So since so many people are getting into Red Velvet recently, I decided to make a guide to help them out. You know, give yall some slack because learning five names is super hard. A guide accompanied by my half-assed jokes, interesting.
PSA: If you’re only here to stan the girls because of their recent comebacks like Peek-A-Boo and Bad Boy and are going to drop them as soon as they release tracks similar to Dumb Dumb and Ice Cream Cake, leave because we don’t want you here.
Now that we got that out of the way, let’s get straight to business (TO DEFEAT THE HUNS WHY DID THEY SEND ME DAUGHTERS WHEN I ASKED FOR SONS)
Basic Facts
Red Velvet is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2014.
There are five members (OT4 stans can choke).
They debuted on August 1st in 2014 with a single called “Happiness”.
Fandom name is Reveluv. Since “rêve” means “dream” in French, the meaning behind the fandom name is that us, Reveluvs, make their dreams come true and Red Velvet gives us their immense love in return, thus the “luv” part. Sometimes they also call us “Luvies”.
Official fandom colour is pastel coral and not red because l o g i c
The fact that they were formed by SM Entertainment doesn’t mean they got a free ride to the top so sit your entitled asses down, thanks.
Now, you see, they weren’t actually supposed to debut in 2014. I bet you must be confused but don’t worry, it is I, your trusty homie, that is gonna help you realize how many similarities every student has with SM lmao plus the reason for their early debut.
2014 was a rough year for our buddy Lee Soo Man. Jessica left Girl’s Generation; Sulli left f(x); Kris, Tao and Luhan left EXO… This, of course, caused a goddamn World War III amongst the fans of the respective groups. They were about to go in front of the official SM building with torches and pitchforks to demand SM to step up their game. To calm the situation down, our amigo SM must have thought: “Welp I sure fucked up. How the hell do I fix this? Wait, I have an idea! Let’s debut another girl group to cover up all the shit that has been piling up for years now!”
And your boi gone and did it. He basically debuted another group despite the number of problems he had to deal with already. This is every student ever, just make another problem to cover up the first one.
Red Velvet debuted with four members; Irene, Seulgi, Wendy and Joy. The “Happiness” music video got 2 million views in a day and was the most viewed kpop music video for the month of August in 2014. See, the queens already breaking records.
However, the original version of “Happiness” was full of controversial topics such as 9/11 being the most prominent one. This caused such hate to the girls that everyone started calling them “flops”. Lmao Red Velvet stays unbothered as the kpop act with the most Billboard charted albums bYE.
Some of you still may be wondering what the hell happened with Yeri. Well, because their debut was rushed and due to her age, Yeri, unfortunately, couldn’t debut with them. When Red Velvet debuted, Yeri was 15 years old so basically a child.
“bUt jiSUnG fROM ncT DreAM dEBuTed wHeN hE WAs onlY FoUrteEn”
Before, there was a law which stated that kids under the age of 16 couldn’t debut.
No need to worry fellow Yeri stans! Red Velvet only released another single called “Be Natural” before Yeri was officially added. The single featured NCT’s Taeyong on it too so if you are one of those fangirls, better go and check it out because your oppar is there + it is an underrated bop.
Yeri was added to the group during Ice Cream Cake era! Of course, many people hated her, acting as if Red Velvet released so many songs and solved world hunger without Yeri. Um, bitch they had two songs take a seat.
Discography and music in general lol
IT IS GOLD!1!!!!111!!
Okay listen, every single song of theirs makes me thot-drop in the middle of the goddamn school. Jesus Christ sunbaenim is shaking.
Albums: Ice Cream Cake, The Red, The Velvet, Russian Roulette, Rookie, The Red Summer, Perfect Velvet, The Perfect Red Velvet.
Queens of naming their albums don’t even @ me.
Listen to every single song if you want to cure your depression, clear your skin, feed your children and harvest your crops. Seriously, all of their b-sides are so amazing and such bops they are worth a listen and you, as a person who chose to stan Red Velvet, deserve to have your ears cleansed.
