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. Wendy auditioned through the SM Global Audition in Canada in 2012. 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, 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 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, SR14B, and currently 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, S.M. Entertainment released a video announcing the addition of a new member to the group's lineup - Yeri. Yeri was formerly part of S.M. Rookies with Irene, Seulgi and Wendy. 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 off 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, making 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 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 titled The Perfect Red Velvet, consisting of three new songs, including title track "Bad Boy", which was meant to be the most "velvet" track Red Velvet has 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 are "#Cookie Jar," "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 bonus track "Bad Boy (Eng Ver.)." 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 subunit 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 and Irene had been absent for weeks due to controversy. The group preformed songs including Peek-a-Boo, Bad Boy. The long-anticipated five-member performance of their hit track Psycho was also performed. The group is nearing their seventh anniversary, and they are continuing to captivate and gain recognition domestically and around the world.
Campfire
Red Velvet (레드벨벳) Lyrics
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아쉬움 가득한 이런 맘인데
지는 sunlight 어떡해
좀 더 깊고 솔직한 나를 말해
너에게 다가가고 싶은데
너를 알기 전에 나는 어떤 애였는지
감명 깊게 읽은 책은 뭐였는지
한 순간들도 다
판도라의 상자일지 모르겠지
웬만해선 듣기 힘든 talking (uh huh)
알듯 말듯 미소 뒤에 감추어진
맘의 소릴 밤새도록 talking
밤 하늘 아래 campfire
그대 어깨에 기대 난
둘 만을 위한 campfire
불꽃 속에 담은 night (oh oh)
조금 빨개진 내 볼을 감싼 그대 손이
타닥타닥 나무 향기 타는 소리
내 눈에 비친 campfire
기억해 줘 오늘 밤
Oh oh oh oh 더 뭐가 필요해
이건 둘만의 진실게임
거짓말은 no oh oh 절대 no oh
쓸데없이 감춰 왜
그대가 제일 좋아하는 계절은 또 뭔지
네 방 안의 보물 1호 어떤 건지
한 번쯤 상상한
머릿속의 난 어땠는지 다
달콤한 니 목소리에 녹아드는
내 마음은 코코아 속 마시멜로
부드러운 춤을 추는 뜨거운 저
모닥불에 전해보는 마음은 for you
밤 하늘 아래 campfire
그대 어깨에 기대 난
둘 만을 위한 campfire
불꽃 속에 담은 night (oh oh oh)
조금 빨개진 내 볼을 감싼 그대 손이 타닥타닥 나무 향기 타는 소리
내 눈에 비친 campfire
기억해 줘 오늘 밤
유행하는 영화보다 멋있다는 장소보다
니 얘기를 듣고 싶어 저 하늘의 별빛처럼
더 멀거나 생각보다 가깝거나 내 눈에는
똑같이 다 반짝거릴 뿐인 걸
Ooh, come on, come on
Happy you around
Hey uh-huh (hey hey)
Yeah let me hear it one time
아무도 듣지 못한 그의 속 맘
밤 하늘 아래 campfire
그대 어깨에 기대 난
둘 만을 위한 campfire
불꽃 속에 담은 night (oh oh)
조금 빨개진 내 볼을 감싼 그대 손이 타닥타닥 나무 향기 타는 소리 (타는 소리)
내 눈에 비친 campfire
기억해 줘 오늘 밤
밤 하늘 아래 campfire
둘 만을 위한 campfire
Ooh ooh 전해지는 말
조금 빨개진 내 볼을 감싼 그대 손이 (그대 손이)
타닥타닥 나무 향기 타는 소리
너무 특별한 campfire
기억해 줘 오늘
밤 하늘 아래 campfire
The song "Campfire" by Red Velvet talks about a longing for a deeper and more honest connection with someone. The lyrics describe a scene around a campfire, where the singer leans on the shoulder of the person they desire to get closer to. They contemplate their insecurities and wish they could open up more, wanting to know more about the other person's opinions, interests, and feelings. The verses also contain questions about what the other person was like before they met and what treasures they have in their room. The chorus repeats the idea of this magical moment shared between the two characters and how the singer wants to remember it forever.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey ey, hey hey yeah yeah
