Perfect Velvet

Perfect Velvet
Studio album by Red Velvet
Released	November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)
Recorded	2016–2017
Studio	SM Studios (Seoul)
Genre	Pop R&B hip hop soul trap future bass synth-pop nu-disco
Length	30:56
Language	Korean
Label	SM Dreamus[1] Iriver
Producer	Kenzie Cazzi Opeia Moonshine Jinbo Sumin Charli Taft Daniel "Obi" Klein Hitchhiker The Stereotypes Deez Ylva Dimberg Ellen Berg Tollbom Aventurina King Kim Boo-min John Fulford RE:ONE Davey Nate Kwon Deok-geun
Red Velvet chronology
The Red Summer (2017) Perfect Velvet (2017) #Cookie Jar (2018)
Singles from Perfect Velvet
"Peek-a-Boo" Released: November 17, 2017
Repackaged edition cover
Singles from The Perfect Red Velvet
"Bad Boy" Released: January 29, 2018

Perfect Velvet is the second studio album by South Korean girl group Red Velvet. Released by SM Entertainment on November 17, 2017, the record incorporates R&B, soul and hip-hop with influences from future bass, trap and synth-pop, and saw contributions from various songwriters and production teams.^[2] The album is a portrayal of the group's "velvet" concept, making it their second major release to follow this sonic direction since their second extended play, The Velvet (2016). The album reissued as The Perfect Red Velvet on January 29, 2018.^[3]

Perfect Velvet was met with critical acclaim from music critics; music webzines Idology and Weiv named it the best album of 2017 while Billboard ranked it the fifth best K-pop album of the 2010s. Commercially, the album debuted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and peaked at number one the Billboard World Album Chart. Two singles were released from Perfect Velvet: "Peek-a-Boo", and "Bad Boy" from its reissue. To promote the album, the group performed on several South Korean music programs.

Perfect Velvet was included in several music critics' year-end lists of the best K-pop albums of the year and earned the group several nominations, including Best Pop Album at Korean Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards. A landmark performance by the group was held in North Korea where they performed "Bad Boy" at the "Spring is Coming" concert, to an audience that included Kim Jong-un.