Lil Fantasy Vol. 1


Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 is the debut studio album by South Korean singer and rapper Chaeyoung of the girl group Twice. It was released on September 12, 2025, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. The album contains nine tracks, including the lead single "Shoot " and collaborations with Gliiico, Sumin, and Jibin of Y2K92.

Background and release

In December 2022, Chaeyoung discussed her potential solo debut in an interview with GQ Korea, stating that she wanted to show her "most natural self" in her first album, participating in the creation of every song. She began learning to play the guitar earlier that year, and then performed an unreleased solo track titled "My Guitar" on Twice's Ready to Be World Tour. In a March 2025 interview with Dazed Korea, Chaeyoung said she hoped her album would explain who she is. In September 2025, she told Rolling Stone that she began working on the album about a year ago, though the project took two to three years in total. For the first two years, she focused on figuring out what she wanted the album to be and what kind of music she wanted to create, spending a lot of time developing her ideas before putting them into action.
On June 10, 2025, JYP Entertainment confirmed that Chaeyoung was preparing for her solo debut. She is the fourth member of Twice to debut solo, following Nayeon in 2022, Jihyo in 2023, and Tzuyu in 2024. On August 8, it was announced that Chaeyoung would release her debut album on September 12. The album's title, Lil Fantasy Vol. 1, was revealed on August 12. On September 1, a music video was released for album track "Avocado", featuring Japanese band Gliiico. On September 2, the album's track listing was revealed, showing that Chaeyoung is the sole lyricist for three songs and is a co-lyricist on the remaining six songs. She also has composition and arrangement credits on most of the tracks. On September 12, the album was released along with a music video for its lead single "Shoot ".

Composition

In a statement released by JYP Entertainment, Chaeyoung said Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 "represents the little world within me, filled with my tastes, thoughts and attitude, offering a more authentic glimpse of who I am". The album features the Japanese sibling band Gliiico, whose neo soul and bedroom pop style shapes much of the sound. It also includes contributions from Sumin, Jibin of Y2K92, and rapper Sokodomo, who is credited with bringing an alternative and underground influence to the album's sound rather than mainstream pop.
The album opens with "Avocado", featuring Gliiico, who helped write and arrange the song. It was inspired by the story of Adam and Eve, with an avocado representing the forbidden fruit. The song's music video portrays Chaeyoung being eaten by an avocado and then falling into a fantasy world reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. Chaeyoung chose "Avocado" as the first track because it "sets the mood for the entire album". "Band-Aid" started as an instrumental track by Gliiico and was turned into an R&B song with a "cute yet kind of melancholy" concept. "Shoot " is a dance song influenced by jazz and disco, and its music video also references Alice in Wonderland. It was chosen as the lead single because it is danceable and contains the message "Let's set off firecrackers together and enjoy the party".
"Girl" is a guitar-driven song that Chaeyoung wrote for quiet girls like herself to empathize with. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she said "I 100 percent do think that the quiet girls are powerful girls with their thoughts and minds." "Ribbons" begins as an R&B ballad and then transforms into a bass-heavy mix of rock and EDM. Chaeyoung chose to collaborate with Sumin and Jibin of Y2K92 because she wanted a song that was made entirely by female artists. They all wrote part of the song on their own, and happened to all write about hardships they overcame as female artists. "Downpour", a collaboration with Kai of Gliiico, is a dream pop song that was written during the downpour season in Japan.
Chaeyoung described "BF" and "Shadow Puppet" as "very personal songs". "BF" reflects on the "loneliness that affects everyone at times", and "Shadow Puppet" describes how she feels like a shadow puppet when she has to conceal her identity so she won't be recognized outside. When recording "Shadow Puppet", the lyrics "Will there be a time where I freely run around again. Will that time come again?" made her cry. The closing track, "My Guitar", is an acoustic ballad about unconditional love. It was the first song she wrote on her own for the album, and she first performed it on Twice's Ready to Be World Tour in 2023. "Lonely Doll Waltz" was included as a physical release-only instrumental track because it is one of the first songs that Chaeyoung created using Ableton Live and it "sums up the mood" of the album.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music.
  • Chaeyoung – vocals, background vocals, vocal director, vocal arranger, producer
  • Gliiico – vocals, producer
  • Nico de Torres – vocal director, all instruments, background vocals, vocal arranger, producer, recording, editing engineer
  • Kai de Torres – background vocals, drums producer, vocal director
  • Kona Rose Jackson – background vocals, producer
  • Kosumo Yamamoto – piano, synthesizer, guitar, producer
  • Slom – producer
  • Gilhyeon Son – synthesizer, producer
  • Beautiful Disco – drums, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, guitar, all instruments, producer
  • PeeJay – drums, bass, piano, synthesizer, producer
  • Sumin – vocals, background vocals, drums, bass, vocal director, synthesizer, vocal arranger, producer, editing engineer, recording engineer
  • Jibin – vocals, background vocals, vocal arranger, vocal director, recording engineer
  • Valo – guitar, producer
  • Junu Park – bass, synthesizer, Rhodes piano,, producer
  • Park Namjun – recording
  • HRBstage – recording, [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing]
  • kimsunkyu – recording
  • Kim Sangil – recording
  • Junu Park – recording, editing engineer, mixing engineer, mixing
  • James Fouren – mixing, editing, mastering
  • Shin Bongwon – immersive mixing