“Adorn” by Miguel
“Adorn” exposes the intention of Miguel to cover and protect his woman with love. He shows admiration for this woman and wants her to feel his sincere love for her all the time.
Miguel showers praise on his woman, especially for her attractive body features which he can’t wait to handle. He assures her of protection and security in his arms and convince her that he will always think of her and never ignore her needs. He further entreats this woman not to allow haters get between them, but to strictly focus on his love which has been made freely available to her.
The singer clearly tells his woman to allow him clothe her with his love, or better still, to allow herself love him just as he does. To the singer, this woman makes his life beautiful, just as the stars do to the night sky and he cannot go on without her because she actually has his heart and mind under her full control. He wants them to have a mutual connection so he can show her the best of love and care so much that it will look like precious clothes on heir.
Miguel has said that he really liked the idea of bestowing his love on someone; that is why he chose ‘adorn’, a powerful but rarely used term to describe his action in its sincerest form.
Facts about “Adorn”
- “Adorn” was released on iTunes in August 2012. Prior to its release, the song had originally featured on the singer’s mixtape, called, Art Dealer Chic: Vol 1.
- The tune appears as the first track on Miguel’s 2nd studio album, titled, Kaleidoscope Dream. It was designated as the second single from this album.
- Miguel composed and produced this single all by himself. His inspiration for penning this track came from a sequence of dreams that he had. He also received additional inspiration from his girlfriend, Nazanin Mandi at the time of writing this song.
- Video director, Jason Beattie is credited for directing the related music video for this electro-soul tune. The clip was shot in Los Angeles.
- “Adorn” received multiple awards and nominations for its outstanding performance. It was awarded the Best R&B Song at the Grammy Awards ceremony in 2013.
- Additionally, the song also contended for two other awards at the event – Best R&B Performance and Song of the Year, losing to “Climax” by Usher and “We Are Young” by Nate Ruess respectively.
- This single was also selected in 2012 as the 33rd best track of the year by Rolling Stone magazine.
- Miguel featured rapper, Wiz Khalifa on a remix version of this track, which was released on 18th September 2012.
- Rapper, Busta Rhymes together with Reek Da Villain and J Doe featured Miguel on another version of this song’s remix in 2012.
- Miguel also featured English singer, Jessie Ware in a remix of this song in 2013.
- American gospel singer, Deitrick Haddon performed a cover of this track in 2012.
- Several musical artists have incorporated samples of “Adorn” into their own records. Samples can be found in “Hiders”, a 2013 track by British electronic musician, Burial.
- American artist, Yhung T.O. included samples of the song in his 2017 track, named, “Slidin’”.
- Chart-wise, “Adorn” performed modestly in the United States and in the UK, ranking #17 and #49 in those two regions. It didn’t perform exceptionally great in other regions as well, peaking at #61 in Australia and #68 in Canada.
I’m not surprised. Greatest song ever. Still is and will always be. ❤❤