The Weeknd, known for his alter ego Abel Tesfaye, announces his final album under the moniker, a concept album exploring themes of aging, fame, and mortality. The album, titled is a cinematic journey filled with synth-pop melodies, reflecting on a life spent in the spotlight.
The Weeknd 's new album , his final one under the moniker, is a brooding, cinematic epic and a restless suicide story set to late-night synth-pop. The album, titled - a big fat clue - is a concept album exploring themes of aging, fame, and mortality. The first track of the 22-song record feels funereal at first - “fade to black” - before thrilling us like peak Michael Jackson.
The album showcases The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye, as a greying, elderly man, reflecting on a life spent in the service of his fans. One of the world’s most dominant recording artists has grown old in his service of us. There’s nothing particularly new sonically here. The lean music shimmers darkly; The Weeknd’s brooding croon and wounded melisma are familiar. Tracks seamlessly transition from one to the next. Guest appearances are made by Travis Scott and Florence and the Machine. Inspired by the record, a film also features Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan and is being described as a psychological thriller. The protagonist is not breathing and slowly bleeding: “I hope that I live life for a reason, but at least you’ll play this song when I’m gone …”but it’s not picked up. A female voice leaves a message: “My girl told me she saw you in Dallas, said you didn’t look good. … Don’t let this industry break you, baby, don’t let them take you from me.” The Weeknd cancelled a concert at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium in 2022 after he lost his voice early in the show. The incident appears to be referenced on an interlude track – “I can’t sing!” – and on. On that song and elsewhere, there is a longing for a simpler, prefame time and a desire to return home to. When The Weeknd remembers himself as a “ghost,” it’s a reference to the days when he passed anonymously. The Scarborough-raised singer-songwriter name-checks a Toronto hotel and describes himself as a “kid from the borough.” And on Take me back to a place, where the snow would fall on my face/ And I miss my city lights, I left too young.” The closing tracks are mellow and melodramatic. In his “conversations with the sky,” he asks for mercy. The final track segues into a hint of. That was 14 years ago. All this time we’ve been wondering where Abel Tesfaye begins and where the mysterious Weeknd ends. Now we know. It ends here
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