serpentwithfeet, Wood Boy | After Dark 🕛 🌃

On the 2^nd edition of After Dark, we explore the naughty, risqué, scandalous & utterly sexual vibes behind, “Wood Boy” by serpentwithfeet. 

Innuendo? More like full-on sexual vibes! Welcome to After Dark 🕛 🌃, a column featuring songs that are best suited for nighttime, specifically, the bedroom.  Like Controversial Tunes 😈🎶, the records featured here raise eyebrows.  The difference between the songs of CONTROVERSY and DARK? These songs specifically focus on the universal topic of S-E-X. The dark records gracing After Dark are old and new alike, with all genres of music welcome.  On the 2^nd edition of After Dark, we explore the naughty, risqué, scandalous & utterly sexual vibes behind, 🎵 “Wood Boy” by 🎙 serpentwithfeet.  

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“Who am I foolin’? / It’s nice when your body is near mine.” I think most of us can agree, regardless of sexual preference, it’s nice to have someone we love close to us, just as serpentwithfeet (Josiah Wise) asserts.  There’s nothing too wild regarding those lyrics from “Wood Boy,” a highlight from his 2021 sophomore album, 💿 DEACON.  Where things get steamier for the alternative R&B artist is his openness discussing the physical aspects of his relationship.

“Damn, he feelin’ on my body
Damn, he fillin’ up my body
Damn, I like him inside me.”

Did you catch the wordplay there? It would be accurate to characterize gay sex as taboo in the past.  To some degree, even in present, it’s taboo.  People are becoming more comfortable with featuring it in movies and music, so there’s a level of progression.  I say that to say, serpentwithfeet, who is openly gay, describes the pleasure of sex – what he likes and how he likes it.  That, my friends, is perfectly tailored to AFTER DARK.  “I want you on top of me,” he sings twice on the first verse, which, intriguingly, references sex roles in this given relationship.

The chorus is where things are undeniably gay – and we’re here for it, of course! “He’s stacking that wood / …Got my wood, wood boy” refers to size, which graces heterosexual pop too, just from a different perspective.  I mean, how many rappers have discussed how they please ladies? Also, in some instances, the girls remark about size too, and sometimes, even shape – looking at you 🎙 Meghan Thee Stallion and 🎵 “Captain Hook”!

Serpentwithfeet is never explicit, but unless you live under a rock, the ‘wood’ he’s talking about doesn’t grow on a tree…. The second verse is less sexual, but finds Wise affected by the excellence of the physical experience.  “What’s my name again,” he asks at the close of the verse, given the mind-blowing sex.

Final Thoughts 💭

Ooh wee, does the temperature soar after listening to “Wood Boy.” This is one of the sexiest songs of 2021 by far, and it’s sexy without being raunchy. I love the authenticity, honesty, and fearlessness with which serpentwithfeet delivers this record.  If gay men in particular are in search of an anthem that speaks to the pleasure of sex, “Wood Boy” is a prime example.

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🎙 serpentwithfeet • 💿 DEACON • 🏷 Secretly Canadian • 🗓 2021
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