The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday is an upcoming sixth special extended play and fourteenth overall by South Korean girl group Red Velvet. It is scheduled to be released by SM Entertainment on November 28, 2022, and contains five tracks, including the lead single "Birthday". The EP is the second installment of The ReVe Festival 2022, and the fifth overall of The ReVe Festival series.
Background and release
On October 28, 2022, SM Entertainment announced Red Velvet would be releasing a new album in November 2022.[1] On November 7, it was announced the group will be releasing their sixth special extended play titled The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday, alongside the lead single "Birthday", on November 28.[2] The EP was described as part of The ReVe Festival 2022 series which starts off with The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm, released in March 2022, and is continuation of The ReVe Festival trilogy released in 2019.[3] On November 14, the promotional schedule was released. In addition, it was also announced that the EP would contains a total of five tracks.[4] A day later, the mood sampler teaser video was released.[5]
Composition
The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday consists of five tracks. The lead single "Birthday" was described a pop dance song that samples George Gershwin composition Rhapsody in Blue, featuring trap, drum, and synth rhythm with lyrics about "returning to the birthday of the person you like and making all of your dreams come true, giving yourself a day to remember".[6] With a mature charm, "Bye Bye" is a groovy R&B pop dance song blending dynamic gliding bass and cool string sound.[7] "On a Ride" is a hyperpop dance song featuring a plucked string instrument layered rhythmically over a light beat which makes the listener feel as if they were in an amusement park.[7]
Track listing
Track listing for The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Birthday"
2.
"Bye Bye"
3.
"On a Ride"
Release history
Release history for The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday
^Jang, Woo-young (October 28, 2022). "레드벨벳 측 "11월 말 컴백 목표로 준비 중" [공식입장]" [Red Velvet side "Preparing for a comeback at the end of November" [Official position]] (in Korean). Osen. Retrieved November 15, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kim, Ji-hye (November 7, 2022). "레드벨벳, 겨울 가요계 석권한다..새 미니앨범 'Birthday' 28일 발매" [Red Velvet dominates the winter music scene..New mini album 'Birthday' released on the 28th] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved November 15, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kang, Da-yun (November 14, 2022). "레드벨벳, 새 미니앨범 '벌스데이' 스케줄 포스터 공개" [Red Velvet unveils schedule poster for new mini-album 'Birthday'] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved November 15, 2022 – via Naver.
^Lee, Seul (November 15, 2022). "레드벨벳, 이번엔 '랩소디 인 블루' 샘플링...'벌스데이' 무드 샘플러" [Red Velvet, sampling 'Rhapsody in Blue' this time...'Birthday' Mood Sampler] (in Korean). X-port News. Retrieved November 15, 2022 – via Naver.
^Hwang, Hye-jin (November 15, 2022). "'컴백' 레드벨벳, 이번엔 조지 거슈윈 'Rhapsody In Blue' 샘플링" ['Comeback' Red Velvet, this time George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' sampling] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved November 15, 2022 – via Naver.
^ abJi, Min-kyung (November 18, 2022). 레드벨벳, 새 앨범 'Birthday'로 들려줄 상반된 사랑 이야기 [Red Velvet, the conflicting love story to be told with the new album 'Birthday']. OSEN [ko]. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
