tape/stop/night is a Mandarin Chinese pop track by Sugar & Co., a musical unit comprising composer ANK and vocalist kumako (熊子). The song first appeared in the rhythm game Muse Dash before being ported to maimai as part of the でらっくす FESTiVAL PLUS update on April 14, 2023. It holds a distinctive place in the maimai song library as the first Mandarin-language vocal track added to the mainline DX series (outside the China-exclusive 舞萌 cabinets), signaling a broadening of the game's linguistic and cultural repertoire. Musically, tape/stop/night evokes a nostalgic, neon-lit nightclub atmosphere at a relaxed 115 BPM. Its lyrics weave English phrases like "Secret Friday Night" and "Sunday Tipsy Dance" with Mandarin verses about dancing under red-and-violet lights, retro fashion, and escaping the present moment—fitting the track's dreamy, retro-pop mood. The accompanying music video was produced by 白子生 (Baizisheng), whose visual direction complements the song's nighttime aesthetic. On the charting side, the MASTER difficulty (Level 12+, constant 12.8) was designed by はっぴー (Happy) and stands out for its unusually heavy Slide-note emphasis: 163 Slides out of 563 total notes, a significantly higher Slide density than many charts at this level. The EXPERT chart (Level 10) was designed by みそかつ侍 (Misokatsu Samurai). In the Chinese version of maimai (舞萌DX 2023), the song arrived later on July 6, 2023, while it was available at launch in the Asian international release.