Hellevator (song)

* Hellevator
* Mixtape
* SKZ2020

**Hellevator** is a predebut song recorded by South Korean boy group Stray Kids. It was premiered with a music video on October 6, 2017, and digitally released on November 1, 2017, making it the group's first music release and first digital single.

It was featured on their predebut mini album *Mixtape* as the first and title track on January 8, 2018. The re-recorded version was released as the title track of their first compilation album *SKZ2020* on March 18, 2020.

## Composition

> The title track "Hellevator" is a combination of the words "Hell" and "Elevator", and is a statement that Stray Kids will push through the pain and hard work to reach the top. The members composed a tight flow to harmonize the dark atmosphere with the melody, and added different changes to the hook melodies in the first and second verses to create a dynamic feeling.
> ― Official Introduction
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## Lyrics

### Original

 Bang Chan   Woojin   Lee Know   Changbin   Hyunjin   HAN   Felix   Seungmin   I.N
* HAN
* ROM
* ENG

내 삶은 밑바닥 낭떠러지

어두운 터널 속을 걷고 있어

내게 잔인하고 두려운 하루를

홀로 버티고 있어

가는 교실복도 낯선 길 위에 지지리도

복도 없지 내가 맞는 길을 가는가에 답 할 지도도

하나 없이 위로 가는 길은 절대 다신 뒤로 가기

싫은 막막한 미로야 피눈물 대신 피땀 흘리며 나를 위로해

Yoh, 사람들은 내게 말해 그 정도의 고비는

지나가는 소나기라고

성공을 낚으려면 두려워도

실패라는 덫을 깔라고

그래 나는 고통이란 미끼를 덥석 문채

방황하는 거야 지친 열정의 날개를

잠시 접어둔 채

내 삶은 밑바닥 낭떠러지

어두운 터널 속을 걷고 있어

내게 잔인하고 두려운 하루를

홀로 버티고 있어

손을 내 밀어도 날 잡아줄 사람은

아무도 없어

내 아픔 내 눈물을 타고 위로

빠져나가고 있어

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

아무것도 없어 날 위한 손길은 걱정

하나 없이 차가운 말들뿐 엉터리 꿈은 좀 접어

포기란 말들이 내 귀를 때려가며 절망감만 커져가

희망이란 하늘을 주변 사람의 손으로 가린다

날 살려 기도하며 버티고 있어

날 째려보는 따가운 시선들에

실성하지 하네 마네 잘 되어 봤자

누군가의 광대 로 밖에 안 남을

넌 가수라는 직업은 집어 쳐

그 말을 들으며 약해져만 가는

내 자신을 밀쳐 더

내 삶은 밑바닥 낭떠러지

어두운 터널 속을 걷고 있어

내게 잔인하고 두려운 하루를

홀로 버티고 있어

손을 내 밀어도 날 잡아줄 사람은

아무도 없어

내 아픔 내 눈물을 타고 위로

빠져나가고 있어

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

찾아내 출구는 어디에

어둠 속에 갇혀있던 나를 끌어내

좀 더 발악해 이곳을 run away

I'm on the hellevator 난 올라갈게

어두웠던 내 과거 탈출해

내 깜깜했던 앞길을 비춰

미쳐버릴 듯 지겨운 시간 잊혀져

버릴 듯 이 길을 뛰어

외면하던 새로운 시작의

종소리가 울리며

나는 올라탔지 내 손을 잡고

펜트하우스로 데려다 줄 my hellevator, uh

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

nae saleun mitbadak nangtteoreoji

eoduun teoneol sogeul geotgo isseo

naege janinhago duryeoun harureul

hollo beotigo isseo

ganeun gyosilbokdo natseon gil wie jijirido

bokdo eopji naega manneun gireul ganeungae dap hal jidodo

hana eopsi wiro ganeun gireun jeoldae dasin dwiro gagi

sileun mangmakan miroya pinunmul daesin pittam heullimyeo nareul wirohae

Yoh, saramdeureun naege malhae geu jeongdoui gobineun

jinaganeun sonagirago

seonggongeul nakkeuryeomyeon duryeowodo

silpaeraneun deocheul kkallago

geurae naneun gotongiran mikkireul deopseok munchae

banghwanghaneun geoya jichin yeoljeongui nalgaereul

jamsi jeobeodun chae

nae saleun mitbadak nangtteoreoji

eoduun teoneol sogeul geotgo isseo

naege janinhago duryeoun harureul

hollo beotigo isseo

soneul nae mireodo nal jabajul sarameun

amudo eopseo

nae apeum nae nunmureul tago wiro

ppajyeonagago isseo

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

amugeotdo eopseo nal wihan songireun geokjeong

hana eopsi chagaun maldeulppun eongteori kkumeun jom jeobeo

pogiran maldeuri nae gwireul ttaeryeogamyeo jeolmanggamman keojyeoga

