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Hey guys! Guess who's back, back again. Today we are going to talk about another girl group, Red Velvet. Yay! Let's go.
Red Velvet is a five member girl group that was created by SM Entertainment. They debuted on August 1, 2014 and debuted as four members but one member was added in the beginning of 2015. Their fandom is called ReVeluv and their fandom color is Pastel Coral. Red Velvet's style of music is represented by their name, the 'Red' represents their colorful pop sound while the 'Velvet' shows their R&B based sounds.
Members:
Irene (아이린)
Birth Name: Bae Ju Hyung (배주현)
Positions: Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Visual, and Center
Birthday: March 29, 1991
Birth Place: Daegu, South Korea
Sub-Unit: IRENE & SEULGI
Instagram: @renebaebae
Nicknames: Baechu and Hyun-ah
Casted in 2009 at a public audition
She was a part of SM Rookies pre-debut
Seulgi (슬기)
Birth Name: Kang Seulgi (강슬기)
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist
Birthday: February 10, 1994
Birth Place: Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Sub-Unit: IRENE & SEULGI
Instagram: @hi_sseulgi
Nicknames: Kkangseul, GomDoli, and Teddy Bear
Casted through a public audition in 2007
She was a part of SM Rookies pre-debut
Amber (f(x) gave her the name BearSeulgi
Wendy (웬디)
Birth Name: Son Seung Wan (손승완)
English Name: Wendy Son (웬디손)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: February 21, 1994
Birth Place: Seongbuk-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Instagram: @todayis_wendy
Nicknames: Olaf, Wan-ah
She was raised in Canada
She was a part of SM Rookies pre-debut
Can play piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone
Joy (조이)
Birth Name: Park Soo Young (박수영)
Position: Lead Rapper and Sub Vocalist
Birthday: September 3, 1996
Birth Place: Jeju Island, South Korea
Instagram: @_imyour_joy
Nicknames: Doongdoongie, cute Joy, Malgeumi
Casted at 2012 Global Audition in Seoul
Appeared on "We Got Married"
Acted on dramas, "The Liar and His Lover" and "The Great Seducer"
Yeri (예리)
Birth Name: Kim Ye Rim (김예림)
Position: Sub Vocalist, Sub Rapper, Maknae
Birthday: March 5, 1999
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
Instagram: @yerimiese
Nicknames: Squirtle, Yeriana, Malgeumi
Joined group in 2015 (Ice Cream Cake era)
English name is Katy
She was a part of SM Rookies
She can speak basic English
The History of Red Velvet
The Formation of Red Velvet began in 2007, when Seulgi joined SM Entertainment through an open audition. Irene and Yeri joined SM in 2009 and 2011 also through an open audition. Wendy and Joy became trainees through global auditions in Canada and Seoul in 2012. The preparations for the making of this girl group started in late 2013. The lineup started with the introduction of Irene and Seulgi in December of 2013, then followed was the additions of Wendy from SM Rookies in March of 2014, and finally the addition of Joy not much time later. Seulgi and Irene made cameo in music videos pre-debut; they appeared in '1-3-4 (I Love You)', 'Fantastic', and 'Butterfly' all by the artist Henry. Wendy was credited as a member of SR14G and had a solo track 'Because I Love You' for Mnet Drama Mimi.
Red Velvet made their official debut as a four member girl group on August 1, 2014 on Music Bank with the single Happiness. The music video for 'Happiness' gained over two million views in 24 hours and peaked at number four on the Billboard Digital World Chart.
In October of the year, Red Velvet had their first comeback with the single Be Natural featuring former SR14B member Taeyong. The single was a remake of song of the same title by S.E.S from 2000. The song peaked at number 33 on the Goan Chart and number six on the Billboard Digital World Chart.
In 2014, the girls won the Rookie of the Year award at Golden Disks Awards and also the Seoul Music Awards. SM Entertainment announced that former SM Rookies member Yeri would officially joined the group on March 11, 2015. On March 17, 2015, the group came back with their first mini album, Ice Cream Cake. Red Velvet got their first win with the song Ice Cream Cake on Music Bank on March 27. The mini album was the best selling album for South Korea for the first half of 2015 on the Hanteo Chart.
