Girl group Red Velvet will perform at the Primavera Sound 2023 music festival in June, the only K-pop group to be invited this year.
 
The girl group will be performing on June 1 during the Barcelona leg of the festival and on June 8 in Madrid, the group’s agency SM Entertainment announced Thursday.
 
Notable headliners of the festival include the band Pet Shop Boys, Blur, rapper Kendrick Lamar, DJ Calvin Harris, singer-songwriter Halsey and more.

First started in 2001, Primavera Sound is one of the largest music festivals in Europe, held annually in Spain around June.

Previously, renowned artists such as Miley Cyrus, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dua Lipa, Iggy & the Stooges and Lou Reed performed at the festival, with the K-pop girl group Dreamcatcher having also performed last year.

Red Velvet debuted in 2014 and consists of five members: Irene, Wendy, Seulgi, Joy and Yeri. The band’s latest EP, “Birthday” (2022), reached one million copies sold this January, making it the group’s first million-selling album.

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]