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.
Rookie
Red Velvet (레드벨벳) Lyrics
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Produced by The Colleagues, take one
Yeah, alright, one, two
당당히 넌 고개를 들고 나를 봐 역시
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy
좋아 볼 때마다 진짜 넌 내 type 역시
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy, ha!
이토록 거센 존재감 난 이미
혹시나 하는 작은 의심조차 못 해
즐기는 척 하하 난 웃어 봐 애써
말투까지 네 앞에선 마치 ice 같지
불쑥 들어와 넌 벌써 날 벌써 날
위태롭게 더 홀려 놔 홀려 놔
낯선 너의 번호까지
한번에 난 외워버린 거야 why?
자꾸만 왜 날 왜 날 흔들까 넌
바짝 다가와, 그래 옳지 옳지 boy ha!
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie, rookie
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie, rookie
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
역시 넌 nice 하게 더 다가오잖아
멋진 rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy
좋아질 때마다 짜릿한 my heart
멋진 rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy, ha!
딴 남자 볼 땐 웃지 좀 마 이미
넌 마치 남자친구처럼 슬쩍 화내지
아침엔 날 매일 데리러 와 baby
날 뺏길까 봐 하루 종일 경계해 baby, yeah
I like it 날카로워진 네 눈빛
아직까진 특별할 게 없는 우리
언제까지 기다리게 할 거니
좀 더 바짝 다가와, 그래 옳지 옳지 boy, ha!
불쑥 들어와 넌 벌써 날 벌써 날
위태롭게 더 홀려 놔 홀려 놔
낯선 너의 번호까지
한번에 난 외워버린 거야 why?
자꾸만 왜 날 왜 날 흔들까 넌
바짝 다가와, 그래 옳지 옳지 boy, ha!
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie, rookie
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie, rookie
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
괜히 겁이 나
내 맘 뺏긴 만큼 차가워진 척해
넌 불안해하지만 uh
감추려 해도 이미 넌
내 마음속의 별이야
자꾸 더 반짝여
이젠 네 모든 게 yeah
Rookie, rookie 넌 나의 rookie, rookie, rookie
Rookie, rookie 넌 나의 rookie, rookie, rookie
Rookie, rookie 넌 나의 rookie, rookie, rookie
Rookie, rookie 넌 나의 rookie, rookie, rookie
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie, rookie
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie, rookie
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
The song "Rookie" by Red Velvet is a bubbly pop song featuring upbeat synths and strong percussion with lyrics about being head over heels for someone new. The lyrics express a sense of excitement about a new romantic interest, seeing the target of the love as a "rookie" while also hinting at competition with other romantic rivals. The song speaks to a feeling of insecurity in a new relationship, with lyrics like "I act cold as if I lost my heart," and "You come every morning to pick me up like a boyfriend."
The song is a dynamic showcase for the talent of Red Velvet, featuring vocal acrobatics and a driving beat. Overall, the song captures the thrill and uncertainty of a new romance, conveying a sense of wonder and joy.
Line by Line Meaning
And we're live
The performance is beginning now.
Produced by The Colleagues, take one
The song was produced by The Colleagues and this is the first take of the performance.
Yeah, alright, one, two
The performer is acknowledging that she is ready to start and is counting herself in.
당당히 넌 고개를 들고 나를 봐 역시
You look confidently at me, as expected.
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy
The performer is calling her partner a rookie in a playful and teasing way.
좋아 볼 때마다 진짜 넌 내 type 역시
Every time I see you, truly you are my type as expected.
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy, ha!
The performer continues to call her partner a rookie in a playful way.
이토록 거센 존재감 난 이미
I already have such a strong presence.
혹시나 하는 작은 의심조차 못 해
I am so confident that I don't even doubt myself.
즐기는 척 하하 난 웃어 봐 애써
I am pretending to enjoy myself and laughing, but I am actually trying hard to keep up the act.
말투까지 네 앞에선 마치 ice 같지
Even my tone of voice in front of you is cold as ice.
불쑥 들어와 넌 벌써 날 벌써 날
You appeared out of nowhere and now you already have me, already have me.
위태롭게 더 홀려 놔 홀려 놔
I am dangerously falling for you more and more.
낯선 너의 번호까지 한번에 난 외워버린 거야 why?
I memorized your unfamiliar phone number at once, why?
자꾸만 왜 날 왜 날 흔들까 넌
Why do you keep shaking me?
바짝 다가와, 그래 옳지 옳지 boy ha!
You approach me so closely, that's right, that's right, boy ha!
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
That's right, that's right, that intuitive feeling.
역시 넌 nice 하게 더 다가오잖아
As expected, you're approaching me even nicer.
멋진 rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy
Amazing rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy.
좋아질 때마다 짜릿한 my heart
Every time you get better, my heart is thrilling.
