Red Velvet’s Joy announces contract renewal with SM Entertainment

SM Entertainment announced this Tuesday, the 14th, the renewal of the member’s contract Joy, by Red Velvet. The company expressed the mutual trust between them and the artist built over the last 10 years that the group was present at SM, in addition to also commenting on the recent renovations of Irene and Seulgi. Check out the announcement!

“Joy has completed the renewal of her contract with SM, built on the trust we have established over many years. She will continue her activities with SM’s full support.

After Seulgi and Irene, we are delighted to continue this beautiful journey with Joy as well. We will do our best to help her fully showcase her limitless potential, not only as a member of Red Velvet, but also as a solo artist Joy and actress Park Soo Young (Joy’s real name).”

The Red Velvet member also shared her feelings with her fans, reaffirming her confidence in the company and her desire to continue her projects with SM Entertainment.

“Through deep conversations with the people I’ve worked with over the past 10 years based on trust and belief, I felt that I wanted to continue moving forward together in a positive direction. I will do my best to show fans various sides of myself through positive synergy I have with SM.”

Following the renewal news, REVELUV [fãs do grupo] wonder about the members’ contracts Wendy and Yerisince nothing has been commented on so far. Curiosity still grows around speculation after the cancellation of the participation of Wendy on SMTOWN LIVE 2025.

According to the agency itself, the singer’s absence from SM’s 30th anniversary festival was due to “personal reasons”. Later, Wendy took to social media to clarify that he is not ill, and that he had already discussed his participation more than a month after the official announcement was released, making clear his discomfort with the company’s delay.

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