LA Times: First couples of pop Lana + The Weeknd, Rihanna + Kanye

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By design or simple proximity, America usually winds up with a first couple of pop.

In 1985, Madonna and Bruce independently wrangled received ideas about working-class saints and sinners for an audience that got it backward half the time. In 2015, we have two pairs — one hot, one cold — who couple up consciously.

Kanye and Rihanna work the orangey white end of the spectrum. Rihanna maintains an even heat: She directed a music video for "Bitch Better Have My Money" that flickers between stunning and baffling (and which Ellie Goulding just quoted in her "On My Mind" video); she livened up a song by Kanye and a Beatle; and she slouched better than you strut. Kanye, not prone to quiet, came close, releasing holding-pattern singles and a flat couture line that seemed to be about calming down the room, which is not usually on Kanye's punch list.

The year's more interesting duo is our ice couple — Lana Del Rey and Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye. Tesfaye cited Lana as an inspiration in an interview with Pitchfork and featured her on his new album.

With Tesfaye, his inability to feel his face or the world around him is part of a confessional come-on built on the reliability of his weaknesses. Tesfaye trembles and whines, trumpeting his flaws as he unfolds a narrative lifted from some off-brand pick-up manual: "Please save me from this pile of c-----e, you patient woman, you."

With Del Rey, the chill is different: Her numbness is an index of strength. She reclines, uninterested in letting you in on what she's feeling. Why would a queen give you the intimate view?

Read the full article here: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-0926-lana-del-rey-and-abel-tesfaye-20150926-story.html

 

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