Leonie Sherif Twilight – Amapiano Nights Under Electric Stillness

AMAPIANO, AFTER DARK, AND THAT WEIRDLY FEELING

There’s this moment – usually somewhere between your last drink and that split second before your body gives in – where your brain drifts into a half-dream. That’s where I landed when I hit play on TWILIGHT (Sp Deville Remix) by Leonie Sherif. One second in and I’m already floating somewhere between incense smoke and London pavement. Familiar and surreal.

The bass moves like something breathing heavy in the background, I feel it. The percussion is dry, clicking through your spine. There’s a kind of controlled tension in the track, like when someone walks into a room and doesn’t need to talk. You just feel they’ve been through some things.

Leonie’s vocals have that same effect. Not flashy, and not trying to impress. Just present. You hear the air, the grain, the tired desire under the notes. When she sings “no matter what, I need you by my side,” it just settles in like naturally. Like someone looking you in the eye instead of writing a poem about it.

LEONIE’S WORLD SMELLS LIKE BERRIES AND BURNED SUGAR

So here’s a twist: TWILIGHT is also a fragrance. Literally. Leonie made it. Candied berries, smoky incense, something sticky and spiritual. The track started with the scent, not the other way around. It shows. There’s a thickness to the vibe, like velvet that’s been worn again and again.

I’ve always liked artists who don’t stop at one medium. If you’ve got something to say, say it however it comes out. Just build it, bottle it. Press it into wax or sing it through a haze. Leonie Sherif’s doing that. It smells like marketing? I’d check my senses if I were you. Because it actually smells like someone cracked open their personal rituals and left the lid half off.

SOMETHING IN THE AIR, SOMETHING IN THE BEAT

There’s a line in there: “Take you to another galaxy.” And sure, the cosmos is trendy these days. But this is more like that odd stillness, when the night overstays its welcome and a single line just cracks through. Just something in her voice that caught me mid-thought, like hearing a secret meant only for you.

And Leonie? She’s not new to shaping other people’s soundscapes either. Since 2020, she’s been producing and writing for rising names like YXNGACE and TXMMY LI – blending into their visions while still building her own. Esoteric and NGMB gave her space to stretch her alt-RnB edges, while VENUS doubled as both a track and her debut fragrance. Lush, airy, slightly hedonistic. That whole scent-and-sound duality didn’t start with TWILIGHT. It’s been brewing. I dig that.

Directed and edited by Oliver Morris, produced by Leonie Sherif – the video mirrors the track’s late-night pulse and personal intensity.

LEONIE SHERIF TWILIGHT – FOR THE ONES STILL AWAKE

TWILIGHT (Sp Deville Remix) by Leonie Sherif plays for the ones still up when the lights go blue. The ones who make tea at midnight and sip it with whatever’s left of their energy. The ones who’d rather feel too much than nothing at all.

It’s personal. It’s East London soul dusted in gold. It’s a scent trail in a basement club. It’s a mood, a slice of someone’s real day dressed up in low light and slow heat.

You either feel it or you don’t. But if you do, you’ll probably play it again. And if you’re curious to step deeper into her world – find Leonie Sherif on Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, and YouTube. Same vibe, different corners of the same story.

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