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The Real problem with Weeknd: Zero mic presence, creativity, artistry

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Basically everything that should define a popular/good artist. I'm specifically talking about the last year or so or however much it's been post trilogy.

This is somewhat hard to explain but it's as if he's turned off his creative motor in every single way (lyrically, vocally) to mold his song into the pre decided drugged out ego trip bullshit he's been on for the past two years. This is blatantly evident in all of his recent failed and boring af singles. All his singles sound like Weeknd hopping on a beat that fits his 'image' and his spewing a mix of drag queen/whispering/sex&drugs&money and him riding the beat until the chorus hoping for the best. This is not music, this is hearing Abel Tesfaye drag queen across a song and then the chrous comes on, the songs aren't defining or uniquely amazing anymore. Partly because it's been done before, but mostly because he's changed.

Think of it this way, replace all of his singing from his other gbage tracks (enemy, 28, till dawn, kissland etc.) and mix them all up across songs and you won't notice a fuqing difference. Where is the soothing falsetto of "Thinkin bout you"? The non chalant and spaced out Frank in "Novacane/Pyramids pt2", The clean but aggressive vocal candor of "Adorn"? The upbeat and overly confident miguel in "Do you"? You get the point. It's part of the reason why Weeknd generally sucks live. Live is much more about the vocals and mic presence of the song, of which weeknd has none.

You're probably thinking "Then why was HoB so good?"

HoB was incredible. Songs like What you need were complemented perfectly by an aggressive and screeching performance by Abel on a lo-fi overlay. Brilliant. The fast paced but relaxed delivery on Loft Music and The Party, and of course the drugged out delivery on The Morning etc. 3 years later and he's still trying to create The Morning pt. 2 lol. I honestly believe the reason why HoB is so much better than his other work is because it was fresh. It blew minds cause no one heard anything like it before, and to Abel's credit, his vocals often matched the song. But for the past 3 years his creativity has stalled completely while bringing in different beats trying to create the exact same structure/vibe of HoB with the only differentiating factor being the production, he is no longer a true artist, and to be honest i dont think he ever was. Judging by how much he sucks now i'm starting to think he either got lucky or was carried by people he ended up fucking over in HoB (maybe why he's uncreative rhetoric now)

Oh and to you stans who think his new lyrics about coming fro poverty to seeing the whole new world is a defining/changing/hopeful moment as to what to expect on Kissland

I got a brand new place, I think I've seen it twice all year
I can't remember how it looks inside, so you can picture how my life's been
I went from starin' at the same four walls for 21 years
To seein' the whole world in just twelve months

Well probably not, if I keep my habits up
Probably not if I can't keep up with lovin'
I can't stand talkin' to brand new girls
Only bitches down to fuck when you shower them with ones
Probably not if I tweak all day just to sleep at night
God damn I'm high

So he's bragging about how successful he is now and how fast it came for him and then a couple lines later hes talking about how he cant sleep at night and fucking strippers :hah: omg you stans are seriously delusional. Enjoy your drag queen garbage
 
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#81 ·
Sekhmet said:
bruh is trying to pass it off like an amazing work of literature when shit is just face value. it's basic.
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Its not literature, its music. Reading the lyrics, off course the song is basic.

But like I told you before, the tone and pitch in his voice and the atmospheric production make the song beautiful.

Its not every day that a song creates a character that is narcissistic and hedonistic while at the same time is vulnerable and heartbroken. Wicked Games is a beautifully composed song and I dont know how you can say otherwise/ 
 
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#82 ·
Sekhmet said:
shit, say the birds is an example of his writing skills, or rolling stone

not wicked games :cmon:
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Please stop confusing song writing and lyricism.

Lyrically Birds Pt 1 and 2 or Rolling stone or Heaven or Las Vegas are his best songs

But in terms of song writing, Wicked Games is his best by far except maybe for Initiation
 
#85 ·
sam_malone said:
This ***** went off on a pimps and hoes tangent :hah:
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and drugs....... :hah:

But I used hang around that sh** everything night.  So to me it's like what the fuk you mean OP? I'm astonish he's actuality sing about this sh**.

