![Next, Too Close: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 56 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Arista; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/next-too-close-midnight-heat-56-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Next, Too Close | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥
In the 56th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Too Close” by the R&B group, Next.
Spicy Tunez 🌶️ 🎶
Aww, shee-it! Prepare to be shooketh! Spicy Tunez is a column filled with naughty, sometimes controversial, and NSFW songs 👀. Some songs merely dabble in innuendo and suggestiveness. Others, however, go whole-hog and embrace a give-no-fucks aesthetic, thrive on sexual endeavors, utter shock value, and sometimes find themselves firmly embroiled in censorship… DUN, DUN, DUN!
![Durand Bernarr, Him: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 55 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; DSING; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/durand-bernarr-him-midnight-heat-55-2023-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![ASTN, “On Schedule”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 54 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; ASTN / Warner; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/astn-on-schedule-midnight-heat-54-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Kim Petras, “Coconuts”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 52 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Amigo / Republic; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kim-petras-coconuts-midnight-heat-52-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Olivia Newton-John, “Physical”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 51 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Primary Wave Music; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/olivia-newton-john-physical-midnight-heat-51-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Carroll O’Connor & Jean Stapleton, “All In the Family Theme”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 16 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Pictures Television; Anand Kulkarni, Aykut Bingül, Luân Phan, mohammadreza merhvand via Pexels; Anna, Gordon Taylor, harshahars from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/carroll-oconnor-jean-stapleton-all-in-the-family-theme-controversial-tunes-16-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Kiana Ledé, “Deeper”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 50 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Republic; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kiana-lede-deeper-midnight-heat-50-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Alaska Thunderfuck, “Everybody Wants to Fuck Me”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 49 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Producer Entertainment Group; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/alaska-thunderfuck-everybody-wants-to-fuck-me-midnight-heat-49-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![BLK ODYSSY, “Honeysuckle Neckbone”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 48 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; BLK ODYSSY / EMPIRE; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/blk-odyssy-honeysuckle-neckbone-midnight-heat-48-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Janelle Monáe, “Champagne Shit”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 47 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Wondaland Productions LLC / Bad Boy Records LLC; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/janelle-monae-champagne-shit-midnight-heat-47-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Kesha, “Die Young”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 15 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kemosabe; Anand Kulkarni, Aykut Bingül, Luân Phan, mohammadreza merhvand via Pexels; Anna, Gordon Taylor, harshahars from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kesha-die-young-controversial-tunes-15-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Foster the People, “Pumped Up Kicks”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 14 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; Anand Kulkarni, Aykut Bingül, Luân Phan, mohammadreza merhvand via Pexels; Anna, Gordon Taylor, harshahars from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/foster-the-people-pumped-up-kicks-controversial-tunes-14-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)