The Red Summer (EP)

The Red Summer
The Red Summer
	Artwork for digital copies and back cover of album
EP by Red Velvet
Released	July 9, 2017
Recorded	2017
Studio	SM Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Genre	Pop; dance-pop; EDM; tropical house;
Length	17:11
Language	Korean
Label	SM; KT; Dreamus;
Producer	Kenzie; Caesar & Loui; Becky Jerams; Pontus Persson; Kanata Okajima; LDN Noise; Courtney Jenaé Stahl; Alice Penrose; Johannes Josh Jorgensen; Lars Halvor Jensen; Hwang-hyun;
Red Velvet chronology
Singles from The Red Summer
	"Red Flavor"; Released: July 9, 2017;
Other cover
	Physical version cover

The Red Summer is the first special extended play and the fifth overall by South Korean girl group Red Velvet. Marketed as the group's first "special summer" release, the five-track EP was released digitally on July 9, 2017, and physically the following day by SM Entertainment. Primarily a dance-pop and EDM record, it is the second major release from Red Velvet to focus solely on their "red" concept, following their debut studio album The Red (2015). It was later proceeded by Summer Magic as both the second "special summer" extended play and the third major "red" release.

The Red Summer received positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its showcasing of the group's "bright and vivid" side. It was a commercial success, becoming the group's sixth consecutive Gaon Album Chart topper and their third to debut atop the Billboard World Albums chart, thus setting the record for the most number-one albums among K-pop girl groups at the time.^[3] The EP spawned the single "Red Flavor", and has since become one of the group's signature songs.

^ Kim, Hyun-sik (July 9, 2017). "레드벨벳, '빨간맛'으로 여름 가요계 공략". nocutnews (in Korean). Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ "The Red Summer".
^ Benjamin, Jeff (July 19, 2017). "Red Velvet Scores Third No. 1 on World Albums, Lead Among K-Pop Females". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[1] Kim, Hyun-sik (July 9, 2017). "레드벨벳, '빨간맛'으로 여름 가요계 공략". nocutnews (in Korean). Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[2] "The Red Summer".

[BillboardWAC-3] Benjamin, Jeff (July 19, 2017). "Red Velvet Scores Third No. 1 on World Albums, Lead Among K-Pop Females". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

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