huimangiran haneureul jubyeon saramui soneuro garinda

nal sallyeo gidohamyeo beotigo isseo

nal jjaeryeoboneun ttagaun siseondeure

silseonghaji hane mane jal doeeo bwatja

nugungaui gwangdae ro bakke an nameul

neon gasuraneun jigeobeun jibeo chyeo

geu mareul deureumyeo yakaejyeoman ganeun

nae jasineul milchyeo deo

nae saleun mitbadak nangtteoreoji

eoduun teoneol sogeul geotgo isseo

naege janinhago duryeoun harureul

hollo beotigo isseo

soneul nae mireodo nal jabajul sarameun

amudo eopseo

nae apeum nae nunmureul tago wiro

ppajyeonagago isseo

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

chajanae chulguneun eodie

eodum soge gatyeoitdeon nareul kkeureonae

jom deo barakae igoseul run away

I'm on the hellevator nan ollagalge

eoduwotdeon nae gwageo talchulhae

nae kkamkkamhaetdeon apgireul bichwo

michyeobeoril deut jigyeoun sigan ichyeojyeo

beoril deut i gireul ttwieo

oemyeonhadeon saeroun sijagui

jongsoriga ullimyeo

naneun ollatatji nae soneul japgo

penteuhauseuro deryeoda jul my hellevator, uh

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My life's at a rock bottom's cliff

I'm walking in a dark tunnel

I'm holding up this cruel, dreadful day

I'm enduring through alone

The school hallways get farther away, I'm on unfamiliar paths

I'm so unlucky on this path I'm on

I don't even have a map, but I never want to go back to

I'm comforting myself shedding bloody sweats instead of blood tears, I comfort myself

Yoh, people tell me such hills are just passing showers

If you want succeed, even though I'm afraid

I need to set up a trap called failures

So yes, I bite the baits that are called pain

I'm wandering around, with my exhausted wings of passion

My life was rock bottom, an edge of a cliff

I'm walking in a dark tunnel

Cruel and fearful days

I'm enduring through alone

I hold out my hand

But no one is there to grab it

I'm riding on my pain and my tears

As I try to escape above

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

There's nothing, no one to care or worry about me

Only cold words, telling me to give up on my dreams

Those quitting words keep hitting my ear, only despair grows

The hopeful sky only gets covered by other people's hands

I'm praying to live as I try to endure with the piercing eyes on me

I'm going insane, even if I succeed, I'll be someone's clown

So people tell me to give up on becoming a singer

I'm getting weak, but I keep pushing myself

My life was rock bottom, an edge of a cliff

I'm walking in a dark tunnel

Cruel and fearful days

I'm enduring through alone

I hold out my hand

But no one is there to grab it

I'm riding on my pain and my tears

As I try to escape above

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

I'm trying to look for an exit

Take myself out from being trapped in the darkness

I'm fighting harder, run away from this place

I'm on the hellevator, I'm gonna go up

I'm escaping from my dark past

Shining on my path ahead

Tiresome times that drove me crazy

I'm running so I can forget

As the bell of a new start rings

I got on, hold my hand

And take me to the penthouse my hellevator, uh

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

### Rerecorded

 Bang Chan   Lee Know   Changbin   Hyunjin   HAN   Felix   Seungmin   I.N
* HAN
* ROM
* ENG

