"No Tomorrow, Pt. 2" is a song by American singer

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, featuring fellow American singer Ty Dolla Sign. It is a remix of the song "No Tomorrow" taken from Norwood's seventh studio album, '' B7'' (2020). "No Tomorrow" is a minimalist mid-tempo track with instrumentation from synthesizers, a piano, bass kicks, and

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s. It was written by Norwood and Joshua "YXSH" Thomas, while production was handled by Norwood, Thomas and Cory Rooney, with co-production by Darhyl "DJ" Camper. The remix was released as the album's third single on October 14, 2020. "No Tomorrow" was part of Norwood's set lists of her performances at the ''Billboard'' Music Awards and on '' Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' in 2020.

Background

Brandy Norwood and Joshua "YXSH" Thomas wrote the lyrics of "No Tomorrow", while its production was handled by Norwood, Thomas, and Cory Rooney, with additional production from Darhyl "DJ" Camper. Additional lyrics for the remix were penned by singer Ty Dolla Sign. On the collaboration, Norwood said: "I'm a huge fan of Ty Dolla $ign. I think he's a brilliant artist. He's always shown a lot of respect for my music so I just felt like the sound of our voices would be great."

Critical reception

"No Tomorrow" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Adi Mehta, writing for ''Entertainment Voice'', called the song "effortlessly catchy". He found that it "features a memorable chorus full of priceless lines like "I'm gon' blow your phone up / In case there is no tomorrow," and is stunning in the way jagged pieces fall into elegant arrangements of vocals, resolving when Brandy finally declares, "I feel so beautiful"." '' The Chicago Defender'' journalist Kimberly M. Dobine cited "No Tomorrow" as one of her favorite songs on ''B7''. She remarked that "the clever vocal arrangements

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show us that she is proudly embracing who she is as an artist, and the "Vocal Bible", we have come to admire." Teodor Zetko, writing for ''

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'', found that the song "smoothly — and slightly nihilistically — celebrates a romance and the immediacy of indulging in infatuation, to reduce regret as if life will cease tomorrow." AllMusic editor Andy Kellman called the song a "dizzied love song" and ranked it along with "Rather Be" among "the sweetest songs in her catalog". '' Pitchfork''s Stephen Kearse complimented Camper, Daniels, and Norwood's joint production on the track and wrote: "The propulsive finger snaps and bass kicks of “No Tomorrow” contrast the song's grim subject matter about the end of a relationship."

Live performances

On October 14, 2020, Norwood performed "No Tomorrow, Pt. 2" live for the first time as part of a medley, also consisting of previous single " Borderline" and her 1999 single " Almost Doesn't Count", at the ''Billboard'' Music Awards. Her first performance at the awards ceremony in twenty-five years, she performed without a live audience due to COVID-19 protocols, wearing black pants and a lacy white top with long jacket, with her hair braided in various top knots. Ty Dolla $ign joined her only for the "No Tomorrow" portion of the medley. The pair sang to each other while maintaining their distance on stage. Norwood received generally positive reviews, with Stephen Daw from ''

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'' calling it "a stunning medley". In his review for '' TVLine''s Andy Swift declared the performance a "triumphant return".

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''B7''. *Andy Barnes – engineer *

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– co-producer * Jaycen Joshua – mastering, mixing *Brandy Norwood – producer, vocals, writer * Cory Rooney – producer *Joshua "YXSH" Thomas – producer, writer * Ty Dolla Sign – vocals, writer (Part 2)

Release history

References

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