It sounds campy, but the trick works, lending the track an air of eeriness.
On Initiation, Tesfaye’s voice is altered in both tone and tempo, sounding like one of the Chipmunks on one end, the narrator for every slasher film trailer on the other. It’s not until the fourth track, XO/The Host, that the production goes back to the minimalist sound The Weeknd has been noted for, as it switches up the tempo mid-song and holds that quiet, melancholy mood for the rest of the album. , in which Tesfaye impeccably channels Michael Jackson as he covers his 1988 hit, Dirty Diana. That said, the production is also some of richest, especially on album opener D.D. “And I know right now that we’re not talkin’/I hope you know this d**ck is still an option/’Cause I’ll beat it up/” he sang.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The “Can’t Feel My Face” singer, who has been spotted at Hadid’s apartment after his breakup with Gomez, also suggested that he left the door open for the two to rekindle their relationship.
“Wasted Times” speaks highly of Hadid, suggesting that Gomez “wasn’t even half” of who she was. “Wasted times I spent with someone else/ She wasn’t even half of you/” he sang. In another song, “Wasted Times,” The Weeknd referenced Bella Hadid, whom he broke up with shortly before dating Gomez. Gomez wasn’t the only famous ex who received a call-out in My Dear Melancholy. In the song, The Weeknd accused Gomez of wavering between the two men during their entire relationship. “Guess I was just another pit stop / ‘Til you made up your mind / You just wasted my time,” he sang. In another part in the song, the “Starboy” singer referenced Gomez’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, Justin Bieber, whom she reunited with shortly after her split with The Weeknd. Of course, that wasn’t the only part in “Call Out My Name” that The Weeknd dissed Gomez in. “I said I didn’t feel nothing baby, but I lied/I almost cut a piece of myself for your life,” he sang. In the song, The Weeknd suggests that he was in the running to donate his kidney to Gomez-a decision that he’s now glad that he didn’t make considering the couple’s fallout. Later in the song, The Weeknd referenced Gomez’s now-famous kidney transplant, which she received from her best friend Francia Raisa in summer 2017 after her kidneys failed. “We found each other/I helped you out of a broken place/You gave me comfort/But falling for you was my mistake,” he sang.īut those lyrics aren’t what is catching the internet’s attention. The song people are paying the most attention to is “Call Out My Name,” a ballad in which The Weeknd suggests that his relationship with Gomez was a “mistake.” On Thursday night, The Weeknd released a surprise six-song EP titled My Dear Melancholy, and fans have already speculated that the mini-album is about his relationship with Gomez.
#TUMBLR THE WEEKND DIE FOR YOU FULL#
Was it Justin Bieber? Was it Bella Hadid? Was it some other unknown factor that led to one of the most devastating celebrity splits in 2017? We might never know the full details, but at least one member of the relationship is spilling some much-needed tea. Since The Weeknd and Selena Gomez unexpectedly broke up in November 2017, fans have wondered about what went wrong.
0 kommentar(er)