Red Velvet had their first American performance at KCON LA. On September 9, 2015, the group released their first full studio album, The Red. The album debuted at number one on the Goan Chart and Billboard Digital World Chart; the title track Dumb Dumb peaked at number two on Goan and number three on Billboard. The album appeared on Billboard's 10 Best K-pop Albums, and Dumb Dumb topped the Dazed Top 20 K-pop Tracks of 2015. Dumb Dumb was the only non-English music video to appear on Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Videos of 2015.
In December, Red Velvet took part in SM's Christmas project Winter Garden with the single Wish Tree.
On March 16, 2016, Red Velvet released their second extend play entitled The Velvet with the title track, "One of These Nights". Then they had another comeback with the EP, Russian Roulette, with the title track of the same name on September 7, 2016. Russian Roulette charted at number two on the Gaon and Billboard Charts.
The girls made their comeback with the mini album, Rookie, on February 1, 2017. The album went to number one on the Gaon Album and Billboard World Album Charts. Red Velvet had their first reality show called Level Up Project that ran from July 27 to September 10.
The girls came back for the summer of 2017. Their album called The Red Summer with title track Red Flavor on July 9, 2017. The album went to number one on Gaon Album Chart and Billboard World Album; also Red Flavor as a single debuted at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart.
Red Velvet had their first solo concert called Red Room on August 18. The girls began reaching more into the Japanese market with their first Japanese showcase. The showcase was held on October 23 and as called F'U'N Room Reveluv-Baby Party at Yebisu The Garden Hall in Tokyo. After Japanese promotions, the girls released their second full album named Perfect Velvet on November 17 with the title track Peek-a-Boo. Peek-a-Boo peaked at number two on the Billboard World Digital Chart; also the album and the single reached number two on the Gaon Album and Digital charts.
On January 29, 2018, repackaged their pervious album Perfect Velvet as their album Perfect Red Velvet with the main single Bad Boy. Bad Boy debuted at number two on the World Digital Song Chart. The song also charted at number 87 on the Canadian Hot 100.
The girls held a solo concert in Tokyo, Japan on March 28 and 29 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza. On April 29, 2018, Red Velvet held their first American fan meeting in Chicago at the Rosemont Theatre, then they toured six Japanese cities in May and June. The group performed at a inter-Korean concert that was held in Pyongyang, North Korea. On July 4, 2018, the group made their Japanese debut with the lead single and album of the same name, #CookieJar. The song debuted at number three on the Oricon Weekly Chart.
On August 6, 2018, Red Velvet had a comeback with another summer extended play entitled Summer Magic with the title track Power Up. Power Up got an all-kill, topping all eight charts. In September and October, Readmare concert series went to Bangkok, Taipei, and Singapore.
Red Velvet released their fifth Korean EP named RBB on November 30. The main single of the EP was named RBB (Really Bad Boy).
On May 29, 2019, the girls had their first Japanese comeback with the EP Sappy and the main single Sappy. In February, the girls went on the North American leg on their Redmare Tour. They preformed in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Newark, Toronto, and Vancouver. On June 19, Red Velvet started their The Reve Festival series with the first mini album The Reve Festival: Day 1 with the title track Zimzalabim.
On August 20, the girls continued the series with the next mini album The Reve Festival: Day 2 with the title track, Umpah Umpah. This won Song of the Year at the Asian Artist Awards on November 20. The girls started another named La Rouge, and had their Seoul performances on November 23 and 24. After the success of Day 2, the girls ended the series with the a repackage album named The Reve Festival: Finale with the lead single Psycho.
The girls continued on their La Rouge tour with Japanese tour dates in early 2020. Red Velvet were featured on the animated movie, Trolls World Tour with the song Russian Roulette. On July 6, 2020, Red Velvet subunit named Irene & Seulgi with the EP, Monster with a title track of the same name. August 21, the girls released a SM Station song, which was a cover of the BoA song, Milky Way, for the complication album celebrating BoA's 20th Anniversary.
Discography
Happiness: August 1, 2014
Track List:
1) Happiness
Be Natural: October 13, 2014
Track List:
1) Be Natural (ft. SR14B Taeyong)
Ice Cream Cake: March 17, 2015
Track List:
1) Ice Cream Cake
2) Automatic
3) Somethin Kinda Crazy
4) Stupid Cupid
5) Take It Slow
6) Candy
The Red: September 9, 2015
Track List:
1) Dumb Dumb
2) Huff n Puff
3) Campfire
4) Red Dress
5) Oh Boy
6) Lady's Room
7) Time Slip
8) Don't U Wait No More
9) Day 1
10) Cool World
Wish Tree: December 18, 2015
Track List:
1) Wish Tree
The Velvet: March 17, 2016
Track List:
1) One of These Nights
2) Cool Hot Sweet Love
3) Light Me Up
4) First Time
5) Rose Scent Breeze
6) One of These Nights (De-Capo Ver.)
