Genius Meanings
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The Weeknd – In the Night
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Though upbeat in tempo, “In the Night” explores dark themes following a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, similar to the “horror stories” told on The Weeknd’s debut studio album
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The Weeknd – A Lonely Night
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“A Lonely Night” finds Abel apologizing for making a girl believe they’d ever be anything more than a classic one night stand.
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The Weeknd – Often
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This song was originally released in 2014 along with the stand-alone records “Or Nah (Remix)” and “Drunk in Love (Remix).”
In July 2015, it was revealed that this song would
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The Weeknd – As You Are
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“As You Are” is a song from The Weeknd’s second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness. It is about being in a relationship that is clearly destined to fail. Both partners
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The Weeknd (Ft. Daft Punk) – I Feel It Coming
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Inspired by house-and ‘80s pop, “I Feel It Coming” is about wanting more from a relationship. The song differs from The Weeknd’s usual attitudes towards love, which revolve around
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The Weeknd – Alone Again
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“Alone Again” serves as the opener of Abel’s long-awaited 2020 album After Hours. On the track, Abel addresses a substance abuse issue and overdose scare, asking his lover to
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The Weeknd – Coming Down
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“Coming Down” details the feelings of a young man who, when under the influence, doesn’t seem to care about his partner, yet, post-high, his feelings for her re-surface, in spite
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The Weeknd – The Morning
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The morning has come for Abel and his love interest, and the high from the previous night sends Abel’s girl departing and Abel himself into a candid, reflective state about his
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The Weeknd – Scared To Live
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“Scared To Live” is a song by The Weeknd which first premiered on Saturday Night Live on March 8, 2020. The ballad details how a tragic breakup left his lover doubting love.
While
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The Weeknd – Die For You
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On “Die For You” The Weeknd croons about the conflicting feelings and pain that comes with letting go of someone he still has intense feelings for.
Many fans speculate the song
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The Weeknd – Kiss Land
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On “Kiss Land,” the Weeknd discusses his newfound success and subsequent lifestyle. The song’s dark, moody atmosphere serves as the backdrop for the Abel’s conflicted emotions as
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The Weeknd – Earned It
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One of the best modern R&B voices is featured on the soundtrack for Fifty Shades of Grey. Would it be a complete soundtrack without Abel?
Revealed on August 4th, 2015, “Earned It
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The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
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“Blinding Lights” is the second single to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours, following the record’s lead single “Heartless,” which released two days prior on November 27
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Wiz Khalifa (Ft. The Weeknd) – Remember You
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Wiz and The Weeknd have only one night for women to make a mark. Both use it to live to the maximum, spend money, and make one girl have a night of her dreams. Will Wiz remember
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The Weeknd (Ft. Drake) – Live For
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On “Live For,” The Weeknd and Drake detail their party-oriented lifestyles with a somewhat defensive tone. This dualistic attitude is similar to the undertones present in prior
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The Weeknd – Snowchild
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“Snowchild” features Abel looking back at his past, addressing his fast come-up to fame and past vices like drugs and women that wanted him as he blew up.
The track’s title refers
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The Weeknd – Privilege
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“Privilege” is the outro track of My Dear Melancholy, where Abel seemingly addresses his public past relationship with Selena Gomez.
The chorus references the ultimatum that
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The Weeknd – Party Monster
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With an upbeat-yet-dark attitude, Abel details a re-introduction to his lavish party lifestyle and his pursuit of a woman who is already spoken for. Musically, Doc McKinney and Ben
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The Weeknd – Wicked Games
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Abel finds himself in a first-person narrative exploring the subject of romance with a female (possibly a prostitute or stripper), knowing that it will fail in the end. Despite
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The Weeknd & Madonna (Ft. Playboi Carti) – Popular
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“Popular” is a song by The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, and Madonna released as a single for The Idol Vol. 1 Soundtrack. The song explores the theme of desperately wanting to be popular
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The Weeknd (Ft. Daft Punk) – Starboy
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“Starboy” is The Weeknd’s realization of his mega-stardom. Transforming from mysterious Canadian act to Billboard mainstay. Abel has come a long way, but with negative consequences
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The Weeknd – Devil May Cry
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The Weeknd’s long awaited solo track for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie that was released on November 11, 2013. This is The Weeknd’s second contribution to The Hunger Games
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The Weeknd – Acquainted
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The Weeknd and Illangelo revive a partnership that started when Illangelo produced The Weeknd’s entire Trilogy of mixtapes. He provided no production on The Weeknd’s 2013 debut
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The Weeknd – The Hills
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Originally nicknamed “Mood Music” and first teased in a live performance at SXSW, the narrative of “The Hills” is a sinking sexual affair. Abel sets the record straight about what
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The Weeknd – Heartless
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“Heartless” is the lead single to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album and his first solo single since 2018’s “Call Out My Name.”
The track’s release was first teased on November 25th
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The Weeknd – Till Dawn (Here Comes The Sun)
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Continuing the ambiguity of the previous song, Abel concludes the Trilogy on a rather triumphant note for both himself and Valerie. While both parties feel as though they are
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The Weeknd – Sacrifice
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“Sacrifice” serves as the second single from The Weeknd’s fifth studio album, Dawn FM. Co-produced by Swedish House Mafia, among others, the song marks the second collaboration
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The Weeknd – XO / The Host
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The track serves as the XO anthem, XO referring to The Weeknd’s clique. He’s trying to get his girl to roll with him and indulge in his lifestyle, a pressure that becomes a key
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The Weeknd – Starry Eyes
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In “Starry Eyes,” The Weeknd is discussing a common theme of Dawn FM–caution in regard to love–in light of a special girl.
More specifically, Abel’s dream girl–one who he has been
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The Weeknd – Tell Your Friends
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“Tell Your Friends” debuted live on stage in Las Vegas, and was followed by the release of a music video just days before Beauty Behind the Madness was due to release. The video
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The Weeknd – Twenty Eight
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The title “Twenty Eight” (28) is approximately the amount of grams that makes up an ounce. This is infamously known in the illegal drug trade. The title creates more emphasis as to
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The Weeknd – Sorry (One Night Stand)
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The Weeknd posted that he lost this song, so it won’t come out. He used a sample from Onra’s “Sorry”. And he should be sorry indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-VkCCrKgMs
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The Weeknd – Belong To the World
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“Belong to the World,” the second single from The Weeknd’s debut album, Kiss Land, samples “Machine Gun” by Portishead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00PdHIPjaWQ
The Weeknd
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Future (Ft. The Weeknd) – Comin Out Strong
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The Weeknd and Future’s fourth collaboration. This song has both artists flexing and “coming out strong” despite haters and people that doubt them, that go out of their way to
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The Weeknd – Gone
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“Gone” provides arguably the deepest and rawest insight into a night of Abel’s in his discography, as the listener gets to feel Abel’s submission to drugs and alcohol both
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The Weeknd – Scared To Live (SNL Live)
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The final track of the deluxe album is the audio from The Weeknd’s performance on Saturday Night Live, where he premiered “Scared To Live,” the fourth song reveal before the
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The Weeknd – House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
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In the first of many two part songs, Abel describes a drug induced party scene, most likely going on in his former house on 65 Spencer, which was one of the many influences for
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The Weeknd – Reminder
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“Reminder” is Abel’s response to his critics following the release of Beauty Behind the Madness that suggest he’s lost his drug-fueled way. Much as he did on 2015’s “Tell Your
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The Weeknd (Ft. Future) – All I Know
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“All I Know” is an unusually tender track for the womanizing Weeknd. On the track he is trying to calm the doubts of a woman who’s heard of his bad reputation and doesn’t want to
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