My name is short for Versatile, so Weeknd switching his sound up around Starboy and leaning into pop never bothered me. I appreciate both eras because the quality never dipped. Just comes down to what you prefer more sonically.
In terms of urban pop, he's the closest we'll get to MJ IMO. In terms of tone and sound, he's like if MJ's black child got kicked out of the house and grew up around scumbags
Chris is MJ's technical dancing ability/stage skill. The rest is Abel. Them both Mike's kids.
Dawn FM was insanely good. I was blown away when I first heard it. After Hours was brilliant too.
I'ma spin this tonight at the gym. Hope it's not too many slow jams lol.