The Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling trendsetter first rose to prominence with his three independent online releases in 2011- House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence. 2012s Trilogy reached platinum status in the US & Canada and debuted at 4 on the. It’s the first time the mixtape is available in its entirety in its original format, as it was remastered ahead of its inclusion in the compilation album Trilogy, which also comprises revamped versions of his other 2011 mixtape releases House of Balloons and Echoes of Silence, as well as three additional songs.The feminine voice that launches Lonely Star, the first song of the Weeknd’s second mixtape Thursday, seems foreign to the artist’s own.Gender’s only half the difference.
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And those that do probably don't have a Drake co-sign and such a carefully managed cloak of anonymity. But not many artists, especially in the Internet era, show up with such a well-developed aesthetic (a very foggy, of-the-moment variation on mainstream radio's slow jams) and something as self-assured as the House of Balloons mixtape. It sounds a bit ridiculous to say that the Weeknd avoid the sophomore slump with Thursday, given that the Toronto crew's first release arrived just five months ago. These four tracks have vibes for days and epitomise the early Weeknds other side - still intoxicated, but the after-party, comedown, morning regret mood.The musically diverse tape explores themes of heartbreak, substance use and the rapper’s rising fame, after the preceding tape in the series put him on the radar of critics and expanded his fanbase beyond the Toronto rap scene.Thursday is amoodysong byThe Weekndwith a tempo of177 BPM.It can also be used half-time at89 BPM.The track runs5 minutes and 20 secondslong with aFkey and.Thursday’s release is accompanied by a capsule collection in collaboration with the Japanese artist MR., who works under the mentorship of Takashi Murakami. The 13-piece manga and anime-inspired collection include cut and sew garments spanning t-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, jackets and hats, along with a collectible figure, a rug and three exclusive prints.Thursday is out now on all streaming platforms. The capsule collection and a limited edition 2-LP vinyl of the mixtape are available on The Weeknd’s official website.In other music news, Ty Dolla $ign and dvsn dropped the clubby single “Memories” and reveal the tracklist for their upcoming album.
It's almost sympathetic, though it's just as likely that this is some new, more nefarious form of seduction by way of self-deprecation after all, the last words crooned on the album are, "I am God."When Thursday comes to an end, you have to wonder where the Weeknd go from here. The gorgeous "Rolling Stone" contains meta references to Tesfaye "smoking til' can't hit another note" and concerns that his mystery is fading. Repeating the days of the week on "Thursday" slowly comes off as pretty pathetic, even a tad OCD, and "Gone", a hypnotic, purposefully stagnant epic, feels a lot like being at a party near a guy content to tell you how fucked up he is, over and over again. Part of the odd appeal to the Weeknd's music is that by spending this much time with a predator, the vulnerable inconsistencies in an image trying hard to armor itself with coke, pills, and cynicism start to show through. The introduction of anything resembling an ethical point of view is jarring and underlines the stark differences between these collaborators.Drake gets mileage out of being conflicted and in over his head, while Tesfaye sings from the perspective of an unabashed creep who doesn't care what people think, and waits for the moment when everything's at a tipping point and people's guards are down. Surprisingly, he remains himself, talking about not having fun at a strip club ("Whoa, all these broken hearts on that pole") and later on, advising a groupie to "be you." Even when Drake seemingly stumbles into an encounter in which he does indeed, fuck "your girlfriend," he isn't devilishly smiling about it, and there's no question of consent as there often is on many of the Weeknd's drug-fueled seduction songs.
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