# Red Velvet — ‘Velvet Summer’

Arc: rollout
Artist: Red Velvet — https://ktrenz.com/artisttag/Red-Velvet
On the record: 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-22 (Korea Standard Time)
Status: under way — Still open at the last entry. No outcome recorded.

## Beats

### 2026-07-06 — announced
Red Velvet return August 3 with 'Velvet Summer', first full-group album in over 2 years
- KTRENZ: https://ktrenz.com/article/2026/07/red-velvet-velvet-summer-comeback-august-2026
- retold by: KTRENZ

### 2026-07-11 — published
She posted a fierce selfie yesterday ahead of 'Velvet Summer' — giving us a sneak peek at what's coming
- source (topstarnews.net): https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16131639
- retold by: instagram.com, youtube.com, tiktok.com

### 2026-07-22 — in_progress
Red Velvet just announced Velvet Summer — a whole mini album dropping August 3rd.
- source (instagram.com): https://www.instagram.com/p/DbDzELpEm6r/
- source (nc.press): https://www.nc.press/news/articleView.html?idxno=621402
- retold by: youtube.com, instagram.com, tiktok.com, KTRENZ

## Method
Beats are grouped by Korea Standard Time day; a day's phase is the furthest this story got that day.
Retellings are listed under the day they belong to. Figures are quoted exactly as each source stated them.

Canonical page: https://ktrenz.com/story/velvet-summer-rollout