Bryce Bowyn, Boyfriend for the Night | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 86^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Boyfriend for the Night” by Bryce Bowyn. 

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo, and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. We are talking about that after-dark type $hi†, ya dig? These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 86th edition of Midnight Heat (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Boyfriend for the Night” by Bryce Bowyn.

“You’re looking real good / Think you’re my remedy / Tonight.” Hmm, I’ve said the same thing, Bryce Bowyn (Bryce Sulecki).  The difference is that my experiences are usually through apps 😏 😝. On “Boyfriend for the Night”, the D.C.-based electropop singer has found ‘him,’ if only temporarily.  The boy seems to check off all the boxes. Even if he didn’t, Bowyn admits, “I’m trying to get over my own misery.” Been there, done that, Bryce! Bowyn penned this infectious, sexy queer bop while Zach Benson produced it.  The sound and vibe are everything: bright, big drums and a 1980s aesthetic with detuned synths.

The instrumental is sweet, but Bryce Bowyn who ‘steals the show.’ Well, it’s his to steal! He sings expressively, bringing ample personality to the table.  He wants this boy, and who can blame him?! The melodies are tuneful, accentuating the yearning Bryce has. “So, baby, let’s ride / On the back of your bike /  We’ll go so fast we’ll forget our past / Tonight.”  Oh, snap! In other words, the sex they’ll have will be so electric that nothing else matters. It’s going down! Bowyn acknowledges their fun will be for naught come tomorrow via the centerpiece, the chorus:

“Baby be my boyfriend for the night

We can fall in love on your motorbike

By tomorrow we’ll be strangers again

But for now, baby let’s pretend

(Let’s pretend)

We’re meant to be together for life

Baby be my boyfriend for the night.”

Monogamy can be difficult to come by, particularly in the gay community. Bowyn wants more than the fun of one night, but, he understands ‘how it goes.’ His romance may be temporary, but the excellence of “Boyfriend for the Night” lasts longer than an evening rendezvous.

Bryce Bowyn // “Boyfriend for the Night” // Bryce Bowyn // 2020

Bryce Bowyn, Boyfriend for the Night: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 86 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Bryce Bowyn; Hasan Muneer, Natan from Pexels; Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]