아침엔 날 매일 데리러 와 baby
You come to pick me up every morning, baby.
날 뺏길까 봐 하루 종일 경계해 baby, yeah
I'm guarding myself all day long in case someone takes me from you, baby, yeah.
I like it 날카로워진 네 눈빛
I like it, your gaze became sharper.
아직까진 특별할 게 없는 우리
There's nothing special between us yet.
언제까지 기다리게 할 거니
How long are you going to make me wait?
괜히 겁이 나
I'm afraid for no reason.
내 맘 뺏긴 만큼 차가워진 척해
I act cold because my heart was taken.
넌 불안해하지만 uh
You're worried, but uh.
감추려 해도 이미 넌
Even though you try to hide it, you already are.
내 마음속의 별이야
You're the star in my heart.
자꾸 더 반짝여
Keep shimmering more.
Rookie, rookie, 넌 나의 rookie, rookie, rookie
Rookie, rookie, you're my rookie, rookie, rookie.
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy
Rookie, rookie, my super rookie, rookie boy.
맞지 맞지, 그 느낌적인 느낌 느낌
That's right, that's right, that intuitive feeling.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Abkco Music Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Yun-Kyoung Cho, Harrison Johnson, Jamil Chammas, Jeremy D Jasper, Kali Leven, Karl Powell, Otha Vakseen Davis Iii, Paul Thompson, Sara Maria Forsberg
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@aevelaryon
Most Liked Red Velvet Songs on MelOn 01.07
1. Red Flavor — 240,049
2. Psycho — 223,974
3. Bad Boy — 183,059
4. Russian Roulette — 178,271
5. Peek-A-Boo — 166,143
6. Power Up — 162,034
7. Rookie — 140,124
8. Ice Cream Cake — 116,834
9. Queendom — 105,950
10. Dumb Dumb — 104,036
11. Happiness — 87,097
12. Umpah Umpah — 77,605
13. Zimzalabim — 75,774
14. RBB — 72,450
15. Would U — 65,974
16. You Better Know — 65,414
@ponyboy263
I, as someone who knows and works with music and visual communication, want to state something! Please don't take me as a super crazy fan because I'm not. I've been interested in kpop for almost a year now but I'm not a fanatic. I like many things in music, cinema and arts. I'm just interested in the creative process and sometimes the product of it.
I've been reading many of you guys comparing Red Velvet to other groups like TWICE or Black Pink. This is a non-sense. What SM has created with Red Velvet is something totally different from the other kpop idols. TWICE , BP etc have very nice songs and all these groups can be compared to each other, but not Red Velvet. RV are playing in another league.
Kpop industry offers 3 main kinds of girl groups: the cute one (like TWICE), the cool one (like BP), the sexy one (like AOA). Think of any girl group that you know in kpop and you'll be able to place it in one of these categories (sometimes mixing two together).
Red Velvet is something above these categories. SM has created a girl group that has many layers.
So many of their fans think RV is the cutest thing (they are surely v cute, Irene especially is beautiful imo and Wendy must be the funniest and freshest girl in kpop, just watch her on Weekly Idol), other fans think they're cool (so many of you talk about their good/bad styling), of course the girls are very talented too, Seulgi and Wendy's voices are incredible (but all of them can sing), their coreographies are the hardest thing ever (please just compare Russian Roulette's to the TT's one). But this is just the FIRST LAYER, that is, the same layer on which many of you guys judge and compare them to the other girl groups. So some of you say "I prefer TWICE" or "Black Pink is the best gg" etc,. it's just something that depends on your taste.
All girl groups in Kpop have good singers, dancers, cute faces, personality maybe, etc. You just won't be chosen for being a member of a girl group if you don't have these qualities. Then you just chose which girl group you like most based on their songs, on their style and on their talent.
But what SM has created with RED VELVET is a girl group with a SECOND LAYER. And this second layer is the one that makes RV so interesting for people who are not fanatics of kpop. And it is the reason why RED VELVET is THE MOST AESTHETICALLY and MUSICALLY RELEVANT girl group in kpop outside KOREA. Their songs (especially since Ice Cream Cake) have something so different: perfectly cute, crazily childish and quite creepy (!) I mean guys do you see another group singing and dancing to Russian Roulette??? The MUSIC VIDEOS are the best way SM has expressed a mood, a color, a feeling for RV. Each one of their videos (a part from the Be Natural one which is very well done, the girls are very sexy but it's just a good 90's style video) has the strongest concept, the most crazy styling and the most disturbing mood ever. Rookie has the psychedelic vibe of Alice in Wonderland and Yellow Submarine (if you know the Beatles you know what I mean), in Russian Roulette, the pretty outfits and the pastel colors makes the killings of all the girls weirdly cute, One of these Nights is visually a dark poem, in Dumb Dumb they're dealing with the alienation of globalization, of being manifactured, etc, Ice Cream Cake video seems the dreamy prelude to a splatter horror movie in the Texas Desert.