Another topic that I want to bring up is “the red concept” and “the velvet concept”. It is not complicated. Basically what it means is that they split their concepts into two. The red concepts are more upbeat, catchy and poppy songs such as Dumb Dumb, Rookie, Russian Roulette etc. However, the velvet concept is where they show their mature, more serious ballads. Songs that represent the velvet side are Automatic, One of These Nights, Peek-A-Boo etc.
They filmed 13 music videos so you are going to get attacked by visuals 13 times, good luck.
The members
The most interesting and fun part of this guide to be honest. So yeah, five members and five completely different personalities. Trust me, you’re gonna love every single one of these girls because they all have such amazing personalities and are extremely funny. Get abroad the homo express!
- Stage name: Irene
- Real name: Bae Joohyun
- Colour: Pink
- Position: Leader, Visual, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocal
- She really is a bae tho we love a powerful woman
- Born on March 29th, 1991; the eldest
- She literally looks five what the fuck
- tiny
- Takes pictures of everyone and everything so that she can stare at them while she does the laundry because she is such a mom
- “Shut the fuck up I am not a mom”
- A GODDESS PLUS TOP VISUAL OF THIS GENERATION NO PRINTER JUST FAX
- loves pussy
- Drinks men tears to stay hydrated
- Forgets names of her kids aka the rest of Red Velvet
- Snorts laundry detergent
- Talk shit get hit
- Silent but plotting world domination with her at the top
- Speaking of tops, she doms bYE
- She survived the World War II and was Stalin’s deskmate when they were in the third grade
- xXButtLoverXx
- Likes winning. Who got to the finish line first? Her. Who travelled to space first? Her. Who found the cure for world hunger? Her.
- Actually very talented in everything she does and is a blessing to humanity
- Stage name: Seulgi
- Real name: Kang Seulgi
- Colour: Orange
- Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocal
- Either as fluffy as a teddy bear or a fucking sex God there is no in between
- Born on February 10th, 1994; second eldest
- hER EYES MAKE ME QUESTION MY SEXUALITY
- She, in general, makes me question my sexuality
- also tiny
- “Hello I am the 71st prettiest face in the world”
- First half of the “DD” also known as “Dumbass Duo”
- Someone help her she is lost in time and space
- The type of person to put a red sock to wash with the whites
- Is not capable of doing the splits because she dumb lmao
- How the fuck is one this confused???
- Gets bullied by her members a lot
- A sunshine in human form. You know that sun from the Teletubbies? That be Seulgi
- Her abs make me feel like Kylie Jenner, y’know… pregnant
- “If there’s no food I’m going home”
- THE number one fan of Beyonce™
- Pringles advocate
- She didn’t train for 7 years to have people shit talking her because she is multitalented and leaves people all around the world shooketh
- Stage name: Wendy
- Real name: Son Seungwan
- Colour: Blue
- Position: Main Vocal, English speaker
- Is also a HELLA good rapper
- Born on February 21st, 1994; third eldest
- Used to live in Toronto when she was younger, her English proceeds to give everyone a boner
- the tiniest out of all
- The kpop singer with the widest vocal range (this is an actual fact)
- “S H I N E O N M E”
- So caring it makes me bawl. She literally cooks for everyone and is so supportive it is truly beautiful
- Is actually the one behind the iconic “PARK SOOYOUNG! WHEN YOU SMILE I SMILE TOO”
- If she ever covers your song, you can say goodbye to it because it’s hers now
- A soccer mom
- Also that famous Kris Jenner “You’re doing amazing sweetie” meme
- Rescue her scalp someone pls
- Probably used “WHOMST” once in her lifetime unironically
