Red Velvet‘s Joy has renewed her contract with SM Entertainment (hereafter referred to as SM).

Joy has completed her contract renewal based on the trust she has built with SM over a long period of time, and will continue her activities in all directions with SM’s generous support.

Joy said, “After having deep conversations with those who have been with me for the past 10 years based on trust and belief, I felt that I want to continue moving forward together in a good direction,” and “I will do my best to show my fans various sides of myself through positive synergy with SM.”

In addition, SM said, “We are happy to be able to continue our beautiful journey with Joy, following Seulgi and Irene. They stated, “I will work hard to fully demonstrate my limitless potential not only through Red Velvet group activities, but also as a solo artist ‘Joy’, and as an actress ‘Park Soo Young’.”

Red Velvet, which debuted in August 2014 with ‘Happiness’, has created numerous hit songs with each album with unique concepts and diverse musical styles, such as ‘Ice Cream Cake‘, ‘Red Flavor’, ‘Feel My Rhythm’, and ‘Cosmic’, and successfully concluded the Asia Fancon Tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in September last year.

Joy released her special album ‘Hello’ in 2021 and has been widely loved by all generations as a solo artist for her iconic charm and clear voice. She is also active in various fields such as broadcast program MC, drama, OST, and fashion.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com