"Dust My Shoulders Off" | ||||
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Single by Jane Zhang featuring Timbaland | ||||
from the album Past Progressive | ||||
Released | October 14, 2016 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Montage | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Dust My Shoulders Off" on YouTube |
"Dust My Shoulders Off" is a song by Chinese singer and songwriter Jane Zhang. It features American rapper and producer Timbaland,and was released on October 14,2016,through Montage Records. [1] It was included on Zhang's first English-language studio album,Past Progressive (2019).
Jennifer Dill of E! Online said "The song tells the story of someone who may be having a rough day but who quickly decides to 'dust her shoulders off' in swaggy fashion. It features a catchy beat and a heartening don't-sweat-the-small-stuff vibe." [2] PopCrush's Bradley Stern stated "The fresh and breezy,feel-good ode to sh-sh-shaking off the blues,gliding across folk-y harmonies recalling Oh Land and Timba and Jim Beanz’s knocking hip-hop beats,really doesn’t sound like anything on radio right now. 'The world keeps spinning,life goes on and on / I won’t cry for long' she confidently croons across the quirky and carefree production,shrugging off all of life’s little inconveniences. It's no secret that breaking into the American market in a big way is still an all-but-impossible feat for any Asian act —from any country. (Sad,but true.) We're inching there at a snail's pace with acts like Utada and CL,and BTS just notched the highest Korean-language debut on the Billboard 200 yet this week,but to see Jane riding high on the Top 10 out of nowhere is an absolute unexpected delight:it's not only a massive victory for C-Pop,but for the Asian music market as a whole. Here's hoping this is only the start of Jane's US success story." [3]
On October 21,2016,a 34-second teaser of the video was revealed. [4] The music video,directed by Outerspace Leo,was released on October 28,2016. [5]
Eleven famous paintings are recreated and reenacted for this music video: [5]
In November 2017,Jane Zhang performed "Dust My Shoulders Off" at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai,China,along with "Work for It" and "808". [6]
Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Hello Asia! C-Pop Awards | Best Single | Nominated | [8] |
2017 | Red Dot Design Award | Best of the Best | Won | [9] |
2017 | Golden Melody Awards | Best Music Video | Nominated | |
2017 | ADC Annual Awards | Motion / Music Video: Bronze Cube | Won | [10] |
2017 | London International Awards | Music Video / Animation:Bronze | Won | [11] |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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US Digital Songs (Billboard) [12] | 31 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Worldwide | October 14, 2016 | Digital download | Montage | [1] |
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