WHOT Episode 147 – “I Still Love You” by Ann Peebles
Hosted by Mangus Khan

[Low crackle. The beat eases in—slow, steady, unbothered. Ann’s voice follows: calm, clear, resolute.]

“WHOT.

The hottest in the cool.

You’re back inside Late Night Grooves.

And I’m Mangus Khan.

Tonight—Episode 147—we sit with a song that’s soft on delivery and brutal in truth.

Ann Peebles.
‘I Still Love You.’
From Straight from the Heart, 1972.

Now let me tell you something:

This song is dangerous.

Not because it screams.

But because it doesn’t.

It says the quiet part out loud—
And still keeps its composure.

“I still love you…
I just don’t know why.”

That’s it.

That’s the whole ache.

Have you ever loved someone past the point where it made sense?

Past the apologies, past the clarity, past the part where you swore you were done?

And yet… there it is.

Still lodged in your chest like a name you’re too proud to whisper but too broken to forget.

Ann sings that moment.

But she doesn’t collapse under it.

She holds it.

Like a glass of water with just enough shake to tell you it’s heavy—but she’s not dropping it.

That’s strength.

That’s what most heartbreak songs get wrong.

They act like falling apart is the only honest outcome.

But sometimes?

The bravest thing you can do is keep standing.

Still in love.
Still confused.
Still moving forward anyway.

The groove on this track—
It doesn’t chase the drama.

It lets the weight of the words settle in.

The drums, the guitar—they give her room.

Room to tell the truth with elegance.

Ann Peebles has that rare gift:

She can sound like she’s telling you a secret while looking you dead in the eye.

That’s not performance.

That’s presence.

So if you’re listening tonight and you’re carrying some old name you never gave back—
Some love you still haven’t found the exit for—

This one’s for you.

It doesn’t judge.
It doesn’t fix.

It understands.

Episode 147.

I Still Love You.

Ann Peebles.

This is Late Night Grooves.
WHOT.

And I’m Mangus Khan—

Still honoring the slow truths.

Still playing what most folks are afraid to feel.”

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