7) One of These Nights (Joe Millionaire Ver.)
8) One of These Nights (Piano Ver.)
Russian Roulette: September 7, 2016
Track List:
1) Russian Roulette
2) Lucky Girl
3) Bad Dracula
4) Sunny Afternoon
5) Fool
6) Same Love
7) My Dear
Rookie: February 1, 2017
Track List:
1) Rookie
2) Little Little
3) Happily Ever After
4) Talk To Me
5) Body Talk
6) Last Love
Would U: March 31, 2017
Track List:
1) Would U
2) Would U (Instrumental)
The Red Summer: July 9, 2017
Track List:
1) Red Flavour
2) You Better Know
3) Zoo
4) Mojito
5) Hear the Sea
Rebirth: August 18,2017
Track List:
1) Rebirth
2) Rebirth (Instrumental)
Perfect Velvet: November 17, 2017
Track List:
1) Peek-a-boo
2) Look
3) I Just
4) Kingdom Come
5) My second Date
6) Attaboy
7) Perfect 10
8) About Love
9) Moonlight Melody
The Perfect Red Velvet: January 29, 2018
Track List:
1) Bad Boy
2) All Right
3) Peek-a-boo
4) Look
5) I Just
6) Kingdom Come
7) Time To Love
8) My Second Date
9) Attaboy
10) Perfect 10
11) About Love
12) Moonlight Melody
#Cookie Jar: July 4, 2018
(Japanese Mini Album)
Track List:
1) #Cookie Jar
2) Aitai-tai
3) 'Cause it's you
4) Dumb Dumb
5) Russian Roulette
6) Red Flavour
Summer Magic: August 6, 2018
Track List:
1) Power Up
2) With You
3) Mr.E
4) Mosquito
5) Hit That Drum
6) Blue Lemonade
7) Bad Boy (English Version)
RBB: November 30, 2018
Track List:
1) RBB
2) Butterflies
3) So Good
4) Sassy Me
5) Taste
6) RBB (English Version)
Sappy: May 29, 2019
(Japanese Mini Album)
Track List:
1) Sappy
2) Swimming Pool
3) Sayonara
4) Peek-a-boo (Japanese Ver)
5) Rookie (Japanese Ver)
6) Power Up (Japanese Ver)
The ReVe Festival Day 1: June 19, 2019
Track List:
1) Zimzalabim
2) Sunny Side Up!
3) Milkshake
4) Bing Bing
5) Parade
6) LP
The ReVe Festival Day 2: August 20, 2019
Track List:
1) Umpah Umpah
2) Carpool
3) Love Is The Way
4) Jumpin'
5) Ladies Night
6) Eyes Locked, Hands Locked
The ReVe Festival Finale: December 23, 2019
Track List:
1) Psycho
2) In & Out
3) Remember Forever
4) Eyes Locked, Hands Locked
5) Ladies Night
6) Jumpin'
7) Love Is The Way
8) Carpool
9) Umpah Umpah
10) LP
11) Parade
12) Bing Bing
13) Milkshake
14) Sunny Side Up!
15) Zimzalabim
16) La Rouge
My Thoughts on Red Velvet
Red Velvet is one of my first girl groups that I listened to when I started getting into K-pop. My first Red Velvet song that I ever listened to was Dumb Dumb. I loved them from the moment I saw them and I love them just as much now. I don't think I have ever completely hated a Red Velvet song, mainly because all of them are good vocalist. If you were wonder, which I doubt you were, my bias is Seulgi and my bias wrecker is Wendy. My personal favorite title track is Bad Boy and my least favorite was RBB. My favorite b-sides are Somethin Kinda Crazy, Butterflies, Zoo, and Sunny Side Up! I love the way that Red Velvet is able to concept jump, because I like being surprised and like variety with music. With Red Velvet you don't really know what to expect from a comeback, like you know what to expect from a BLACKPINK, Everglow, or CLC; but with Red Velvet their is no complete idea of what to expect.
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