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Alex Isley explores the thoughts that keep us up at night in her dreamy new album

NPR | By Ailsa Chang,
Michael Levitt, Elle Mannion, William Troop
Published March 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM EDT

A restless mind can make sleep elusive. R&B singer Alex Isley channels those lingering nighttime thoughts into her new album, When The City Sleeps.

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Ailsa Chang
Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.
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Michael Levitt
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William Troop
William Troop is a supervising editor at All Things Considered.