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Hoodie

Ari Lennox

2022

Hoodie

Release Date:  2022

By Pitchfork

Reviewed August 16, 2022

On the lead single of Age/Sex/Location, the R&B singer-songwriter is frank about her desires.

“Hoodie,” the first single from Ari Lennox’s upcoming album, Age/Sex/Location, moves at a sinuous creep, lithe and low-lit. Built on a drowsy loop from the 1970s disco-funk outfit New York Port Authority, the track is pitched at the precise BPM of dissipating blunt smoke, or slow undressing. As a seducer, Lennox’s touch is playful—she says she wants to twerk on the guy’s hoodie, an image so awkward it’s almost sweet. (Like, where? The actual hood? I mean, sure.) Her writing has always been attuned to small moments—eating whipped cream while watching TV, doing naked cartwheels in your empty new apartment—and “Hoodie” is no exception, an invitation as frank and private as a raised eyebrow across a crowded coffee shop.

8:00 PM · Aug 16, 2022 · 1 Views