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Sunflower

"The Soundtrack of Your Life"  | DAY 2

"Sunflower" by Post Malone feat. Swae Lee

I know, I know, I'm super late to the party on INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE. In my defense, when it came out I was working on a double-header of other Marvel movies (CAPTAIN MARVEL and then AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR a couple months later) and wasn't exactly going out to see new releases in the theater at that point in my life... or since, really. As a result, I didn't even hear this song until some point in early-to-mid 2019 and it's been featured on several of my playlists since. I'm not a huge fan of Post Malone in general, but there's something about this song that just ticks all the right boxes for me. Sony's head of music was quoted as saying, "Post and Swae have delivered a song that’s both heroic and emotional, which is exactly what a Spider-Man story needs. It’s anthemic, but also heartfelt — the perfect soundtrack for Miles to discover the Spider-Man inside himself" and I have to say that I really agree. There's something layered and multifaceted about this song; there's a lot of things going on and it blends a lot of styles that really work.

I'm also a bit partial to this song because sunflowers are my wife's favorite flower. Before her grandfather passed several years ago, he always used to call her his sunflower and as a result, those yellow flowers have always had a special meaning to her. She'd rather have sunflowers than just about any other flower (no roses, thank you), and she likes sunflower imagery on everything from home decor to office knick-knacks to items of clothing. Sunflowers have been a fixture in our home for years, and it was lovely to discover this song that in a way feels, as that Sony executive said, "anthemic, heartfelt, heroic, and emotional" and all while featuring imagery that's so meaningful to my wife. There are times where we'll just put this song on repeat for an hour and listen to it while we're driving or hanging out at home and it's always sure to cheer both of us up.