Afterwards, he is shown using a neon crucifix to destroy an apartments. Overall, the album is a step back for The Weeknd. The Weekend’s new video for his single Starboy begins with the Canadian singer suffocating inside a plastic bag. It features the rapper Future and has a dark feel to it, which paired with the rap, makes it sound more mature. “All I Know” is another good song from the album. Meanwhile, 'Starboy' leads the Hot R&B Songs chart for a 13th week and rebounds 2-1 for a seventh total week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song has a mystique that the rest of the album could use more of. It’s set to a dreamy backdrop and features Lana del Rey. “Stargirl Interlude” is one of such songs. And besides that, there are other songs of the album that sound like The Weeknd we’re all used to. Many people don’t mind this new version of the musician, though. Sure, singing about sex gets old, but that’s what made The Weeknd The Weeknd. With the exception of “Starboy” and “Die for You,” this album strays away from that too. One thing that contributed to The Weeknd’s rise was the content of his music, which was usually extremely sexual.
Ironically, years after remaking contemporary R&B in. Some examples of this are “Rockin’,” “Secrets,” and “A Lonely Night,” which all sound like nothing more than superficial pop songs. It just seems like niggas trying to sound like my old shit, sings the Weeknd on Reminder. Take “Reminder” as an example, it sounds like a remake of “Often,” but the same goes for “Six Feet Under.” Jayasuriya is right in it being “watered down,” too. This is true, as the album has plenty of songs that sound eerily similar to old ones. “It feels like a watered down retread of the same old tropes,” said Mehan Jayasuriya, a contributing writer, in a Pitchfork review of Starboy. Some say this is a much needed change, however, to a lot of listeners, it’s far from it. “Starboy” features Daft Punk which helps give the song a more upbeat vibe a change from the dark, sometimes eery stuff from which The Weeknd became so famous. This makes sense because it’s closer to mainstream pop than The Weeknd has ever been. It has some of the best songs of the year on it. It has its bad songs but there is no one song that Starboy by the Weeknd is a great album. The album’s first song “Starboy” is already topping the charts. It has some of the best songs of the year on it. This change was not only unfamiliar, but a bit unpleasant. Granted, I’m unfamiliar with most of The Weeknd’s work besides his hit singles and other songs off of his Beauty Behind the Madness album, but, Starboy’s sound is a bit of a change.
The first thing that came to my head upon listening to Starboy was surprise.