Along with “Next,” the track seems to equate torrid affairs with fleeting Internet buzz: “I ain’t scared of the fall,” Tesfaye cries out to either the girl in his bed or possibly a Tumblr follower. Instead, he and producer Illangelo boldly stick themselves into a tradition of icky, cruel R&B, taking on Michael Jackson’s most misogynistic song - underlying message: I hate the sort of woman who’d want to sleep with me - and, in the process, basically summing up the entire Weeknd project.Ī more reasonable romantic sentiment is expressed on “The Fall,” which features a slowed-up, handclaps-adorned Bay Area slap beat from of-the-moment pop-on-painkillers producer Clams Casino. And by singing the song straight, Tesfaye doesn’t hedge his bets.
Replacing the original’s heavy-metal signifying with mournful Requiem for a Dream strings is both inspired and predictable.
And this is his most straightforward take on radio R&B yet.Įchoes of Silence begins with a goofy, gutsy remake of Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana,” mysteriously titled “D.D” so as to not spoil that first-listen, “Oh-no-he- didn’t-just-cover-MJ” moment. So isn’t it about time we just declare this guy a straight R&B act? He’s on Drake’s Take Care devotees of Trey Songz are listening to him, too. Neither as relentlessly hooky as March’s House of Balloons nor as noisy and hatefuck-filled as August’s Thursday, the third 2011 mixtape from Internet-driven phenom Abel Tesfaye nonetheless continues his mastery of the druggy/lovey/loathing Weeknd thing.
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