내 삶은 밑바닥 낭떠러지

어두운 터널 속을 걷고 있어

내게 잔인하고 두려운 하루를

홀로 버티고 있어

가는 교실복도 낯선 길 위에 지지리도

복도 없지 내가 맞는 길을 가는가에 답 할 지도도

하나 없이 위로 가는 길은 절대 다신 뒤로 가기

싫은 막막한 미로야 피눈물 대신 피땀 흘리며 나를 위로해

Yoh, 사람들은 내게 말해 그 정도의 고비는

지나가는 소나기라고

성공을 낚으려면 두려워도

실패라는 덫을 깔라고

그래 나는 고통이란 미끼를 덥석 문채

방황하는 거야 지친 열정의 날개를

잠시 접어둔 채

내 삶은 밑바닥 낭떠러지

어두운 터널 속을 걷고 있어

내게 잔인하고 두려운 하루를

홀로 버티고 있어

손을 내 밀어도 날 잡아줄 사람은

아무도 없어

내 아픔 내 눈물을 타고 위로

빠져나가고 있어

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

아무것도 없어 날 위한 손길은 걱정

하나 없이 차가운 말들뿐 엉터리 꿈은 좀 접어

포기란 말들이 내 귀를 때려가며 절망감만 커져가

희망이란 하늘을 주변 사람의 손으로 가린다

날 살려 기도하며 버티고 있어

날 째려보는 따가운 시선들에

실성하지 하네 마네 잘 되어 봤자

누군가의 광대 로 밖에 안 남을

넌 가수라는 직업은 집어 쳐

그 말을 들으며 약해져만 가는

내 자신을 밀쳐 더

내 삶은 밑바닥 낭떠러지

어두운 터널 속을 걷고 있어

내게 잔인하고 두려운 하루를

홀로 버티고 있어

손을 내 밀어도 날 잡아줄 사람은

아무도 없어

내 아픔 내 눈물을 타고 위로

빠져나가고 있어

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

찾아내 출구는 어디에

어둠 속에 갇혀있던 나를 끌어내

좀 더 발악해 이곳을 run away

I'm on the hellevator 난 올라갈게

어두웠던 내 과거 탈출해

내 깜깜했던 앞길을 비춰

미쳐버릴 듯 지겨운 시간 잊혀져

버릴 듯 이 길을 뛰어

외면하던 새로운 시작의

종소리가 울리며

나는 올라탔지 내 손을 잡고

펜트하우스로 데려다 줄 my hellevator, uh

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

nae saleun mitbadak nangtteoreoji

eoduun teoneol sogeul geotgo isseo

naege janinhago duryeoun harureul

hollo beotigo isseo

ganeun gyosilbokdo natseon gil wie jijirido

bokdo eopji naega manneun gireul ganeungae dap hal jidodo

hana eopsi wiro ganeun gireun jeoldae dasin dwiro gagi

sileun mangmakan miroya pinunmul daesin pittam heullimyeo nareul wirohae

Yoh, saramdeureun naege malhae geu jeongdoui gobineun

jinaganeun sonagirago

seonggongeul nakkeuryeomyeon duryeowodo

silpaeraneun deocheul kkallago

geurae naneun gotongiran mikkireul deopseok munchae

banghwanghaneun geoya jichin yeoljeongui nalgaereul

jamsi jeobeodun chae

nae saleun mitbadak nangtteoreoji

eoduun teoneol sogeul geotgo isseo

naege janinhago duryeoun harureul

hollo beotigo isseo

soneul nae mireodo nal jabajul sarameun

amudo eopseo

nae apeum nae nunmureul tago wiro

ppajyeonagago isseo

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

amugeotdo eopseo nal wihan songireun geokjeong

hana eopsi chagaun maldeulppun eongteori kkumeun jom jeobeo

pogiran maldeuri nae gwireul ttaeryeogamyeo jeolmanggamman keojyeoga

huimangiran haneureul jubyeon saramui soneuro garinda

nal sallyeo gidohamyeo beotigo isseo

nal jjaeryeoboneun ttagaun siseondeure

silseonghaji hane mane jal doeeo bwatja

nugungaui gwangdae ro bakke an nameul

neon gasuraneun jigeobeun jibeo chyeo

geu mareul deureumyeo yakaejyeoman ganeun

nae jasineul milchyeo deo

nae saleun mitbadak nangtteoreoji

eoduun teoneol sogeul geotgo isseo

naege janinhago duryeoun harureul

hollo beotigo isseo

soneul nae mireodo nal jabajul sarameun

amudo eopseo

nae apeum nae nunmureul tago wiro

ppajyeonagago isseo

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

chajanae chulguneun eodie

eodum soge gatyeoitdeon nareul kkeureonae

jom deo barakae igoseul run away

I'm on the hellevator nan ollagalge

eoduwotdeon nae gwageo talchulhae

nae kkamkkamhaetdeon apgireul bichwo

michyeobeoril deut jigyeoun sigan ichyeojyeo

beoril deut i gireul ttwieo

oemyeonhadeon saeroun sijagui

jongsoriga ullimyeo

naneun ollatatji nae soneul japgo

penteuhauseuro deryeoda jul my hellevator, uh

