1) Red Velvet (레드벨벳) i… Read Full Bio ↴There are three artists who go by Red Velvet:
1) Red Velvet (레드벨벳) is a five-member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2014. The group consists of Irene (아이린), Seulgi (슬기), Wendy (웬디), Joy (조이), and Yeri (예리). Their name is a play on their dual concept of "red" and "velvet;" the "red" half is their brighter and bubblier side, while their "velvet" image is their softer, more mature and elegant concept.
Debuting in 2014, Red Velvet was originally a four-member group. Three of the original four members of Red Velvet were previously part of S.M. Entertainment's pre-debut team, SM Rookies. 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. Joy, the member who wasn't part of SM Rookies, auditioned through the SM Global Audition in Seoul in 2012. As part of SM Rookies, several clips of Irene and Seulgi were released on S.M. Entertainment's official YouTube account. The three members were rumored to debut as a group in July 2014, which was then later confirmed by SM Entertainment. With the addition of member Joy, the four-member group would debut as Red Velvet - SM Entertainment's first girl group in five years, after f(x).
Red Velvet's debut single "행복 (Happiness)" was digitally released on August 4, 2014. The music video was released on August 1, and later become the second most viewed K-pop video worldwide in August 2014; on the same day, the group made their official debut stage on the music program Music Bank.
Red Velvet released their second digital single "Be Natural" on October 13, 2014. It is a remake of a song by veteran SM Entertainment girl group, S.E.S.. The track features Taeyong, former member of SM Rookies' male unit named SR14B, as well as a member of NCT. 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 on the same day.
On March 11, 2015, SM Entertainment released a video announcing the addition of a new member to the group's lineup—Yeri. On March 14, "Automatic," the group's first music video featuring Yeri, was released. The following day, they released their first mini-album "Ice Cream Cake", along with the music video for "Ice Cream Cake." It was also announced by S.M. Entertainment that both "Automatic" and "Ice Cream Cake" would be promoted as double lead singles of the album.
In early September 2015, S.M. Entertainment announced that the group would be making a comeback, and on September 9, 2015, Red Velvet released their first full length album "The Red". The album features ten tracks, including the title track, "Dumb Dumb." The album focuses on their "red" image, which is supposed to be the group's bright and bold side. On December 18, 2015, 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 "세가지 소원 (Wish Tree)."
While promoting "The Red", it was hinted at by the members and S.M. Entertainment that there would be a follow up album, but nothing was confirmed at that time. In March 2016, it was announced that the group would make a comeback with the group's second mini album. "The Velvet" was released on March 17, 2016 as a direct follow up to their first album "The Red". While "The Red' focuses on the "red" half of the group's image, "The Velvet' focuses on the group's smooth and soft "velvet" image. The title track, "7월 7일 (One Of These Nights)," is described as an R&B ballad. On March 27, 2016, the group performed the track on music show Inkigayo.
On September 7, 2016, Red Velvet released their third mini-album "Russian Roulette". The mini album features seven tracks, including the title track of the same name, "러시안 룰렛 (Russian Roulette)". On September 13, 2016, Red Velvet took their first music show win for "Russian Roulette" on The Show. The title track peaked at #2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and Billboard's World Digital Songs chart, making it their highest rankings on both charts at the time. On January 27, 2018, the music video for "Russian Roulette" became the group's first music video to reach 100 million views.
A few months later in January of 2017, it was announced that the group would be releasing new music in February. The group's fourth mini-album "Rookie" was released on February 1, 2017. The mini-album contains six tracks, including the title track of the same name, "Rookie" and "마지막 사랑 (Last Love)," a solo track by group member Wendy.
On July 9, 2017, Red Velvet released their fifth mini-album "The Red Summer". The mini-album features five tracks, including lead track "Red Flavor." The album was a commercial success, becoming their third #1 win, which made them the K-pop girl group with the most #1 albums on a chart. All five tracks on the mini album debuted in the Top 50 of the Gaon Digital Chart.
Red Velvet revisited their "velvet" image by releasing their second full-length album "Perfect Velvet" on November 17, 2017 with the lead single "Peek-a-Boo." "Peek-a-Boo" peaked at #2 on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart. In South Korea, the album and the single "Peek-a-Boo" both charted at #2 on the Gaon Album Chart and Gaon Digital Chart. Through the release of Rookie, The Red Summer and Perfect Velvet all in the same year and the success of their albums overseas, Red Velvet achieved a "top girl group" status in South Korea in 2017. On January 29, 2018, Red Velvet released a repackage of their previous album titled "The Perfect Red Velvet", consisting of three new songs, including title track "Bad Boy." This was meant to be the most "velvet" track Red Velvet had ever put out.
