There are some indisputable facts regarding this yearsSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. First,of the six Spider-Man movies since 2002, Spider-Verse is the best. In a year where Black Panther is vying a Best Picture Oscar and Infinity War is practically printing money, Spider-Verse is still the superior superhero movie of the three. The animated, Miles Morales-starring film has already been thrust into debate as a candidate for the greatest comic book movie of all-time, while its still in theaters. And the soundtracks most recognizable song which is featured heavily in the movie is a beneficiary of that momentum.
Now,Post Malone and Swae Lees Sunflower is the Number One song in the country. After weeks in the Billboard Hot 100s top ten, the bright, sweet and melodic ode to love, sunflowers and other clichs dethroned Halseys Without Me. Sunflower alsotechnically becomes Swae Lees first Number One as a solo artist its the second if you count Travis Scotts Sicko Mode, though he isnt officially credited on it.
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Despite the star-power, there is a case that the songs commercial success is largely indebted to its prominence in the movie. The audience is first introduced to Miles Morales as he mumbles his way through Swae Lees verse while drawing at his desk. In December,Lee described to Rolling Stone why his voice is becoming more popular across the pop spectrum: My voice is becoming a household voice, something people are familiar with. It always has this feeling of either turn-up or missing someone. Thats what people say about it.
He also described working with Malone on Sunflower. We was in the studio this one night in L.A. just going crazy all night. Cooking up, drinking corkscrews, drinking beers. We made six, seven songs, Lee continued. The Spider-Man people came and heard it and they picked that one. And I saw the movie already, and its crazy, because Spider-Man is actually singing the song in the movie.