Up All Night

Album: released as a single (2019)
Charted: 55 89
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Songfacts®:

  • Here. Khalid croons about struggling with complex thoughts about mortality. He feels there's so much more to experience in life, but is "getting older by the day." The singer is grateful to still be alive but wonders "where I'm going when my story ends." These deep ideas are preoccupying his mind to the extent that they are keeping him up all night.
  • Khalid wrote the contemplative song while on his Free Spirit World Tour. He said that interacting with his fans every night "has been really inspiring."

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