Red (Hyuna song)

"Red" (stylized in all caps) (Korean: 빨개요; RR: Ppalgaeyo) is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter Hyuna from her third extended play, A Talk. The song was released on July 28, 2014.^[1]

"Red"
Single by Hyuna
from the album A Talk
Released	July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)
Recorded	June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)
Genre	K-pop EDM
Length	3:19
Label	Cube
Songwriter(s)	Seo Jae-woo BlueSun Socrates
Producer(s)	Seo Jae-woo Kim Tae-ho
Hyuna singles chronology
"Ice Cream" (2012) "Red" (2014) "Roll Deep" (2015)
Music video
"Red" on YouTube

Reception

AXS compared the song's styles to works of American singer Miley Cyrus.

The single "Red" reached number 3 on the Gaon Weekly Digital Chart.^[2] On August 6, 2014, Hyuna won her first ever music show award on MBC Music's Show Champion for "Red",^[3] and won on the same show again the following week.

Despite calling "Red" "fifty shades of messy," Lucas Villa of AXS praised Hyuna for delivering a "club banger that would make Miley proud."^[4] Rolling Stone named "Red" number 5 on their year-end list of the top ten music videos of 2014.^[5] "Red" ranked number 1 on Chinese Music Charts for four consecutive days, and has made it to the No. 1 spot on Taiwan's music charts.^[6]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	Golden Disk Awards	Digital Bonsang	Won	[7]
	Mnet Asian Music Award	Song of the Year	Nominated	[8]
		Best Dance Performance - Solo	Nominated
	Seoul Music Awards	Dance Performance Award	Won

Music program awards

Program	Date	Ref.
Show Champion (MBC)	August 6, 2014	[9]
	August 13, 2014	[10]

Charts and sales

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position South Korea (Gaon)[11] 3 US World Digital Songs (Billboard) 5 Monthly charts Chart (August 2014) Peak position South Korea (Gaon)[12] 8 Year-end Chart Chart (2014) Peak position South Korea (Gaon)[13] 78

Sales Country Sales (2014) South Korea (digital single) 685,761[14]