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Coming off multi-platinum, Grammy-winning success with Starboy and apt placement on the Black Panther soundtrack, Abel Tesfaye shirks candy-coated summertime jams for aggrieved ballads with this six-track EP, issued with little advance notice. Considering its unswerving focus on romantic anguish and self-medication, and a listener's natural inclination to associate the pronouns with Tesfaye's famous exes, the EP might seem extreme, but it retraces familiar shapes in condensed form. Most obviously, "Call Out My Name" resembles "Earned It" with synthesized menace in place of strings and a dash of the distorted terror previously heard on "The Hills." In one verse directed at the object of his unrequited affection, Tesfaye confesses that he wasn't truthful when he said he "didn't feel nothing," then lashes out for being taken at his initial word and treated in kind, "just another pit stop." In that regard, the level of emotional maturity hasn't changed much since the mixtapes. Apart from the sly and sweet 2-step rhythm on "Wasted Times," the sound of the EP is bleary R&B with beats that drag and lurch, suited for Tesfaye's routine swings between self-pity and sexual vanity, chemically enhanced from one extreme to the other. For all his rehashed scenes, Tesfaye can be one of the most affecting vocalists in contemporary pop. When he sings "I got two red pills to take the blues away" in "Privilege," he might as well be slouched in the driver's seat of one of his luxury sports cars, staring into his open palm like he's holding all that he truly values.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicolas Jaar, ComposerLyricist - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Frank Dukes, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist - Marz, Producer - Marquel Middlebrooks, ComposerLyricist - Michael L. Williams II, ComposerLyricist - Jason Quenneville, ComposerLyricist - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Frank Dukes, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Mike Will Made-It, Producer - Daheala, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Moore, ComposerLyricist - Skrillex, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Frank Dukes, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Tom Norris, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Vojtesak, ComposerLyricist - Brittany Hazzard, ComposerLyricist - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Milchev, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Gesaffelstein, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frank Dukes, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Henry Walter, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Florian Lagatta, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cirkut, Producer, Co-Producer - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Gesaffelstein, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Quenneville, ComposerLyricist - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Frank Dukes, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Daheala, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicolas Jaar, ComposerLyricist - The Weeknd, MainArtist - Frank Dukes, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Nakaji, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shin Kamiyama, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
Album review
Coming off multi-platinum, Grammy-winning success with Starboy and apt placement on the Black Panther soundtrack, Abel Tesfaye shirks candy-coated summertime jams for aggrieved ballads with this six-track EP, issued with little advance notice. Considering its unswerving focus on romantic anguish and self-medication, and a listener's natural inclination to associate the pronouns with Tesfaye's famous exes, the EP might seem extreme, but it retraces familiar shapes in condensed form. Most obviously, "Call Out My Name" resembles "Earned It" with synthesized menace in place of strings and a dash of the distorted terror previously heard on "The Hills." In one verse directed at the object of his unrequited affection, Tesfaye confesses that he wasn't truthful when he said he "didn't feel nothing," then lashes out for being taken at his initial word and treated in kind, "just another pit stop." In that regard, the level of emotional maturity hasn't changed much since the mixtapes. Apart from the sly and sweet 2-step rhythm on "Wasted Times," the sound of the EP is bleary R&B with beats that drag and lurch, suited for Tesfaye's routine swings between self-pity and sexual vanity, chemically enhanced from one extreme to the other. For all his rehashed scenes, Tesfaye can be one of the most affecting vocalists in contemporary pop. When he sings "I got two red pills to take the blues away" in "Privilege," he might as well be slouched in the driver's seat of one of his luxury sports cars, staring into his open palm like he's holding all that he truly values.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:25:31
- Main artists: The Weeknd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Republic Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc. ℗ 2018 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
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