Shield
| "Shield" ▤ | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Angelina Jordan Astar, Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, Frida Amundsen |
| Recorded | 2018 |
| Released | 2018-11-08 as digital single |
| Promotional link | Listen and/or purchase↗ |
| Research the song | |
| Wikipedia | song↗ |
| song↗, lyrics↗ | |
| YouTube | song↗, lyrics↗, song + AJ↗ |
"Shield" is a song written by Angelina with Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen (three songwriters who also wrote "I'm Still Holding Out for You" with Brandon Lowry). It was first released on 2018-11-08, making it her third original song to be officially released after "Oslo" and "What Is Life". (This doesn't count "Back to Black", which featured her own lyrics but used a musical arrangement based on Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson's original.)
Angelina premiered it – after being interviewed – on the Skavlan TV talk show, which was broadcast the day after the digital single release on Swedish SVT. She performed it live the following month at her Christmas concerts, and again in 2019 at the Prøysen Festival. It was also reported, that she performed it during the dinner of the Brilliant Minds Conference ealier that year.[1]
Studio recording
The original studio recording bears a "℗ 2018 Angelina Jordan" copyright.
- Angelina Jordan - Shield (Audio)↗ (audio-only with animated cover image; regular upload; lyrics in video description)
- Shield↗ (audio-only with static cover image; "Provided to YouTube by CDBaby")
Music video
- Angelina Jordan - Shield (Artistic Video by Mery Zamani)↗ (3:37), uploaded on 2019-08-18 and linked to Angelina Jordan Official
- Angelina Jordan (Shield) Music video↗ (3:37), uploaded on 2019-08-21 and linked to Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz
- Shield↗ (playlist under "Releases" tab; at one point contained the CDBaby video [above] but as of 2026-08-09 contains Mery Zamani's music video)
Live performances
2018 Skavlan
Angelina performed↗ the song on the Norwegian TV talk show Skavlan on 2018-11-09,[2][3] immediately following an interview segment[4][5] in which she sang a verse of "Diamonds Are Forever" a cappella.
2018 Prøysenhuset
- Christmas concerts, 2018 (2018-12-20 - live)
2019 Prøysen Festival
- Summer concert tour 2019, Prøysenhuset (2019-07-12 - live)
- Summer concert tour 2019, Prøysenhuset (2019-07-12 - live) (encore)
Covers
- Shield (Fra TV-Programmet "The Voice"↗
- Hanna Solemdal – Shield | Knockouts | The Voice Norge 2019↗
- Angelina Jordan - Shield (cover by Lafienta/live/живое исполнение)↗
- SHIELD -ANGELINA JORDAN- For my AJ Fans! Like , subscribe and tell your friends #angelinajordan↗ ("drum cover")
- SHIELD / ANGELINA JORDAN #shorts #angelinajordan #youtubeshorts #drumcover↗ (YouTube short version)
Other uses of the term
In an interview with Sara immediately following Angelina's victory in the finals of Norske Talenter, the interviewer mentioned the public attention Angelina had been getting and asked her (in Norwegian), "Are you going to shield her?", to which Sara replied, "Absolutely".[6]
A well known Facebook fan group (and associated YouTube channel) adopted the name Angelina Jordan Fan Club - The Shield.[7]
References
- ↑ Ekker, Bjørn (2019-01-14). Norske Angelina Jordan (13) sang for Barack Obama↗ [in Norwegian] [English: Norwegian Angelina Jordan (13) sang for Barack Obama]. VG. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ "Skavlan" Avsnitt 9 (TV Episode 2018)↗
- ↑ Angelina Jordan (12) performs «Shield» | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan↗. Skavlan on YouTube. Accessed 2025-07-01.
- ↑ Singer Angelina Jordan: – I don't feel like a 12-year-old | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan↗. Skavlan on YouTube. Accessed 2025-07-01.
- ↑ Angelina Jordan (12) interviewed by Skavlan before performing «Shield» in November 2018↗. Kathrine Angeltveit on YouTube. Accessed 2025-07-01. (includes Norwegian subtitles and English captions for the parts in Norwegian)
- ↑ Interview with Angelina Jordan's mom - english subtitles↗. Song and Heart on YouTube. Accessed 2025-07-01.
- ↑ [1]↗