- The gayest out of all the gays
- She is a boob person and also has a very nice butt Irene knows
- Once stacked a gazillion hats on top of her head because why the fuck not
- Is also a sexy pornstar … no wait, I meant a “saxophonist”
- Is so beautiful and deserves all the love in this entire world but the world doesn’t deserve her at all
- Stage name: Joy
- Real name: Park Sooyoung
- Colour: Green
- Position: Lead Rapper, Lead Vocal, Mood-maker
- + an actress
- Born on September 3rd, 1996: fourth eldest
- Invented “cute” and “sexy” don’t fight me on this
- TALL (for a Red Velvet member lmfao)
- Has the prettiest profile, God took extra time in crafting such a masterpiece
- Speaking of God… God is real and in a form of Park Sooyoung
- Likes finer things in life such as herself
- If the song “Me Too” was a human, it would be her
- Ruthless
- When she gets scared her soul deadass leaves her body and it is hilarious
- A dramatic bitch
- HAS THE BEST BODY SORRY YALL CAN’T COMPETE
- Can get very angery
- Probably was kinkshamed by someone once
- Is having a mental breakdown at every waking moment
- “Can you stop I’m very sensitive”
- Tom to Yeri’s Jerry
- Just the most amazing human being, an all-rounder and a happy virus
- Stage name: Yeri
- Real name: Kim Yerim
- Colour: Purple
- Position: Maknae, Lead Rapper, Sub Dancer, Vocal, Songwriter
- Is being an absolute savage a talent?
- Born on March 5th, 1999; the youngest
- The other half of the “Dumbass Duo”
- So much sass is contained in this tiny human being
- Plans to take over SM soon one day
- HAS THE MOST CONTAGIOUS LAUGH IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND IT IS SO GENUINE I LOVE IT
- Likes pineapple on pizza cancelled
- The OG Sone
- A mess
- (ง •̀_•́)ง
- Not a big spoon nor a little spoon, she a knife
- Tries her best
- Knows everyone and everything; what a social butterfly it warms my heart
- Likes to read smut so all of you smut fanfiction writers, watch out, she is lurking
- SPEAKING OF LURKING
- She lowkey had a fan account that was all about Girl’s Generation
- A woman we all aspire to be
- Is an actual cinnamon roll that yes, could kill you but everyone loves her because she really improved a lot. WE WATCHED HER GROW UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHE IS NOW B L E S S
Popular ships, let’s play a game where you guess which two people are paired up (not like it is completely obvious)
SEULRENE
WENRENE
WENSEUL
JOYRI
YERENE
JOYGI
JOYDY
WENRI
SEULRI
Ending note
On a more serious note, Red Velvet is an amazing girl group that deserves so much more. I hope this at least got you to check them out. If not, your loss lol.
I could use a fuckton adjectives to describe their perfection but trust me, that ain’t enough.
Anyways, OT4 stans can fuck off, don’t comment on this post.
Just love all the girls and don’t point out their insecurities in a rude way mmkay?
This is all from me and I hope you enjoyed and that this helped you and maybe made you chuckle (maybe?)
If there is another question that you want me to answer, ask me because I would love to.
P.S. It doesn’t have to be Red Velvet related because I am trash that stans more groups than the number of bad jokes I made in this post.
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Waking up on a fall morning
“Euphemia and Fleamont Potter tried and failed for many years to bring a child into the world before baby James came along. They were much older, and wealthy, so James grew up in a doting environment without the compromise of siblings, in a home without material limits.” (From Pottermore)
the quickest way to Momo’s heart ♡
→ moodboard: slytherin house
cunning, ambitious, resourceful, shrewd, determined
I'm definitely excited now!!!! Can January come faster !!!!!!!!
