Swan Song (song)

"Swan Song" is a song by English singer Dua Lipa. It was released as a single on 24 January 2019 by Warner Bros. Records. It supported the release of the 2019 film "". The music video for the song, directed by Floria Sigismondi, accompanied its release on 24 January 2019. "Swan Song" peaked at number 24 in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Background and composition.
"Swan Song" is an electropop track. It is constructed in verse–chorus form and composed in time in the key of C minor, with a tempo of 96 beats per minute and a chord progression of A–B–Cm–Gm7.
According to "Rolling Stone", Lipa "croons over muted electronics, airy synths, stabbing brass samples and vocal chants". It has been described as a "defiant number lined with excitable, percolating percussion". It has been categorized
Release.
Announced in 2018, Dua Lipa teased "Swan Song" in a clip posted to her Instagram on 3 January 2019. Originally slated for release on 25 January 2019, Lipa announced that it would be released a day earlier.
Commercial performance.
"Swan Song" peaked at number 24 in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It also charted at numbers 27 and 31 in Scotland and Czech Republic respectively.
Music video.
The music video for "Swan Song" was uploaded to Lipa's YouTube account on 24 January 2019. It was directed by Floria Sigismondi. The video features a futuristic setting similar to the one in a scene of the film and shows the singer walking on the "smoke-filled streets of Iron City, sporting heavy gold and silver chains over a black leather crop top and pants". Halfway through the video Lipa approaches a mirror that reflects Alita's image back at her as she matches several of Alita's martial arts moves from the film. At the end of the video, Lipa's character transforms into Alita.
Personnel.
Credits adapted from Tidal.