Annihilate

Album: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Charted: 59 44
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Songfacts®:

  • "Annihilate" makes a resounding entrance as the opening track of the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse soundtrack. Rapper and singer Swae Lee delivers the chorus and a verse. Joining the web-slinging festivities, Lil Wayne and Offset bring their lyrical prowess, each delivering their own distinctive verses. Collectively, the artists don the spider-mask, channeling the heroic essence of the iconic role of Spider-Man.
  • Metro Boomin, the executive producer of the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse soundtrack, joins forces with American producer Mike Dean (The Weeknd, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Beyoncé) and Parisian producer Prince85 (Metro Moomin's "Around Me" and "10AM/Save The World"). The powerhouse team combine Metro's signature drum patterns and samples with the mesmerizing synthesizers crafted by Mike Dean.
  • Metro Boomin has long possessed a knack for infusing his music with a cinematic essence. With his 2018 debut album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes, he not only showcased his extraordinary talent but also hinted at his deep connection to the realm of superheroes. It's almost inevitable that Metro Boomin was handpicked to take on the role of executive producer for the soundtrack of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.
  • Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset, Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, and Prince85 wrote the track alongside rapper/singer-songwriter Jocelyn "Jozzy" Donald. Jozzy's other songwriting credits include Internet Money's "Lemonade," Beyonce's "Virgo's Groove," and SZA's "Low."
  • In the outro, that's Shameik Moore, who voices Spider-Man in the movie, and Hailee Steinfeld, who voices Spider-Woman. Their lines depict a scene where Miles Morales, Spider-Man's alter ego, meets others like him for the first time since the events of the first film, Into The Spider-Verse.

Comments: 1

  • Eric from Mount PlesantBeautiful song that fits the scene perfectly in the movie
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