Golden Hour by JVKE
golden hour is a song by JVKE, the stage name of Jake Lawson, released on 15 July 2022 through AWAL and written and produced with his brother Zac Lawson. Piano begins the recording, and the verses mix singing with rap. The chorus puts more weight on the sung melody, so the track grows from a small piano opening into a larger sound. It runs 3 minutes 29 seconds. JVKE has said he began with a piano loop, experimenting with notes at the keys. Critic Jason Lipshutz heard a contrast between the quick piano accompaniment and the scale of the chorus. He also noted the love-song imagery and references to contemporary musicians in the verses. The lyrics mention Donald Glover and Frank Ocean's 2016 album Blonde. The song spread first on TikTok, where a clip of JVKE playing it for his childhood piano teacher helped. It debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 10 September 2022 on 7.2 million U.S. streams and reached the top 10 on the chart dated 4 February 2023, with pop radio the main driver of that climb. In the UK it peaked at No. 19 and spent 32 weeks in the Top 100.
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golden hour is a song by JVKE, the stage name of Jake Lawson, released on 15 July 2022 through AWAL and written and produced with his brother Zac Lawson. Piano begins the recording, and the verses mix singing with rap. The chorus puts more weight on the sung melody, so the track grows from a small piano opening into a larger sound. It runs 3 minutes 29 seconds. JVKE has said he began with a piano loop, experimenting with notes at the keys.
Critic Jason Lipshutz heard a contrast between the quick piano accompaniment and the scale of the chorus. He also noted the love-song imagery and references to contemporary musicians in the verses. The lyrics mention Donald Glover and Frank Ocean's 2016 album Blonde.
The song spread first on TikTok, where a clip of JVKE playing it for his childhood piano teacher helped. It debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 10 September 2022 on 7.2 million U.S. streams and reached the top 10 on the chart dated 4 February 2023, with pop radio the main driver of that climb. In the UK it peaked at No. 19 and spent 32 weeks in the Top 100.