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"After Midnight" is a song by American rock band Blink-182, released on September 6, 2011 as the second single from the group's sixth studio album, ''Neighborhoods'' (2011). The song was written and produced very late in the recording process for ''Neighborhoods'', following the cancellation of a European tour in order to complete the long-stalled album. Although the album was recorded primarily in separate studios, "After Midnight" came together quickly in a last-minute writing session when the trio were together. The song originated from drummer Travis Barker, who laid down the song's distinctive percussion and labeled it "Travis Beat". Guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus were immediately inspired when Barker introduced the demo to them, and the song was nearly complete three hours later. While Hoppus and DeLonge wrote the track separately, both centered lyrically on romance. Lyrically, the song revolves around two broken individuals who fall in love. "After Midnight" is a midtempo anthem, and contains elements of stadium rock and alternative rock. The song received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, many of whom viewed it among the band's best work. The music video for "After Midnight", directed by Isaac Rentz, was released in January 2012. It combines a narrative following lovers sneaking around a youth psychiatric ward and performance shots of the band performing in a large hangar. "After Midnight" peaked at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart, and also within the top 20 on Canadian rock charts. In promotion of the single, Blink-182 performed the song live on late-night talk show ''Conan''. == Background== In 2009, Blink-182 reunited after a four-year hiatus and began recording their sixth studio album, ''Neighborhoods''. The band's studio autonomy, tours, managers and personal projects stalled the recording process, which lasted from shortly after the band's February 2009 reunion to July 2011. The band developed ''Neighborhoods'' in separate studios and regrouped at various periods to record. The band's numerous delays in the recording process resulted in the band canceling a European tour and the label setting a deadline for the album to be due.〔 "After Midnight" was one of four new songs birthed from a last-minute writing session after the band canceled their European tour in April 2011.〔 The song originated from an idea by drummer Travis Barker, and the song was initially titled "Travis Beat". When the trio first listened to the beat, DeLonge and Hoppus both had ideas immediately. "It was one of those moments on the album where everybody just had a bunch of ideas all at once, and it came together pretty quickly," said Hoppus. Within "two or three hours," the song's structure was near completion.〔 DeLonge and Hoppus split lyrical duties and worked separately, and both wrote about romance. DeLonge recalled Barker mentioning that ''Neighborhoods'' should contain a song in a similar vein to "I Miss You", the band's 2004 single. With this in mind, DeLonge included references to "I Miss You", "Always" and "All of This", all tracks from the band's previous effort: "I can't find the best in ''all of this'' / but I'm ''always'' looking out for you / 'Cause you're the one ''I miss''."〔 DeLonge viewed the song's speedy creation as just one of many similarities to their back catalog: "What's cool about this song and 'I Miss You,' when Mark and I both write lyrics in different places, they come together and they're both about the same thing, usually me and him kissing and making love to each other," he joked. "We end up writing super romantic songs. And I think it worked out really good on this one."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「After Midnight (Blink-182 song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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