You watch a Black Pink video and you see very pretty girls with good voices and cool outfits, but their songs could be from an american group, their oufits seem taken from a Mango or Zara's shops windows here in Milan and their videos are very cool but it's just something very current, nothing new. They are beutiful and talented girls created as a group for common girls to identify themselves in them. They're not creating anything. They're cool but THERE'S NOT an idea, there's not a concept. Then you take a TWICE video: very well made, the girls are super cute, the coreography is easy to emulate and the song is as catchy as f***. But where's the new idea? What's the concept of the group a part from being extremely cute??
I'm not talking about the talent of all the girls of all the groups, I think they're all talented, and I really like BP and TWICE songs (I just could listen to Whistle and TT forever) but ALL THESE GROUPS are BIDIMENSIONAL (some of them are monodimensional!).
RED VELVET is a 3D group. You can like or dislikes the other groups but if you dislike RED VELVET it's like you're only interested in cheesy pop songs (so you maybe say "I hate ROOKIE" and you're done with that) but you're missing the most intriguing part of the group, the GREAT CREATIVITY, the STRONGEST CONCEPT, the best VISUAL.
BP is cool and current but in a few years you'll watch the Playing with Fire or Whistle videos and even if you'll still like them, you'll feel that they've aged badly in every way. I didn't know 2ne1 before so I watched their videos in 2016 and they really look and sound like not current at all but I'm sure when those videos came out everyone thought that they were very cool and the songs extremely cool. Today they look and sound tacky and bad copies of USA r&b videos from 10-5 years ago to me. Their old music and videos have just not aged well. Having said that I really like CL today eh.
I can see in 10-20 years time some great music video director from USA or Europe creating a MV inspired by the RED VELVET's ones as the greatest expression in kpop, surely they won't be inspired by BP's Whistle video that could be easily a video made for Selena Gomez or Ariana Grande.
RED VELVET is AGELESS because SM is not trying to make them current. SM is trying to create. And RED VELVET is the craziest and coolest creation in Kpop. Both aesthetically and musically.
P.S. VERY IMPORTANT! Please guys, understand what I wrote, I'm not saying anything bad about the other ggs, I just don't care actually. I leave these feuds to children and teens. Every group in kpop is a project and has been created by their companies. Every member is talented and pretty so this comment of mine IS NOT AGAINST ANY GROUP. I'm just stating some facts analyzing the kpop phenomenon, a deeper view on these projects. Then you can enjoy your fave groups and hate the others, but this is not what I'm talking about at all in here, sorry. cheers guys
@velvetra29
You want something upbeat with tribal beat: we have Happiness.
Something sexy and classy: we have Be Natural
Something mysterious with down tempo? we have Automatic.
or maybe you like mid-beat with nice rap flow? we got Ice Cream Cake.
How about something that suits your full bass sound system? we have Dumb Dumb.
or something that can accompany you through rainy days? we have One of These Nights.
Are you 90's generation and want to feel nostalgic with nintendo's 8-bit music? we have Russian Roulette.
or you need something that you would dance for like crazy with catchy parts? we have Rookie.
@multifandom601
Record Breaker!! Already edited!
Rank for the first day views for girl groups for this 3rd Generation
1 - Twice TT - 5.9m views
3 - BlackPink Playing with Fire - 4.3m+ views
3 - Red Velvet Rookie - 3.710m+ views
4 - BlackPink stay - 3.5m+ views
5 - Blackpink Boombayah - 3.3m+ views
CONGRATSSSSS RV!
@taetaeworld5701
who are real rv stan??? wait for 5th feb and we have our fandom name.....who is glad with me???
@farfaraway6004
Really? Gosh! Im not really a hardcore fan but i have waited so long for a fandom name..im excited><
@littenkittenmeow
Im new to Red Velvet, I only recognize Seulgi <3 Can someone time stamp me each member?
@taetaeworld5701
Isaac Steltzer
0:22..irene
0:40..wendy
1:52..joy
1:48..yeri
you know seulgi..right??? she is 0:32
@doughnutsprinkles1394
sheanthea akter im hardcore of red velvett >< i really dont care about their songs becuz i think their song are the bestt! >< btw is it confirm that in 5th feb we have our fandomm?? oh mai gawddd i cant waittt
@taetaeworld5701
Fara Esyafiqah Mohd Rosli
yesssssss.........
@aevelaryon
Rookie is such an iconic era. Imagine being hated by Kpop stans while devouring music charts and winning music shows. What a queen.
@redvelvet3527
10 wins 🏆👏🙌
@Fatima-hl2qg
Rookie is one of their best songs idc. The pre chorus and the bridge is flawless and the chorus is catchy asf.
@wazkalifa
Lol please the way I love this song 🤣🤣 I'd have fought every anti 🤣