I'm sorry this definitely has racist undertones. What do you mean a black man can't just celebrate his success? He's built himself from the ground up, I think he deserves to celebrate that. This is in no way shape or form a diss to anyone else. Y'all need to act normal for once.
I am genuinely scared for people like this and their lack of media literacy and comprehension.
He appreciates the message, he agrees with the essence of it but what followed was genuine criticism of the delivery and how it could've been better/where it went wrong..
@ASAPRutvz
The end of EOS is about how his actions come back to bite him. The end of After Hours is literally him ending it all. This is not "Sex and drugs are fun!" music.
@ASAPRutvz
I've been telling this forever. The storylines in his albums are literally cautionary tales about a character that suffers because of his complex relationship with drugs, his messed up perception of women, and his general lack of trust and kindness. He is not glorifying that.
Abel just gave his background vocals on a track.. not a word against Drake anywhere. What's up with his fans randomly attacking him? Why not attack Travis and Carti since they were on the album too? I don't get it.
The Forbes article has a weird headline but the article in detail talks about how The Weeknd has multiple successful tracks on charts currently and respectfully credits his collaborators. Please stop talking without reading the article.
@ThnkVNext
@bluesuitabel
It's very easy to say "Finally, her top 5 is all her solo songs" instead of phrasing it the way you did. He's been a great collaborator and nothing but supportive to her, I don't see the point in shading him like you did.
@weekndinsider
@theweeknd
After Hours is the better era. Dawn FM is the better album.
Dawn FM is more consistent throughout and more cohesive whereas After Hours has an insanely good first half and its second half is quite possibly one of the greatest track runs of all time.
"he's getting cocky" like he's at the mercy of someone? Do y'all even think before typing and posting it?
"More playlisting"- just yapping because Taylor has had more playlisting than him since 1989 TV. Please learn how this metric works before yapping.
Abel needs to announce something soon fr. There's nothing in the world we want more than that.
I was just listening to Odd Look and started crying 😭
Bro
@theweeknd
please give us a sign.
No lubricant, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet, from the dining table to the bedroom, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front door to the balcony, vertical, horizontal, quadratic, exponential, algebraic, gasping and screaming
Weeknd has been touring for about 2 years with about 70 dates so far. The tour is about to resume again. He also did the soundtrack for a HBO show and starred in it. He has also co written and starred in a whole feature film and is now working on an album.
@tesfayetribe
@LessThanStarboy
@KarmaIsAFad
@chartmastersorg
I'm not gonna talk about her working hard while yours been silent for years burnt out and released a compilation and a flop single with remixes for excuse. You don't get it if you dont but a world can run without your opinion
@_AbelThaGoat_
Some reports say he was involved in a fight and the cops approached from behind. Thinking he's getting jumped, he punched to defend himself. Pretty tame tbf.
Even if he initiated a fight and punched a cop intentionally, he's made it clear it's not something he's proud of.
@bluesuitabel
The OG poster is getting roasted mercilessly lmao, there are literally so many eras that were just as impactful/omnipresent in popculture or even better/bigger. After Hours, FN, Lemonade, 25, WWAFAWDWG, Sour, Purpose, TUN/Sweetener and Scorpion/Views.
Weeknd made three mixtapes that revolutionized R&B. He was one of the writers of Take Care, one of the best albums of Drake.
Not to mention, he had hits like Often and Or Nah which have just as many sales as Love Me Harder.
@yoeltwt
@kisslandalbums
@PopBase
@theweeknd
Midnights had an edition release with 3 new songs, not to mention the album itself was released late 2022 (a dominant album regardless). Both her TV albums will be counted as new Spotify entries unlike Starboy Deluxe that has only 1 new entry (DFY remix, other 2 are from 2017.
@_AbelThaGoat_
To add more to this thread- while the show does have its issues in terms of writing, it baffles me that people don't understand Tedros is meant to be the bad guy and he's NOT glorified in any way whatsoever. The number of people who don't get it is astounding..
i remember being at a bar and two conservative guys were arguing about trans people and one of them kept pulling up pics of hubter schafer saying "you're telling me you wouldn't have sex with her"
14B+ lead streams in 2023 alone without being in an active album cycle. You cannot simply "playlist" your way to this level of success. Y'all need to take off your stupid stan twitter lenses when it comes to achievements of other artists ffs.
he's so hot 😩
doggy, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, upside down, inside out, one leg up, two legs up, in public, on a spaceship, in the garden, on the grass, in a car, in a box, on a table, against a wall
ANYTHING FOR MY MAN ABEL IF HE ASKS
No to both.
