Red Velvet Records First 'Surfin’ Boy' Music Show Win on August 12

Red Velvet have claimed their first music show trophy for “Surfin’ Boy,” taking the top spot on the August 12 episode of “Show Champion.” The win is the first of the group’s current promotional run for the song.

It came out of a genuinely crowded field. This week’s first-place candidates put “Surfin’ Boy” up against fromis_9’s “Vitamin ME,” KISS OF LIFE’s “SWEAT,” Stray Kids’ “This & That,” and Jennie’s “Less than a Lover” — a candidate list that spans several of the summer’s most active releases. Red Velvet ultimately took the win when the result was announced at the end of the show.

Beyond the trophy, the episode itself was stacked. ARTMS performed twice, with “Born Stunner” and “Blue Blood,” and the stage lineup also included KISS OF LIFE, POW, NOWZ, NouerA, A.C.E’s Junhee, WHIB, RED OOPART, EMOTI:M, Lee Bada, UmYull, and Pengsoo.

For Red Velvet, the result is a meaningful early marker. A first trophy tends to set the tone for a promotion cycle, and beating a candidate list this competitive gives “Surfin’ Boy” a stronger claim on the rest of the summer’s music show race. The task now is converting that momentum across the week’s remaining shows — but for August 12 at least, the win column belongs to “Surfin’ Boy.”