I took another listen to the cut songs from the first Norwegian semifinal and "Elevator" stood out to me more on the second listen. What a shame that it didn't qualify.


It sounded a little bit to me like something a Korean girl group might record. It turns out that Dsign Music, who wrote the song (along with last year's "I Can" for the UK) have in fact written songs recorded by Korean girl groups, among many others.

One hit they wrote is "Genie" by Girls' Generation:


"Elevator" sounds maybe closest to "Pinocchio (Danger)" by f(x):


Oddly enough, f(x) also recorded "Dangerous", the demo of which seems to have been recorded by the first performer in last year's Melodi Grand Prix, Carina Dahl.