After Hours has 16M EAS whereas Folklore has 13M EAS. On Spotify, After Hours has 11.7B streams and Folklore LPSS has 7.1B streams.
After Hours was on IFPI top 10 all format albums in 2020 and 2021. Folklore made it to the top 10 in 2020 but not 2021.
She has given you 10 studio albums, 4 rerecordings and a brand new album coming out soon. How about you go listen to them instead of trying to play Regina George on this app?
One of my mutuals,
@F1JoeXO
asked me to post this and I do agree with him.
XO used to be chill and mind their own business. Now we got a bunch of morons acting like Swifties and people leaving the app because of how annoying we are 🤦🏾♂️
Album leaks are never cool, maybe listening to a small snippet of a song is understandable but the way people are enjoying the leaks and tearing her apart by reviewing it seems so lame. Atleast wait for the album to come out officially and hate 😭😭😭
@yoeltwt
@kisslandalbums
@PopBase
@theweeknd
TVs are not brand new in the way a studio album is but they got more promo than your usual rerecordings and lesser than your standard studio albums. I don't mean to sound aggressive but she was far more active than him so I think the comparison is wrong to begin with. Cheers!
He has maintained an average of 40M-50M daily streams across all credits for more than a year without being on an active studio album cycle. That is insanely impressive and I don't understand how these dumbasses tend to miss that.
Abel is a self made man who built himself up from nothing. Man was couch surfing without a home to live in. Went from homeless to Forbes list.
With all due respect, a Swiftie calling other artists privileged is funny. She grew up rich with a great support system to fall back on.
1989 is a fantastic pop album, but albums like After Hours, Future Nostalgia, Lemonade, 25, TUN/Sweetener, WWAFAWDWG and Sour were just as dominant or even more..
it's probably not controversial to say that 1989 was the last truly great, all-consuming, imperial album era, right? It was the last gasp of pop music monoculture we will probably ever have.
Abel has writing and production credits on almost all tracks from the mixtapes which he wrote at 20/21. This holds true for his recent works too.
Not to mention, he was homeless. He literally built himself up from nothing.
@stargirlhoursx2
excuse me??? Olivia is talented asf MIND YOU she writes all her songs by herself & w Dan's help & accumulated all this fame and talent after dropping ONE album at age 17. I love Abel but can't say the same for him 🌚
India is quite literally in Asia.
Not to mention
- Buddhism originated in India.
- Indian rulers ruled parts of Southeast Asia resulting in some Indian influence in their culture.
- Malaysia and Singapore have significant Indian/Tamil population.
Please shut up 😭
Weeknd revolutionized R&B and pop with his mixtapes. Was a writer of one of the most important albums in Drake's career. Had hits like Or Nah and Often.
He was not some random guy Ari chose to collaborate with out of pity at that time. Y'all need to stfu and stop waffling 😭😭
@ruwaaa17
@vampireswiftt
@ThnkVNext
Stop being weird, at the beginning of his career when The Weeknd was nobody, it was Ariana who gave him a hit with more than 1B streams
Eternal Sunshine by Ariana Grande has now sold over 625k units ww from streaming alone. The LP was only just released March 8th.
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Alternate R&B and revival of retro synth pop in the mainstream.
I'm not going to sit here and say he's the most influential artist ever but to act like the only influence he had is "bringing Ari out" is utterly delusional..
Happy 34th Abel. To keep it short and sweet- his music is the reason I'm sane and I'm eternally grateful for his work and his artistry. Thank you for doing what you do. To me, he's the greatest artist of the current generation ❤️
Blinding Lights MV is just as iconic as the song.
Abel's character, the intro, the drive, the cinematography, that enigmatic woman.. it's just perfection
"His ML and streams don't match" well guess what it doesn't match for literally every artist without the name Taylor Swift. She's an anomaly with probably one of the biggest fandoms in the world. Good for her. Y'all have a book full of her achievements to celebrate. Go do that.
The Weeknd was the third most streamed artist of 2023 in Spotify without releasing an album, I think he's doing fine. He's still in top 3/top 4 for this year if I'm right.
Taylor is the only artist who has her MLs and streams match, that's an anomaly. Not the norm.
House of Balloons revolutionized R&B and pop music. Abel, Lana and Lorde are extremely influential wrt dark and anti pop influences that we've been observing in the mainstream.
After Hours and Future Nostalgia brought back the retro sound.
Why just why. They literally have a very reliable methodology with sources cited for sales, yet they wanna sit here and throw shade like some stan account 🤦🏾♂️