Ep 23 S5 Time Moves Slow with Sophia Warren
Sophia Warren didn’t choose Time Moves Slow by BadBadNotGood because it was trendy or nostalgic. She chose it because it’s tangled up in a very specific time in her life—when she was falling for someone she worked with. At first, it was just about wanting to be around him, casually finding reasons to talk, laughing over shared moments. Eventually, that effort built a real friendship, and before long, something more.
She first noticed the song playing in the background of Adult Swim—one of those quiet moments that unexpectedly grabs your attention. Later, when it blew up on TikTok, it felt like everyone was using it. But by then, it was already hers. It had already wrapped itself around that season of her life.
The song didn’t define the relationship, but it became part of it. Its slow, soulful pace mirrored the way things unfolded—carefully, emotionally, and with a sense of closeness that wasn’t always easy to explain. At first, it felt like a love song. Later, after things ended, it felt like a song about everything left unsaid. The lyrics didn’t change, but her relationship to them did.
Now, when Sophia hears Time Moves Slow, she doesn’t skip it. It’s not a sad song, exactly—it just holds a moment in time. It brings back the conversations, the tension, the emotional shifts that happen when two people start to blur the lines between friends and more. It’s a reminder of the person she was then, and the version of herself she was growing into. She encourages others to listen to it, too—not necessarily to feel her story, but to sit in their own. Especially if they’re thinking about their first love, and how powerful that connection can feel.
BadBadNotGood is a Canadian band known for blending jazz with soul, hip-hop, and experimental sounds. Formed in 2010, the group started by reinterpreting hip-hop tracks with live instruments, and their work eventually caught the attention of artists like Tyler, the Creator and Kendrick Lamar. Time Moves Slow, from their 2016 album IV, features vocalist Samuel T. Herring from Future Islands and has become one of their most streamed tracks, especially after gaining popularity with younger audiences through late-night Adult Swim features and viral TikTok trends.
For Sophia, it’s not about where the song charted or how many people recognize it. It’s about how it instantly puts her back in a time when she was still figuring things out—about herself, about love, and about how powerful a single track can be when it shows up at the right time.
Time Moves Slow (the song)
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