Riverdale + main characters
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SPOILER ALERT FOR THE PILOT AND FUTURE EPISODES
Jughead narrates the entire pilot and possibly the rest of the series
Jughead and Archie have had a major falling out, but Jug is still willing to help Archie out with something
Betty has ADD
Cheryl calls Jason her “soulmate”, twincest details will be gradually revealed over the course of the season
A body (probably Jason’s?) is found in the pilot
Veronica is very supportive of Betty
Josie and the Pussycats play at the school dance and have an additional musical number in the pilot
the pilot includes a threesome, spin the bottle, and a dance montage
Betty and Veronica kiss (many viewers seem to think it was just for show but that is TBD)
Veronica and Archie play 7 minutes in heaven and kiss/makeout
Archie is generally boring/a jerk/cheesy according to many people who saw the pilot (classic Archie)
Jughead’s beanie is “pronged” to stick with the classic look but in a more modern fashion
Jughead and Betty are going to be investigating the murder(s?) together
Betty and Veronica may kiss again
episode 7 includes a “taboo slumber party” in which many of the kids will be kissing
Midge will be in episode 2 and she is Moose’s girlfriend
Moose has a thing with Kevin (possibly meaning Moose is the closeted character that has been mentioned in a previous interview)
Sabrina will be brought in at the very end of the season as an escapee of a cult
KJ says Archie will be more decisive than in the comics and that he will choose between B&V by the end of the season, but also mentions that he’s pretty sure it won’t be permanent, as this is Archie Andrews we’re talking about here
There is going to be love triangle with the grown ups
KJ prefers having orange hair now, he and his cast mates think it looks weird now that he’s got it back to black
There will be a big halloween episode that will be a sort of homage to Afterlife With Archie
Archie writes a song about his relationship with Ms. Grundy in the pilot
The show will film for 6 months starting in September
“Josie is a very driven and stern character. We’ll find out why she’s like that and why she doesn’t let men specifically get in her way”
Cole says the show will have a lot of film noir genre elements
the showrunners teased that almost every character will be involved with each other at some point
UPDATE 7/24
Roberto says that the show wasn’t directly inspired by the New Riverdale comics and was set up before the comic reboot was announced
There are currently no plans to follow comic book storylines but that may change as season one progresses
Expect more of a B&V friendship than a rivalry
Cole and KJ are most excited to explore Archie and Jughead’s relationship, and their introduction was KJ’s favorite scene to film for the pilot
Madelaine was drawn to the project due to Cheryl’s “villainous nature”
Cheryl’s vulnerabilities and cracks in her façade will be revealed over the course of the season
There is a yet to be disclosed “insane hairstyle” for the Pussycats which Ashley loves
There are plans to write original music for the Pussycats that will hopefully be released as an album at the end of the season
Luke is incredibly impressed with all the young actors on the show
The show really wants to focus on being an ensemble rather than focused on just Archie
There will be other classic side characters brought in
Cole thinks it’s really important that Jughead is asexual in the comics
The show is working off the Mark Waid comics where Jughead does not have a defined sexuality, so that is still unclear for the show
Cole thinks Jughead will be a romantic interest/pursuit, but that first and foremost his love is for food
Jughead is a budding writer, a photographer, and an amateur sleuth
Jughead’s main concern is what’s going on in the town
Jason was shot
Jughead has been viewing everyone’s reaction to the murder from the outside, taking pictures, and asking “weird, piercing questions”
Cole says the show is very similar in tone to Rian Johnson’s film Brick (sidenote: fantastic movie, everyone should go watch it) and that Jughead is very much like Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character in it
Roberto says the show is inspired by Twin Peaks and Fargo and the aesthetics of The Virgin Suicides and Heavenly Creatures
The show has also been compared to Pretty LIttle Liars and Friday Night Lights
Cole watched a lot of film noir to prepare for the role and says he tried to mimic Morgan Freeman’s narration as best he could
Roberto’s favorite character is Betty because she is good in the middle of the chaos
Betty will be coming into herself and discovering her voice in season one
KJ has to dye his hair every week while shooting to keep the color
Roberto is hoping for a January 27th release, but that is TBD
i’ll update when/if more info is released!
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