Red Velvet's Joy Expresses Her Love For Animals, Making Her Solo Album "Hello," And More

In a recently released interview with Cosmopolitan, Red Velvet’s Joy opened up about getting her driver’s license, creating her album “Hello,” and more!

Joy admitted that she got her drivers license during her break due to the COVID-19 situation. She explained that she wanted to try something new and discovered that driving helps clear her mind, saying, “I didn’t know when my schedule was full, but when I was given time, I didn’t know what to do all day. I was living diligently through Red Velvet, but I thought that human Park Soo Young was at a standstill. It was a little pathetic because I couldn’t even make a schedule for myself. I wanted to do more things on my own, but originally I was scared and didn’t like going outside of my house. But I made up my mind and tried things I hadn’t done before. One of those things was getting a driver’s license.”

She added that she loves listening to music and relaxing while driving. She said, “I love driving. In those moments I feel completely alone. I love listening to music with the window down and feeling the breeze, and most of all, the feeling of going somewhere through my own volition is so healing for me.”

Joy also talked about releasing the album “Hello” and the process behind creating the album. She started by saying, “I filled the album ‘Hello’ with my favorite songs. It’s an album that even now every time I listen to it I’m proud and feel attached to it. But the preparation process was not easy. I’m sort of a perfectionist, but the genres of the six songs are so different that it felt kind of like a mission to properly express them one by one. When I release another solo album again, I want to release a new song that I’m the first person to sing, and I want to organize it focusing on my favorite genres.”

When discussing her passion for singing, she expressed that she sometimes faces challenges. She said her biggest concern is “How can I express [the song] more colorfully?” She elaborated, “Of course I love my voice, but there’s times when I hit a wall. My voice is kind of thin and high, but there’s times when I want to give more of an impact or I try to convey more energy but I feel like I’m facing limitations. I’m really trying hard to overcome that.”

She also talked about her separate Instagram account (@haetnimee) she runs that is dedicated to promoting her love and care for animals. She actively speaks out about protecting animals and explained by saying, “I really like animals. Among them I really like dogs. Human relationships are the most difficult thing in life. I have a lot of worries about that too. There are times when my meaning is misrepresented even when that’s not how I feel. But dogs unconditionally stay by my side, support me, and they comfort me asserting that my existence is okay. Actually for their whole life dogs only have guardians. There are more people than I thought that can’t be responsible for them until the end, and just raise them for a while. I want to instill a perception in those people that dogs are a member of the family and we need to be responsible for them until the end.”

At the end of the interview, she offered some self-reflection and stated that these days she’s trying to focus on herself. When asked about what she thinks about these days she answered, “Myself.” She further explained, “I don’t think I compliment myself very much. I always feel sorry for myself because I blame myself too much. So in the past I tried to avoid thinking about myself, but as I kept avoiding it, it came at me unexpectedly and became more difficult. So these days, I’m practicing returning to my sense of accomplishment.”

Joy’s full interview can be seen in the March edition of Cosmopolitan!

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