Released 26 April 2015 Genre Grime | Format Digital download Label Boy Better Know | |
Length 3:08 (Single version)
2:50 (Video edit) Writer(s) Joseph Adenuga
Idris Elba
Daniel Mukungu | ||
"Shutdown" is a song by English rapper Skepta. It was released as the second single from Skepta's fourth album Konnichiwa (2016) on 26 April 2015 through Boy Better Know. A music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on the day of the song's release. "Shutdown" peaked at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. The song samples speech from a Vine video created by Canadian rapper Drake. The song was covered by English rock band Slaves in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Music video
The official music video for the song, shot in the Barbican Estate and lasting two minutes and fifty seconds, was uploaded on 26 April 2015 to Skepta's Vevo channel on YouTube. It was directed by Grace LaDoja and produced by Skepta and Ragz Originale.
References
Shutdown (Skepta song) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA