Red Velvet (band)

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Red Velvet
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Red Velvet at KCON 2015 in Los Angeles. (L-R): Joy, Yeri, Irene, Seulgi, Wendy
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2014 (2014)–present
Labels S.M. Entertainment
Associated acts SM Town
Website redvelvet.smtown.com
Members

Red Velvet (Hangul: 레드벨벳) is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment. The group debuted on August 1, 2014, with their digital single "Happiness." The group is composed of five members: Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, and Yeri.

Since their debut, Red Velvet has experienced notable success and recognition. In September 2015, the group's first full-length album, The Red, topped the Gaon Album Chart and the Billboard World Albums Chart.[1] Red Velvet has received a total of eleven music awards, including two awards for choreography; Best Dance – Female and Best Dance Performance – Female Group, as well as three new artist awards.

Red Velvet members have also made television appearances; Irene as a host of Music Bank,[2] Yeri as a host of Music Core,[3] and Joy on the fourth season of variety show We Got Married.[4][5]

Artistry

Concept

The group's name represents its concept, defined by two different images (Red and Velvet) portrayed in their music and performances. "Red" signifies their vivid and bold image, whereas "Velvet" reflects their classy and toned-down side.[6]

Among their title tracks, "Happiness", "Ice Cream Cake" and "Dumb Dumb" falls under the "Red" concept, while "Be Natural", "Automatic" and "7월7일 (One Of These Nights)" are on the "Velvet" side of the spectrum.

History

Pre-debut

Seulgi was the first member to be cast as an S.M. Entertainment trainee through an audition in 2007, while Irene was cast in 2009. Yeri was cast through the S.M. Global Auditions in the U.S. in 2011. In 2012, Wendy and Joy were cast through the S.M. Global Auditions in Canada and Seoul respectively.[7] Irene, Seulgi and Wendy were rumored to debut as a group in July, which was then confirmed by S.M. Entertainment.[8][9][10] With the addition of member Joy, the four-member group would debut as Red Velvet, S.M. Entertainment's first girl group in five years since f(x).[11]

2014: Debut with Happiness and Be Natural

On August 1, 2014, Red Velvet made their official debut stage on the music program Music Bank.[12] Their debut single, "Happiness", was digitally released on August 4.[13] The song was penned by Yoo Young-jin and composed by Will Simms, Chad Hugo (The Neptunes), Chris Holsten, and Anne Judith Wik (Dsign Music). It was described as an urban Europop song with a strong synth sound and an African tribal beat.[14]

The original music video for "Happiness" gained more than 2 million views on YouTube in its first 24 hours of release before being removed due to controversy over problematic background images and replaced with an edited version. "Happiness" was the second-most viewed K-pop music video worldwide for the month of August.[15]

Red Velvet released their second digital single "Be Natural" and its music video on October 13.[16] The song, which includes a rap verse by S.M. Entertainment rookie Taeyong, is a remake of the 2000 song of the same name by S.E.S., S.M. Entertainment's first girl group.[17] The music video for the song was directed by Shim Jaewon, choreographed by Kyle Hanagami, and features original choreography seen in a pre-debut teaser of Irene and Seulgi, which they performed as part of S.M. Rookies.[18] The group started their promotions on October 9, making their first appearance on the music program, M! Countdown.[19]

2015: New member Yeri, Ice Cream Cake, and The Red

On March 11, 2015, former S.M. Rookies member Yeri was officially announced as part of the group.[20] On March 15, the group's first mini-album Ice Cream Cake was released.[21] The group promoted with double lead singles "Automatic" and "Ice Cream Cake" for which the music videos were released on March 14 and 15.[22]

On March 19 the group commenced promotions on music shows and also promoted the album through Ice Cream TV, a program streamed through Naver Music and hosted by SHINee's Minho.[23] On March 27, they won their first music show trophy on Music Bank and won on all of South Korea's music programs that week. The album went on to become the best selling album by a girl group in South Korea for the first half of 2015 on the Hanteo Chart.[24]

In August 2015, Red Velvet held their first United States performance during the annual KCON convention and music festival in Los Angeles, California.[25]

