The Weeknd - STARBOY (Discussion Thread)

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imagine if he was a bloody bhris breezy level dancer/performer sheesh
the aesthetic wrapped around the product is a major key
the xo team deserve a salute for all the work they put in shaping his mythology

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I have a feeling he's not going back to Trilogy just because he's rockin the same cut or killing off palm tree head. I feel like this album will be different than Trilogy, KL and Beauty.

People forget he wanted to be a pop star all along. It was his plan, he laid it out on Rolling Stone on his 2nd mixtape. Idk why people get upset. But I do think he's completely gravitating away from Beauty but I don't think he's doing anything related to Trilogy either
 

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this video is kind of pointless

Music videos in general or pretty much pointless but I do like to see videos from new artists when they show their true selves etc
 

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I have to agree with that cac @Hammer. Dude went from this moody, mysterious dude who made interesting music to this generic pop star. He's like a slightly darker version of Jason Derulo. I know he's fanatic male fans will "he's getting money blah blah" That's cool no ones hating but his artistic integrity is shyt. And I feel his past was nothing more then a gimmick
 
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I have to agree with that cac @Hammer. Dude went from this moody, mysterious dude who made interesting music to this generic pop star. He's like a slightly darker version of Jason Derulo. I know he's fanatic male fans will "he's getting money blah blah" That's cool no ones hating but his artistic integrity is shyt. And I feel his past was nothing more then a gimmick

They don't wanna hear this. His stans would rather believe this is actually good. Mans been taking steps backward since HOB, literally every project worse than the last.

Then the whole going pop thing, just seems so forced, you can still sell a lot of records while sticking to your roots, ask Frank, ask Kendrick.

Hopefully the rest of the album is good.
 

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This shyt is corny as fukk...

I will always check for his music just because he was my favorite artist and Trilogy and Kissland will always be up there for me.

But this shyt is fukking corny...

The entire music video was fukking car commercial bruh...

He really just turned himself into a moody pill popping Jason Derulo.


Like the quality drop in his artistry is like never seen before...you thought Eminem's drop was bad...this is pretty bad

How you go from making music videos like Pretty...to The Hills to fukking In the Night and Starboy?:francis:


nikka dancing with a big ass red lightsaber cross... :scust:
 

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So is he killing off Beauty Behind the Madness(pop) weekend or fully embracing him here? The song and video tell me different stories. :patrice:

...The Hills, Tell Your Friends and Can't Feel My Face Video is an infinite loop....

The Hills is about Abel's descent into the mainstream.

Can't Feel My Face is about his baptism as the chosen one.

Tell Your Friends is about his conquering of the Pop world....

He leaves the club after he is anointed, the gets in the car and it crashes and goes to hell, then he comes back and hunts down the Devil...and kills him and his old self and drives off...but he's destined to do it again...since he gets back in the same car...

It's an infinite loop...meaning that he is always gonna be Pop and he's always gonna kill himself..(reinvent himself).

Starboy video is just him reinventing himself...

So instead the kinky haired weirdo, he's a Starboy, he's a leaner, sleeker Weeknd.

Think of Starboy as his version of Bad...introducing himself as this confident bad ass.

Also...Starboy...Lucifer the Morningstar...

The Hills,Tell Your Friends, Can't Feel My Face invoked the story of Jesus...being the chosen one, descending into hell after death, to raise again and conquer the Devil (Industry).
 

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Y'all nikkas need to chill :pachaha:

I'm literally a day one fan remember back on sohh when he first dropped and people were saying he's bubbling. Am I completely thrilled with bbtm naw but nikka was homeless at one point and dropped gems for free. I actually ranked kiss land ahead of everything but Hob but the general populace panned it and that whole album other than wanderlust was pure darkness. So what y'all nikkas really want at the end of the day
 
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