The Weeknd - Dawn FM (Discussion Thread)

[JA_Carter]

Off first listen it’s cool but not on the level of After Hours.

In fact, Tory Lanez did the whole 80’s pop music better. Alone at Prom > Dawn FM

 

[High quality poster]

Say what you want but he definitely is the best musician of of the past decade. Never dropped a dud and his sound evolves with every project.

For those comparing it to Daft Punk, there are some influences but their sound is uniquely French Disco/Euro Pop. This album has touches of Freestyle and late 70s Disco. Above all, I love the sound. The only thing missing is the nightclubs.

That skit by QJ hella underrated. Out of Time is my shyt!

nah

 

[Chip Skylark]

Say what you want but he definitely is the best musician of of the past decade. Never dropped a dud and his sound evolves with every project.

For those comparing it to Daft Punk, there are some influences but their sound is uniquely French Disco/Euro Pop. This album has touches of Freestyle and late 70s Disco. Above all, I love the sound. The only thing missing is the nightclubs.

That skit by QJ hella underrated. Out of Time is my shyt!

This isn’t true lol

 

[Carlton Banks]

Baby, Is There Someone Else or Nah?!

 

[Redwood]

Sacrifice is the obvious MJ ripoff

So far it's great and I'm five songs in .

 

[jaguar paw]

His pen is broken.

 

[ViShawn]

Off first listen it’s cool but not on the level of After Hours.

In fact, Tory Lanez did the whole 80’s pop music better. Alone at Prom > Dawn FM

I'm checking this out and loving it so far.

 

[Redwood]

I give this an 8, I liked how everything flowed seamlessly within. He could've done without the Wayne feature though

 

[distinguishedNOW]

Through the first half and this shyt is umm…interesting. The music good but not even sure I like it. It’s like dope ass department store music

 

[EmojiFlame]

can we stop pretending that this guy hasn't been releasing straight up mid for years now dawnfm might be a new low too lmfao

 

[jaguar paw]

Through the first half and this shyt is umm…interesting. The music good but not even sure I like it. It’s like dope ass department store music

Kohl’s FM

 

[Darealtwo1]

I feel this nikka is trying to 1up Tory on some nah I’m the Mj 80s nikka, nikka!

I think tory got wind of this album and beat the weeknd to the punch

 

[Redwood]

Kohl’s FM

 

[Point Blank]

shyt is nothing more than some house cleaning background music.

 

[re'up]

I like that his sound has matured and softened, to an extent. It gives it more longevity as his fan base (like me) ages, I'm 36 now. I was never really living like The Weeknd in terms of endless casual sex and messy relationships/hook ups, I am a little too focused and sober for that, ( but similar in it's own way.). So, his music was never that personal for me, in terms of actually relating to Vegas hookup nights, but the feel was deeply personal, of a little isolation, late nights, and feeling apart from the world, and even your own relationships.

At age 16/17 I was 100% doing a lot of cocaine, in hotel rooms, with my homies, with girls my age, and sometimes older escorts, money falling out of my pockets, as quickly as the valium pills, blue, smeared across the counter on the bathroom counter, blood on the hotel towels watching girls strip down in the harsh lighting. So, I get the life. I lived it really young.

at 36, I don't really want to revel in the temporary pleasures and often messiness of that shyt, so I like that his music matches that, instead of doubling down on the Trilogy 10 years later. And still throws the references to a more than slightly nomadic, at times a little depressive, or nihilistic lifestyle.

Less Than Zero was my favorite book in high school, for example, and now I find that writer a little on the nose, and not nearly as talented as the author of Bright Lights Big City, both 80's classics about excess, relationships, cocaine. Hence, the Weeknd's nod to the Bret Easton Ellis novel.