Given that ‘Starboy’ is currently a Billboard #1 album and all 18 songs off it are sitting in the Hot 100 right now, it’s safe to say he’s succeeded at that.įrom the title track and lead single, Abel is making a clear statement – both with its music, accompanying video, and the shearing of his famous roadkill hairstyle – and that is the old Weeknd, the deeply depressed, sex crazed, drug addict, is dead.Īs bold as this is, Abel does not quite follow through with it on ‘Starboy’, which sees him in an odd state of flux between the old and the new. Having experienced serious mainstream success with his previous record, which spawned massive singles like ‘Can’t Feel my Face’ and ‘The Hills’, The Weeknd/Abel Tesfaye has now made a serious claim for pop stardom. Swiftly following up on his 2015 release ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’, hugely influential RnB Crooner The Weeknd, has returned with possibly his most significant album since his mixtape trilogy.
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