![]() ![]() I owe it to people-to my family, to myself-to make music that makes me feel good and also is a little easier to understand.” THIS ISN’T A POP ALBUMĮver since the leak dropped, people all around the internet have been upset because this album is so different to the rest of The Weeknd’s music. I really was going at the punk aspect of everything, which worked, but I felt like it got redundant. “For a while, I didn’t focus on the commercial success. Pitchfork asked why he decided to chase a more straightforward sound with this album? But I think change and growth should be celebrated instead of admonished IF it’s at the benefit of the artists psyche and promotion of a new exciting sound, instead of our own selfish desire for the Same Old Song. Will we miss miss the raw hunger and passionate stylized sound his mixtapes? Of course. With that being said, I think we need to remind ourselves that: Evolution of artistry is guaranteed in the creative field of music. Thus his music has inevitably changed as you’d expect any young growing artist to do. ![]() He’s happier, more successful and A LOT more people know his name. He’s surrounded with new people, new influences. He’s been traveling the world ever since he went to Japan to create Kiss Land. He doesn’t spend most of his time in his old stopping grounds of Toronto. ![]() Abel is in a different place mentally and physically. He’s not living the same life he was 3-4 years ago. It’s A Different – But You Can’t Blame Him For This Change But it appears in a less abrasive way – with a more subtle, tame and loving method of storytelling. That’s what makes The Weeknd, The Weeknd. Yes the drugs, sex and partying are still riddled through his lyrics. It has remanences and hints of his previous work, but to plainly put it – it’s just different. Instead it has it’s own unique desultory sound that Abel is clearly experimenting with.īut this record is not Kiss Land, nor is it his infamous gloried Trilogy mixtapes. The synthetic ethereal sound of the Trilogy mixtapes are not strongly present on this record. Beauty Behind The Madness Extensive In Depth Analysis Review ![]()
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