Lazy Love

" Lazy Love" is a song by American recording artist Ne-Yo, premiere online on May 14, 2012. It officially impacted Urban radio on May 29, 2012 and was released on June 12, 2012 by Motown Records for purchase as a digital download. It is the first single from his upcoming album R.E.D. The music video for the song premiered on June 11, 2012. The song entered the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart at #97, and has peaked at #29. [1]  The music video was directed by Diane Martel.

Background and Release
Ne-Yo's fifth album R.E.D. (2012) is the follow-up to the singer's 2010 concept-heavy studio album, Libra Scale. [2]  The album's first single titled "Lazy Love" was premiered online on May 14, 2012, [3] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> and was serviced to US urban<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> radio on May 29, 2012. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Press_Release_3-0" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[4] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> On June 12, 2012, the song was released for digital download<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> in the United States. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[6] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> "Lazy Love" is one of two songs which precede the album's release, the other " Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">" being directed towards mainstream audiences<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">, with its Europop<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> and synthpop<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> production. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Press_Release_3-1" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[4] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Dawson_6-0" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[7]

The Music Video
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">The clean version of the music video<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> was premiered on BET<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">'s 106 & Park on June 11, 2012. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[8] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">. While the explicit/dirty version of the video premiered the following day on VEVO.

Writing and Production
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">"Lazy Love" is a down-tempo<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> R&B<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> slow-jam written by Ne-Yo and Robert Shea Talor, with production courtesy of Shea Taylor. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Dawson_6-1" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[9] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> The song features a features a " sonorous<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;"> base" line and "slow-drip synths" with lyrics that centre on the "languid desire that pins a couple to their sheets way past morning". <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone_1-1" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[2]

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:19.09090805053711px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">Live performances
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.196969985961914px;">Ne-Yo has performed the song live. He performed it live for the first time on BET's 106 & Park. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[10]