Annihilate (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Metro Boomin
Metro Boomin's "Annihilate," built for the Spider-Verse soundtrack, is a maximalist posse cut that layers Swae Lee's melodic float, Lil Wayne's dense wordplay, and Offset's punchy cadence over the producer's cinematic, doom-laden instrumental. The beat is enormous — swelling orchestral stabs, trap percussion, and an ominous low end engineered to soundtrack web-slinging across dimensions. Emotionally it channels heroic defiance and existential pressure, fitting Miles Morales's franchise arc of carrying impossible weight. Swae Lee's airy hook provides melancholy uplift while the rap verses bristle with survival-mode bravado. The production typifies Metro's blockbuster era, where hip-hop and film score fuse into something widescreen. Lyrically it's about refusing to be destroyed, turning vulnerability into momentum. It works thrillingly inside the movie's kinetic chaos and equally as a standalone gym or hype track — a song that wants to make you feel invincible while acknowledging the threat of annihilation is real.
fast
2020s
massive, cinematic, dark
American
hip-hop, soundtrack. cinematic trap. heroic, defiant. Moves from ominous dimensional dread through survival-mode bravado to a triumphant sense of refusing annihilation. energy 9. fast. danceability 7. valence 6. vocals: melodic float, dense wordplay, punchy cadence, multi-voice ensemble, varied and layered. production: swelling orchestral stabs, cinematic trap percussion, ominous low end, doom-laden and widescreen. texture: massive, cinematic, dark. acousticness 1. era: 2020s. American. Gym or pre-game hype, or watching Miles Morales carry the weight of every dimension at once.