Red Velvet's first full-length album, The Red, was released on September 9, 2015, with a total of ten tracks including the lead single "Dumb Dumb".[26] The album was an immediate success which was received positively by critics: Billboard's Jeff Benjamin called The Red "an impressive, solid debut album", stating that it "indicates big things for the act that needs to follow in the footsteps of their beloved female label mates Girls' Generation and f(x)."[27] The Red debuted at #1 on Billboard's World Albums Chart and South Korea's Gaon Album Chart,[28] and also appeared in Billboard's list of the 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015, which described the album as "one of the year's most enjoyable and experimental pop LPs."[29]

"Dumb Dumb" peaked at number three on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart, making it the best-selling K-pop song in America of the week. The single topped a list posted by Dazed of the Top 20 K-pop Tracks of 2015, according to which the group "surpassed their idol competitors" and "marked a monumental, career-crowning musical tornado".[30] The music video for "Dumb Dumb" was included as the only non-English language entry in Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Videos of 2015.[31]

On December 18 the group took part in S.M. Entertainment's special winter project Winter Garden, alongside label-mates F(x) and BoA, releasing a digital single titled "Wish Tree".[32][33]

2016: The Velvet and summer comeback

Red Velvet's second mini album The Velvet was intended to be released on March 16, 2016, but ten minutes before its scheduled release, S.M. Entertainment announced that the music video and album's release would be delayed "to guarantee a high quality of work". The album and the title track "One of These Nights" (Korean title: 7월 7일) was released on March 17, 2016.[34][35] The album showcases the smooth R&B-influenced "velvet" side of the group's concept and is a direct follow-up album to The Red, which highlighted the band's bright and bold "red" persona.[36]

On May 28, 2016 SM Entertainment announced that Red Velvet will have a summer comeback in July.

Members

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Irene

Irene

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Main article: Irene (singer)

Irene (Hangul: 아이린) was born Bae Joo-hyun (Hangul: 배주현, Hanja: 裴柱現[37]) on (1991-03-29) March 29, 1991 (age 33) in Daegu, South Korea.[38][39]

Before debuting with Red Velvet, she appeared in several music videos of S.M. Entertainment's artists, including Henry Lau's "1-4-3 (I Love You)", and Kyuhyun's "At Gwanghwamun".[7][40] On May 1, 2015, Irene became an MC for Music Bank.[41]

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Seulgi

Seulgi

Seulgi (Hangul: 슬기) was born Kang Seul-gi (Hangul: 강슬기, Hanja: 姜슬기) on (1994-02-10) February 10, 1994 (age 30) in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.[38][42]

Before debuting with Red Velvet, she appeared in the music video for Henry Lau's "Fantastic," from his album Fantastic.[7] She was also featured on the song "Butterfly", from the same album. In January 2015, she starred in a S.M. Entertainment musical School Oz, playing the lead role of Dorothy.[43]

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Wendy

Wendy

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Main article: Wendy (singer)

Wendy (Hangul: 웬디) was born Son Seung-wan[44] (Hangul: 손승완, Hanja: 孫承完) on (1994-02-21) February 21, 1994 (age 30) in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[38][45]

In 2010, she auditioned for and became a finalist in the "Koreaboo: Cube Entertainment Global Auditions 2011".[46] She was cast by S.M. Entertainment in 2012 after auditioning at the S.M Global Audition in Canada.[47][48] On March 14, 2014, Wendy released the song "Because I Love You", which is part of the soundtrack of the Mnet drama Mimi and appeared in the song's music video.[7] Wendy collaborated with rapper Yuk Jidam for the song "Return" for KBS2's Who Are You: School 2015 OST, which was released on June 8, 2015, and debuted at #31 on the Gaon Singles Chart.[49][50][51] She released another song "Let You Know" for the soundtrack of the JTBC drama D-Day on October 16.[52] In January 2016, she appeared as a panelist on We Got Married and on March 4 she released a duet with Eric Nam titled "Spring Love" as part of S.M. Entertainment's SM Station project.[53][54]

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Joy

Joy

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Main article: Joy (singer)

