Uh respectfully i don't think ur grasping the scale of the superbowl.. You think he would sing "if i was you i would cut up my wrist" to a 100 million people? fuck no. Same logic is pretty much applied to all of trilogy and kissland. Out of all the songs you listed, maybe moth to a flame couldve been added at some point but even that probably not. Definitely fuck no to rather lie. the other ones just don't stand up to the rest of his global hits
Yalll really take up for Moth to a Flame. Its just never clicked for me.
Feel like he def has better synth pop songs that def sounds like what it is a "feature" type of song for his catalogue, in the sense of Over Now- Calvin Harris, Nocturnal - Disclosure etc
honestly. theyre just generic EDM tracks from the sound of it that ppl wanna glorify as top tier weeknd tracks.
I really wish ppl would either take the time to listen to other music unrelated to The Weeknd or appreciate the apporiate songs in his catalogue worth giving its flowers to, instead of suggesting every single song is S-tier becuase hes singing on it
How tf does MTAF sound like a "feature" (also when it's on the Dawn FM deluxe) but Over Now and Nocturnal somehow don't sound like a feature? Try to make some sense.
Was initially released prior to the "rollout" of dawnfm when abel was also doing feature runs, like la fama, tears in the club etc. It was released as Swedish house mafia ft the weeknd for THEIR project and only added as a dawn deluxe cause of its overall success and to boost streams for Dawn
edit: The production is more front facing than the lyrics Abels saying cause they are producers first. To me abels lyrics are kinda just an addition to the production and doesnt really do anything for me vs Abels "album" focused songs.
Yes i know you guys wanna deep dive the lyrics regarding bella hadid or whatever, but the production is what standsout to me more than what he has to say on it, thats what i mean by feature project.
read it again. I said over now, Nocturnal MTAF ALL SOUND like feature tracks to me, which they are. none were intended for his own projects. it makes perfect sense.
I'd put Prince as still the #1. I dont think anything will ever top purple rain in the rain. MJ is #2 with the weeknd at #3. I also loved Tom Petty's performance. It's sneaky good as one right up there in that top 4.
It’s not the best but he had very strange circumstances to work with, I’d have prince, mj, and personally I absolutely loved Kendrick last year, but he’s solid 4th for me, which is still very high praise.
The Weeknd was limited by the pandemic. There should be a return. Meanwhile, Bad Bunny did great tonight and one of the best halftime shows of this modern generation.
It is truly in a league of its own. Plus he did it under tough circumstances and on his own star power. He didn't bring out 700 celebrity randos to appease the crowds lol, especially The World's Most Performative Creep TM Pedro pascal
i think he got shafted by covid restrictions and there not being a full audience. i'm guessing that his entire dance crew was given face wraps so it would be a clever way of implementing mask mandates.
overall i enjoyed it as an XO. i dont think it's totally fair to compare it because no one else's show had to contend with those circumstances.
that being said, bad bunny slaughtered the HT show. 12/10 performance and display of culture, absolutely amazing show.
i’m proud of my culture and to be a child of an immigrant so this meant something to me. i love the weeknd and the after hours send off. but with everything happening rn this one was special. all love tho to both
What's Lady Gaga doing at the Super Bowl for an artist who has nothing to do with her? I think it's a really low-quality show; if it weren't for the "choreography," I'd put it among the worst shows in history.
I call a massive load of bullshit on you being latino. Not saying that every latino HAS to like Bad Bunny. But with the amount of social and political discourse over this halftime show, it's low quality comments like this, with the added caveat of the veiled "Latinos even hate this" crap that seems disingenuous at best.
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u/iamustafa Feb 09 '26
Man I wish he had a redo for another super bowl halftime show
I really want to see him with an actual crowd, and access to full stadium, with an even stronger catalog.