i am one of the biggest Weeknd haters i know. i have never in my life liked a single song he has put out and every time i've heard him sing i always skip. this changed, however, last night, when i listened to his new album "hurry up tomorrow." i was initially listening to it just to see how bad it was (rollout took almost a year and i've seen so much about it) but...i have to say...i can't stop listening to it. the production on this record, as someone put it on reddit, sounds expensive. mike dean, oneohtrix point never, justice, pharell williams, and fucking giorgio moroder come together to make one of the most lush, cinemative, synth-driven pieces of music I have ever listened to. please, don't be intimidated by the run time or some of the slower songs - there are so many amazing moments buried deep in this record that I am still picking up after a few listens. (p.s. i included a qobuz link because fuck streaming services. pay for music when you can!)
