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Brooklyn. Friday. Love.
| "Brooklyn. Friday. Love." | ||||
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| Single by The Midnight | ||||
| from the album Heroes | ||||
| Released | August 3, 2022 | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Counter Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Tim McEwan | |||
| Heroes track listing | ||||
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Brooklyn. Friday. Love. is a song by The Midnight. It is the fourth single and second track from their album Heroes. The single was released on August 3, 2022.[1]
The song was written by band members Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan alongside Nikki Flores and Royce Whittaker. It was produced by McEwan. It has a running time of three minutes and 52 seconds and is in the key of F major. Brooklyn. Friday. Love. has its roots in Lyle's From The Secret Lair project, first appearing on episodes 7 and 25 of season one before being released on Mr. Green's B Sides. A breakdown of the track by McEwan was streamed on Twitch on August 5, 2022.[2]
In an interview with Magnetic Magazine, Lyle elaborated on the song's meaning:[3]
I wrote the initial version of Brooklyn. Friday. Love. in 2016 as a surf rock song while I was living in Ft. Greene. On days when I couldn’t stand staring at my computer screen anymore- usually around 4:00, I would get on a Citibike and ride up Flushing Avenue around the Navy Yard to Williamsburg.
My wife was working long hours at a corporate job in Midtown and usually wasn’t home before 8, so I would walk, well, I would walk and drink Happy Hour bourbon and cokes at Skinny Dennis, and I would look for books at Spoonbill & Sugartown, and vinyl at Rough Trade.
There was a refreshingly weird creative energy that permeated gentrifying Brooklyn that I’d never felt before. It struck me as a kind of weirdo heaven for a kid who grew up in the Bible Belt. When I die I want to go to Skinny Dennis and hear Zydeco or some Bushwick loft party Modular Synth set. Anyway, the place changed.
Apple and Whole Foods soon arrived in Williamsburg and Ft. Greene, the rents went up, the neighbors were no longer starving artist types. My wife and I also grew up- we had a baby and shortly thereafter we decided to end our five year relationship with Brooklyn.
The song became a Midnight song in 2021- two years after I left Brooklyn for Atlanta. I went back to visit New York for the first time during a lull in COVID waves to see my old neighborhood. 1/3 of the businesses were closed. There was more graffiti, and trash piled on the street like I’d never seen it before. I felt like I was seeing the ghost of an old friend. Reworking the song as an idyll to fit The Midnight felt like a way to honor the strangeness and vibrancy of a Brooklyn that seemed to disappear.
Thankfully most of the splendor has returned to the shabby neighborhoods I love, but I’m approaching my late 30s now, with a family and a mortgage and a more predictable life. The thought of drinking absinthe, or staying up past midnight to watch live music, or spending a day writing indie pop songs in an unheated Bushwick squat is unimaginable. This song is about an ideal that may still exist. It just can’t exist for me anymore.
Music video
On August 9, 2022, a music video was announced for Brooklyn. Friday. Love.[4] The video premiered on August 11, 2022.[5] It was directed by Caleb Mallery and filmed at Little Trouble in Atlanta, GA on July 17, 2022.[6]
The video begins with a rainy outside view of a bar, said to be "Somewhere in Brooklyn". The scene moves inside the bar and various patrons are seen congregating on the dance floor in front of a stage. A Comtek branded CRT TV advertising karaoke is shown next and the song begins. A female patron (portrayed by Julia Vasi) steps up to the microphone on stage and begins singing the song. Various happenings of bar patrons are shown, some aligning with the lyrics of the song. After the line "across the bar sat the hip-hip purist", Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan are seen conversing at a table, their only appearance in the video. After the first chorus, a male bar patron (portrayed by Daniel Di Amante) is seen taking a seat at an empty table. As the song progresses, the camera continues to alternate between shots of the TV displaying the song lyrics and patrons beginning to take note of the woman singing on stage. Eventually, everyone begins singing along with the song and they make their way to the dance floor. The man and the woman on stage lock eyes, and begin to dance with each other as the other patrons dance around them as the credits roll, concluding the video.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Brooklyn. Friday. Love." |
| 3:52 |
| 2. | "Heartbeat" |
| 3:50 |
| 3. | "Avalanche" |
| 4:27 |
| 4. | "Change Your Heart or Die" |
| 3:31 |
| Total length: | 15:40 | ||
Lyrics
Day-trader in a tie-dye jumpsuit
And a gutter punk kid with a neck tattoo
Hooking up at the unisex bathroom
It was Brooklyn
it was Friday
it was love
Across the bar sat the hip-hop purist
Arguing with the jazz obscurists
And in the corner were the terrified tourists
Brooklyn. Friday. Love.
