The-Dream: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch The-Dream play “Bedroom“, “Back In Love“ and “I Luv Your Girl“ at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: Twitter: Instagram: Aug. 30, 2019 | Rodney Carmichael -- “It’s kinda hard to sing like that with the daylight out,“ The-Dream said after finishing the first number in a steamy set of songs more appropriate for the bedroom than the sunlit cubicles of NPR. Even more than the mega-hits he’s written for the likes of Beyoncé (“Single Ladies“) and Rihanna (“Umbrella“), the self-styled radio killa’s early solo oeuvre — known as the Love trio — helped cement the songwriter’s saucy way with words. It’s a love language that finds The-Dream speaking directly to the streets, even as he aims to heat things up between the sheets. That metaphorical wink was on full display when he came to the Tiny Desk to share a couple of joints from his latest release, Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3. “I know al