XILLAN, Oh Happy Day | Midnight Heat

In the 46^th edition of Midnight Heat (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Oh Happy Day” by Surinamese, Netherlands-based musician, XILLAN. 

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. Yeah, we are talking about that after dark, bedroom boom $hi†, ya dig? These unapologetic records often raises both eyebrows and temperature alike. Woo! In the 46^th edition of Midnight Heat (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Oh Happy Day” by XILLAN.

Typically, when you think of “Oh Happy Day”, it is the beloved, gospel classic by The Edwin Hawkins Singers .  In the hands of Surinamese, Netherlands based musician XILLAN (Xillan Macrooy), however, his “OH HAPPY DAY” is NOT a gospel record. Jesus is not involved with this one! In XILLAN’s hands, “Oh Happy Day” is sexual – ooh-la-la. The self-described musician, writer, and storyteller proudly asserts, repeatedly, “I fucked my shame away / Oh happy day.” WOO! Some church folks might take offense to this happy day, one that involves the f-bomb, especially in a sexual context . But, if you are open-minded, you see both a bigger message/picture, as well as a marvelous sex song!

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XILLAN is liberated on “Oh Happy Day,” a fact that should not be neglected.  Sure, he is radiating that Midnight Heat , but he has also rid of shame.  In an IG post leading up to the release of “OH HAPPY DAY,” he highlights the toxicity of shame.  Shame is huge in the LGBTQ+ community, with internalized homophobia, as well as homophobia in general.  Sometimes, that shame comes within ones family and friends.  In this aesthetically pleasing gem that titillates given XILLAN’s declaration, as well as his sexy voice (including a ripe falsetto) and the sweet, ear-catching production (Macrooy and Bastian Benjamin), XILLAN embraces pleasure sans shame.  Basically, he’s ridding of stigmas and what anybody else thinks in favor of living – enjoying the pleasures of life and love without constraints.  Ah, what a sweet little LGBTQ /Midnight Heat combo!

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XILLAN, “Oh Happy Day”: Midnight Heat No. 46 (2023) [: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]