[2] In an interview with Billboard, Ari Lennox said "A lot of these songs I’ve been holding on to for a long time, I just want the world to hear them.
[3] Michael Saponara of Billboard said the "sultry jazz-tinged" song "finds her exercising her vocal range while detailing another romantic encounter.
"[1] Cherise Johnson of HipHopDX wrote "Intimacy can go down at any time as indicated on her revealing third single, “Up Late,” where she sings of finally getting it in with a crush following a session of smoking on Backwoods.
According to Billboard, the video "plants a white and red platform randomly in the middle of the open mountainous region, as Ari belts out the sensual lyrics and moves to the beat of her final SBB single under the clear blue skies.
[7] On June 21, 2019, Ari Lennox made her television debut on Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a medley of "Up Late" and "BMO".