Chart history of Ariana Grande's "7 rings"
It charted for 33 weeks, spending 8 weeks on the
#1
spot and a total of 16 weeks in the top 10. It was her 2nd number 1 and her 2nd
#1
debut out of 5 consecutive
#1
debuts.
Tracks the Weeknd is featured on in "We Still Don't Trust You" by Metro Boomin and Future:
1. "We Still Don't Trust You"
2. "Drink n Dance" (ad-libs)
8. "All to Myself"
16. "Always Be My Fault"
the weeknd explained the meaning behind his face bandages worn in 2020, which were used to segue between the visuals for "too late" and "save your tears".
he stated that it reflects on the culture of hollywood celebrities and people manipulating themselves to please/be validated
the song "faith" recalls what the weeknd considers his "darkest time" in life, he stated it was around 2013-2014, he had been arrested in vegas, which explains the "flashing lights", stating:
due to the coronavirus, the weeknd's managers, and his label (republic records), thought of pushing the album's release date back. the weeknd refused, stating his fans had waited long for the album, and he felt as if he had to deliver it.
the "after hours" rollout officially ended on may 23, 2021, with his performance of "save your tears" at the Billboard Music Awards
"thank god - i don't have to wear that red suit anymore"
in a cr men interview, the weeknd revealed that "heartless" was the first song written for after hours, immediately after the release of my dear melancholy,
"repeat after me (interlude)" features guest vocals from kevin parker (aka tame impala). he is the only "feature" on after hours, but is uncredited. he is credited for the song's production
the album's deluxe version originally consisted of four remixes and the SNL performance of "Scared to Live", before the songs were moved to their own EP, while three new tracks cut from "After Hours" replaced them
during an interview in september 2020, it was revealed that the weeknd had treatments for the videos of "faith" and "escape from la", alongside "too late". only "too late"'s video was released.
according to the weeknd, the music videos and the after hours short film for the tammi-section of the "after hours" storyline all take place in a singular night, described as a simple "really bad night"
after hours' first rendition was rumored to be an EP titled "we're alone together", speculated due to the weeknd changing his instagram bio. this, however, did not happen.
a reddit user has theorized that the ep was indeed real, and gave their analyzation
@bluesuitabel
its the same loop again 😭😭
abel is dethroned for like 3 weeks–maybe a month
everyone thinks taylor will beat abels record
then her monthly listeners begin to drop
@LessThanStarboy
the boy is mine looking to be the next single and supernatural, bye, and title track being potential next ones this album's gonna dominate for the next year
@izxndretta
@Ashres5
we just need like 3 more weeks for it to be the longest running song, I just hope that it can survive more longer, I really want it to get 90 weeks
for the weeknd's live debut performance of "blinding lights" on the late show with stephen colbert, the weeknd wore a blue suit
this was due to the video's conversion to greyscale, and the greyscale being more stronger on blue than red
@NewsWeeknd
the beautiful transition from A Tale, the midnight pretenders sample, the beautiful vocals, the perfect outro / segue into here we go again, its one of his perfections
"I was recording After Hours back in 2019, I thought it was perfect, but my manager told me I should add a skip to make the album like every other album, but I'm a rebel, so I didn't add a skip to the album."
-The Weeknd on After Hours
Unoriginal bastard that does nothing to help Abel, sits on his ass 24/7 brainstorming which unoriginal tweet should he tweet out today, doesn't even defend Abel from antis, overall an example of what you NOT want to be on stan twitter
Hot 100 Chart History of "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd. (note: this excludes the one time it had left)
As of 9/4/21, it has spent 90 weeks on the chart.
It has been in the Top 10 for 57 weeks, on 3 separate occasions (2/29/20 - 12/5/20, 12/19/20, 1/9/21 - 4/17/21)
just because you like an album that was made when the artist was in pain doesnt give you the right to hope they go through pain again for another album like that