The Weeknd and Playboi Carti still hit the mark together

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti still hit the mark together

ByJohn

The Weeknd continues to raise anticipation for the release of his new album and beyond “Dancing in the Flames”, the international star releases “Timeless” with Playboi Cartithe second single from “Hurry Up Tomorrow”. Premiered alongside surprise guest Playboi Carti during The Weekend’s sold out concert at Sao Paulo held on September 7, “Timeless” has become a fan favorite when the live version was still the only one available and started a cascade of content on TikTok. “Timeless,” produced by Pharell Williams, is the second collaboration between The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, after the gold record single in Italy “Popular” (which also features Madonna) born as part of the soundtrack of the television series “The Idol”. With this single, the two artists have brought their already acclaimed harmony to new levels, with a song that embraces the worlds of their respective protagonists, that is, the rap one and the more pop one.

Between dreamlike atmospheres and existential themes contained in the unmistakable sound of Abel, the new album “Hurry Up Tomorrow” promises to be a fitting end to The Weeknd’s trilogyfollowing in the wake of “Dawn FM” (platinum record in Italy) and “After Hours” (double platinum record in Italy) and at the same time distancing itself from them, representing a project capable of showing the artistic growth of the singer-songwriter. This was confirmed by the first single “Dancing in the Flames”, released on September 13th complete with a spectacular music video shot in 4K entirely on iPhone. The unreleased songs on the lineup in São Paulo were different, about ten, all characterized by the idea of ​​”an ascent”, the main theme of this third chapter, and by a very varied electronic sound. Among these there is one that immediately aroused the curiosity of fans: The Weeknd, in fact, used a sample of one of his absolute points of reference, Michael Jackson. The new song “Wake Me Up” should be titled like this, in fact, it would include the unmistakable “Thriller”. “Take me back to la” and “Hold your heart” had already been spoiled and are highly anticipated by those who follow the Canadian voice, it is very likely will be included on the new disc.

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