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.
Dumb Dumb
Red Velvet (레드벨벳) Lyrics
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Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
너 땜에 하루 종일 고민하지만
널 어떡해야 좋을지 잘 모르겠어 난 oh
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, you
Play me, play me, play me, play me, play me
그 눈빛은 날 아찔하고 헷갈리게 해
내 이성적인 감각들을 흩어지게 해 oh
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, you
Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy
마네킹 인형처럼
하나부터 열까지 다 어색하지 (ha, ha, ha)
평소같이 하면 되는데
또 너만 보면 시작되는 바보 같은 춤
눈 코 입 표정도
팔 다리 걸음도
내 말을 듣지 않죠
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
심장의 떨림도
날뛰는 기분도
맘대로 되질 않죠
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
낭만적인 영화를 난 꿈꿔왔지만
네 사랑은 내 손에 늘 땀을 쥐게 해 oh
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
You make me crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, hey
마네킹 인형처럼
하나부터 열까지 다 어색하지 (ha, ha, ha)
평소같이 하면 되는데
또 너만 보면 시작되는 바보 같은 춤
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
You need to "beat it"
That boy Michael Jackson "bad"
난 너의 "Billie Jean"이 아냐
Don't you "leave me alone"
하지만 애매한 반응 난 원해 "black or white"
포기 못해 나의 "man in the mirror"
"Why you wanna trip on me"
넌 너무 짓궂지
Boy, you make me "scream"
너에게 왜 이러지
하긴 너의 "Love 정말 never felt so good"
그건 아마 짜릿하다 못해 watching the "thriller"
난 너에게서 헤어날 수 없나 봐
미워도 싫지가 않잖아
저 언니처럼 되고 싶은데
넌 자꾸 나를 귀엽다고 하는 걸까 왜
남동생 로봇처럼
하나부터 열까지 다 어색하지 (ha, ha, ha)
어떡하지 고장 났나 봐
숨을 쉬는 방법도 다 까먹었어 나
눈 코 입 표정도
팔 다리 걸음도
내 말을 듣지 않죠
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
심장의 떨림도
날뛰는 기분도
맘대로 되질 않죠
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb (oh, oh, oh)
The lyrics to Red Velvet's song Dumb Dumb depict a woman who is infatuated with a man to the point where she is unable to control her own actions and thoughts. She spends her days worrying about him and is unsure of how to handle her feelings towards him. The man's gaze leaves her dizzy and confused, causing her to lose touch with her rationality. She compares herself to a mannequin, awkwardly moving at the sight of the man she loves. Her heart races, and she feels out of control, unable to escape from him. At the same time, she reminisces a romantic movie and dreams of falling in love, but the man she loves makes her feel crazy. She acknowledges the fact that she is acting foolishly, but despite all that, she can't seem to help herself.
The song's catchy melody, combined with its relatable lyrics, make it an instant hit. It highlights the emotional turmoil that many people go through when they have a crush. The lyrics' witty analogies and playful language also add to its charm, making it a fun and enjoyable song to listen to.
Line by Line Meaning
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
I keep thinking about you all day long, but I don't know what to do with you.
너 땜에 하루 종일 고민하지만
I keep thinking about you all day long, but I don't know what to do with you.
널 어떡해야 좋을지 잘 모르겠어 난 oh
I don't know what to do with you, oh.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, you
It's all because of you, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.
Play me, play me, play me, play me, play me
You play with me, just like a toy.
그 눈빛은 날 아찔하고 헷갈리게 해
Your eyes give me mixed signals and make me dizzy.
내 이성적인 감각들을 흩어지게 해 oh
Your eyes scatter my rational senses, oh.
Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy
You make me crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, hey.
마네킹 인형처럼
I feel awkward like a mannequin.
하나부터 열까지 다 어색하지 (ha, ha, ha)
Everything from one to ten is awkward, ha, ha, ha.
평소같이 하면 되는데
I should just act natural like I usually do.
또 너만 보면 시작되는 바보 같은 춤
But when I see you, I start doing a foolish dance.
