Khalid – After The Sun Goes Down [Album Stream]

Khalid gets candid on “After the Sun Goes Down”, his most revealing project yet.

The cover plays like a Renaissance tableau—Khalid glowing amid a party, quietly observing—and the music mirrors that vibe: lively and bright, but heavy with feeling. Across 17 tracks he cycles through every shade of love—flirty, messy, romantic, even a little petty. The difference now? He’s openly queer, and the lyrics hit with sharper specificity. On “Momentary Lovers”, he drops, “You’re my type, fly dark and handsome.” You can hear the freedom all over the record. In interviews, he’s framed it as a return to pop and a thank-you to the icons who paved the way—filtered through the perspective of an openly gay Black man.

Take a listen below.