On March 20, 2018, it was announced that Red Velvet would be performing alongside other selected South Korean artists for an inter-Korean concert in Pyongyang, North Korea. This makes them the first artist from SM Entertainment in fifteen years since Shinhwa to perform in North Korea. On May 23, it was revealed that their debut Japanese extended play is titled "#Cookie Jar". It was released on July 4, 2018 by the label Avex Trax, and included six new songs including the Japanese versions of "Dumb Dumb," "Russian Roulette," and "Red Flavor." The new songs consist of "#Cookie Jar," the title track, "Aitai-tai," and "Cause It’s You." The extended play debuted at #3 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart and sold 26,124 copies on its first week of release in Japan.
On July 19, 2018, Red Velvet announced they would be making a comeback soon and had already filmed their music video outdoors in Gyeonggi-do. Excitement was stirred after the announcement of an English language version of previous single "Bad Boy." The songs from the new album were performed during Red Velvet's concert Redmare. They released their sixth extended play "Summer Magic" on August 6, 2018. The extended play contained seven tracks, including the title track "Power Up" and a bonus track of their popular song "Bad Boy" recorded in English. The album peaked at #1 on the Gaon Album Chart.
After the release of "Summer Magic", news about Red Velvet's upcoming comeback circulated in October 2018, which SM Entertainment responded to by confirming a November comeback. SM Entertainment later revealed the details of the extended play along with the title of the lead single: "RBB (Really Bad Boy)." They also teased an English version of the title track to be added as a bonus track. RBB was released on November 30 as their seventh Korean extended play overall.
On January 6, 2019, Red Velvet released their first Japanese digital single, titled "Sappy." The group released another Japanese single, "Sayonara," on February 20. Both singles are included in their second Japanese EP, "Sappy", which was released on May 29; the EP also includes Japanese versions of "Peek-a-Boo," "Rookie," and "Power Up," as well as a new song called "Swimming Pool."
In February, Red Velvet embarked on the North American leg of their Redmare Tour. They went on to hold shows in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, and Newark in the United States and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, becoming the first K-pop girl group to hold a North American tour in three years.
On April 5, Red Velvet were featured in a remixed version of "Close to Me" by Ellie Goulding and Diplo, with Yeri and Wendy contributing Korean lyrics to the song.
On June 19, Red Velvet released their sixth Korean EP, titled "The ReVe Festival: Day 1", which topped the Gaon Album Chart and features the lead single "Zimzalabim." It is the first entry of The ReVe Festival trilogy. The group's seventh Korean EP, The ReVe Festival: Day 2 and its lead single "Umpah Umpah" arrived on August 20. The summery single received a Song of the Year Daesang (Grand Prize) at the 2019 Asia Artist Awards on November 26. To promote The ReVe Festival, the group embarked on their third tour, La Rouge, which began in Seoul on November 23 and 24. The third and final entry of the trilogy, "The ReVe Festival: Finale" was a compilation of the previous two EPs and contained four new songs, including the chart-topping lead single "Psycho." This would be the group's latest comeback for over a year.
On July 6, 2020, the group's first sub-unit was formed. Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi released their first mini album with "Monster" as the title track. The album also featured a solo song for the group's lead vocalist, Seulgi. On July 19, they dropped a single titled "Naughty." It was remixed soon afterwards.
On January 1, 2021, their company, SM Entertainment, hosted the Culture Humanity free online concert featuring many of their artists. Red Velvet returned as five after the member Wendy had been on hiatus for a year because of injuries and Irene had been absent for weeks due to controversy. The group preformed songs including "Peek-a-Boo" and "Bad Boy." The long-anticipated five-member performance of their hit track "Psycho" was also performed.
Before the group returned as five, Wendy was announced to be debuting as a solo artist. On April 5, 2021, "Like Water" was released, which included two lead singles: "Like Water" and "When This Rain Stops."
Member Joy also debuted as a solo artist with a title track and remake album titled "Hello". It released on May 31, 2021.
The five-member group's long-anticipated 6th mini-album "Queendom" was released on August 17, 2021. The title track "Queendom" was described as "a pop dance song with the message that we are all 'queens' of our lives, and that together we shine more beautifully."
Their first release of 2022, "Feel My Rhythm," was released on March 21, marking the return of The ReVe Festival. The mini album consisted of 6 songs, the title track sampling "Aria on the G String." The song effortlessly mixes elegant classical music with a modern, upbeat pop sound.
