elevator music

American  

noun

1. prerecorded background music played in elevators, stores, and other public places, meant to provide a bland, soothing atmosphere.

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Example Sentences

We’re on the tram now, weird elevator music threatening to drown out the conversation.

From Los Angeles Times

It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.

From Salon

“The fine-art equivalent of elevator music,” huffed another.

From New York Times

Which is why we should stop asking why the message is still allowed to happen and start asking when it became distilled down to constitutional elevator music.

From Slate

White House meetings with allies like Yoon might seem like the elevator music of foreign policy, predictable and preprogrammed.

From Washington Post