Khalid Throws Caution To The Wind And Shoots His Shot On 'Eleven'

Khalid's sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle, anxious to know the response to his question. Mid conversation, he gets quiet and opens his mouth, leaving it hanging for a second. Then he turns to you to ask one thing. "Are you feeling me?"


That's the innocent, burning question at the center of the R & B singer's new song, "Eleven." Soon after presumed weeks of parking lot conversations and wordless drives by way of the city right before midnight, Khalid wants to – no, has to –  know if the person next to him likes him at all. It's clear that he's been feeling the vibes of their several moments and before he makes a move, he has to stop guessing, control his fear, and ask.


It turns out, it's an easy ask over such a mellow beat that's made for calming soon after dusk. A whispering guitar and answering handclap mimick the curious dance between Khalid and his passenger because the singer croons his question. Additionally to its suggestive romantic nature, "Eleven" also contains a couple of auto tidbits for vehicle geeks. "Twenty-one, sitting on my M5/ Ride around summer, all-wheel-drive," he sings, bragging a little about the makeup of his BMW M5. It's the sort of subtle flex you relay to someone you're interested in just in case they don't know what you're driving. Basically, you're letting them know that you have it like that.


Khalid explained a little about how the song came with each other to Zane Lowe of Apple Music's Beats 1." "My mom lives, breathes, and sleeps R & B music, so I really feel like this is the ode to just people who came before me, " he mentioned. "It reminds me of that Timbaland and Aaliyah era as soon as music just felt so good."


Khalid's latest loosie follows "Up All Night" which he dropped in November. That track pondered the method of growing older and thinking about the future from a mature standpoint.


Check out Khalid's awesome shoot-your-shot tune, "Eleven," up above.