Country crooner Joshua Ray Walker made an appearance on The Tonight Show Tuesday, delivering a pre-recorded, full-band performance of “Sexy After Dark.” (According to the Dallas Morning News, Walker’s in-person performance in New York was scrapped after a member of his band tested positive for Covid.)
The soulful, genre-blending number — which details a self-conscious man’s transformation into a late-night casanova — fuses Walker’s signature honky-tonky stylings with classic R&B.
“I feel sexy after dark/My conscience finds it hard to see,” the Texas native sings. “I’ll share pieces of my heart/Fewer words make me sound so smart.”
“Sexy After Dark” is the lead single off Walker’s latest album, See You Next Time, which Rolling Stone named one of the Best Country and Americana Albums of 2021.
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