Post Malone keeps on producing amazing music after his massive success on singles such as “Better Now,” “Psycho” and “Rockstar.” He teased the upcoming track “Sunflower” during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, which played several seconds of the chorus of the song. In the interview Post also talked about his dizzying success within a short span of time and how he is so grateful and humble about the experience.
Post Malone revealed that Swae Lee was also on the project in a Tweet a few days back.
me and @goSwaeLee have a new song on the @SpiderVerse movie called sunflower 🌻 coming soon pic.twitter.com/7TtrV8oJT1
— twelve carat toothache (@PostMalone) October 15, 2018
The song released on 18th also came out with a lyric video including footage from the animated movie.
“Miles Morales comes across the long-dead Peter Parker. This Peter Parker is not from his world though; he’s from somewhere else in the multiverse. With Parker’s guidance, Miles will become Spider-Man: and through that he will become part of the ever-expanding ‘Spider-Verse’.” – IMDb
Nicolas Cage, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Melanie Haynes and more are to voice act in the movie coming out on December 14, 2018.
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“Sunflowers symbolize adoration, loyalty and longevity. Much of the meaning of sunflowers stems from its namesake, the sun itself. … Sunflowers are known for being “happy” flowers, making them the perfect gift to bring joy to someone’s (or your) day.” – ProFlowers
Lyrics Review and Song Meaning of “Sunflower”
Verse 1
The jump into the song is an annotation of how Miles Morales (Spider-man) relationship is nothing but toxic to him. He had to keep a tab on her and she was giving all bad vibes into his life. How? We do not know yet. It comes to a point where Miles cannot take her any more and thinks of calling it quits.
Her love was toxic to him. She was screaming in his face and tripping about everything.
Chorus
“You don’t realize the value of something/someone until you lose them” seems to be the theme of this song. Turning a full circle from the first verse, now the singer talks about how she was a ‘sunflower’ in his life!
Now the Spidey goes ahead and dumps her and then he realizes the part she played in his life. She brought light into his life. She was his happy pill.
Verse 2
The second verse of the song by Post Malone truly sheds some light into their relationship and why the singer resorts to calling her a ‘sunflower’ in the end.
Post sings that this girl is persistent. She does not give up easily on this relationship. Every time Spidey turns away from their relationship, she is the one who screams ‘turn around.’ Now we see the Spidey asking her to give him a reason to go. Because he cannot find any. But does he truly want to leave?
The girl is said to be the only one fighting in this relationship for the relationship to continue. The guy, for some reason, really wants to leave it all. But she is the sunflower that energizes his life. Where what has gone is beyond our comprehension!
The artists are bold enough to say that they think her “love would be too much.” What does this mean? Drop your thoughts on the song, lyrics and the collaboration in the comments below.
Full Lyrics to “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee
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