To it's me surreal knowing dozen of chicks who where dunk and on pills every night. knowing half of them were prostitute themselves,  knowing half of those had pimps. I mean got damn ****** generally don't know women like these by their first names. And ****** walking up to me trying to get me to sell there drugs, like man you went to make some real money, like wtf.

Sekhmet said:
bruh is trying to pass it off like an amazing work of literature when shit is just face value. it's basic.
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No........ bruh is trying to tell you it's about real psychological life sh** what people go through. And you don't know about the sh**, what he's actually singing about. It's deeper than anything Frank has written. All of frank songs are shallow meaning or basic loves songs with hell of unnecessary metaphors.

And I told you I'm not a true Weeknd stan either. but I do see him as great artist and he's better than Frank. imao

Edit. No shots a Frank because I like a few of his songs.
 
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#86 ·
Funkytown817 said:
and drugs....... :hah:

But I used hang around that sh** everything night.  So to me it's like what the fuk you mean OP? I'm astonish he's actuality sing about this sh**.

To it's me surreal knowing dozen of chicks who where dunk and on pills every night. knowing half of them were prostitute themselves,  knowing half of those had pimps. I mean got damn ****** generally don't know women like these by their first names. And ****** walking up to me trying to get me to sell there drugs, like man you went to make some real money, like wtf.
No........ bruh is trying to tell you it's about real psychological life sh** what people go through. And you don't know about the sh**, what he's actually singing about. It's deeper than anything Frank has written. All of frank songs are shallow meaning or basic loves songs with hell of unnecessary metaphors.

And I told you I'm not a true Weeknd stan either. but I do see him as great artist and he's better than Frank. imao

Edit. No shots a Frank because I like a few of his songs.
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bad religion isn't just a sappy love song you imbecile

neither is SRK
 
#89 ·
I understand why people are saying The Weeknd isn't that great anymore (and after hearing his features, bonus tracks, Enemy, and Kiss Land, I kind of agree with those people tbh), but saying Wicked Games is basic... LMAO. Wicked Games is one of the best songs ever made. It's fucking phenomenal. There's no way anyone can argue otherwise.
 
#90 ·
killsganti said:
I understand why people are saying The Weeknd isn't that great anymore (and after hearing his features, bonus tracks, Enemy, and Kiss Land, I kind of agree with those people tbh), but saying Wicked Games is basic... LMAO. Wicked Games is one of the best songs ever made. It's fucking phenomenal. There's no way anyone can argue otherwise.
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#98 ·
I6I8I565I9I99I5I4II2 said:
Congrats, you share an opinion with a balding white man with manboobs who bums Death Grips. Have a cookie.
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first of all fantano is one of the most respected modern reviewers in the world right now #factsonly

second of all fantano's review (5/10) is only 1 point under the concensus average (6/10) #factsonly

third of all if you're gonna talk about looks the weeknd is shorter, 2x uglier, less fit, weirder and looks like much more of a phaggot than fantano. #factsonly
 
#99 ·
Kirk Lazarus said:
first of all fantano is one of the most respected modern reviewers in the world right now #factsonly

second of all fantano's review (5/10) is only 1 point under the concensus average (6/10) #factsonly

third of all if you're gonna talk about looks the weeknd is shorter, 2x uglier, less fit, weirder and looks like much more of a phaggot than fantano. #factsonly
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Bitches throw panties at Abel though.
 
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#101 ·
Kirk Lazarus said:
first of all fantano is one of the most respected modern reviewers in the world right now #factsonly

second of all fantano's review (5/10) is only 1 point under the concensus average (6/10) #factsonly
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No, he isn't

No one gives a fuck about this guy, srs - just a blogger

He had zero credibility, did not cut his teeth anywhere

Just a snob with a camera and an Internet connection
 
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