these songs are 10 years old man who cares
Wait
New blonded hoodies and magazine reprint dropping Black Friday
“the weeknd hasnt evolved musically” takes always confuse me bc what 😭
listen to house of balloons then listen to dawn fm and tell me thats the same artist. early weeknd was all dark minimal alt rnb super d***gy and emotionally detached sounding. then he slowly moved into synthpop, new wave, stadium pop, disco influences, cinematic production etc without fully losing his identity
and honestly thats harder than ppl make it seem. a lot of artists “evolve” by completely changing who they are every era. abel evolved while still sounding like himself
after hours and dawn fm especially feel way more ambitious structurally too. transitions, storytelling, concepts, vocal control, production quality, all of it leveled up hard compared to trilogy era. dawn fm literally feels like some weird existential radio station in purgatory at 3am
people just ignore his evolution bc he became mainstream. for some reason once an artist gets huge ppl start acting like experimentation only counts if ur underground and mysterious lol
I wouldn’t say that switching sound is evolving. I think his older music was way more true to himself than his new stuff. Lyrically and vocally.
What is his identity now?
Fair point with transitions and other structural aspects that make his albums seem more complete and more professional
“the weeknd hasnt evolved musically” takes always confuse me bc what 😭
listen to house of balloons then listen to dawn fm and tell me thats the same artist. early weeknd was all dark minimal alt rnb super d***gy and emotionally detached sounding. then he slowly moved into synthpop, new wave, stadium pop, disco influences, cinematic production etc without fully losing his identity
and honestly thats harder than ppl make it seem. a lot of artists “evolve” by completely changing who they are every era. abel evolved while still sounding like himself
after hours and dawn fm especially feel way more ambitious structurally too. transitions, storytelling, concepts, vocal control, production quality, all of it leveled up hard compared to trilogy era. dawn fm literally feels like some weird existential radio station in purgatory at 3am
people just ignore his evolution bc he became mainstream. for some reason once an artist gets huge ppl start acting like experimentation only counts if ur underground and mysterious lol
Saying someone “needs to involve musically” is some Anthony Fantano s***
If it sounds good who cares
who cares if they are 10 years old if they sound contemporary and modern after that amount of time. obviously you want him to release new music but i’m fine with what we have.
would the current era of music that has turned art into content even allow for a new frank ocean album to breathe without people rage baiting and milking it dry?
“the weeknd hasnt evolved musically” takes always confuse me bc what 😭
listen to house of balloons then listen to dawn fm and tell me thats the same artist. early weeknd was all dark minimal alt rnb super d***gy and emotionally detached sounding. then he slowly moved into synthpop, new wave, stadium pop, disco influences, cinematic production etc without fully losing his identity
and honestly thats harder than ppl make it seem. a lot of artists “evolve” by completely changing who they are every era. abel evolved while still sounding like himself
after hours and dawn fm especially feel way more ambitious structurally too. transitions, storytelling, concepts, vocal control, production quality, all of it leveled up hard compared to trilogy era. dawn fm literally feels like some weird existential radio station in purgatory at 3am
people just ignore his evolution bc he became mainstream. for some reason once an artist gets huge ppl start acting like experimentation only counts if ur underground and mysterious lol
It matters that he starting working with Max Martin among others, and really shooting to become a big star. Nothing wrong with that and was probably what he was supposed to do.
But as far as I know. Frank artistry as a musician and pen is just a bit different.
Did all that and can’t even reach these heights
This cool but Cayendo generational
This cool but Cayendo generational
Last song he dropped and it was before Covid was recognized as a panoramic
Blond didn’t change music or anything, it’s just a really good album. If you’ve only listened to like 20 albums your whole life, I can see why it’d feel like the greatest thing ever though
whats ur favorite oat?
All this hype just for it to be mid.
Drake confirmed no physicals?
There will be after, but not first week to count to the charts.
He’ll likely announce D2C formats and the pre-order dates soon.
He f***s with Molly. Imagine she’s on 🧊🧊 lol. I fw her too
"He f***s with Molly"
So does Rick Ross
“the weeknd hasnt evolved musically” takes always confuse me bc what 😭
listen to house of balloons then listen to dawn fm and tell me thats the same artist. early weeknd was all dark minimal alt rnb super d***gy and emotionally detached sounding. then he slowly moved into synthpop, new wave, stadium pop, disco influences, cinematic production etc without fully losing his identity
and honestly thats harder than ppl make it seem. a lot of artists “evolve” by completely changing who they are every era. abel evolved while still sounding like himself
after hours and dawn fm especially feel way more ambitious structurally too. transitions, storytelling, concepts, vocal control, production quality, all of it leveled up hard compared to trilogy era. dawn fm literally feels like some weird existential radio station in purgatory at 3am
people just ignore his evolution bc he became mainstream. for some reason once an artist gets huge ppl start acting like experimentation only counts if ur underground and mysterious lol
It's really hard to argue that he has evolved when he literally invented a whole unique sound, which no one was coming close to doing & got really popular off it. And then decided to throw that out of the window & start trying to sound a lot more like every other pop artist/music from the past.
Everything about The Weeknd's last 3 projects is replaceable by other artists. Nothing about his first 3 was replaceable. That's what people mean.
I love when Drake puts these females in their place like a real estate agent
MY EX ASKED ME WHERE YOU MOVING I SAID ONTO BETTER THINGS