Elevator Girl (song)
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| "Elevator Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Babymetal | ||||
| from the album Metal Galaxy | ||||
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| Released | May 10, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 2:44 | |||
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| Composer(s) | Ryu-metal | |||
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| Producer(s) | Kobametal | |||
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| "Elevator Girl" (English ver.) on YouTube | ||||
"Elevator Girl" is a song by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. It was first released as a digital single on May 10, 2019 worldwide by Babymetal Records, and the third single released for the band's third album Metal Galaxy. An English version of the song had a release on August 16, 2019, sent to active rock radio with a music video.
"Elevator Girl" was first performed on the Babymetal World Tour 2018, on May 8, 2018.[1][2] On April 23, 2019, the song was announced for release as a digital single worldwide on May 10, 2019,[3] in conjunction with the reveal of several shows to be performed later in the year.[4][5]
According to Su-metal, "Elevator Girl" symbolizes the band's evolution of kawaii and metal fusion as the band members mature into adults,[6] and is planned to appear in the band's next album, Metal Galaxy.[7] The song shows the "mature" side of Babymetal, as quoted.[8]
Composition
"Elevator Girl" gets inspiration from drum and bass, containing elements of the genre in the intro, and transitioning into a heavier sound. With lyrics such as “No matter what you say, or what you do / You’re going d-d-d-d-d-down”,[9] the song is sung mainly in English. The song is composed of "riffy undertones" and "cutesy vocal harmonies" in a major key,[10] and, as described by Joe Divite of Loudwire, switches between "fast beats with delicate, minimalist piano bits" and "crunching metallic distortion that embraces the frantic nature of the electronic elements".[11]
Reception
Axl Rosenberg of MetalSucks described "Elevator Girl" as "unusual", calling the song "the first-ever metal song about a mentally unstable elevator operator", but noting the song doesn't "[lack] any of the elements which made us fans in the first place", even after the departure of Yuimetal.[12]
"Elevator Girl" peaked on the Oricon Digital Singles daily chart on May 10, 2019, at number two, with digital sales of 6,284 units.[13] The song peaked on the weekly chart on May 20, 2019 at number 13, with first-week sales of 8,414 equivalent units.[14] "Elevator Girl" debuted at number 42 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 on May 20, 2019, with 1,069 equivalent units in the first week,[15] later peaking at number 38 the following week.[16] The song also peaked at number four on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart on the week of May 25, 2019.[17]
Music video
The music video for "Elevator Girl" was released on August 16, 2019.[18] In the video, members Su-metal and Moametal, along with support dancer Kano Fujihira,[18] can be seen dancing to the song on a raised and illuminated platform, dressed in dazzling costumes.[19] It was released ahead of the band's 2019 US headline tour, which would begin in September.[20]
Track listing
Digital download[21]
- "Elevator Girl" – 2:44
UK Digital EP[22]
- "Elevator Girl" – 2:44
- "Starlight" – 3:37
- "Distortion" – 3:05
