The Weeknd's releasing his album Beauty Behind the Madness, in just a few days - all signs are pointing towards it being not only one of the albums of the year, but a career-defining body of work. In the track, Abel's trembling tenor is laid atop some classic Yeezy production, as Abel reminds us (sonically and lyrically), that whilst he might be topping the charts, he's still more comfortable lurking in the shadows of his happy house, "singing 'bout popping pills, fucking bitches, living life so trill." The Grant Singer-directed video takes a Sam Beckett Happy Days-style absurd theatrical edge, as Abel buries himself alive, before shooting someone and making a getaway…listening to his own music. Now Abel has a captured audience, it's the perfect time for him to remind fans about his more complex output, the Glass Table Girlsy stuff that had underground indie music fans hooked on him initially. So far, that's been a self-fulfilling prophecy - Abel scored himself some pretty big exposure with his feature stint on the 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack with Earned It, then he struck while the iron was hot with the catchy, easy-going, pop dance floor filler Can't Feel My Face, - a track that's now received mainstream network TV and commercial radio love (not to mention the initial way it premiered, at Apple's WWDC). October 19, 2015.In his latest track Tell My Friends, singer and producer Abel Tesfaye - The Weeknd - sings "Last year I did all the politickin, this year Imma focus on the vision,".
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