Red Velvet: Candy

Candy 

by Red Velvet was released on March 17, 2015 as a B-side on the EP Ice Cream Cake (Track #6). Written by Hong JI-Yoo, with composition by Claire Rodrigues Lee and Kevin Charge, and arrangement by Score.

The B-side features red velvet members Yeri, Seulgi, Joy, Wendy, and Irene at the average age of 20 years old.

Candy has a total of 250 words with 80.4% (201 words) in Korean versus 19.6% (49 words) in English. About 41 words (16.4%) were sung by all members in unison while the five members split the remaining 209 words (83.6%) amongst themselves. The average is 44.2 words with a standard deviation of 8.1 words and a margin of error of 3.6 words. Member Seulig had the highest amount while member Irene had the lowest.

Rank
  1. Seulgi - 58 words
  2. Wendy - 48 words
  3. Joy - 42 words
  4. Yeri - 37 words
  5. Irene - 36 words
Seulgi - Highest word Count 


Candy had a track time of 4 minutes and 22 seconds while the total singing time was 4 minutes and 15 seconds. 55 seconds (21.6%) sung in unison with 200 seconds (78.4%) sung in individual sections. The average is about 43 seconds per member with a standard deviation of 18.9 seconds and a margin of error of 6.7 seconds. Member Seulgi had the highest time count while member Irene had the lowest.

Rank
  1. Seulgi - 61 seconds
  2. Wendy - 60 seconds
  3. Joy - 38 seconds
  4. Yeri - 31 seconds
  5. Irene - 25 seconds
Seulgi - Highest Time Count 

The song did not win any music show awards nor was it up for any nominations during the award season cycle. The B-side did chart on South Korea gaon chart peaking at #66.

Candy by Red Velvet earned a total of 396.7 points. While on paper the grade for word distribution earned an A, in application, for Time distribution the song earned a grade of B.

Points Breakdown

  • Standard Deviation - 173
  • Margin of Error - 189.7
  • Music Show Awards - 0
  • Awards - 0
  • Charts - 34

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