she used to wait up for the first tray — Warm Bakery Lofi for Early Mornings & Focus

Two hours in a bakery that opens before the sun does. — the oven has been on since two in the morning — the windows are still dark blue — there is flour on the bench, the floor, the sleeves of your sweater — and you still make one extra, out of habit She used to wait up for the first tray. That was the deal: you'd work the night, she'd stay awake reading in the corner, and at five you'd hand her the first thing out of the oven, too hot to hold properly. She'd hold it anyway. The corner is empty now. You still make the extra one. The lead instrument here is an upright piano with the felt down — close-mic'd, a little out of tune in the top octave — over a soft mellotron flute and the low hum of the proofing cabinet. 70 BPM, instrumental throughout. Good for working alone, early. 0:00 the oven's been on since two 11:29 flour on everything, including you 22:05 the first tray comes out 34:32 nobody to hand one to 46:09 the windows are still dark blue 56:58 she'd be asleep right now 1:08:00 the racks fill up slowly 1:19:13 you make one too many, like always 1:30:32 the street starts to move outside 1:41:07 the blue turns grey 1:53:09 the first customer, and it isn't her Still Thinking of Her — lofi for the nights you don't put it away. A Late Hours Studio channel. Music generated with AI tools (Suno), then curated and sequenced by me. Cover image generated with AI.