Red Velvet

Red Velvet Member Ages

Ranked from oldest to youngest.

Red Velvet Member Heights

Ranked from tallest to shortest.

Members and Positions

Members

Red Velvet is composed of five members born between 1991 and 1999. Their names are: Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, and Yeri. The oldest member is Irene (born Mar 29, 1991). The youngest member (maknae) is Yeri (born Mar 5, 1999). All five members were born in South Korea.

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Fun Facts and Trivia

• The name Red Velvet represents the two different images that the group has. ‘Red’ refers to the vivid, bright, and bold side while ‘Velvet’ reflects the classy and mature image.
• The official fandom name of Red Velvet is ReVeluv, pronounced Re-Ve-Love. The first 4 letters, ReVe, come from the first 2 letters of Red and Velvet. Luv represents the love that fans and Red Velvet have for each other.
• Yeri made an appearance in Red Velvet’s first music video Happiness prior to her officially joining the group. She was part of SM Rookies at the time.
• The tallest member of Red Velvet is Joy with a height of 168 cm (5’6”).
• The shortest members of Red Velvet are Irene, Yeri, and Wendy with a height of 160 cm (5’3”).
• Irene & Seulgi formed the group’s first sub-unit. They debuted in 2020.
• Siblings: Irene has a younger sister. Wendy has an older sister. Seulgi has an older brother. Joy has 2 younger sisters. Yeri has 3 younger sisters.
• Red Velvet made a cameo in the last episode of the TV drama Descendants of the Sun.

Facts

• Since its debut (and the subsequent integration of Yeri), each member has been recognized by a color and fruit:
  • Irene (Pink/Red and Watermelon)
  • Seul Gi (Yellow/Orange and Pineapple)
  • Wendy (Blue/Sky Blue and Orange)
  • Joy (Green/Aqua and Kiwi)
  • Yeri (Violet/Lilac and Grape)
• All their main songs are connected and interspersed with their main concept: “Red” for their upbeat and energetic tracks, while their mellow and mature tracks are under the concept of “Velvet”.
• Except for Joy, all the members were part of the SMROOKIES project. The company would have introduced Joy as a special member, however Joy appeared in the Shanghai video with Seulgi and Irene in the front along with the SMROOKIES.
• They took F(x) as a model to follow.
• Red Velvet debuted at the top of the music charts. Their first digital single had exceptional results for a rookie group, peaking at number one on the “Genie” music chart, as well as entering the top 10 of “MelOn” and “Naver Music”.
• Red Velvet suffered from a controversy before the release of its debut as the name Red Velvet is also the name of an Indie band around Hongik University that performed in 2013. While the indie band claimed an alleged “theft” of the name and lack of SM by not researching the name beforehand, it was confirmed that the band did not hold the copyright of the name so it does not qualify as a trademark and makes it impossible to claim rights for the name. Subsequently the band met with legal representatives of SM Entertainment and agreed to promote under the same name. In official statements SM said: “We had a meeting with the band Red Velvet and decided to keep the names as they are. We are now able to continue with Red Velvet’s debut schedule as planned, and we thank the band Red Velvet.”
• The choreography for Happiness was created by famous Japanese choreographer Dakeoochi Ayako, who has previously worked with BoA and Girls’ Generation.
• After the release of the video for ‘Happiness’, Japanese media reported that the video made reference to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings as well as 9/11, which generated a strong controversy. SM Entertainment had to give official statements, “After questioning the director, we found that he simply uses a source of images for the collage, and there was no intention beyond that,” and added, “Based on the fact that SM was not able to realize it earlier, we will remove the material that caused the misunderstanding as soon as possible. We will make sure not to let this kind of thing happen in the future.” SM Entertainment decided to delete the MV and upload a re-edited version without the controversial scenes, which it released two days after the first music video.
• On March 10, 2015, SM Entertainment released a video on their social media in which they showed the new and fifth member of the group, who would also become the new maknae, Yeri.
• Red Velvet’s first mini-album ‘Ice Cream Cake’ swept the music charts, and not only in South Korea; but also in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, among others.
• Celebrating the release of their first mini-album ‘Ice Cream Cake’, the girls held an event in which they played the SuperStar SMTOWN video game with their fans.
• They ranked third on Hanteo Chart’s “2015 Female Rookie Group Album Sales of Hanteo Chart,” with a total of 27,899 sales.
• The group ranked #1 on Billboard World Top Album with ‘The Red’ on the first day of its release and registered an all-kill on all online music charts.
• As every year since 2010, Naver creates an open list for fans to vote and choose their favorite dances from female K-Pop groups, Red Velvet’s “Ice Cream Cake” came in sixth place with 5.1% (3,299) of the votes.
• Dumb Dumb ranked #9 on Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Best MV of 2015 placing it alongside Drake and Bieber, making it the first K-pop group to do so.
• Billboard called the ‘One Of These Nights’ track “One of the few most expressive groups with performance to date.”
• During one of the performances while singing Happiness, Joy momentarily collapsed, apparently due to the loud roar of the fireworks.
• The mini-album ‘Russian Roulette’ has positioned #1 on Synnara, even without having released any songs (pre-orders) and less than a day after its announcement.
• Russian Roulette’s MV was the most watched K-Pop video of September 2016 in America and the world. On the first day of its release, it surpassed 2 million plays.
• On October 10, Yeri and Seulgi were involved in a car accident from which they escaped without serious injury, but as a result, Yeri could no longer participate in Russian Roulette promotions.
• They ranked first on Billboard World Top Album with Rookie.
• During the promotions of ‘Rookie’, Joy was absent on some dates because of filming her first drama.
• In April 2017, the name of its official fanclub was revealed to commemorate the 1000-day anniversary since its debut: ReVeluv.
• Within just 1 hour of their release with ‘Red Flavor’, they hit the top of the music charts, achieving an all-kill.
• Within a day of Red Flavor’s MV release, it reached 5.6 million views.
• It is the third time that the group ranked first on the Bilboard World Top Album chart with ‘The Red Summer’, setting a new record for K-Pop female groups. The other releases were: The Red and Rookie.
• It is the only K-Pop girl group to have been higher on the iTunes worldwide chart in 2017.
• They got their first solo reality show in 2017, “Level Up! Project” premiered on KBS Joy and Oksusu. Joy does not appear due to her drama recording schedules. Their solo reality show will return with its second season, which premiered on January 8, 2018, where they will go on a trip to different places within Korea.
• Tickets for the “Red Room” concert sold out in less than 30 seconds.
• Within hours of being released, his video ‘Peek-A-Boo’ was trending on YouTube in the following positions and countries: #5 Mexico, #10 Canada, #10 USA, #11 Venezuela, #12 UK, #5 Korea, #10 Indonesia, #34 Thailand and #41 Brazil.
• Within a day of the release of the ‘Bad Boy’ MV, the video reached over 7 million views, making it the group’s most viewed video on the first day of its release.
• They are the second most listened K-Pop group on Spotify, with more than 2 million listeners.
• The group had a performance in North Korea on April 1, 2018 along with other artists from the nation. Prominent among the audience was North Korea’s controversial leader Kim Jong Un. The girls performed ‘Bad Boy’ and ‘Red Flavor’. Joy was unable to attend due to filming a drama.
• Their single ‘Power Up’ achieved a perfect all-kill being the group’s first.
• Billboard chose the song of ‘Bad Boy’ as the best K-pop song of 2018.
• At the “La Rouge” concerts, which kicked off on November 23, 2019 in Seoul, the girl group performed the unreleased song “Shining” which was written and composed by Andreas Oberg, Simon Petren, Maja Keuc, Hwang Chan Hee and Hong Tochi. Plus a never-before-released remix of “Ice Cream Cake” tango version.

