“People say elevator music is boring. It’s actually very next-level”
“Elevator music” (background music) is usually popular, conservative music, but a joke has it that the music is “next level.”
“I like listening to elevator music as i take you to the next level” was posted on Twitter by Skippavelli on May 4, 2011. “Elevator music is going to the next level” was posted on Twitter by luke on August 24, 2012. “People say elevator music is boring. It’s actually very next-level” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on August 3, 2021.
Wikipedia: Background music
Elevator music (also known as Muzak, piped music, or lift music) is a more general term indicating music that is played in rooms where many people come together (that is, with no intention whatsoever to listen to music), and during telephone calls when placed on hold. There is a specific sound associated with elevator music, but it usually involves simple instrumental themes from “soft” popular music, or “light” classical music being performed by slow strings. This type of music was produced, for instance, by the Mantovani Orchestra, and conductors like Franck Pourcel and James Last, peaking in popularity around the 1970s.
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Skippavelli
@skippxh
I like listening to elevator music as i take you to the next level
9:15 AM · May 3, 2011·Twitter SMS
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luke
@luke_dotcom
Elevator music is going to the next level.
12:04 PM · Aug 24, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
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Victoria Hackett
@crazy4patswayze
This elevator music is on the next level
12:14 PM · Apr 9, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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ms rose
@smartinak
djs be like “lemme just throw some elevator music in there to bring it to the next level”
1:57 AM · Jun 1, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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Spotify Singapore
@SpotifySG
Taking elevator music to the next level.
12:27 AM · Jun 17, 2015·Twitter Web Client
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Veronica ✺
@veronicaaa12
“This is next level elevator music”
9:07 PM · Jul 12, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
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Aris Virgo of Red Dragons
@Scartoonmusic
“We make elevator music, it’s next level”
@artistmafia
12:59 AM · Mar 16, 2016 from Las Vegas, NV·Twitter for iPhone
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seth
@highfives_
elevator music = next level
3:49 PM · Oct 23, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
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Wilko van de Kamp
@wilko_k
This hotel even takes elevator music to the next level. #Love @YotelHQ
#NYC #travelhacking #travel #justfly
1:38 PM · Mar 5, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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ColonelKernel
@ColonelKernel4
take yourself to the next level, listen to elevator music
3:17 PM · Mar 4, 2021·Twitter Web App
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/buttsexbyfive August 3, 2021
People say elevator music is boring.
It’s actually very next-level.