Teyana Taylor & Kehlani, Morning | After Dark 🕛 🌃

On the 4th edition of After Dark (2021), we explore the naughty, risqué & utterly sexual vibes behind, “Morning” by Teyana Taylor.  

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nnuendo? 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 4^th edition of After Dark (2021), we explore the naughty, risqué, scandalous & utterly sexual vibes behind, 🎵 “Morning” by 🎙 Teyana Taylor and 🎙 Kehlani. 

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Theme & Lyrics ✍

“Got my legs up, hands up, at attention / You make me stand up and switch up on it…” Ooh wee! Teyana Taylor doesn’t hold back on “Morning” from her 2020 studio album, 💿 The Album.  She’s assisted by 🏆 Grammy-nominated R&B standout, 🎙 Kehlani, on this lush, sexed-TF-up affair.  There is no innocence or modesty lyrically or thematically as “Morning” is all about S-E-X – it’s no secret.  Women have been increasingly open about sex and sexuality, so, “Morning” fits this idea.  Add this gem your LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈 list!

Explicit is the game for Teyana on the first verse – understatement.  “Talk that shit, play with that clit, and watch it rain on you babe,” she boldly sings, adding, “Funny how you thought I tapped out when we was fuckin’.” HOLY SHIT! Taylor doesn’t stop on the pre-chorus that follows, which involves touch, titties, and tongue: “Touch it, ooh / Titties in your mouth / With your tongue all out.” Wow…

“Tryna see if I feel what it look like / Been had an urge that I can’t fight.” Yes, we can totally tell Kehlani! Not to be outdone, she keeps things rated R rated X on the second verse. 

“Yeah, I fuckin’ feel you
Mean I feel you fuckin’
Shit, I feel you cummin’
Ain’t gon’ be no runnin’, oh.”

Da-yum, that’s enough to titillate anybody. On the chorus, the naughty tandem combines forces on select parts. Beyond the seductiveness, the production (🎛 Mixx, 🎛 Tune Da Rula, and 🎛 Miguel “Louis Gold” Jiminez) perfectly captures SEX too.

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Music Video 🎶📼

I can’t speak for the ladies, but how much you wanna bet the accompanying music video for “Morning” made them feel some type of way? Furthermore, you can bet straight men were/are turned on even as this song depicts a sexual experience between two women.  Show them the music video, which matches the freaky, steamy nature of the song, and they’ll be onboard.  Honestly, their girlfriends and wives probably don’t want to know what they’re thinking while viewing this.  Interestingly, it hits different when it’s two ridiculously gorgeous women, or so it seems.  What’s undeniable is, regardless of gender or sexuality, this is one of the sexiest music videos you’ll ever see.

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Final Thoughts 💭 

As I revisit “Morning,” it’s amazing the things I discovered about it after the fact.  It’s not family friendly in the least – perfect for AFTER DARK – but it’s an important musical moment and statement.  It’s important that relationships depicted in songs, music videos, film, TV cover the full spectrum – not merely the heterosexual encounters and relationships we’ve seen time and time again.  Still, this one is not for the kids!

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Naked: 5ive Songs No. 1 (2020)

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🎙 Teyana Taylor • 💿 The Album • 🏷 Def Jam • 🗓 2020

Teyana Taylor & Kehlani, “Morning”: After Dark No. 4 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, Def Jam, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype]

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