Elevator Girl (song)

"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"
Single by Babymetal
from the album Metal Galaxy
Language
  • English
  • Japanese (original version only)
ReleasedMay 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)
Genre
Length2:44
Label
Composer(s)Ryu-metal
Lyricist(s)
  • Ryu-metal
  • Joemetal (English version only)
Producer(s)Kobametal
Babymetal singles chronology
"Starlight"
(2018)		 "Elevator Girl"
(2019)		 "Pa Pa Ya!!"
(2019)
Music video
"Elevator Girl" (English ver.) on YouTube

Background and release

"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]

Track listing

Digital download[18]

  • "Elevator Girl" – 2:44

UK Digital EP[19]

  1. "Elevator Girl" – 2:44
  2. "Starlight" – 3:37
  3. "Distortion" – 3:05

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[16] 38
Japan Digital Singles (Oricon)[14] 13
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[17] 4

Release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Japan May 10, 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
[18]
Europe
  • Amuse, Inc.
  • earMusic
 [20]
Various
[21]
United States August 16, 2019 Active rock (English version) [22]
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gollark: Oh, you're just suggesting a weird time system for Mars? Why?
gollark: I'm not really sure what you're suggesting, but measuring things wrong doesn't change what the speed of light is.
gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer%27s_principle
gollark: Er. What?

References
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  2. "BABYMETAL drop new song, announce U.S. tour dates". Alternative Press. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  3. "Digital Single "Elevator Girl"". 2019-04-23. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  4. Inc, Natasha (2019-04-23). "BABYMETALアメリカ初のアリーナ単独公演開催決定、5月に新曲配信". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  5. Inc, Natasha (2019-04-23). "BABYMETALイギリス公演、AmarantheとSleep Tokenがゲスト出演". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  6. "BABYMETAL at Glastonbury 2019: on Billie Eilish, working with Bring Me The Horizon & 'Metal Galaxy'". YouTube. 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  7. Trendell, Andrew (2019-06-30). "BABYMETAL on their Glastonbury debut, Billie Eilish, working with Bring Me The Horizon and new album 'Metal Galaxy'". NME. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  8. "BABYMETAL Talk 'Metal Galaxy', 'PA PA YA!!', Metallica & Glastonbury 2019 - Videos". Rock Sound Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  9. Lavin, Will (2019-05-11). "Listen to BABYMETAL's new drum 'n' bass-inspired single, 'Elevator Girl'". NME. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  10. Sievers, Alex (2019-05-10). "Babymetal officially release 'Elevator Girl' // Killyourstereo.com". Killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  11. DiVita, Joe (2019-05-10). "Babymetal Release New Song 'Elevator Girl'". Loudwire. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  12. Rosenberg, Axl (2019-05-10). "Babymetal Release New Song "Elevator Girl"". MetalSucks. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  13. "オリコンデイリー デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2019年05月10日付". ORICON NEWS. Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
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  16. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 | Charts". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). 2019-05-27. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  17. "Chart Search | Billboard". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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  22. "BABYMETAL releases new live music video for 'Elevator Girl'". Down The Front Media. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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