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.
Time Slip
Red Velvet (레드벨벳) Lyrics
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날씨 이상해
저 모닝벨에도 눈 떠지질 않네 마냥 피곤해
꿈 속을 헤매기에 완벽한 morning
꿀 같은 단잠에 스르르륵 빠지네
자꾸 깊이깊이 빨려 들어
폭신폭신 감겨오는 이불 파도 속에 (속에)
눈을 감으면 time slip 잠결에 취해
미끄러져가 time slip 또 다른 세계로
눈을 감으면 time slip 어디든 best place
미끄러져 I love it
꼭 끌어안은 베개는 어느새 네 넓은 품 (baby here we go)
Oh no mama don't wake me up 절대 깨기 싫은 꿈 (깨기 싫은 꿈)
침대 밖의 저 세상은 빠르게 돌아갈 뿐 (baby here we go)
아주 조금만 one, two, three
아니 딱 10분만 더
후후후 다른 세계로, 어디든 best place
얼마만큼이 지났을까 영원이었던 것만 같아
따뜻했던 꿈 속에서 다시 너를 만날 수 있어
자꾸 깊이깊이 빨려 들어 폭신폭신 감겨오는 이불 파도 속에 (속에)
1분, 2분, 3분, 4분 눈 떠보면 34분 어떡해 I don't care (care, care, care)
Stay in bed today 황홀한 꿈결 속에 (황홀한 꿈결 속에)
Stay in bed today 황홀한 꿈결 속에
눈을 감으면 time slip 잠결에 취해 (잠결에 취해)
미끄러져가 time slip 또 다른 세계로 (또 다른 세계로)
눈을 감으면 time slip 어디든 best place
미끄러져 I love it
갑갑하던 저 천장은 어느새 하얀 구름 (baby here we go)
Oh no mama don't wake me up 절대 깨기 싫은 꿈
이 순간만은 모든 게 내가 상상한대로 (baby here we go)
아주 조금만 one, two, three
아니 딱 10분만 더
나른한 시간 감각 속에서
저기 real world 점점 아득해져
내 맘이 원한 멋진 모든 게 (모든 게)
눈 감으면 여기에 oh
Ah
꼭 끌어안은 베개는 어느새 네 넓은 품 (baby here we go)
Oh no mama don't wake me up 절대 깨기 싫은 꿈
침대 밖의 저 세상은 빠르게 돌아갈 뿐 (baby here we go)
아주 조금만 one, two, three
아니 딱 10분만 더
Baby here we go
Baby here we go
Baby here we go
Baby here we go
The song Time Slip by Red Velvet talks about the joys of sleeping in and getting lost in dreams. The lyrics describe the feeling of being too tired to wake up and the allure of staying in bed to enjoy a perfect morning. The singer mentions being sucked deeper and deeper into the waves of the comfortable blanket, feeling the warmth of the bed and surrendering to the power of the dreams. The chorus expresses the desire to slip through time and into another world, a place where they can stay forever and never have to wake up. The bridge talks about the illusion of time when dreaming and how it feels like forever, which makes it possible to meet someone special again.
The lyrics of Time Slip by Red Velvet portray an experience that is relatable for many people. Sleep is a significant factor in one's life as it affects the overall health and well-being. The song highlights the importance of taking some time for oneself sometimes and getting lost in dreams to escape the fast-paced world outside. The lyrics are also a positive reminder of how dreams can make people feel happy, loved, and content, and how they have the power to take someone on a journey.
Line by Line Meaning
깨기엔 씻기엔 칙칙한 Monday
Monday is dull and sluggish, not worth waking up or washing up for
날씨 이상해
The weather is strange
저 모닝벨에도 눈 떠지질 않네 마냥 피곤해
Even the morning bell fails to awaken me from my deep and persistent sleepiness
꿈 속을 헤매기에 완벽한 morning
It's a perfect morning for wandering in my dreams
꿀 같은 단잠에 스르륵륵 빠지네
I'm falling into a sweet, deep sleep
자꾸 깊이깊이 빨려 들어
I keep getting sucked deeper and deeper
폭신폭신 감겨오는 이불 파도 속에 (속에)
Wrapped up in soft, warm blankets like ocean waves
Stay in bed today 황홀한 꿈결 속에
I'll stay in bed today, lost in blissful dreams
눈을 감으면 time slip 잠결에 취해
When I close my eyes, I'm taken on a time slip, intoxicated by sleep
미끄러져가 time slip 또 다른 세계로
I slip away on a time slip to another world
눈을 감으면 time slip 어디든 best place
When I close my eyes, I'm on a time slip to the best place, wherever it may be
미끄러져 I love it
I love slipping away on a time slip
꼭 끌어안은 베개는 어느새 네 넓은 품 (baby here we go)
The pillow I tightly hold onto becomes your wide embrace (baby here we go)
Oh no mama don't wake me up 절대 깨기 싫은 꿈 (깨기 싫은 꿈)
Oh no, mama don't wake me up from this dream I never want to end
침대 밖의 저 세상은 빠르게 돌아갈 뿐 (baby here we go)
That world outside my bed is moving quickly (baby here we go)
아주 조금만 one, two, three
Just a little bit longer, one, two, three
아니 딱 10분만 더
No, just ten more minutes
후후후 다른 세계로, 어디든 best place
Ha ha ha, to another world, to the best place, wherever it may be
얼마만큼이 지났을까 영원이었던 것만 같아
How much time has passed? It feels like it was eternal
따뜻했던 꿈 속에서 다시 너를 만날 수 있어
In that warm dream, I can meet you again
1분, 2분, 3분, 4분 눈 떠보면 34분 어떡해 I don't care (care, care, care)
1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes... when I open my eyes, it's been 34 minutes, but I don't care (care, care, care)
눈을 감으면 time slip 잠결에 취해 (잠결에 취해)
When I close my eyes, I'm taken on a time slip, intoxicated by sleep (intoxicated by sleep)
미끄러져가 time slip 또 다른 세계로 (또 다른 세계로)
I slip away on a time slip to another world (to another world)
갑갑하던 저 천장은 어느새 하얀 구름 (baby here we go)
That stuffy ceiling becomes white clouds in no time (baby here we go)
이 순간만은 모든 게 내가 상상한대로 (baby here we go)
At least in this moment, everything is just as I imagined (baby here we go)
나른한 시간 감각 속에서
In a languid sense of time
저기 real world 점점 아득해져
That real world becomes more and more distant
내 맘이 원한 멋진 모든 게 (모든 게)
Everything my heart desires (everything)
눈 감으면 여기에 oh
When I close my eyes, I'm here, oh
Baby here we go
Baby here we go
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Ju Hyeon Han, Johannes Joergensen, Daniel Dicky Klein, Du Ry Moon, Charlie Taft
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