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Red Velvet
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Two sounds in one group — bright 'Red' pop and sleek 'Velvet' R&B, switched at will.
- Dual-concept
- Experimental
- Vocal-driven
- Polished
- Versatile
LINEUP
Members
MILESTONES
Records & firsts
Girl group with the most number-one albums on the Gaon Album Chart
Extended to twelve with The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm, 2022.
First SM artist in fifteen years to perform in North Korea
Inter-Korean concert in Pyongyang, April 1, 2018.
"Psycho" certified platinum for 100 million streams
Korea Music Content Association, November 2020.
Only non-English entry in Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Videos of 2015
"Dumb Dumb".
Song of the Year at the Asia Artist Awards
"Umpah Umpah", 2019.
DID YOU KNOW
Trivia & lore
The name maps the concept: a bubbly, vibrant "red" side and a mature, elegant "velvet" side, a split that even shapes the members' styling.
Red Velvet debuted as four members; Yeri joined in March 2015, completing the five-member lineup at Ice Cream Cake.
Their debut single "Happiness" includes a rap verse from Taeyong, then an SM Rookies trainee and later NCT's leader.
Red Velvet played the K-pop trolls in the 2020 animated film Trolls World Tour, which featured "Russian Roulette".
Wendy was the first member to debut solo, with the EP Like Water in April 2021.
DISCOGRAPHY
Signature tracks
TIMELINE
The journey
ORIGIN
SM's two-sided concept
2014 — 2015
SM built Red Velvet around a split identity — a bright, bubbly "red" side and a mature, elegant "velvet" side rooted in '90s R&B. They debuted as four with "Happiness" in 2014, SM's first girl group in five years, and added Yeri in 2015.
DEBUT
Ice Cream Cake & Russian Roulette
2015 — 2017
Ice Cream Cake locked in the five-member lineup and a quirky, summery sound, while Russian Roulette and Red Flavor turned the 'Red' side into a string of bright signature hits. This run made Red Velvet a top-tier SM act and one of the defining girl groups of their generation.
Anchor track: Red Flavor
BREAKTHROUGH
Peek-A-Boo & Bad Boy
2017 — 2019
The 'Velvet' side finally got its showcase: Peek-A-Boo and the sleek, R&B-leaning Bad Boy proved the group could anchor a sophisticated, grown-up sound and won them international acclaim. Bad Boy became a long-tail Western favourite years after release.
Anchor track: Bad Boy
GLOBAL
Psycho & ReVe Festival
2019 — 2022
"Psycho" closed The ReVe Festival trilogy and went platinum on 100 million streams. Wendy's fall at a 2019 SBS Gayo Daejeon rehearsal kept the group from performing as five for a year; they returned with Queendom in 2021.
Anchor track: Psycho
RETURN
Chill Kill, Cosmic & Velvet Summer
2023
Chill Kill (2023) was their first Korean studio album in six years, and Cosmic marked the tenth anniversary in 2024. Wendy and Yeri's SM contracts ended in April 2025, but both stayed in the group — and Velvet Summer, in August 2026, was the first full-group release in two years.
Anchor track: Cosmic
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