late night drive home began as a lo-fi garage project, recalibrating their nostalgia for 2000s indie rock into viral hits. With their debut album, As I Watch My Life Online, the El Paso outfit are fixated on the digital realm, exploring the ills of being too steeped in internet culture.
Having released “terabyte” — a song that confesses an addiction to a “twisted website” — last month, they’ve returned with “she came for a sweet time,” which was made with Sonny DiPerri. “The song speaks about online hookup and meet-up culture — the instant gratification cultivated by TikTok and Reels,” guitarist Juan “Ockz” Vargas says. “Online dating apps work the same way; you’re able to swipe between hundreds of individuals in the span of five minutes, turning love into content.”
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Vocalist Andre Portillo adds, “Isolation is an interesting concept when you factor in the idea of millions of people in the palm of your hand. We see face after face, yet we don’t think twice about our social interactions. The cure instantly becomes the downfall of your mental stability. Relationships lose meaning. I mean, there’s no point in worrying about the previous interaction when you’ll have a new one the next day.”
The track comes with a frenzied video directed by Ockz, where an overriding glitchiness is meant to mirror the chaos and exhaustion of being extremely online. Watch it below.