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My life's at a rock bottom's cliff

I'm walking in a dark tunnel

I'm holding up this cruel, dreadful day

I'm enduring through alone

The school hallways get farther away, I'm on unfamiliar paths

I'm so unlucky on this path I'm on

I don't even have a map, but I never want to go back to

I'm comforting myself shedding bloody sweats instead of blood tears, I comfort myself

Yoh, people tell me such hills are just passing showers

If you want succeed, even though I'm afraid

I need to set up a trap called failures

So yes, I bite the baits that are called pain

I'm wandering around, with my exhausted wings of passion

My life was rock bottom, an edge of a cliff

I'm walking in a dark tunnel

Cruel and fearful days

I'm enduring through alone

I hold out my hand

But no one is there to grab it

I'm riding on my pain and my tears

As I try to escape above

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

There's nothing, no one to care or worry about me

Only cold words, telling me to give up on my dreams

Those quitting words keep hitting my ear, only despair grows

The hopeful sky only gets covered by other people's hands

I'm praying to live as I try to endure with the piercing eyes on me

I'm going insane, even if I succeed, I'll be someone's clown

So people tell me to give up on becoming a singer

I'm getting weak, but I keep pushing myself

My life was rock bottom, an edge of a cliff

I'm walking in a dark tunnel

Cruel and fearful days

I'm enduring through alone

I hold out my hand

But no one is there to grab it

I'm riding on my pain and my tears

As I try to escape above

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

I'm trying to look for an exit

Take myself out from being trapped in the darkness

I'm fighting harder, run away from this place

I'm on the hellevator, I'm gonna go up

I'm escaping from my dark past

Shining on my path ahead

Tiresome times that drove me crazy

I'm running so I can forget

As the bell of a new start rings

I got on, hold my hand

And take me to the penthouse my hellevator, uh

I'm on a hellevator

My hellevator

I'm on a hellevator

## Videos

* Music Videos
* Behind The Scenes

Stray Kids "Hellevator" Teaser VideoTeaser VideoStray Kids "Hellevator" M VMVPerformance Video

Dance Practice (2017)MV BehindStray Kids Special Gift “Hellevator” Dance PracticeDance Practice (2019)
1st AnniversaryStray Kids "Hellevator" Dance Practice Video - Stray Kids 5th Anniversary with STAYDance Practice (2023)
5th Anniversary
## Performances

* Survival Show
* Music Shows
* Variety
* Events

Stray Kids -2회- ′최초 공개′ 스트레이 키즈 Hellevator 무대! 171024 EP.29-member
Ep.2Stray Kids -8회- 8인 Ver. ′Hellevator′ 최-초-공-개! @ 게릴라 버스킹 미션 171205 EP.88-member
Ep.08Stray Kids -최종회- 9인 완전체 Stray Kids! Hellevator♬ @ FINAL MISSION 171219 EP.109-member
Ep.10

-Stray Kids - Hellevator- Special Stage - M COUNTDOWN 180111 EP.553*M!Countdown*
January 11, 2018

-Weekly Idol EP.401- 스트레이 키즈 데뷔곡 'Hellevator' 2019 ver. 대공개! (무려 교복 버전!!)*Weekly Idol*

Stray Kids Hellevator + DISTRICT 9│2018 MAMA FANS' CHOICE in JAPAN 181212*2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in JAPAN*Stray Kids (스트레이 키즈) - Hellevator - KCON-TACT 3*KCON:TACT 3*
## Trivia

* Dance practices of the song were released for Stray Kids' first and fifth anniversaries.