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Post by Live Your Life on Apr 24, 2015 19:38:55 GMT -5
The Weeknd is achieving crossover success with his song, "Earned It," from the "Fifty Shades of Gray" soundtrack. It is currently #3 on the Hot 100. He also hit #8 on the Hot 100 in 2014 for "Love Me Harder" with Ariana Grande. Max Martin is rumored to be the executive producer of his upcoming album. Three new songs have been registered on ASCAP: I'm actually looking forward to this; he's grown on me a lot. I also love both "Love Me Harder" and "Earned It." I'm interested in hearing how Max Martin fits in with the sound he's created for himself (or if it will be completely different from anything he's done).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2015 19:42:37 GMT -5
I've always like him, but "Love Me Harder" and "Earned It" are definitely my favorites by him, and I've heard some of these Max Martin tracks compared to MJ, so I'm excited.
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Post by Dreams on Apr 24, 2015 20:04:12 GMT -5
I actually checked out Max Martin's production discography the other day out of curiosity, and this dude has seriously the pop-Midas touch. I didn't realize he had produced so many killer pop songs.
That said, I still can't picture how his sound will mesh with The Weeknd's at all. I'm excited though. I, too, love both "Love Me Harder" and "Earned It".
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Post by tamed09 on May 24, 2015 18:33:24 GMT -5
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Post by Live Your Life on May 24, 2015 18:37:51 GMT -5
That one does remind me a lot of Michael.
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Post by stunnedout on May 26, 2015 21:08:42 GMT -5
Ive never understood the hype with him and when he randomly appeared on a Ariana Grande track i was even more confused.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 23:19:05 GMT -5
Yeah, good for an R&b singer to be crossing over but I cannot get into his whining.
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Post by allow that on May 27, 2015 10:51:07 GMT -5
Another new one came out today. Why does it remind me of Tiesto's "Wasted"?
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Post by Dreams on May 27, 2015 11:31:58 GMT -5
Yeah, good for an R&b singer to be crossing over but I cannot get into his whining. Haha, I like his music a lot but it wasn't until these two new tracks that it really hit me how whiny his voice is.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on May 28, 2015 5:19:20 GMT -5
Another new one came out today. Why does it remind me of Tiesto's "Wasted"? In what way?
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Post by allow that on May 28, 2015 9:26:39 GMT -5
Another new one came out today. Why does it remind me of Tiesto's "Wasted"? In what way? Strictly in the part of the melody when the chorus starts.
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Post by Live Your Life on Jun 12, 2015 19:39:55 GMT -5
The album is currently slated to come out September 8.
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Post by maine on Jun 14, 2015 21:07:08 GMT -5
That's not his official channel.
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Post by ILLUSION on Jun 15, 2015 7:37:26 GMT -5
Looking forward to hearing new music from them. I remember listening to their mixtapes when not many people knew about them and now they're one of the most highly anticipated acts for releasing new music! Awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 9:23:53 GMT -5
I remember listening to their mixtapes when not many people knew about them and now they're one of the most highly anticipated acts Child, if you want to work the "knew about them before they were famous" angle, you should realize The Weeknd is a solo act.
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Post by allow that on Jun 15, 2015 10:33:52 GMT -5
I remember listening to their mixtapes when not many people knew about them and now they're one of the most highly anticipated acts Child, if you want to work the "knew about them before they were famous" angle, you should realize The Weeknd is a solo act. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
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Post by when the pawn... on Jun 15, 2015 11:41:36 GMT -5
"I Can't Feel My Face" is awesome. That song and the album could be a Grammy contender.
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Jun 15, 2015 13:29:53 GMT -5
@jazzysoul47 slayed me today.
I Can't Feel My Face is OK. I prefer 95% of his mixtape material to it, but it's still a strong single. I love The Hills because it sounds like it could be from his mixtapes.
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Post by maine on Jun 15, 2015 15:32:42 GMT -5
I remember listening to their mixtapes when not many people knew about them and now they're one of the most highly anticipated acts Child, if you want to work the "knew about them before they were famous" angle, you should realize The Weeknd is a solo act. The funny thing is, ILLUSION has been corrected before on this lmao. Better than EI but still not as good as stuff from their his mixtapes. Not all of their his songs are downbeat so I don't know why the y consistently releases downtempo tracks! FIFY
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Post by Live Your Life on Jul 9, 2015 13:28:01 GMT -5
The album is actually called "Beauty Behind the Madness" and will be released August 28; it's available for pre order on iTunes New Zealand.
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Post by maine on Jul 9, 2015 14:42:48 GMT -5
Hopefully "In the Night" makes the album. That's a smash waiting to happen.
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Post by AP on Jul 9, 2015 14:52:38 GMT -5
Hopefully "In the Night" makes the album. That's a smash waiting to happen. I'm 99% sure it'll be on the album. I think it was supposed to be the lead before "Can't Feel My Face" came about.
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Post by maine on Jul 9, 2015 14:54:21 GMT -5
Hopefully "In the Night" makes the album. That's a smash waiting to happen. I'm 99% sure it'll be on the album. I think it was supposed to be the lead before "Can't Feel My Face" came about. I'm assuming it will too. My only concern was that it leaked, and maybe they'd take it off. But then again, so did "Can't Feel My Face" and look where that is now lol.
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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 11, 2015 7:58:24 GMT -5
Would probably be good to go the Drake route - have a few melodic pop songs ("Can't Feel My Face" = "Hold On, We're Going Home") but leave a lot/most of the album for more "authentic" true-to-form stuff.
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Post by Live Your Life on Jul 11, 2015 10:10:22 GMT -5
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 14, 2015 0:19:36 GMT -5
...he looks like a fucking bitch on the album cover.
Def checking this out though.
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Jul 14, 2015 12:13:56 GMT -5
...he looks like a f**king bitch on the album cover. Def checking this out though. That's because when he is not talking about slipping girls roofies and gangraping them, he kinda is...but still...
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Post by Live Your Life on Jul 15, 2015 18:21:34 GMT -5
Hits is estimating a 250k+ debut in a new article:
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Post by Wave. on Jul 15, 2015 19:10:32 GMT -5
I can see that. He just scored another Top 10 hit, plus has another single out that's Top 15. He's on fire.
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 15, 2015 23:47:34 GMT -5
Yeah I can definitely see this reaching 275-300k. I think he's going to draw in multiple crowds out of interest.
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