Red Velvet to Reunite for 'Velvet Summer' on Aug. 3
'Velvet Summer' arrives August 3, their first full-group release in over two years. the members are now spread across separate agencies and showed up anyway — right around their debut anniversary, no less.
august 3, 6 p.m. KST. all five of them. 'Velvet Summer.' nobody has slept properly since the first teaser went up at midnight on july 6 and frankly that includes us.
this is red velvet's first full-group comeback in over two years — the last one was the 2024 mini 'Cosmic' — and it's landing right as the group rolls up on twelve years since debut. TWELVE. the ones who invented the whole red-versus-velvet dual-concept thing have returned to demonstrate it in person.
the part that actually gets people in the chest: irene, seulgi, wendy, joy and yeri are signed to different agencies now. they could have quietly let the group become a fond memory that fans repost every august. instead they scheduled a comeback. that is a choice, and it's a loving one.
the mini runs five tracks led by 'Surfin' Boy,' with the physical editions split across 'High Tide' and 'Big Wave' versions — and the teaser rollout has been drip-feeding mood clips and photo sets through late july like a slow-motion attack on our composure.
separate agencies, same group chat, one summer mini. everything is fine. we are completely fine. 💅
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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IVE's 'Looks Can Kill' Tracklist Adds Gaeko, Zara Larsson
the credits alone are doing numbers — Dynamic Duo's Gaeko AND Zara Larsson? okay, globalize.
IVE revealed the 'Looks Can Kill' tracklist and the featured-credits are making me gasp.
the EP's lineup includes work from Dynamic Duo's Gaeko and global pop star Zara Larsson, which is a genuinely unexpected, genuinely exciting crossover of names. IVE have never been shy about swinging big, and this credits list is a full home-run cut.
a Korean hip-hop legend and a Swedish pop hitmaker on the same IVE project? that's the kind of ambition that turns a comeback into an event. the pre-release lands October 19 and the full EP October 26.
DIVE, the tracklist is already undefeated and we haven't even heard it. 🔪
Reported by allkpop. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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a pre-release on the 19th, the full thing on the 26th — october belongs to the DIVEs now.
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