• Billboard named Red Flavor’s song as the second best K-Pop song of the decade.
• Red Velvet surpassed Destiny’s Child and The Pussycat Dolls as the only girl group to reach #1 on the U.S. iTunes album chart 3 times.
• They were the only K-Pop female group and the second overall next to BTS to achieve a Real Time All Kill in 2019 with “Psycho”‘.
• In 2019, they became the first K-Pop girl group to reach #1 on the iTunes USA album chart with three albums in the same year.
• In December 2019 they reached #2 on the Billboard Social Chart, this is the highest position achieved by a girl group.
• As of 12 am KST on December 24, “Psycho” took the top spot on all five major real-time charts – Melon, Genie, Bugs, Soribada and FLO.
• Red Velvet is the fastest group and the second artist (behind IU) to achieve CAK in less than 2 days with “Psycho”‘.
• They were the only K-Pop female group to achieve RAK and CAK and will achieve PAK with ‘Psycho’ in a few hours.
• Red Velvet is the first and only girl group to rank #1 on the Daily iChart with ‘Psycho’.
• The album showcase was supposed to be during SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 24, but as Wendy suffered injuries during the rehearsal, they did not attend the live ceremony, but played the pre-recorded version instead. The rest of the group will start promotions on music programs without her.
• Red Velvet is reigning the year-end music charts, recording #1 on the weekly album charts of Hanteo and Synnara, as well as topping the daily charts of Genius Music, FLO, Bugs and Olleh Music 8 days in a row.
• Red Vevet’s new song, ‘Psycho’, continues its worldwide success in 2020 by recording #1 on Billboard’s ‘World Digital Song Sales’ chart, as well as earning the #2 spot, the highest ranking for a K-POP girl group, on ‘Social 50 Chart for 2 consecutive weeks!
• Red Velvet registered #1 on GAON’s album and download charts respectively with their new album ” The ReVe Festival ‘Finale’ and the title track ‘Psycho’, proving their power once again!
• Red Velvet is now the girl group with the most #1’s on the Gaon album chart along with Girls’ Generation, both have topped the charts 11 times!
• On January 6, an announcement was made on Red Velvet’s official Japanese website regarding the “Red Velvet Arena Tour in Japan – La Rouge” tour. The announcement said, “Wendy will not be able to participate in this upcoming tour due to injuries she sustained after falling off a stage during rehearsals for a performance in Korea last year.” They said the tour will go on as planned with the four other members, Irene, Seulgi, Joy and Yeri.
• “Queendom” has been certified Platinum in Gaon for selling over 250,000 units.

Links

• Official web site
• Official Web Site (Japan)
• Café Daum Official
• Official Facebook
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• Official YouTube
• Official Twitter
• V live
• Spotify Official