Skylar Simone - Shiver

What this video is

Released in May 2024, 'Shiver' marks Skylar Simone's major-label reintroduction after a period of independent releases, arriving during a wider critical and commercial re-centering of Black women in R&B — a movement galvanised by artists like H.E.R., Victoria Monét, and SZA. Simone explicitly framed the track as a bridge between 1990s classic R&B and forward-leaning modern sonics, invoking Whitney Houston, Janet…

Why it matters

A textbook example of 2024 major-label neo-soul R&B visual grammar: intimate domestic setting, warm chromatic palette, choreography-first editing rhythm, and a feminine-empowerment lyrical perspective. The D'Mile production pedigree connects the track to a lineage spanning Silk Sonic, H.E.R., and…