Red Velvet (Girl Group)

[140831] Trainee Life - RED VELVET

Red Velvet revealed their 'Trainee Life'

SM’s new girl group Red Velvet is revealed 5 years after their last [girl group]. Their debut song is titled ‘Happiness’ and has been spreading the happy virus to people. Starting from the left is Wendy, Seulgi, Irene, and Joy.

SM Entertainment is one of the most popular entertainment companies amongst countless numbers of trainees who are preparing to become Kpop idols. With singers from all time-periods/ generations starting from H.O.T, to S.E.S, Shinhwa, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, f(x), SHINee, and EXO. Therefore, being a trainee at SM Entertainment would definitely make one proud of them self. But how confident would one feel after debuting under SM?

Actually, there is a new girl group that has debuted under SM Entertainment that would most definitely leave other SM trainees in envy. [The group] consists of Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, and Joy whom make up the group, Red Velvet. It seems as though the girls had no problem with their debut, but on the contrary to what we may all think, they spoke about the name ‘SM’ giving them a lot of pressure.

“We knew that people had high expectations for us because of the fact that we are SM’s newest girl group debuting five years since the last [girl group]. Since we were nervous about the fact that we might not be able to fulfil [people’s] expectations, we worried that we wouldn’t be able to show our charms on stage properly.

[NOTE: They’re talking about the fact that since they are an SM girl group, people would have high expectations of them because SM is such a powerful managing company. Because of their nervousness, they were scared that they wouldn’t be able to perform properly.]

When Red Velvet was feeling anxious about their debut, SM’s main directer (founder) Lee Sooman gave them words of encouragement.

[Their] leader Irene explained,

“Teacher Lee told us to enjoy the stage as much as possible. Since we are rookies, and being a newbie is one of the most important times in a singer’s lifetime, teacher advised us to be confident and proud on stage. This is why we try to be positive every time we go on stage.”

What secret does SM Entertainment use to produce perfect K-pop idols? To the question, Red Velvet answered,

“One of the best parts of SM is that the entertainment company makes trainees practice systematically [according to their skills]. The system also allows trainees to improve on their strengths and give trainees time and help to develop themselves [as artists].”

It is not true that all SM trainees have their expected debut date. Red Velvet’s Seulgi has been training for seven years- since [the] seventh grade, and Irene had five years of training. However, Wendy and Joy had shorter training periods compared to Seulgi and Irene; [both trained for] 2 years.

Being a SM artist, it comes as an expectation that they will meet and talk with seniors at SM who are already top stars. But to tell you the truth, this is false. Red Velvet members said,

“We met [our] seniors a few times while going back and forth for training, but it was hard to meet top singers personally or officially even if we were from the same company as them. We met [our] seniors officially for the first time at the ‘SMTOWN’ concert last month.”

Red Velvet’s debut song titled ‘Happiness’ is an urban European pop song. It contains positive lyrics that talk about happiness that one can find easily in their life, [as a result in teaching] one to love them self more.

‘Happiness’ is one of the best songs to show people the energy and freshness of just-debuted newbie idols. [The] Red Velvet member’s smiles and bubbly choreography on the stage give an odd charm that causes for others to enjoy their stage as well. The choreography of ‘Happiness’ was by a Japanese choreographer by the name of Takeuchi Ayako, who has previously worked with BoA and Girls’ Generation. SM’s performance director Jaewon Shim also contributed to the dance, making a complete, perfect choreography.

Red Velvet member said,

“When we first heard ‘Happiness,’ the song only consisted of the melody; no lyrics. [The] African beat rhythm was awkward, but soon we came to realize that the song was really catchy.”

They then added, “We guess that our debut was successful, seeing as though many people are enjoying our stages. Since we have many supportive fans, we are trying our best on stage to have more powerful and eye-catching performances.”

Believe it or not, Red Velvet is a popular girl group even outside of Korea. After the release of ‘Happiness,’ the song appeared in the top 10’s of iTune’s single chart in [countries such as] Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Hong Kong.

After [their] official debut, the interest in [the] individual members increased immensely. People’s interests especially revolved around the member’s unique hair colors which allowed people to easily seek differences between [the] members.

Irene, whose hair color is pink, has white skin and cute baby face; [and]

Seulgi with orange coloured hair is what you would call an Asian beauty.

Wendy, who has [a] charming smile, chose blue. And [the] youngest of all [members],

Joy, chose green making her appear more adorable.

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Translation Credit to Jamie and Kelly @ RVG

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A/N: [Off topic]

It really shocks me hearing the news about a KPOP Artist who died in car accident.

R.I.P EunB, and condolence to her family.

~~> EynJey <~~