Angel choirs on the corner all night
Sing Johnny Cash and Jackson 5
Little heaven you can stumble into
We got your invite tonight
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
They come from Mississippi and La La Land
New wave hippies and the pop goth glam
It's just 'cause parents don't understand
It was Brooklyn
It was Friday
It was love
From this roof you can see the stars
We are the left bank dreamers
And the avant garde
I'll sing my borrowed song on your borrowed guitar
It was Brooklyn
It was Friday
It was love
Angel choirs on the midnight G train
Some Beastie Boys and Kurt Cobain
Revolution you can learn to dance to
With a friendly face on the way
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Bushwick Avenue
Bedford Avenue
Franklin Avenue
I'm on my way
Where are you
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Don't try to fight it
Oh, it's just Brooklyn on a Friday
It's just Brooklyn on a Friday
It's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Bushwick Avenue
It's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Bedford Avenue
It's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Franklin Avenue
It's just Brooklyn on a Friday
I'm on my way
It's just Brooklyn on a Friday
Official versions and other media
Brooklyn. Friday. Love. - Instrumental
from Heroes (& Instrumentals)
References
- ↑ "ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ on Twitter". Twitter. July 30, 2022. Archived from the original on August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ↑ "ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ on Twitter". Twitter. August 5, 2022. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
- ↑ Vance, Will (August 4, 2022). "Lyrics To The Midnight's 'Brooklyn.Friday.Love.' And The Story That Put Words To Music - Magnetic Magazine". Magnetic Magazine. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ↑ "ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ on Twitter". Twitter. August 9, 2022. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "The Midnight - 'Brooklyn. Friday. Love.' (Official Video) - YouTube". YouTube. August 11, 2022. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Instagram photo by ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ • Jul 17, 2022 at 4:53 PM". Instagram. July 17, 2022. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
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Heroes
| Heroes | ||||
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| Released | September 9, 2022 | |||
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| Length | 56:47 | |||
| Label | Counter Records | |||
| Producer | Tim McEwan | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Daily Express | [2] |
Heroes is the fifth album by The Midnight. It is was released on September 9, 2022.[3][4] Five singles were issued from Heroes prior to the album's release: Change Your Heart or Die, Heartbeat, Avalanche, Brooklyn. Friday. Love., and Heart Worth Breaking.
Background and composition
This wiki article is currently being worked on. More info will be added soon.
Heroes is the culmination of a trilogy that began with Kids and Monsters. The writing sessions during Kids yielded many songs and ideas that did not make the album due to time constraints, so it was decided to extend the story arc of Kids across multiple albums.[5]
In early 2021, Tim McEwan began streaming the creation of new songs on Twitch. Several of the songs previewed during those sessions found their way to Heroes. Aside from Twitch, previews and hints of new material on the band's other social media platforms was minimal compared to previous The Midnight releases.
During the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Tour, The Midnight began playing a new song, Change Your Heart or Die. The song was teased as being on the next record.
Official description
“The last 2 years have been so hard for so many people. ‘Heartbeat’ is a reminder that love and empathy is not a finite resource. There is love enough.” – The Midnight
8th June 2022 – The Midnight are thrilled to be announcing their new full-length studio album Heroes – due out September 9th via Counter Records. Along with the news, the band is releasing the celebratory new single “Heartbeat” – a rousing and electrifying track that helps set the tone for the album, which was written during isolation by the band’s Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle. Heroes represents a clear sonic shift for the duo, who have expanded their lineup to include three live musicians – Lelia Broussard on bass, Royce Whittaker on guitar, and Justin Klunk on saxophone and synth – with both Broussard and Whittaker working alongside them on the new LP which was produced by McEwan and mixed by Ingmar Carlson (Tate McCrae, Disclosure, Carly Rae Jepsen).
Heroes is also the third in a trilogy of albums that started with 2018’s Kids – which reached #1 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Chart – and was followed in 2020 with Monsters. “…for me, Kids is self-knowledge, Monsters is self-love, and then Heroes is empathy,” said Lyle. “I got into depth psychology and this idea of etiology, the way a human forms,” he said about Heroes, adding that “the world doesn't get better but we do. We grow into ourselves. We grow into our voice.”