As the third member of the group to debut solo, Seulgi released her first EP "28 Reasons," on October 4, 2022, alongside the title track of the same name.
The group has been endlessly praised for their diverse concepts and uniqueness. In November 2019, Billboard crowned Red Velvet as "the best idol group alive." The group has now surpassed their seventh anniversary, and Red Velvet continues to captivate and gain recognition domestically and around the world from their fans, ReVeluv (레벨업), as well as casual listeners alike.
2) Red Velvet is the name of an Italian musician.
3) Red Velvet was a short-lived future funk project by Chicago-based producer Escape, created as an attempt to make future funk with modern songs. Only two tracks were released under this alias: Smooth (sampling Bruno Mars - Chunky) and Sledgehammer (sampling Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer).
Knock On Wood
Red Velvet Lyrics
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Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa, oh oh (oh oh)
시곗바늘이 볼 때마다
엉뚱한 델 가리키고
모서리가 접혀있어 yeah
똑같은데 어딘가 좀 이상해
아주 살짝 달라 보여 다
빈틈없이 완벽했던 하루가
잘려나간 cake처럼
한 조각이 비어있어
확실히 뭔가 다른 기운을 느껴
What is going on? (what is going on? yeah)
헷갈려 머릿속이 복잡해
Oh 여기저기 바람 소리 몰아쳐 (baby, knock on wood)
잠깐만 여기 내 맘에
혼자선 막을 수 없는
사건이 일어나려 해 (baby, knock on wood)
나무를 두드린 뒤에
짧은 주문을 외워
네가 내게 다가오길 (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby (knock, knock)
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby (baby, knock on wood), knock, knock, baby
Ha-Harry Potter like Willy Wonka
그게 아니면 혹은 Wizard of Oz
전부 이뤄지리라 잘 들었지 right?
이제 재밌어질 것 같아 (hoo)
나 혼자 너무 너에게 깊이
빠지지 않도록 (네가 내게 더)
중심이 너무 너를 향해서
기울지 않도록 (yeah)
나를 따라 펼쳐지던 story가
(Gi-gi-give me some luck)
알 수 없는 방향으로
이상하게 흐르는 걸
흔들려 온 세상이 아찔해
Oh 여기저기 바람 소리 몰아쳐 (baby, knock on wood)
잠깐만 여기 내 맘에
혼자선 막을 수 없는
사건이 일어나려 해 (baby, knock on wood)
나무를 두드린 뒤에
짧은 주문을 외워
네가 내게 다가오길 (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby (knock, knock)
Knock, knock, knock, baby, uh, uh, uh (baby, knock on wood)
Knock on wood!
나무 속에 전해진 숨
작은 불빛 하나둘 깨어나
내게 지금 필요한 건 작은 행운
So baby, knock on wood
갑자기 나의 하루에
혼자선 상상도 못 한
반전이 일어나려 해 yeah, yeah (baby, knock on wood)
나무를 두드린 뒤에
짧은 주문을 외워
네가 날 꼭 좋아하길 (yeah, yeah) (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby (baby, knock on wood)
Baby, knock on wood, yeah, yeah
Baby, knock on wood
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa, oh oh
The lyrics to Red Velvet's song Knock On Wood seem to describe the feeling of impending doom or uncertainty that the singer is experiencing. The opening lines use the metaphor of a clock's hands pointing to an unexpected direction to show how things seem to be going wrong. The reference to missing chapters and the corner of the day folding up suggest that the singer's life is not just going in the wrong direction but has also left gaps in it. This feeling is reinforced when the singer notes that "빈틈없이 완벽했던 하루가 잘려나간 cake처럼, 한 조각이 비어있어" (a perfect day cut up like a cake with a piece missing). The chorus "baby, knock on wood" seems to be a plea for help and protection as the singer tries to navigate the uncertain future.
As the song progresses, the second verse references Harry Potter, Willy Wonka, and The Wizard of Oz, all stories that feature characters embarking on uncertain journeys. The singer notes that they are trying not to fall too deeply for someone (네가 내게 더) and to not let everything in their life revolve around that person (중심이 너무 너를 향해서 기울지 않도록). However, despite these efforts, the story is flowing in an unpredictable direction (이상하게 흐르는 걸). The chorus repeats the same plea for help as the singer tries to cope with the overwhelming uncertainty.
Overall, the lyrics to Knock On Wood seem to be a reflection of the uncertainty inherent in life and the desire for security and protection. The metaphor of knocking on wood is used throughout the song as a way to try and secure good luck and perhaps even divine intervention to guide one through the unknown.
