"Dust My Shoulders Off" is a song by Chinese singer and songwriter Jane Zhang. It features American 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]
Music video
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]
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