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K-pop star Joy of Red Velvet in a teaser photo for her extended play 'From Joy, With Love.' Photo from Red Velvet's X account

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'From Joy, With Love': Red Velvet star's EP is letter to fans

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1755506650978JOY.jfif" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">K-pop star Joy of Red Velvet in a teaser photo for her extended play &#x27;From Joy, With Love.&#x27; <em>Photo from Red Velvet&#x27;s X account</em></span></span></span></div><p>K-pop singer Joy of girl group Red Velvet made her comeback on Monday with the extended play (EP) &quot;From Joy, With Love,&quot; which she describes as her own letter to fans.</p><p>During a YouTube livestream held shortly before the EP&#x27;s release, the 28-year-old idol explained that the title takes inspiration from the phrase &quot;with love&quot; often used in letters, saying the record serves as her own letter.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;With love&#x27; is like what you write in a letter and that really touched me. And so I wanted the album to be like a letter to you and I wanted the songs to have that letter vibe as well,&quot; Joy told fans in the subtitled livestream.</p><p>She said the EP was &quot;filled with love which got me through rough times.&quot;</p><p>Joy said she reflected deeply on how to convey a &quot;big theme&quot; like love, ultimately choosing to express it in four forms — playful love, friendship, self-love and romantic love — revealed through the album&#x27;s teaser images.</p><p>&quot;Those four themes are expressed through my six songs,&quot; she said.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-2fAmkQS854?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>The six-track EP is led by the single “Love Splash!”, which Joy described as a song about &quot;fresh new love.&quot; </p><p>&quot;It is a loving song. The lyrics are very cute,&quot; she said, adding that it was the &quot;perfect&quot; track to showcase her &quot;pure and pretty sides.&quot;</p><p>&quot;From Joy, With Love&quot; marks Joy&#x27;s first comeback as a soloist since she debuted in 2021 with the special album &quot;Hello.&quot;</p><p>Joy, whose real name is Park Soo-young, debuted in 2014 as a member of Red Velvet, known for songs such as &quot;Bad Boy,&quot; &quot;Psycho&quot; and &quot;Cosmic.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/9/16/red-velvet-celebrates-10th-year-with-best-manila-crowd-1505"><strong>READ: Red Velvet celebrates 10th year with ‘best’ Manila crowd<br/></strong></a></div><p>She has also ventured into acting, garnering lead roles in dramas such as &quot;The Liar and His Lover,&quot; &quot;Tempted&quot; and &quot;Once Upon A Small Town.&quot;</p>

<p>K-pop singer Joy of girl group Red Velvet made her comeback with the extended play (EP) 'From Joy, With Love,' which she describes as her own letter to fans.</p>

K-pop singer Joy of girl group Red Velvet made her comeback with the extended play (EP) 'From Joy, With Love,' which she describes as her own letter to fans.