Landan Ash, Up Next Ash | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 44^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2025), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Up Next Ash” by Landan Ash. 

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo, and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 44^th edition of Midnight Heat (2025), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Up Next Ash” by Landan Ash.

“He ran into a boy bar / There were dancers on stage / With tips tucked into somewhere where there was no light of day.” Well, that is a more thoughtful, nuanced way to describe where this boy went, Landan Ash (Landan Ash Boyde). The handsome, talented, and gay pop singer/songwriter drops another scintillating bop with “Up Next Ash”. Interestingly, this song is intriguing thanks to the narrative he imparts about this boy… Ash.  And yes, of course, it gets hot! Boyde co-wrote the steamy “Up Next Ash” with producer Wesley Henry.

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♬ Up Next Ash – Landan Ash

Landan Ash sounds lovely as he tells the story of becoming a stripper in the third person. As mentioned, “Up Next Ash” is hot as he “slips into something that’s real hot” and then, “Dances for strangers / He gets them off / He leaves with a bag that’s full of cash.” Is leaving with money Landan’s big takeaway? It doesn’t seem like it as Ash continues, “But nothing could buy him / What he really lacks.”  The gist is broke and desperate, Ash is getting money to strip. While he may be ‘cheapening himself’ to some, Ash informs us, “But back at home he was nothing / So he let himself be bought.” The money provides needed income, but the dancing/sex/sexual favors seem empty, ultimately. Landan asserts that this boy will eventually “know the truth,” singing, “But tonight, it’s his callin’ / ‘Up next Ash,’ / That’s your cue.” Word. “Up Next Ash” qualifies as a sex song given Ash’s occupation at the boy bar, and beyond, but it seems to go deeper than that. Bravo, Landan!