The Weeknd Thread ( "The Dawn FM" OUT NOW)

Favorite Weeknd Project?

  • House of Balloons

    Votes: 38 42.2%

  • Thursday

    Votes: 5 5.6%

  • Echoes of Silence

    Votes: 4 4.4%

  • Kiss Land

    Votes: 18 20.0%

  • Beauty Behind The Madness

    Votes: 5 5.6%

  • Starboy

    Votes: 6 6.7%

  • My Dear Melancholy

    Votes: 7 7.8%

  • After Hours

    Votes: 7 7.8%
  • Total voters
    90
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Travis gets turnt but he uses back vocals still which is pretty sucky

That being said BANKS was the deal breaker and she won't be at the Houston show so seems like this is a pass for me :frown:

Apparently album leaked as well.
 
Hmu if anyone needs it. Got a zippy link for a very fast download.
 
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Intro track (Real Life) is pretty much a slow ballad/pop song. Personally I like it but it's far removed from the Trilogy/Kissland sound.

I'll edit this post as I continue listening

Track 2 (Losers ft. Labrinth) is also pretty poppy, a little faster paced. Audio seems a bit off though. Regardless I'm not really digging this song that much.

The instrumental is pretty cool but I could've definitely done without the feature on this track.

Track 3 is a bit more like his older sound. The instrumental is a nice sample and definitely not as poppy as the previous tracks. Some extremely raunchy lyrics on this song lol.

Skipped Often and The Hills

Track 6 (Acquainted) is my favorite so far. It's like a slightly more pop version of Girls Born In The 90s.

Dope track.

Skipped I Can't Feel My Face.

Track 8 (Shameless) is an accoustic track with a little change-up at the end.

Really enjoying this track.

Skipped Earned It and In The Night

Track 11 (As You Are) is another slow ballad. I could see this getting some major radio play.

Nice change-up around halfway into the track. Very ambient sounding.

Overall dope track.

Track 12 (Dark Times ft. Ed Sheeran) starts off with a verse from Ed Sheeran.

Very slow paced track. Ed and Weeknd work together very well on this track and both have an equal presence on the track. Lots a of a few lines for Ed, then a few lines from Weeknd etc.

Overall it's just too sow for me though, don't really care much for this track.

Track 13 (Prisoner ft. Lana Del Ray) is once again a pretty slow paced ballad. Lana fits in very well on this track.

Not bad but I don't particularly care much for this track either.

The final track "Angel" is a great closer to the album. Definitely one of the highlights of the album.

Now that I've listened to all the songs I'll safely say that this is a pop album for the most part.

There's really no comparing this to Trilogy or Kissland. I have no doubt in my mind that this album will do huge numbers though.

Personally I'd rate it about a 7 on my first listen. I was expecting most of the album to be pop so there's no real disappointment for me.

There's some tracks I really enjoy and others I don't care much for but nothing I'd call bad. The only track I'd skip is Earned It.

I think this album has the potential to truly cement The Weeknd as one of the biggest mainstream artists.
 
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Beauty Behind The Madness is The Noise+The Weeknd. He definitely went the pop route.
 
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It has beguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!

Sorry I got my headphones in at work...Nobody better not come and interrupt da kid!
 
Standout tracks...imo
Real Life
Losers
Tell Your Friends
The Hills
Shameless
Dark Times
Prisoner

Overall the album is decent. The sound is very different.
 
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Is it subliminally dark though?

The young gawd has it fans but then he has his true OG fans which is definitely all of NTXO. If I ever meet the young gawd I'm going to salute him and tell him just for the OG fans give us a savage mixtape. It could be only 3 tracks idc I just need that savagery.

How many of you can say that the OG mix tapes are timeless? It's been years but it's been heavy rotation since day one. I could never get tired of it. It really hits me though when he goes I'm only 21 or I'm only 20 girl. Time has passed.
 
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Is it subliminally dark though?

The young gawd has it fans but then he has his true OG fans which is definitely all of NTXO. If I ever meet the young gawd I'm going to salute him and tell him just for the OG fans give us a savage mixtape. It could be only 3 tracks idc I just need that savagery.

How many of you can say that the OG mix tapes are timeless? It's been years but it's been heavy rotation since day one. I could never get tired of it. It really hits me though when he goes I'm only 21 or I'm only 20 girl. Time has passed.
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The OG mixtapes are definitely timeless. I'd even add Kiss Land to it. As far as this album...eh...I think it'll grow on ppl more but imo it's the least satisfying of the 5.
 
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