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Fingers (song)

"Fingers" is a song by English singer-songwriter Zayn Malik, released on 18 October 2018 by RCA Records. It serves as the fifth single from his second studio album Icarus Falls (2018).[1]

"Fingers"

18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)

R&B

2:53

RCA

Saltwives

Promotion[edit]

Malik later encouraged fans to upload themselves dancing to the song and to tag it "#FingersDance", as a "challenge" that they could potentially win a gift from.[2]

Critical reception[edit]

David Renshaw of The Fader called "Fingers" a "slow jam" with lyrics about texting, with Zayn singing "'my fingers ain't working but my heart is' over a pitched up vocal sample".[3] Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone said the song "boasts an alluring mid-tempo beat with low synths bubbling around a crisp drum groove", explaining that Zayn "keeps his vocals low, yet seductive as he tries to come to grips with an unrequited love while staring at his phone".[1] Gil Kaufman of Billboard called it a "hazy R&B ballad" that concerns "a love that is so paralyzing that it makes your digits freeze up mid-text".[4]