Not only are Red Velvet doing exceptionally well 8 years into their career but they had one of the BIGGEST obstacles to face when Wendy’s accident happened and RV as a full group went on a hiatus from late 2019 all the way to the summer of 2021 when they released Queendom. Just a few months short of 2 years with NO full group comebacks. It’s insane when you think about it actually.
Granted there were solos here and there and I&S subunit which all did relatively well but those types of activities are never quite the same as a full blown group comeback imo.
Let’s remember Red Velvet were regularly having 2-3 comebacks a year up until that hiatus. Can you imagine how much more popularity they could have attained in that timeframe between Psycho and Queendom being released? For more context on how long this break actually was, Twice was able to release 2 mini albums and 1 full album during RV’s OT5 hiatus.
Honestly I’m gonna be truthful here and say I was unsure whether Red Velvet could bounce back after everything that happened to them post 2019 especially as they were a GG and a hiatus that long this late in a groups career is super detrimental. BUT….boy was I wrong! They really did rise like a phoenix out of the ashes and prove everybody wrong about them being “over” “has beens” “disbanding”.
Karma really is a sweet thing and I’ll never get tired of luvies hyping them up because it’s so f**king deserved after all bashing threads that were made against RV, even right here on Allkpop. Now we have confirmation from the members themselves that they are getting multiple comebacks this year, things are finally right again in the universe and SM for once is actually investing in them as they should. We love to see it!