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May 6th, 2019 10:55pm

I See You Adorn Me


Ari Lennox “Up Late”

“Up Late” is a very classic sort of slow jam, something you could probably have slipped into a Quiet Storm radio set if not for all the lyrics that wouldn’t make it past the FCC regulations. Ari Lennox’s voice has a low-key boldness here – she sounds so fully command of the situation that the relaxed sensuality of the track isn’t undermined by traces of insecurity. She’s singing about a regular hookup, and as sexy as the song gets, the most interesting bits of the song allow for unsexy details – duplicate key fobs, tv news, the very presence of the phrase “corn on the cob.” Even the more glamorous details, like setting the song in North Hollywood, get grounded in her mentioning her “Target lingerie,” complete with the ironic “Tar-jay” pronunciation.

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