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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2021 9:36:48 GMT -5
I've listened to this a lot this morning and agree. I liked the singles from After Hours, but I like this one even more. I haven't liked a single by him this much in several years. "Blinding Lights" is a classic, but I prefer the chorus on this one. The chorus is the weakest part of the song, the structure and "Take My Breath Away" is such a cliche, this song is meant to sound "perfect" and it does sound "prefect", but if there was a ready recipe for a successful perfect hit, everybody would be doing it. For me the perfect hit with soul as well right now is "Telepatia", this here smell a lot of money! Hate to break it to you but everybody will be climbing the tables to shake their legs to this chorus through Christmas!
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Post by back2blk on Aug 6, 2021 10:06:19 GMT -5
This is fine, it will do well, but it is following a formula.
Those high pitched background vocals take me out of it.
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Post by Dylan :) on Aug 6, 2021 10:11:00 GMT -5
I don't know why but I don't like this. I should love it since it has everything I want but it just falls flat for me. I love the instrumental but I can't enjoy his vocals for some reason. Hopefully it will grow on me as I expect it to be as big as probably I Feel It Coming but idk. Anyway, I don't know why but the very start reminded me of Heart of Glass. I think it's the guitar
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2021 10:40:50 GMT -5
The chorus is the weakest part of the song, the structure and "Take My Breath Away" is such a cliche, this song is meant to sound "perfect" and it does sound "prefect", but if there was a ready recipe for a successful perfect hit, everybody would be doing it. For me the perfect hit with soul as well right now is "Telepatia", this here smell a lot of money! Hate to break it to you but everybody will be climbing the tables to shake their legs to this chorus through Christmas! I was looking forward to this new single from Weeknd, but sadly the best thing he has done after last album is the collaboration with Calvin Harris. Yes in business sense it is wise to release his next album soon, but I am pretty sure he is tired and has little emotion in his vocals left, it is just how much you expect from one person. Especially the person who made such an alternative urban music that even Urban radio found it too different to play and now he has reached the other end of the specter - he is too pop for them. Is this the musical development he was looking forward - I am not sure and that's why he must be pretty frustrated(creatively), but yes in this world the success is measured by fame and money, but I am not sure that (musically) he is that happy right now. And here come these name into my mind - D'Angelo, Maxwell and Raphael Saadiq, they must be happy musically !
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Post by Caviar on Aug 6, 2021 11:38:33 GMT -5
What.
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Post by Limited Edition on Aug 6, 2021 12:06:23 GMT -5
This is much more disco than I was expecting
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Post by mcsteamy on Aug 6, 2021 12:45:44 GMT -5
Yeah this is a smash
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Post by collin on Aug 6, 2021 15:50:57 GMT -5
I don’t know that I see it for this.
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Post by kindofbiased on Aug 6, 2021 17:29:33 GMT -5
Was gonna say "I can't see this being as big as Blinding Lights" and then I realized how ridiculous that is to say lmao
Idk if it'll reach a Save Your Tears level of smash but I do forsee this being very big at least in the coming weeks
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2021 17:38:19 GMT -5
80s nuff said. This deserves a BITTTTCH!! *scream. Those of us with rhythm will be bopping to this instantly.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Aug 6, 2021 17:41:38 GMT -5
#1 on iTunes
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Aug 6, 2021 17:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by newpower on Aug 6, 2021 18:17:22 GMT -5
That magic moment when you are listening to a song and realize how good it is. It took me 5 plays but now I love it.
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Post by suzcruz7 on Aug 6, 2021 18:21:46 GMT -5
This is such a banger! Abel and Max Martin really never disappoint as a team.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Aug 6, 2021 18:52:24 GMT -5
He did the damn thing. Yet again!
The way he's tackling everything 80s >
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Post by Glove Slap on Aug 6, 2021 18:56:11 GMT -5
I really like this from a few listens, but I loved the singles from the last album a bit more.
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Post by Edith Puthie on Aug 6, 2021 19:20:02 GMT -5
It's one of those where it was on the radio without warning as soon as I started my car. Wasn't ready for it. The first listen left me a little unsatisfied, but I can't wait to hear it again! That's the key for me.
The sound is everything, but overall the song was missing that instant Weeknd-wow moment for me. Knowing him, he'll get me on the next listen.
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Post by chartfreak on Aug 6, 2021 19:40:49 GMT -5
Addicted to this already, not surprised.
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Post by die Lotterie on Aug 6, 2021 21:03:19 GMT -5
I go off the grid for a couple days and an Abel smash just lands in my lap. Love it. This has has that undeniable cool factor that he effortlessly brings to just about everything he touches. I think it's pretty damn great considering he'd just be an Ethiopian farmer otherwise. The emotion is important, it can be the same amount of emotions having a number one hit or your sheep giving birth to a gorgeous hogget! I was this many years old when google explained to me wtf hogget was. Cute, thanks Sig!
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Post by Edith Puthie on Aug 6, 2021 21:40:39 GMT -5
I'm into it after the 2nd listen. I think the chorus is probably what's not totally doing it for me, but it works. Then that bridge comes in and it's all sex and drugs and I'm sold.
Video gave me a little Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way nostalgia.
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Post by breathingrande on Aug 7, 2021 4:10:21 GMT -5
This is excellent , pop magic. If i needed to make a critique it would be a bigger bombastic final chorus and a key change after the bridge, but i really can’t say anything negative.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 7, 2021 6:16:33 GMT -5
Top 40 debuts on Pop and HAC.
POP: -- 34 THE WEEKND Take My Breath 1561 0 1561 7.058
HOT AC: -- 35 THE WEEKND Take My Breath 347 0 347 2.161
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Post by hitmakaontharise on Aug 7, 2021 7:51:46 GMT -5
Not his strongest single but it’s The Weeknd so
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Aug 7, 2021 9:32:41 GMT -5
#1 on iTunes #3 on Spotify #4 on Apple Music
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 7, 2021 10:05:12 GMT -5
I really like this. Another smash in the making.
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Post by DJDaveMick69 on Aug 7, 2021 17:56:22 GMT -5
Two weeks in a row for a great hit I loved at first listen and want to keep replaying (last week it was Skate).
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Post by Elusive Chanteuse on Aug 7, 2021 17:57:32 GMT -5
I love this! You can’t go wrong with Abel x Max Martin!
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Post by kalmanta on Aug 8, 2021 2:33:19 GMT -5
OMG YES
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2021 3:54:41 GMT -5
Surprisingly not number one on Itunes both US and worldwide, at least behind Sheeran's song which has been out 1,5 months. I guess this might be too gay disco for the worldwide audiences.
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Post by BlueSwan on Aug 8, 2021 4:31:32 GMT -5
Hoping this hits #1 on the Hot 100, but not feeling super confident about it, honestly.
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