Finally, Friday, my late-night listeners.
This week’s Ear Candy lives in that liminal hour when you want to be sleeping, but just...can't. It's Late, You Should Go to Bed drifts through woozy neo-soul, late-night R&B confessions, and introspective hip-hop that feels designed for insomnia and the post-evening spins.
Erykah Badu opens the door with the kind of calm that’s deceptive—gentle, but charged—before D’Angelo, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake, and Frank Ocean lean into emotional half-sentences and unresolved feelings. These are songs that don’t rush you to sleep; they sit with you, stretch time, and let the thoughts run their course.
There’s a hazy warmth throughout—Hiatus Kaiyote’s late-night jazz-funk, NxWorries’ head-nodding dream state, Thundercat’s cosmic introspection—balanced by moments of quiet reflection and soft vulnerability from artists like Cleo Sol, Jenevieve, and Bilal. It’s the sound of lying awake, staring at the ceiling, feeling everything a little too deeply and not wanting the night to end just yet—or maybe, it's the night that isn't letting itself end.
Put this on when you know better but don’t care.
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