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Red Velvet (group)

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Red Velvet (Hangul: 레드벨벳) is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2014. They made their debut with the digital single "Happiness", which was released August 4, 2014. The group originally consisted of four members: Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, and Joy. Yeri was added to the group in March 2015.[1]

Red Velvet
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresK-pop
Years active2014 (2014)–present
LabelsS.M. Entertainment
Members
  • Irene
  • Seulgi
  • Wendy
  • Joy
  • Yeri
Websiteredvelvet.smtown.com

History

Pre-debut

Three of the original four members of Red Velvet were previously part of S.M. Entertainment's pre-debut team, S.M. Rookies.[2] Seulgi, the first member who joined the agency, was brought in through an audition in 2007. Irene, the next member to join the company, was cast in 2009. Wendy auditioned through the SM Global Audition in Canada in 2012. Joy, the member who wasn't part of S.M. Rookies, auditioned through the SM Global Audition in Seoul in 2012.[3]

As part of S.M. Rookies, several clips of Irene, Seulgi and Wendy were released on S.M. Entertainment's official YouTube account. The three members were rumored to debut as a group in July, which was then confirmed by S.M. Entertainment.[4][5] 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 after f(x).[6]

2014: Debut, "Happiness" and "Be Natural"

Red Velvet's debut single, "Happiness", was digitally released on August 4, 2014, through various South Korean online music stores and debuts high on music charts.[7] Its music video was released on August 1, and would later become the second most viewed K-pop video worldwide in August 2014.[8] The group made their official debut stage on the music program Music Bank.[9]

Red Velvet released their second digital single "Be Natural", a remake of a song by S.E.S, on October 13.[10] The group started their promotional activities for this release on October 9, making their first appearance on the music program, M! Countdown.[11] The music video for the song was released during the same day.[12]

2015: Ice Cream Cake and new member Yeri

On March 11, 2015, SM Entertainment announced that the group's first mini-album will be called Ice Cream Cake and was released on March 15. On the same day, they released a video announcing the addition of a new member, Yeri, to the group's lineup. Yeri was formerly part of S.M. Rookies with Irene, Seulgi and Wendy.[13][14] "Automatic," the group's first music video featuring Yeri, was released on March 14.[15]

The group started promotions on music shows on March 19 and also promoted the album through the program, Ice Cream TV which was streamed through Naver Music and was hosted by SHINee's Minho.[16] On March 15, it was announced that both "Automatic" and "Ice Cream Cake" will be promoted as double lead singles off the album.[17] The music video for "Ice Cream Cake" was released on March 15.[18] Ice Cream Cake topped Gaon's Weekly Album Sales Chart in its first week.[19] It also debuted at #2 on Billboard's World Albums Chart and "Ice Cream Cake" peaked at #3 on Billboard's World Digital Songs Chart, while "Automatic" peaked at #9.[20][21] On March 27, they won their first music show trophy on Music Bank.[22]

Artistry and Influences

Image

The group's image is based around both words in their name. "Red" is used to reflect a strong and sensual concept, with songs like "Automatic" and "Be Natural" while "Velvet" is used to reflect a soft, feminine concept, with songs such as "Happiness" and "Ice Cream Cake".[23]

Controversy

Shortly after the release of the music video for "Happiness", Japanese media reported that images referencing the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the September 11 attacks were seen in the video. S.M. Entertainment responded to the reports, explaining, "After questioning the director, we found that he simply used a collage source for the images, and there was no intention behind it." The representative added, "As SM wasn't able to catch it before, we will remove the material that caused the misunderstanding as soon as possible. We will make sure not to let this kind of thing happen in the future."[24][25] On August 3, S.M. Entertainment deleted the original "Happiness" music video and uploaded a re-edited version without the controversial scenes.[26][27]

Members

Irene

Irene was born Bae Joo-hyun (배주현) on March 29, 1991 in Daegu, South Korea.[28][29] Before debuting with Red Velvet, she appeared in the music video for Henry Lau's "1-4-3 (I Love You)", released in August 2013.[3] In November 2014, she appeared in in the music video for Cho Kyuhyun's "At Gwanghwamun".[30]

Seulgi

Kang Seul-gi (강슬기) was born February 10, 1994.[28] Before debuting with Red Velvet, she appeared in the music video for Henry Lau's "Fantastic", from his album Fantastic.[3] She was also featured on the song "Butterfly", from the same album. In January 2015, she starred in the musical School Oz, playing the lead role of Dorothy.[31]

Wendy

Wendy was born Son Seung-wan (손승완) on February 21, 1994 in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[28][32] Her family lived in Jecheon before Wendy moved to Canada in her fifth year of elementary school to study abroad and started using her English name, Wendy Shon.[33] Her parents moved to Canada two years later.[34] In middle school, Wendy attended Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota in the United States. She was an honor student, and earned various awards for academics and music-related activities during her stay there.[35][36][37][38] She was also active in theatre and sports, being a member of the girls golf team.[39] She later studied at Richmond Hill High School in Ontario, where she became a member of the school choir.[40] Wendy has stated that her passion for music comes from her parents who are both music lovers.[41] Besides her talent in singing, she is also able to play different instruments such as the piano, guitar, flute and saxophone.[42]

In 2010, she auditioned for the "Koreaboo: Cube Entertainment Global Auditions 2011" with an online audition and was picked from over 5,000 videos by Koreaboo and Cube Entertainment to continue to the final round in Vancouver, Canada. G.NA personally picked the 15 finalists with Koreaboo to open for her first solo showcase, held in Vancouver, Canada.[43] In 2012, she was cast by S.M. Entertainment after auditioning at the S.M Global Audition in Canada.[44][45] On March 14, 2014, Wendy released the song "Because I Love You", which is part of the soundtrack of the Mnet drama, Mimi which her label mate, TVXQ's Changmin, stars in. She also appeared in the song's music video.[3]

Joy

Joy was born Park Soo-young (박수영) on September 3, 1996.[28] She graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul in February 2015.[46]

Yeri

Yeri was born Kim Ye-rim (김예림) on March 5, 1999.[47][48] She was cast by SM Entertainment in 2011, and was introduced as a new member to the group on March 10, 2015.[13]

Discography

Main article: Red Velvet discography

Concert tours

SMTown

  • SM Town Live World Tour IV (2014–present)

Filmography

Television

Variety show appearances

Year Date Channel Title Member(s)
2014 August 25 KBS Escape Crisis No.1 All
September 1 Hello Counselor[49]
September 20 JTBC Hidden Singer 3[50]
October 10 Mnet EXO 90:2014[51] Seulgi, Wendy
October 15 MBC Every 1 Weekly Idol[52] All
October 18 SBS Star King[53] Joy, Seulgi
October 28 Arirang TV After School Club[54] All
November 1 MBC Quiz to Change the World[55] Irene, Wendy
November 5 Arirang TV Pops in Seoul All
November 30 KBS2 Let's Go! Dream Team Irene, Seulgi, Wendy
2015 January 2 Arirang TV Showbiz Korea Joy
April 7 Arirang TV After School Club[56] All
April 16 JTBC Off to School Seulgi

Awards and nominations

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

Red Velvet have been recipients of numeruous awards from South Korea. Red Velvet has also won 6 music program awards. On March 7, 2015, 7 month 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 The Music Trend, becoming a "triple win" hit.

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