Mixtape: After Party

The best part of any night out is the morning after, when you step outside and the sunrise hits you directly in the face. Everything’s quiet. No one else on the street. You’ve moved through the night into this—from drunk to hungover, from clubs to sunrise, headphones on, whatever playlist you threw together at 3 a.m.

Mine had Neon Indian, The National, Miami Horror in it. Songs that somehow still work at that exact hour, caught between the pounding bass you just left and the silence around you now. The day’s about to start, the hangover’s about to kick in, someone’s selling shawarma somewhere. But for this moment it’s just you and the music and the sun, and honestly that’s better than the actual party.