TWICE’s Sana Meets RESCENE’s Minami: Their Video Tops 3 Million Views in 5.4 Days

A video capturing a meeting between TWICE’s Sana and RESCENE’s Minami surpassed 3 million views only 5.4 days after its release. The encounter drew an explosive response from the moment it was unveiled: the video had already crossed the 1 million-view mark within 0.4 days. With more than 550,000 views recorded per day on average, the pace of viewing demonstrated the intense attention surrounding the two artists’ time together.

Minami’s heartfelt reaction to meeting her favorite artist

Minami made no attempt to hide her emotions when she came face to face with Sana, the senior artist she had long admired. She immediately began to cry, openly showing herself to be a “seongdeok,” the Korean shorthand for a fan whose devotion has been rewarded. Her candid reaction set the emotional tone for an encounter shaped by genuine admiration rather than a merely formal meeting between senior and junior artists.

During the video, Minami looked back on the first time she met Sana at Music Bank and spoke about her feelings as a fan. Another absorbing part of the conversation came as Minami affirmed her identity as ONCE, the name used by TWICE’s fans. The moment when she received Sana’s autograph in person further heightened the sense that she was living out a long-held wish, drawing viewers more deeply into her experience.

Their conversation soon developed beyond the conventions of a senior-junior relationship and revealed a deeper sense of mutual understanding. Minami shared some of the foods she regularly enjoys, including kimchi-jjim and carrot râpée, offering a glimpse of her everyday tastes and natural personality. Sana, in turn, personally selected three of Minami’s most charming qualities, expressing warm affection and encouragement toward her junior.

From a dialect lesson to reflections on an 11-year career

As artists from Japan, Sana and Minami found common ground through language and culture. Sana gave Minami a one-on-one lesson in a Japanese dialect, creating a cheerful and playful atmosphere between them. The exchange allowed their shared background to become a direct point of connection, adding another dimension to a meeting that had begun with Minami’s emotional response to seeing her favorite senior artist.

The pair also moved into more personal territory as they discussed how Minami is seen by her parents and recalled an episode in which she transformed herself with a gyaru-style look. These stories added depth to the conversation by presenting Minami outside the strictly professional setting of an artist’s career. They also gave Sana and Minami room to communicate through experiences involving identity, appearance and family perspectives.

The video additionally included a discussion of how TWICE has remained together as a team throughout its long 11-year career. Sana’s experience and composure as a senior artist gave the subject added significance, while her sincere advice and words of encouragement for Minami brought greater emotional weight to their exchange. Rather than focusing only on admiration, the meeting also became an opportunity for a younger artist to hear directly from a senior with more than a decade of experience as part of a team.

By encompassing everything from Minami’s ordinary, everyday side to the concerns she carries as an artist, the conversation presented a fuller picture of her personality and aspirations. Her tears, her identity as an ONCE, the autograph from Sana, their playful dialect lesson and their more serious career discussion all contributed distinct layers to the meeting. Taken together, those moments were enough to confirm the bond that formed between Sana and Minami, while the rapid rise beyond 3 million views reflected the extraordinary interest their encounter generated.