| Shockandawe | |
| Type: | single |
| Cover: | Miguel Shockandawe.jpg |
| Artist: | Miguel |
| Producer: | Pop & Oak |
| Prev Title: | Sky Walker |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Told You So |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
"Shockandawe" is a song by American singer and songwriter Miguel. It was written by Miguel, Steve Mostyn, Ronald Colson, Warren "Oak" Felder and Andrew "Pop" Wansel, with production handled by Pop & Oak. The song was released through ByStorm Entertainment and RCA Records on September 7, 2017, as a single following "Sky Walker",[1] but it was not included on Miguel's fourth studio album War & Leisure.
The song appeared on YouTube as audio streaming on September 7, 2017, and was made available on other streaming services at midnight on September 8, 2017.[2] [3]
Camille Augustin of Vibe felt the "feel-good track" will put listeners "in a good mood or transport you to the nearest fashion week runway as you strut down the street".[4] Julia Pimentel of Complex wrote that the song "has a slightly different vibe" than normal expectations, and "it sounds a lot more rock-influenced".[5] Patrick Lyons of Merry Jane deemed the song "a shorter and less radio-ready jam that gets Miguel back to the rock influence he explored on his last album".[6] Beatrice Hazlehurst of Paper described the song as "Miguel's sexiest offering in a minute", and called it a "reminiscent of all those sweaty club nights and shooting glances across the dance floor".[7] Corbin Reiff of Uproxx thinks that the song "has a distinct sultry vibe, fueled by a number of different guitar parts intertwined together".[8] Rap-Up regarded the song as "a politically-charged banger that offers global commentary over genre-bending grooves".[9] Kevin Goddard of HotNewHipHop called the song "a funky and hypnotizing record", and opined that it is "definitely refreshingly new and out-of-the-box, something we like to hear from Miguel" instead of a "traditional R&B record".[10] Tyler Schmitt of Variance described the song as "buoyant".[11] Randall Colburn of Consequence of Sound referred the song to "a robust, pulsing track strung together with intertwining guitar lines and an urgent vocal melody that finds Miguel warning a partner".[12]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[13]