Micah McLaurin, Call Me | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 76^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Call Me” by Micah McLaurin.

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 76^th edition of Midnight Heat (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Call Me” by Micah McLaurin.

“You know what / I came for / So give it to me now / Give me more.” Oh, snap! Something tells me, the ‘it’ is S meets E, and then they X, Micah McLaurin.  The gifted, Charleston, South Carolina musician (a virtuoso pianist, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and Julliard) follows up, inviting us – rather, ‘him’ – to call him names. What?! “Call me slut / Call me whore / there’s no shame in a name,” he sings, asserting, “I’m all about the fame / I would like you better if you call me…” Honor the man’s wishes, I suppose! McLaurin penned the brief “Call Me” alongside Daniel Padilla, Fernando Garibay, Ramiro Padilla, and Simon Wilcox. Garibay, Padilla, and Padilla produced this sleek, sexy gem.

In an interview for Paper Mag by Erica Campbell, McLaurin asserts, “‘Call Me’ is more than just the lyrics on the surface. It’s symbolic of me taking my power back and reclaiming my identity after I felt it was stolen from me in childhood.” He also states he’s allowed to show a different side of himself. He sings wonderfully, bringing ample personality and sexiness to his performance.  His vocals are breathy, playful, and – wait for it – sexy 😈. He’s a beautiful, naughty boy: “Look at the way I’m moving I’m serpentine / Sliding up against your skin / I know I make you want what you shouldn’t but / Go ahead and let me in.” Serpentine, huh? Slither, slither. Beyond the engaging vocal performance, the instrumental accompaniment is sickening. Set in a minor key, the dark, enigmatic pop and dance cues are firmly planted. The groove, which appears during the slutty, whorish chorus, is everything. Running just over two minutes, McLaurin brings the heat 🥵 – the midnight heat – on “Call Me”.

Micah McLaurin // Call Me // Micah McLaurin // 2024

Micah McLaurin, Call Me: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 76 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Micah McLaurin; Hasan Muneer, Natan from Pexels; Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]