From JOY, with Love - The 1st Mini Album - EP

Four years after her solo debut <i>Hello</i>, Red Velvet singer JOY (aka 박수영) returned with the summer-themed EP <i>From JOY, with Love</i>. Though JOY originally debuted as Red Velvet’s lead rapper, she would become better known for her singing, and specifically for her sweet, airy vocal tone. Alongside fellow Red Velvet members IRENE, SEULGI, WENDY, and YERI, JOY has been active in the K-pop industry since the girl group’s debut in 2014. However, a multi-hyphenate career as a variety show host and drama actor has kept her from releasing solo music as frequently as many of her third-generation contemporaries.

While <i>Hello</i> gave listeners JOY’s reinterpretation of already famous tracks (e.g. Park Hye Kyung’s 2003 hit “Hello”), <i>From JOY, with Love</i> includes six original songs, perhaps giving fans a better chance to understand the singer’s intentions as an artist. This may be especially true for the songs JOY helped write: brass-led dance track “Get Up and Dance” and pop ballad “Unwritten Page,” which was written as a message to a past version of JOY who is going through a difficult time. Bubbly lead single “Love Splash!” is a beach-set bop about falling in love—but the album as a whole is designed to give JOY’s perspectives on four diverse forms of love: playful love, friendship, self-love, and romantic love.

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