Shelter (Finneas song)

"Shelter" was first written back in 2016 by Finneas. He had heard that Swedish musician Avicii was looking for songs to produce. Following on from this, Finneas wrote the track and sent it to Avicii's team. Finneas has confessed that he doesn't know if Avicii ever heard it. The track features a tropical beat, electric guitar, Latin-based guitars, drum beats, gospel choir effect[s] that appear during the chorus, reverb'd handclaps, bluesy vocal embellishment, and rapid phrasing in the bridge. Tosten Burks, writing for Spin magazine, noted the track sounds like an Ed Sheeran song. The mood of the track becomes more urgent as it continues: "Give me, give me shelter/From the storm/Give me, give me shelter/ Keep me warm/I don't wanna think about a life without you/I don't wanna go to war but I'm about to". ==Critical reception==

"Shelter" was met with mainly positive reviews from music critics. Writing for Substream Magazine, Valerie Magan described the track as "vulnerable", "heartbreak-tinged" and "easygoing". Writing for the American Songwriter, Paul Zollow labeled the track as "buoyant" and "uptempo". Tanis Smither of Earmilk mentioned the song has an "infectious energy". ==Promotion==

A music video for "Shelter" was directed by Sam Bennett and was uploaded to Finneas' YouTube channel on September 30, 2019. The video was directed by Sam Bennett and choreographed by Monika Felice Smith, while it was shot in one take. The visual begins with Finneas frantically walking along the Los Angeles river as groups of dancers try to interrupt his journey. "They call us lucky / But I think we might be cursed / 'Cause the way you love me / I could drink the river dry, still die of thirst." Finneas cries as the dancers try to tug and toss him roughly around the empty riverbed, as well as mobbing him. Roth compared the visual to the 1978 film '"Grease, while praising the choreography, which she described as "elaborate" and "impressive". == References ==