눈 코 입 표정도
My eyes, nose, mouth, and expressions
팔 다리 걸음도
My arms, legs, and steps
내 말을 듣지 않죠
They don't listen to me.
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
My heart is racing and I feel like I'm jumping, but I can't control it. I'm so dumb.
심장의 떨림도
My heart is racing.
날뛰는 기분도
I feel like I'm jumping.
맘대로 되질 않죠
But I can't control it.
Dumb, dumb, dumb
I'm so dumb.
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
I'm so dumb.
낭만적인 영화를 난 꿈꿔왔지만
I dreamed of romantic movies.
네 사랑은 내 손에 늘 땀을 쥐게 해 oh
But your love always makes my hand sweat, oh.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
It's all because of you, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.
You make me crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, hey
You make me crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, hey.
You need to "beat it"
You need to just go away.
That boy Michael Jackson "bad"
Like that boy Michael Jackson's song, "Bad".
난 너의 "Billie Jean"이 아냐
I'm not your "Billie Jean".
Don't you "leave me alone"
Don't leave me alone.
하지만 애매한 반응 난 원해 "black or white"
But I don't know what to do, whether to choose "black or white".
포기 못해 나의 "man in the mirror"
I can't give up, like in my "man in the mirror".
"Why you wanna trip on me"
"Why you wanna trip on me"?
넌 너무 짓궂지
You're so mean.
Boy, you make me "scream"
Boy, you make me "scream".
너에게 왜 이러지
Why do I act like this around you?
하긴 너의 "Love 정말 never felt so good"
Well, your "Love 정말 never felt so good" makes me feel ecstatic.
그건 아마 짜릿하다 못해 watching the "thriller"
It's probably as thrilling as watching the "thriller".
난 너에게서 헤어날 수 없나 봐
I guess I can't separate from you.
미워도 싫지가 않잖아
Even though I hate it, I don't dislike it.
저 언니처럼 되고 싶은데
I want to be like that sister.
넌 자꾸 나를 귀엽다고 하는 걸까 왜
Why do you keep calling me cute?
남동생 로봇처럼
Like a younger brother robot.
어떡하지 고장 났나 봐
What should I do? I think I'm broken.
숨을 쉬는 방법도 다 까먹었어 나
I even forgot how to breathe.
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb (oh, oh, oh)
I'm so dumb.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Taylor Parks, Greg Bonnick, Hayden Chapman, Ryan Sewon Jhun, Dong Hyun Kim, Ji Eum Seo, Deanna Dellacioppa
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@veera4717
Someone say red velvet are the queens of dark concepts
Someone say red velvet are the queens of cute concepts
Someone say red velvet are the queens of aesthetic concepts
Tbh the are the queens of every concept
Edit: Summer concepts too
Edit2: the “atheistic” was a typo lol
Edit3: HOLY COW THE LIKES I-
THANKS GUYS
Edit4: omg guys this is the most likes i ever got thank you all so much
@aevelaryon
for next rv comeback:
— more lines for yeri
— a rap verse for irene
— adlibs for seulgi, wen & joy
— a damn dance break
— velvet summer concept
— fair line and screentime distribution
— dance practice video
— 10m views in 24 hours
— 1m likes in 24 hours
reveluvs, together, let us pray.
@JuNCurryAhn
The raps.. the hook... the MV... AGHHHHH
I AM SLAIN.
@gz5441
OMG. DO THIS COVER OPPA!!!! hehehehe
@gz5441
I LOVE YOU<3
@cocohehe845
omg omg you commented here 😱
@michellelingxinni5535
+JuNCurryAhn heyyyyyyy !
@lovely-ze4db
+JuNCurryAhn OMG
@dubu9881
This video was so ahead of its time. No one else was making MVs like this in 2015. The wide cinematic shot, the member visual shots, the slow motion effects, the simplistic object shots, the turning in camera, it’s all things that we would see become popular a few years later, and especially nowadays.
@elleonallera4084
Queens fave the way
@grayestfir-gp4do
Ikr the only group that's done stuff like this back in the 2010s was Ladies code
@gzilla_00
we gotta admit sm groups are always ahead of their time