Writing forVulture, Laura Martin notes its dramatic, TikTok-ready drop. The chord progression is reminiscent of several familiar chart toppers too, including the Weeknd’s biggest hit, “Can’t Feel My Face.” But the streaming success of “World Class Sinner” goes deeper than its musicality....
The Weeknd: Dawn FM (2022) The Weeknd is if the online music cognoscenti and the world-conquering pop star were realized in one person. That guy met a bloody, surgically assisted demise at the February 2021 Super Bowl halftime show and then gave us Dawn FM, the only transcendental near-de...
PBR&B jokes aside, the Weeknd’s first mixtape was a harbinger of trends to come, full of seductive songwriting enmeshed with genre-agnostic production. Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Beach House samples? Check. Cocaine-fueled carnality? Plenty of that. Songs like “The Morning” ...
Prince pours overwhelming loss into every corner of this classic B-side. He takes the chord progression fromHeart and Souland tears holes in it, twisting it up in knots. His voice, thrown through the wringer and broken in several places, runs the gamut from wistful remembrance to the torture...
sung by SZA, it uses a VI-IV-I-V chord progression that neither starts nor ends on the tonic. This gives the track a rather suspended, unresolved feeling, and it’s no surprise to discover that the same chord sequence has reportedly been associated with trailers for heroic Hollywood movies...
In fact, thinking about The Weeknd’s hits, I don’t think there’s a V-I movement among them. The chord progression of “I Feel It Coming,” a collaboration with Daft Punk, features an especially beautiful IV-I, though.Back to “Blinding Lights.” After this cadence concludes, Tesfaye...
This year, Kendrick Lamar leads nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, who each earn seven. Additionally, music producer/songwriter Max Martin receives six nominations and mastering engineer Tom Coyne, rapper Drake, and engineers/mixers Serban Ghenea and John Hanes each earn...
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too. When I heard the drum groove from the beginning, [I thought] it will be so unique if we can do this kind of groove with R&B chords —“How can we make it sound a little different?” When I was actually com[ing] up with the chord progression, I already start[ed] writing ...
To celebrate, The Weeknd will perform a one-off concert at Pasadena's Rose Bowl on Jan. 25. In May, he will premiere an eponymous feature film inspired by the album, starring himself alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Directed by Trey Edward Shults, the psychological thriller is expec...