Now and Later (song)
"Now and Later" is a song by American rapper Sage the Gemini. It was released on October 14, 2016, as the lead single from his debut mixtape, "Morse Code" (2017). The song was used in a popular Snapchat filter. Background. In an interview with Genius, Sage the Gemini spoke on the creation process behind the song: I was working with APG (Artist Publishing Group) for a very long time and I remember when I was like 19, we tried to come up with a candy song but we just could not do it. Obviously it was  very hard since it took me almost like five years to get it nailed. I don’t follow blueprints or whatever. So it just came to me. I wasn't like 'Ooh, I'm going to do this kind of song.' I heard it and as soon as they played it for me I was like 'This is a hit.' I went down there, told him to cut my microphone on, and I just started flowing out of my mind. Music video. The song's accompanying music video premiered on December 3, 2016, on Sage's YouTube account. Commercial performance . "Now and Later" debuted on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart after it was featured in promotion as a Snapchat filter in late November 2016. It later peaked at number 93 on US "Billboard" Hot 100 for the week of February 25, 2017.