You can hear this shift in the new songs which are more visceral and warmer. For a band that started as a synth-heavy duo, they have come a long way – creating fully realized arena worthy songs. From new single “Heartbeat” with its Van Halen-inspired synth leads, echoing drums, layered vocal chants and an explosive chorus to last month’s single, the propulsive guitar-laden “Change Your Heart or Die” – Heroes ushers in The Midnight’s next era with some of their biggest and boldest songs yet.
While taking a huge sonic step forward on Heroes, the band’s music still possesses the dramatic and nostalgic streak they’ve become known for since their 2014 debut in EP Days of Thunder. The new LP also reflects the confidence they’ve gained in their songwriting thanks in part due to their expanded live lineup. The band’s vivid sound is well-suited to full rock instrumentation, and the five-piece has cemented that in front on massive sold-out crowds this past year in 1-2k-capacity venues, up from 500-capacity clubs in 2019 and looking ahead to selling out London’s 5k-person Brixton Academy and similar sized venues in 2022.
Heroes is an album of songs about togetherness and trials won by love. Listen to both “Heartbeat” and “Change Your Heart or Die” now.
Singles
Media
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Golden Gate" | 6:04 | |
| 2. | "Brooklyn. Friday. Love." |
| 3:52 |
| 3. | "Heartbeat" |
| 3:50 |
| 4. | "A Place of Her Own" |
| 5:33 |
| 5. | "Heroes" |
| 5:13 |
| 6. | "Heart Worth Breaking" |
| 5:07 |
| 7. | "Loved By You" |
| 3:44 |
| 8. | "Aerostar" |
| 4:55 |
| 9. | "Change Your Heart or Die" |
| 3:31 |
| 10. | "Avalanche" |
| 4:27 |
| 11. | "Souvenir" |
| 3:34 |
| 12. | "Photograph" |
| 2:37 |
| 13. | "Energy Never Dies, It Just Transforms" |
| 4:20 |
| Total length: | 56:47 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 14. | "Golden Gate (Demo)" |
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| 15. | "A Place of Her Own (Demo)" |
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| 16. | "Change Your Heart or Die (Live)" |
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| 17. | "Souvenir (Tyler's Version - 2019)" | Lyle | |
| Total length: | - | ||
Recorded in Atlanta|GA and Los Angeles|CA
Mixed by Ingmar Carlson at The Gift Shop in Los Angeles|CA
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge in New York|NY
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 | 134 |
| US Billboard Album Sales | 8 |
| US Billboard Current Album Sales | 8 |
| US Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums | 3 |
| US Billboard Heatseekers Albums | 2 |
| US Billboard Independent Albums | 22 |
| US Billboard Vinyl ALbums | 4 |
| UK Albums | 74 |
Release history and variants
| Date | Edition |
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| September 9, 2022 | Standard |
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| October 28, 2022 | Instrumentals |
Includes both the original and instrumental versions. | |
| Year | Format | Color/Design |
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| 2022 | Cassette | Translucent Blue |
  First tape variant. Has fold out J-card insert. | ||
| 2022 | CD | - |
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| 2022 | LP | Translucent Blue |
 One of the first vinyl variants, alongside the Marbled Violet Deluxe and Spotify Fans First Clear with Splatter variants. This variant was also available to buy signed by Tim and Tyler.
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| 2022 | LP | Clear with Splatter |
 One of the first vinyl variants, alongside the Marbled Violet Deluxe and Translucent Blue variants. Designated as the "Spotify Fans First Edition". Top listeners of The Midnight on Spotify were emailed a link to buy this variant.
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| 2022 | LP | Marbled Violet |
 One of the first vinyl variants, alongside the Translucent Blue and Spotify Fans First Clear with Splatter variants. Designated as the "Deluxe Edition". Additional features of this variant include a third record with four bonus tracks, lenticular cover art, a sticker sheet, and a photo booklet. With the exception of Souvenir (Tyler's Version - 2019), the bonus tracks have not been released outside of this variant.
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References
- ↑ "The Midnight - Heroes Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ↑ Crumlish, Callum (September 8, 2022). "The Midnight: Heroes review - Saving music with their best album yet". Express.co.uk.
- ↑ "ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ on Twitter". Twitter. June 8, 2022. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Heroes | The Midnight". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ↑ Laing, Rob (September 1, 2022). "Interview: The Midnight's Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle talk synthwave, soundscaping and new album Heroes | MusicRadar". MusicRadar. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
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