Joy (Hangul: 조이) was born Park Soo-young (Hangul: 박수영, Hanja: 朴秀英[55][56]) on (1996-09-03) September 3, 1996 (age 27) in Seoul, South Korea.[38][42]

During grade school, she performed K-rock band Cherry Filter's "Flying Duck" which marked the beginning of her aspiration to become a singer.[57] She auditioned and was cast by S.M. Entertainment at the S.M. Global Audition in Seoul in 2012.[58] She graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul in February 2015.[59] In 2015, Joy gained public interest by joining the fourth season of reality show We Got Married, where she was paired with BtoB member Yook Sung-jae.[60] She and Yook won Best Couple at the MBC Entertainment Awards with Joy winning the award for 2015's New Star of the Year.[61]

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Yeri

Yeri

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Main article: Yeri (singer)

Yeri (Hangul: 예리) was born Kim Ye-rim (Hangul: 김예림, Hanja: 金藝琳) on (1999-03-05) March 5, 1999 (age 25) in Seoul, South Korea.[42][62][63]

In 2011, she was cast by S.M. Entertainment and was introduced as a new member to the group on March 10, 2015.[20] From May 9, 2015 to November 14, 2015, Yeri hosted on MBC's music program, Show! Music Core.[64] Yeri currently attends Hanlim Multi Art School.[65]

Discography

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Main article: Red Velvet discography

Filmography

Television shows

Year Title TV Network Member(s) Note
2014 Pops in Seoul ArirangTV All (except Yeri) Episode prior to Yeri's debut.
Weekly Idol MBC Every1
Hello Counselor KBS World
After School Club ArirangTV
Let's Go! Dream Team KBS2 Irene, Seulgi, Wendy Girl Group Bubble Suit Championship
2015 Music Bank Irene Regular MC
After School Club ArirangTV All Guests
We Got Married MBC Joy Paired with BTOB's Sungjae
Show! Music Core Yeri Regular MC
Yaman TV Mnet All With Lovelyz
100 People, 100 Songs JTBC Seulgi, Wendy Guest Contestants
Off to School Seulgi Guest
Hello Counselor KBS2 Joy , Yeri Guests, Episode 220
Weekly Idol MBC Every1 All Guests, Episode 217
MBC Idol Athletics Championships MBC All Competitors
Global Request Show A Song For You 4 KBS2 All Guests, Episode 12
Running Man SBS Joy Guests, Episode 268
Immortal Song 2 KBS2 Wendy, Seulgi, Joy Guests
Vitamin Wendy, Seulgi, Irene, Yeri Guests
Today's Room Mnet All Guests, Episode 8, 9
2016 Two Yoo Project Sugar Man JTBC Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Yeri with Orange Caramel, Episode 13
King of Mask Singer MBC Wendy Contestant as "Space Beauty Maetel", Episode 43
Weekly Idol MBC Every1 All Episode 242
Vitamin KBS2 Irene, Seulgi, Yeri Guests
Descendants of the Sun KBS2 All Cameo[66]
Baek Jong-won's Three Great Emperors SBS Irene, Seulgi, Joy, Yeri Episode 23
Hello Counselor KBS2 Irene, Wendy Guests, Episode 267
Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 All Guests, Episode 313
Knowing Brother JTBC Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, Yeri Guests, Episode 21

Musicals

Year Title Role Member(s) Note
2014 School Oz Dorothy Seulgi S.M. Entertainment musical

Film

Year Title Role Member(s) Note
2015 SMTOWN The Stage Themselves Red Velvet Biographical Film

DJ Radio

Year Radio Member(s) Note
2015 Kiss the Radio Seulgi, Wendy Special DJ (October 13)

Concert tours

SM Town

Best Of Best

  • Best Of Best in Guangzhou (November 16, 2014)
  • Best Of Best in the Philippines (April 12, 2015)

KCON

  • KCON '15: Los Angeles, California (August 2, 2015)

Awards and nominations

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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Red Velvet

Red Velvet has also won a total of 16 music program awards. On March 27, 2015, 7 months after their official debut, the band received their first number-one win on South Korean music program Music Bank with the debut EP "Ice Cream Cake." The following weekend, the song achieved number-one wins on Show! Music Core and Inkigayo.

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