Red Velvet: Ice Cream Cake - EP

Ice Cream Cake EP 

was their first extended play released by Red Velvet on March 17, 2016. The album has six tracks and was the first release to feature new member Yeri. Released under the label, SM and Dreamus the album was produced by Hayley Aitken, Trinity Music, Daniel “Obi” Klein, Charli Taft, Kenzie, Teddy Riley, Cha Cha Malone, and Monotree. The track features two lead singles and four b-sides. It had been 155 days since their previous release of the non album single Be Natural.

The album features members Seulgi, Irene, Wendy, Yeri, and Joy at the average age of 20 years old.

The album features a total of six new songs:

→ Lead Singles: Ice Cream Cake | Automatic

→ B-sides: Something Kinda Crazy | Stupid Crazy | Take it Slow | Candy

To see the breakdown of the individual songs, see previous chapters.

Ice Cream Cake EP had a total of 1,518 words with 962 words (63.4%) in Korean versus 556 words (36.6%) in English. About 585 words (38.5%) sung in unison with 933 words (61.5%) split into individual sections. The average was 188.6 words with the average standard deviation over six songs being 13.2 words and the average margin of error of 5.9 words. Member Wendy had the highest number of words while member Yeri had the least.

Rank
  1. Wendy - 267 words
  2. Seulgi - 235 words
  3. Joy - 206 words
  4. Irene - 150 words
  5. Yeri - 85 words
Wendy - Highest Word Count


Ice Cream Cake EP has a track time of 21 minutes and 38 seconds and a total singing time of 19 minutes and 30 seconds. 351 seconds (30%) were sung in unison with 819 seconds (70%) split between the five members. The average was 163.8 seconds with the average standard deviation over the six songs being 13 seconds and an average margin of error of 5.5 seconds. Member Wendy had the highest amount of time with member Yeri having the least amount of time.

Rank
  1. Wendy - 255 seconds
  2. Seulgi - 205 seconds
  3. Joy - 175 seconds
  4. Irene - 105 seconds
  5. Yeri - 79 seconds
Wendy - Highest Time Count

Ice Cream Cake EP did not win any awards nor was it up for any during the award season cycle. The album was rated 3.5 stars out of 5 by both IZM and Seoulbeats. The EP placed on a total of 6 different charts peaking at #1 on the South Korea Gaon albums chart, and #2 on the US Billboard Albums Chart to name a few.

Wendy had the highest count for the songs placing first six times (3 words: 3 times). Members Joy (1 word: 2 time) and Seulgi (2 word: 1 time) both placed second for the most first place with three times.

Rank
  1. Wendy - 6 times (3 words | 3 times )
  2. Joy (1 words | 2 Time), Seulgi (2 word | 1 time) - 3 Times
Wendy - Had the highest #1 places for the album

Ice Cream Cake was the highest scoring lead single with 890.2 points, while the highest b-side was Something Kinda Crazy with 421.1 points. The total number of points was 3,174.2 points and the average between the six songs was 529 points.

Ice Cream Cake EP by Red Velvet earned a total of 4,115.6 points and a grade of B+ for both word and time distribution.

Points Breakdown
  • Standard Deviation: 173.8 points
  • Margin of Error: 188.6 points
  • Album Awards: 140 points
  • Album Charts: 439 points
  • Song Points Total: 3,174.2 points

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