Southbank Theatre Company: Red Velvet
Southbank Theatre Company: Red Velvet
Southbank Theatre Company: Red Velvet
Southbank Theatre Company: Red Velvet
Southbank Theatre Company: Red Velvet
Southbank Theatre Company: Red Velvet
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Red Velvet is one of the most popular girl groups to come out of South Korea. With its infectious tunes and saccharine themes, the group specializes in pop, R&B and electronic music, and the image it projects can swing between cute and mature depending on the song it is performing. Within South Korea, Red Velvet has been cited as a musical group of cultural significance. On April 1, 2018, Red Velvet became one of the few outside music acts to ever perform in North Korea to an audience that included the country's leader, Kim Jong-Un. The group also stars in its own South Korean variety show known as
Level Up Project!
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Red Velvet was created by SM Entertainment, one of the largest media companies in South Korea. Following a long and laborious selection process, the members of the group were introduced to the public in 2013. Red Velvet made its initial debut with the extended play album
Ice Cream Cake
on March 18, 2015. The album instantly rose to No. 1 in Korea and No. 2 on
Billboard
's world chart thanks to its hit singles Automatic and Ice Cream Cake. Red Velvet's first full-length album,
The Red
, debuted that September and became an instant hit. Over the next few years, Red Velvet would produce several more hit singles, including Russian Roulette, Rookie, Red Flavor and Would U. Many of these songs came to international attention through YouTube and social media. The group's hotly anticipated sophomore album,
Perfect Velvet
, dropped on November 17, 2017. It reached a peak position of No. 2 in Korea and No. 1 on the world chart. Red Velvet has received recognition from the Korean Music Awards, the Korean Entertainment Arts Awards, the Seoul Music Awards and the Golden Disc Awards, among many others. Outside of Korea, the song Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix) with Ellie Goulding and
Diplo
received a nomination from the 2019
Teen Choice Awards
for Choice Electronic/Dance Song. The group has appeared all over the world, including Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Canada and the United States.
''Wherever Red Velvet is performing, you can purchase your tickets at StubHub, the world's largest marketplace for concerts and events.'
'Red Velvet is not currently planning to tour widely for the remainder of 2019 outside of a few individual engagements. The group wrapped up the North American leg of its Redmare tour in February. During the tour, it visited Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver and more.'
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Red Velvet will make an appearance at the opening concert of the
K-World Festa
at Seoul Olympic Park, which is one of the premiere stages for Korean pop.
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Red Velvet currently consists of Irene (Bae Joo-hyun), Seulgi (Kang Seul-gi), Wendy (Shon Seung-wan), Joy (Park Soo-young) and Yeri (Kim Ye-rim). The first four members joined before the group was introduced in 2013. Yeri was added in March 2015 after the release of the group's first non-album single but before the release of
The Red
.
''Red Velvet's setlist includes Russian Roulette, Power Up, Mosquito, Look, Mr. E, Happiness, Zoo, Hit That Drum, Lucky Girl, All Right, Blue Lemonade, About Love, Ice Cream Cake, Bad Boy, Peak-a-Boo, RBB (Really Bad Boy), Rookie, Red Flavor and more. The exact setlist may vary by performance.'
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If you enjoy the music of Red Velvet, then you should also check out the K-pop girls' group
Twice
, which has recorded a string of No. 1 hits in Korea, including Dance the Night Away and TT.
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