Red Velvet’s Joy to make solo debut with a remake album; Fans have mixed reaction over this bittersweet news

It’s finally confirmed! The singer will be making a solo debut. Even though exciting, read on to know why this news is met with mixed reactions by the fans.

By Afreen Khan

Updated on May 12, 2021 | 08:25 PM IST | 1.7M

Red Velvet's Joy at a red carpet in 2020

Red Velvet's Joy at the red carpet of High1 Seoul Music Awards in 2020. (Pic Credits: News1)

ReVeluvs in the house, May is going to be an exciting month for you! Fans have been waiting for more than a year to have a Red Velvet comeback as they were on hiatus the whole of 2020. The group only came up to perform in SMTOWN Live’s concert called ‘Cultural Humanity’ in January 2021. While not a group comeback, SM Entertainment announced a solo debut of Joy!

On May 12, a K-media outlet reported that Red Velvet’s Joy will be releasing her solo debut at the end of May. However, SM Entertainment clarified that she is preparing to release a remake album and that they will announce the detailed plans soon. While this is exciting news that has fans all hyped up, what doesn’t seem right to them is the fact that the agency has said that it will be a “remake” album. Joy boasts of an extensive discography with multiple hit drama OSTs such as I’m Okay, Your Days, original singles such as Always In My Heart, First Christmas, Mayday & others. She’s also made hit remakes of various songs.

As the company clearly states ‘remake’ album, fans believe that this will just be an album with all her covers and remakes, not really an ‘original’ debut album. She’s also the second Red Velvet member after Wendy to go solo. Wendy released her first mini-album ‘Like Water’ last month and fans think that SM is rushing the girls into solo debuts, to cover the group’s comeback, which seems nowhere near in sight.