entertainment
- Debut date
- January 22, 2024
- Days active
- 1,013 days (2 years, 9 months)
- Debut song
- plot twist
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Fandom name
- 42(サイ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| シンユ | 2003-11-07ⓘ | 22 | 182cm | O | INFP | South Korea |
| ドフン | 2005-01-30ⓘ | 21 | 182cm | B | INTP | South Korea |
| ヨンジェ | 2005-05-31ⓘ | 21 | 181cm | AB | ISTJ | South Korea |
| ハンジン | 2006-01-05ⓘ | 20 | 176cm | AB | INFJ | China |
| ジフン | 2006-03-28ⓘ | 20 | 177cm | B | INFJ | South Korea |
| ギョンミン | 2007-10-02ⓘ | 19 | 175cm | O | ENTJ | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
hey! hey! (Chinese ver.)
plot twist MVThe debut untangles the awkwardness of a first meeting and is the clearest statement of the concept.
hey! hey! MVhey! hey! is the rock-leaning one and the best expression of the friendship the songs are about.
If I'm S, Can You Be My N? MVIf I'm S, Can You Be My N? builds a whole single out of one metaphor and makes it work.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
View all official videos →05
From debut to now
- 2024As the first boy group PLEDIS had sent out in nine years, since SEVENTEEN, they opened the door to 'Boyhood Pop' with plot twist.
- 2025TRY WITH US, Nice to see you again and play hard followed, widening an everyday kind of pop across both Japanese releases and Korean comebacks.
- 2026A Korean version of Nice to see you again and NO TRAGEDY showed expressions that go beyond freshness alone.
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Achievements
1 daesang · 4 awards · 2 chart No. 1s (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of October 29, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2024
The Fact Music Awards TMA
- Artist of the YearDaesang
See 3 more awards
- 2024
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Best New Male Artist
- Best Dance Performance Male Group“plot twist”
- 2024
Melon Music Awards MMA
- Rookie of the Year
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- plot twistGolden Disc AwardsNo. 1digital_bonsangMelonNo. 1year_end
Music show wins
Records
14 recordsMost recent broadcast first
Program / edition
| Music Bank | You, You | kstar.kbs.co.kr | |
| The Show | SBS Medianet | ||
| Inkigayo | 마음 따라 뛰는 건 멋지지 않아? | SBS | |
| Show! Music Core | 마음 따라 뛰는 건 멋지지 않아? | MBC | |
| Music Bank | 마음 따라 뛰는 건 멋지지 않아? | KBS | |
| M Countdown | 마음 따라 뛰는 건 멋지지 않아? | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| Show Champion | 마음 따라 뛰는 건 멋지지 않아? | MBC PLUS | |
| The Show | SBS Medianet | ||
| Music Bank | 내가 S면 넌 나의 N이 되어줘 | KBS | |
| Show Champion | 내가 S면 넌 나의 N이 되어줘 | MBC PLUS | |
| The Show | SBS Medianet | ||
| Inkigayo | plot twist | news.sbs.co.kr | |
| Music Bank | 첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아 | KBS | |
| The Show | SBS Medianet |
Sources and data (5)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's TWS note
Cleanness, forward motion and a boyish sense of team are the axis of TWS. PLEDIS Entertainment debuted this fifth-generation boy group on January 22, 2024, 9 years after SEVENTEEN, and the name is short for Twenty Four Seven With Us. The debut song plot twist, bright pop laid over the air of a school, is how most people first knew them.
Rather than intensity, the strengths here are cleanness and speed: the summer energy of hey! hey!, and the fun of opposites attracting in If I'm S, Can You Be My N?, all carried by neat formations. The Performance ver. and the Dance Practice show how precise the dancing is.
In 2025 TRY WITH US and play hard widened both the Japanese releases and the Korean comebacks, and NO TRAGEDY showed expressions that go past freshness alone. plot twist, then hey! hey!, then If I'm S, Can You Be My N? covers the base colour of the group and the cool of summer.
Editors' take plot twist / hey! hey! / If I'm S, Can You Be My N? — the clean, fast-moving Boyhood Pop of a PLEDIS six-piece, in three songs.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
TWS stands for Twenty Four Seven With Us, a name about friends who feel close 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Fandom
42 is read as SAI, playing on the digits four and two and on the Korean sound for the space between people.
Musical axis
PLEDIS Entertainment frames the sound as Boyhood Pop, so freshness and school-life ordinariness are the way in.
Charts
plot twist ran strongly on the 2024 Melon year-end chart, which matters as a point of contact with general listeners.
Japan route
Nice to see you again is the Japanese debut, so the Japanese work follows on from the Korean songs.
Videos
Performance ver. and Dance Practice clips are plentiful, so the mood comes from the video and the formations from a second pass.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 97/ 241 groups
No. 97 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 40%)
- 3Japanese releases
- 7Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 1Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-29).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines TWS?
The debut turns first-day nerves into something bright, and the later singles keep the same clean, running energy.
Why should a new listener start with TWS?
Choose this if you want school-aged optimism made properly rather than sentimentally.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with plot twist, hey! hey!, If I'm S, Can You Be My N?, then continue to the official video index.