"Slay" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their fourth single album ''

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''. It was released as the album's lead single by

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on August 18, 2023.

Background and release

On July 26, 2023, Yuehua Entertainment announced Everglow would be releasing new music on August 18. A day later, it was announced they would be releasing their fourth single album titled ''All My Girls'', with the promotional schedule was also released in the same day. On August 3, the track listing was released with "Slay" announced as the lead single. The music video teaser showcasing individual members was released from August 7 to 12. On August 14, the music video teaser showcasing the entire group was released. Two days later, the highlight medley teaser video was released. The song was released alongside the single album and its music video on August 18.

Composition

"Slay" was written and composed by Andy Love, Lauren Dyson, and 72, with Ji Su-jeong of Mumw participating in the lyrics writing, David Anthony participating in the composition, and Bangkok participating in the arrangement. It was described as

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hip hop song characterized by "powerful drum rhythm and repeatitive melody". "Slay" was composed in the

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, with a

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of 150 beats per minute.

Commercial performance

"Slay" debuted at number 83 on South Korea's

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in the chart issue dated August 13–19, 2023.

Promotion

Prior to the release of ''All My Girls'', on August 18, 2023, the group held a live event to introduce the extended play and its songs, including "Slay", and to communicate with their fans. The group subsequently performed on four music programs in the first week of promotion:

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'' on August 24, KBS's ''

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'' on August 25, MBC's ''

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'' on August 26, and SBS's ''

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'' on August 27. On the second week of promotion, they performed on six music programs:

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's '' The Show'' on August 29,

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'' on August 30, ''M Countdown'' on August 31, ''Music Bank'' on September 1, ''Show! Music Core'' on September 2, and ''Inkigayo'' on September 3, where they won first place for their appearance at ''Show Champion''.

Credits and personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. Song credits *

– vocals * David Anthony – composer * Andy Love – composer,

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, vocal arrangement * Lauren Dyson – composer, lyricist,

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* 72 – composer, lyricist, vocal directing (at The Key Artist Agency) * Ji Su-jeong (지수정) – lyricist * Bangkok – producer, drum programming, bass, synthesizer programming, keyboard * Sophia Pae – background vocals * Jang Woo-young –

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(at Doob Doob Studio) * Woooooo0 – digital editing (at MWF Hives) * Jaime Velez – mixing (at Blackwood Studios) * Kwon Nam-woo (권남우) – mastering (at 821 Sound) Visual credits * Kwon Yong-soo – music video directing * You Won-sik – music video directing * Jo Na-in – choreography * Kim Ji-hye (김지혜) – performance directing * Park Joo-hee (박주희) – performance directing

Accolades

Charts

Release history

References

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