

The song received acclaim from music critics.

Since its release, the lyric video has received over 1.5 billion views on YouTube. The video contains an exclusive look at the recording session for the song showing the film logo behind Malone and Lee and a live performance. On January 10, 2019, an official music video of the song was released, which is live action.

The lyrics are presented in the comic book style of the film, edited into the context of various scenes, such as graffiti scrawled by Miles Morales. The video is composed of footage of the film. On October 19, 2018, a lyric video of the song was released. Malone and Lee previously collaborated on the song "Spoil My Night" for Malone's 2018 album Beerbongs & Bentleys. The main character sings “Sunflower” and uses my vocals to calm him down in a certain situation-like my music was therapeutic for him".
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Swae Lee called Sunflower one of his favorites collaborations in 2018, which he stated it was "because it’s a movie placement. It’s anthemic, but also heartfelt - the perfect soundtrack for Miles to discover the Spider-Man inside himself". Spring Aspers, head of music and creative affairs at Sony Pictures, said that "Post and Swae have delivered a song that’s both heroic and emotional, which is exactly what a Spider-Man story needs. On October 19, 2018, "Sunflower" was released as a single. Lee said that he was "very excited" for people to listen to the song. On October 15, Swae Lee revealed that he would also be on the song with Malone, and released another snippet of the song. Malone confirmed his involvement with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on October 2, 2018, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which he announced that he wrote "Sunflower", which he also performs, and played a snippet of the song. "Sunflower" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. It is certified Diamond in the US and Canada. "Sunflower" also reached number one in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, and New Zealand, as well as the top ten in twelve additional countries. The song ranked in the top ten of the chart for 33 weeks, at the time sharing the record for the most such weeks with " Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B and " Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran (Post Malone would later break this record with his 2019 single " Circles"). It became Malone's third and Lee's first song as a soloist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The single was released on October 19, 2018. It was released as a single from the soundtrack to the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and is included on Post Malone's third studio album Hollywood's Bleeding (2019). " Sunflower" (alternatively titled " Sunflower ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)") is a song performed by American rappers and singers Post Malone and Swae Lee. "Sunflower ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" on YouTube " Sunflower ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" " Sunflower ('Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse')" Last week, Vampire Weekend also shared the Jonah Hill-directed music video for “Sunflower,” which boasted an appearance by Jerry Seinfeld.2018 single by Post Malone and Swae Lee "Sunflower ('Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse')"įrom the album Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Hollywood's Bleeding Father of the Bride is scheduled to see release on May 3. You can check out Vampire Weekend’s Live Lounge cover of Post Malone and Swae Lee’s “Sunflower” for BBC Radio 1 above. Spring Aspers, Sony Pictures’ head of music and creative affairs, described the record as “anthemic, heartfelt, heroic and emotional,” and the sort of music that the movie needed, while Swae Lee called it one of his “favorite collaborations of 2018.” “Sunflower” managed to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse‘s main character also sings the track during the film. Originally released as a single in October of last year, the aforementioned superstar-pairing’s “Sunflower” was recorded for the official Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack and later received its own music video as well. According to a recent Rolling Stone profile, Ezra Koenig struggled with a “brief moment of panic” after learning that one of his new Vampire Weekend songs carried the same name as a chart-topping Post Malone and Swae Lee collaboration.