Expressing excitement and anticipation for the upcoming experience
아쉬움 가득한 이런 맘인데
Feeling regretful and nostalgic about the past
지는 sunlight 어떡해
Worried about the passing of time and moments
좀 더 깊고 솔직한 나를 말해
Desiring to express oneself more honestly and truthfully
너에게 다가가고 싶은데
Desiring to get closer to someone
너를 알기 전에 나는 어떤 애였는지
Reflecting on the past self before knowing someone
감명 깊게 읽은 책은 뭐였는지
Thinking back on impactful books that were read
한동안 짜릿한 가슴 뛰게
Recalling moments of excitement and heart-pounding experiences
한 순간들도 다
Realizing how each and every moment is important and memorable
판도라의 상자일지 모르겠지
Uncertainty about what is hidden or unknown
웬만해선 듣기 힘든 talking (uh huh)
Conversation and topics that might not be talked about easily
알듯 말듯 미소 뒤에 감추어진
Hiding feelings and emotions behind a smile
맘의 소릴 밤새도록 talking
Wanting to talk all night about what's really on one's mind
밤 하늘 아래 campfire
Sitting by a campfire under the night sky
그대 어깨에 기대 난
Leaning on someone's shoulder for support and comfort
둘 만을 위한 campfire
A special moment shared between just two people
불꽃 속에 담은 night (oh oh)
Creating memories in the flames of the campfire
조금 빨개진 내 볼을 감싼 그대 손이
Feeling the warmth and comfort of someone's slightly blushing hand
타닥타닥 나무 향기 타는 소리
Hearing the sound of wood burning and the smell of the campfire
내 눈에 비친 campfire
The reflection of the campfire in one's eyes, creating a lasting memory
기억해 줘 오늘 밤
Asking for the night to be remembered forever
더 뭐가 필요해
Feeling content and satisfied with the current situation, not needing anything else
이건 둘만의 진실게임
Acknowledging that this is a special and honest moment shared between two people
거짓말은 no oh oh 절대 no oh
Rejecting the idea of lies or deceit, wanting only honesty
쓸데없이 감춰 왜
Questioning the habit of hiding things that don't need to be hidden
그대가 제일 좋아하는 계절은 또 뭔지
Curious about what season someone else enjoys the most
네 방 안의 보물 1호 어떤 건지
Wondering what treasures or items are in someone else's room
한 번쯤 상상한
Fantasizing about the past or imagining what could be
머릿속의 난 어땠는지 다
Thinking back on one's own thoughts and feelings from the past
달콤한 니 목소리에 녹아드는
Melting into the sweetness of someone's voice
내 마음은 코코아 속 마시멜로
Feeling warm and fuzzy inside like a marshmallow in hot cocoa
부드러운 춤을 추는 뜨거운 저
Imagining a warm dance by the campfire
모닥불에 전해보는 마음은 for you
Sharing one's heart with someone by the campfire
유행하는 영화보다 멋있다는 장소보다
Feeling that sharing stories and experiences with someone is more special than popular movies or places
니 얘기를 듣고 싶어 저 하늘의 별빛처럼
Wanting to hear about someone's story and experiences, like staring at the stars in the sky
더 멀거나 생각보다 가깝거나 내 눈에는
Realizing that things can feel closer or further than expected, depending on how one looks at it
똑같이 다 반짝거릴 뿐인 걸
Realizing that everything can shine and be beautiful in its own way
Ooh, come on, come on
Encouraging someone to join in and enjoy the moment
Happy you around
Feeling happy and grateful to be around someone special
Hey uh-huh (hey hey)
Expressing excitement and enthusiasm
Yeah let me hear it one time
Asking to hear someone's thoughts or experiences one more time
아무도 듣지 못한 그의 속 맘
Wanting to hear someone's inner thoughts and feelings that haven't been shared with anyone else
너무 특별한 campfire
Feeling that the campfire experience is incredibly special and unique
전해지는 말
Words being shared and transmitted
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Taylor Parks, Greg Bonnick, Hayden Chapman, Ryan Sewon Jhun, Denzil Remedios, Youn Kyung Cho
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