Biografie
Red Velvet (Hangul: 레드벨벳) is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2014. The group consists of members Irene, Seulgi, Wendy and Joy.
Pre-debut
Three of the four members of Red Velvet were previously part of S.M. Entertainment’s pre-debut team, S.M. 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 the S.M. Rookies, also auditioned through the ‘SM Global Audition’ in Seoul in 2012.
In July 2014, there were rumors of S.M Entertainment forming a new girl group that will debut in the next month that consisted of three girls from the S.M. Rookies, Irene, Seulgi, Wendy and another S.M trainee who turned out to be Joy.S.M Entertainment made an official announcement that the 4-member girl group, Red Velvet, will be making their official debut on August 1, 2014.
2014: Debut and Happiness
Red Velvet released a music video teaser of their debut song, „Happiness“ on July 27, 2014.
The music video for „Happiness“ was released on August 1, 2014, and on the same day, the group made their official debut stage on the music program Music Bank.
„Happiness“, penned by Yoo Young-jin and composed by Will Simms and Chad Hugo, was released on August 4, 2014 through South Korea’s music portals. Meanwhile, its music video also reached 1,000,000 views in just 11 hours.
Controversy
Shortly after the release of the music video for „Happiness“, Japanese media reported that images referencing the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks were seen in the video. SM Entertainment responded to the reports, explaining, „After questioning the director, we found that he simply used a collage source for the images, and there was no intention behind it.“
The representative added, „As SM wasn’t able to catch it before, 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.“
On August 3rd SM Entertainment deleted the original „Happiness“ music video, and uploaded a re-edited version without the offending material.
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