Line by Line Meaning
시곗바늘이 볼 때마다
Every time the clock hands move
엉뚱한 델 가리키고
Points at a random number
또 왜 내 맘엔 chapter마다
Why does each chapter of my heart
모서리가 접혀있어 yeah
Have a folded corner? Yeah
똑같은데 어딘가 좀 이상해
It looks the same, but something is off
아주 살짝 달라 보여 다
It looks slightly different
빈틈없이 완벽했던 하루가
A perfect day without any gaps
잘려나간 cake처럼
Like a cake with a slice missing
한 조각이 비어있어
One piece is missing
확실히 뭔가 다른 기운을 느껴
I definitely feel a different energy
What is going on? (what is going on? yeah)
What's happening? (what's happening? yeah)
헷갈려 머릿속이 복잡해
My mind is confused and complex
Oh 여기저기 바람 소리 몰아쳐 (baby, knock on wood)
Oh, the sound of the wind is blowing everywhere (baby, knock on wood)
잠깐만 여기 내 맘에
Wait a minute, in my heart
혼자선 막을 수 없는
I can't stop it alone
사건이 일어나려 해 (baby, knock on wood)
Something's about to happen (baby, knock on wood)
나무를 두드린 뒤에
After knocking on wood
짧은 주문을 외워
I memorized a short spell
네가 내게 다가오길 (baby, knock on wood)
I hope you come to me (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby (knock, knock)
Knock, knock, knock, baby (knock, knock)
Ha-Harry Potter like Willy Wonka
Ha-Harry Potter like Willy Wonka
그게 아니면 혹은 Wizard of Oz
Otherwise, like the Wizard of Oz
전부 이뤄지리라 잘 들었지 right?
You heard me say that everything will come true, right?
이제 재밌어질 것 같아 (hoo)
Now it seems like it'll be fun (hoo)
나 혼자 너무 너에게 깊이
I'm falling too deeply for you alone
빠지지 않도록 (네가 내게 더)
So that I won't fall for you (you're mine)
중심이 너무 너를 향해서
The center of my heart is focused on you
기울지 않도록 (yeah)
I won't lean towards you (yeah)
나를 따라 펼쳐지던 story가
The story that unfolded with me
(Gi-gi-give me some luck)
(Gi-gi-give me some luck)
알 수 없는 방향으로
Is going in an unknown direction
이상하게 흐르는 걸
Flowing strangely
흔들려 온 세상이 아찔해
The shaking world is dizzying
Oh 여기저기 바람 소리 몰아쳐 (baby, knock on wood)
Oh, the sound of the wind is blowing everywhere (baby, knock on wood)
잠깐만 여기 내 맘에
Wait a minute, in my heart
혼자선 막을 수 없는
I can't stop it alone
사건이 일어나려 해 (baby, knock on wood)
Something's about to happen (baby, knock on wood)
나무를 두드린 뒤에
After knocking on wood
짧은 주문을 외워
I memorized a short spell
네가 내게 다가오길 (baby, knock on wood)
I hope you come to me (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby (knock, knock)
Knock, knock, knock, baby (knock, knock)
Knock, knock, knock, baby, uh, uh, uh (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby, uh, uh, uh (baby, knock on wood)
나무 속에 전해진 숨
The breath passed through the tree
작은 불빛 하나둘 깨어나
Small lights are awakened one by one
내게 지금 필요한 건 작은 행운
The small luck I need right now
So baby, knock on wood
So baby, knock on wood
갑자기 나의 하루에
Suddenly, in my day
혼자선 상상도 못 한
I couldn't have imagined this alone
반전이 일어나려 해 yeah, yeah (baby, knock on wood)
Something unexpected is about to happen yeah, yeah (baby, knock on wood)
나무를 두드린 뒤에
After knocking on wood
짧은 주문을 외워
I memorized a short spell
네가 날 꼭 좋아하길 (yeah, yeah) (baby, knock on wood)
I hope you'll like me (yeah, yeah) (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby
Knock, knock, knock, baby (baby, knock on wood)
Knock, knock, knock, baby (baby, knock on wood)
Baby, knock on wood, yeah, yeah
Baby, knock on wood, yeah, yeah
Baby, knock on wood
Baby, knock on wood
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa, oh oh
Pa pa pa, pa pa pa, oh oh
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Anna Maria Carlebecker Moa, Ellen Annie Beata Tollbom, Ji Eum Seo, Karl Robert Jonatan Gusmark, Ludvig Carl Evers
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