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EMEKA NOIR · Dark high-energy Afropop

After Dark

0:003:39

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Tempo
57 BPM · 113 double-time
Hook
Comes in at 1:08
Loudness
-8.1 LUFS
True peak
-0.6 dBTP

The tick on the loudness bar is -14 LUFS, where most streaming services set playback. The hook is the part the song repeats most.

Alt take

Same song, the other performance from the session (Take A). Included with your keep. Owners download both.

Lyrics

Intro

Same night, different name

Verse 1

I don't come alive till the sun goes down

Leather on my back and a chain, no crown

Every window in the city is a mirror to me

Every red light is a place I could be

Girl, don't call me in the daytime, I'm a ghost

Call me when the neon's doing the most

Log drum talking and the synths run cold

I was born at midnight, so I'm never getting old

Pre-Chorus

Feel it in the bass, feel it in my chest

After dark is when I do my best

Chorus

After dark, after dark

Everybody moving when the city goes dark

After dark, after dark

Lagos in my blood and London in my heart

After dark! (Dark!) After dark! (Dark!)

Emeka Noir, and the night is my art

Verse 2

Rain on the Benz and the seats are black

Faith in my pocket, I'm never looking back

Sing in the dark till the daylight come

She said "you're too much," I said "I know"

Too much light for the daytime show

Shaker and the rim like a heartbeat race

Every hook I sing is a hand on your face

Pre-Chorus

Feel it in the bass, feel it in my chest

After dark is when I do my best

Chorus

After dark, after dark

Everybody moving when the city goes dark

After dark, after dark

Lagos in my blood and London in my heart

After dark! (Dark!) After dark! (Dark!)

Emeka Noir, and the night is my art

Bridge

If you're scared of the dark... don't look at me

'Cause I'm the dark... and the dark is free

NOW

Final Chorus

After dark, after dark

Everybody moving when the city goes dark

After dark, after dark

Lagos in my blood and London in my heart

After dark! (Dark!) After dark! (Dark!)

Emeka Noir, and the night is my art

About “After Dark”

Genre
Dark high-energy Afropop
Released
Sep 15, 2026
Length
3:39

EMEKA NOIR is a virtual artist of the SUPERMASSIVE Verse: a high tenor that slides into falsetto, breathy on the verses and full-voice on stadium hooks, over driving log-drum bass, gated 80s synths and Afrobeats shaker patterns. Lagos to London, neon, rain, obsession, fame, faith. AI-performed and disclosed.

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