Automatic (Red Velvet song)

"Automatic"
Single by Red Velvet
from the EP Ice Cream Cake
LanguageKorean
ReleasedMarch 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)
StudioSM Blue Ocean
Genre
Length3:30
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Choi So-young
Red Velvet singles chronology
"Be Natural"
(2014)
"Automatic"
(2015)
"Ice Cream Cake"
(2015)
Music video
"Automatic" on YouTube

"Automatic" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Red Velvet for their debut extended play (EP), Ice Cream Cake (2015). Composed and produced by Daniel "Obi" Klein and Charlotte Taft with Korean lyrics adapted by Choi So-young, the R&B and urban song was released as the group's first single from the EP on March 14, 2015, by SM Entertainment. It marked their first release as a quintet since the addition of member Yeri. The song's lyrics tells about unraveling the feeling of attraction to the other person.

Upon its release, the song received mixed reviews from music critics due to its sultry and minimal production. Some were unsure of what to expect from Red Velvet, as it was still unknown what concept the group has. Commercially, the song charted moderately on both the Gaon Digital Chart and US Billboard World Digital Song Sales, peaking at number thirty-two and number nine, respectively. An accompanying music video was released on March 14, 2015, with a set in composition of different spaces arranged like a human memory. The song has been performed on M Countdown, Music Bank, and Inkigayo.