Review: "Navy Eyes" - Midnight Til Morning

Midnight Til Morning has released their new single, “Navy Eyes.” Reminded of a partner’s navy eyes, the members of Midnight Til Morning go through a deliberation of wanting the partner in this song to tell them to stay instead of driving late at night. A metaphor of being close to breaking up, “Navy Eyes” examines why leaving a relationship is the scariest feeling to some. With the want of the relationship being bigger than the want to leave, the debate of being free to drive late in the night with looming goodbyes is a hard one. Midnight Til Morning not only makes listeners feel seen by singing about conflicting feelings about the relationship they share with a partner, but also the inability to want someone to say something without telling them yourself.

“Navy Eyes” is more than just a song about debating whether or not to take a late night drive; it’s a song about whether or not their partner would stay, even if the emotional connection is there. Fearful and scared of losing the partner in the song, Midnight Til Morning captures the want of not losing their partner and wanting their partner to fight for them as well. Not “[wanting] to fall just to let it go,” Midnight Til Morning wonders if their partner cares about fighting for their relationship as much as they do. With the fear that their partner doesn’t, Midnight Til Morning settles that they should stay so their relationship can have a fighting chance, a decision that ultimately calls into question for listeners whether or not it’s worth it to stay in a relationship if there isn’t any fight to keep the relationship from their partner.

Midnight Til Morning is an up-and-coming pop-rock boy band created in front of viewers in Netflix’s Building the Band. Composed of Australians Connor Smith and Mason Watts and Americans Shane Appell and Zach Newbould, Building the Band viewers got to see the formation and chemistry built between the band during their early days. With each individual of the quartet bringing their own experience from solo careers into the group, Midnight Til Morning has versatility and vocals that listeners are excited to see more from. With over 848,000 monthly listeners within their first year as a band, Midnight Til Morning is making waves in the music space. To keep up with their new releases and concert dates, you can follow Midnight Til Morning on their social media, linked down below.

Written By Abby Mornhinweg

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