Slash (song)

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"Slash"
Stray Kids - Slash.png
Promotional single by Stray Kids
from the album Deadpool & Wolverine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Language
  • Korean
  • English
ReleasedJuly 23, 2024
Studio
  • JYPE (Seoul)
  • Channie's "Room" (Seoul)
Genre EDM trap
Length3:11
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han

"Slash" is a song by South Korean boy band Stray Kids from the soundtrack to the 2024 Marvel Studios superhero film Deadpool & Wolverine . It was released as a promotional single on July 23, 2024, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records.

Contents

Background and release

In 2021, Stray Kids competed the competition show Kingdom: Legendary War . In the second part of the third round, the group performed the mashup of their song "God's Menu" and Blackpink's "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" with the theme heavily inspired by the film Deadpool (2016). [1] They used various properties inspired by the film such as Deadpool's mask and Ant-Man's tanks. [2] This performance was noticed by Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds, who mentioned them in a fan edit video of Deadpool and the show on Twitter and following their social media accounts, then Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman also noticed and followed. Reynolds sent his signed Aviation American Gin along with Deadpool mask to Stray Kids, and the group's Bang Chan sent Reynolds the signed In Life (2020) album back. [3] [4] [5] During the promotion of Free Guy (2021), Reynolds did a video interview with Bang Chan and expressed their thankful feelings to each other. [6] [7]

During Deadpool & Wolverine press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Reynolds mentioned his interest in K-pop by mentioning Stray Kids. [8] After the press conference, Reynolds and Jackman were reported to have a private meeting with Stray Kids' Bang Chan, Felix, and Han, [9] and prepared a special content for the film. [10] On July 17, 2024, the track list for the Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack was revealed, which features "Slash" by Stray Kids as the fourth track. [11] [12] The song was released as a promotional single ahead of the soundtrack album on July 23, 2024. [13] [14]

Composition

"Slash" is described as an EDM trap song, combining "strong drum beats and restrained synth sounds," with an "addictive piano line and 'Knife FX' sound added to the majestic yet tense atmosphere." [15] It was written by the group's in-house producer 3Racha (Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han), and co-composed with Versachoi. [16] The song composed in the key of C# major, 160 beats per minute with a running time of 3 minutes and 11 seconds. [17]

Commercial performance

In South Korea, "Slash" debuted at number 24 on the Circle Download Chart, [18] and number 151 on the BGM Chart. [19] In Japan, the song debuted at number 13 on Billboard Japan Download Songs, [20] and number 12 on Oricon Digital Singles Chart. [21] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 75 on Official Charts Company 's Singles Sales Chart, [22] and number 68 on the Singles Download Chart. [23] The song also entered the US Billboard World Digital Song Sales at number 5. [24]

Credits and personnel

Personnel

Locations

Charts

Chart performance for "Slash"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Japan Download ( Billboard Japan ) [20] 13
Japan Digital Singles (Oricon) [21] 12
South Korea BGM (Circle) [19] 151
South Korea Download (Circle) [18] 24
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [23] 68
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [22] 75
US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [24] 5

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Slash"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJuly 23, 2024 [25]

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