Red Velvet

Red Velvet promoting The Red (2015)

Red Velvet (레드벨벳) is a Korean pop girl group formed by SM Entertainment. They debuted in 2014 as a four-member group with the digital single "Haengbok (Happiness)". In 2015, Yeri was added for the group's comeback with Ice Cream Cake.

Members

• Irene (Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Visual, Vocals)
• Seul Gi (Lead Vocals, Main Dancer)
• Wendy (Main Vocals)
• Joy (Lead Rapper, Vocals)
• Yeri (Rapper, Vocals, Maknae)

Information

Pre-debut

Three of the four original members of Red Velvet were previously part of SM Entertainment's pre-debut team, SM Rookies. Seul Gi, 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 the SM Rookies, also auditioned through the 'SM Global Audition' in Seoul in 2012.

In July 2014, there were rumors of S.M Entertainment forming a new girl group that would debut the following month which consisted of three girls from the SM Rookies, Irene, Seul Gi, Wendy and another S.M trainee who turned out to be Joy. SM Entertainment made an official announcement that the 4-member girl group, Red Velvet, will be making their official debut on August 1, 2014.

Yeri was also a member of S.M. Rookies, but wasn't revealed until after Red Velvet had debuted. She performed with other female trainees on several occasions before being added to the group.

Debut and Be Natural

Velvet promoting Haengbok (Happiness) (2014)

Red Velvet released a music video teaser of their debut song, "Haengbok (Happiness)" on July 27, 2014. The music video for the song was released on August 1, 2014, and on the same day, the group made their official debut stage on the music program Music Bank.

"Haengbok (Happiness)", penned by Yoo Young-jin and composed by Will Simms and Chad Hugo, was released on August 4, 2014 through South Korea's music portals. Meanwhile, its music video also reached 1,000,000 views in just 11 hours.

Red Velvet promoting Be Natural (2014)

Red Velvet released their second digital single "Be Natural" on October 13. The song is a remake of the 2000 song of the same name by S.E.S., S.M. Entertainment's first girl group. The group started their promotional activities for this release on October 9, making their first appearance on the music program, M! Countdown. The music video for the song was released during the same day. It was directed by Shim Jaewon, who also worked with choreographer Kyle Hanagami for the choreography. The music video shows the original choreography seen in the pre-debut clip of members Irene and Seulgi when they performed the song in an SMROOKIES video. It also features SR14B member, Taeyong, doing the rap parts.

Yeri addition & Ice Cream Cake

Red Velvet promoting Ice Cream Cake (2015)

On March 11, 2015, SM Entertainment released an introduction video of Yeri, announcing her as a new member of Red Velvet. They also confirmed the release of their first album, Ice Cream Cake, released March 18th.

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. On March 15, it was announced that both "Automatic" and "Ice Cream Cake" will be promoted as double lead singles off the album. The music video for "Ice Cream Cake" was released on March 15. Ice Cream Cake topped Gaon's Weekly Album Sales Chart in its first week. 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.On March 27, they won their first music show trophy on Music Bank.

Filmography

Television

• [2014] Escape Crisis No.1
• [2014] Hello Counselor
• [2014] Hidden Singer 3
• [2014] Weekly Idol (Guest)
• [2014] After School Club (Guest)
• [2014] Let's Go! Dream Team II
• [2015] After School Club (Guest with new member Yeri)
• [2015] YamanTV (Guest with Lovelyz)
• [2015] 100 People, 100 Songs
• [2015] Weekly Idol (Guest with new member Yeri)

Commercials / Endorsements

• [2014] Lotte Pepero
• [2015] Baskin Robbins
• [2015] Meters/bonwe

Discography

Studio Albums

• [2015.09.09] The Red

Mini-Albums

• [2015.03.18] Ice Cream Cake

Digital Singles

• [2014.08.04] Haengbok (Happiness)
• [2014.10.13] Be Natural

Awards

• [2015.01.15] 29th Golden Disk Awards: New Artist Award
• [2015.01.22] 24th Seoul Music Awards: New Artist Award

TV Music Shows

Ice Cream Cake

• [2015.03.27] KBS Music Bank #1
• [2015.03.29] SBS Inkigayo #1
• [2015.04.01] MBC Show Champion #1
• [2015.04.02] Mnet M!Countdown #1
• [2015.04.04] MBC Show! Music Core #1

Dumb Dumb

• [2015.09.15] SBS The Show #1
• [2015.09.16] MBC Show Champion #1
• [2015.09.17] Mnet M!Countdown #1
• [2015.09.20] SBS Inkigayo #1
• [2015.09.24] Mnet M!Countdown #1

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook
• Official Instagram