After Hours by The Weeknd debuts with universal acclaim

[ChromatiGa 467]

Just now, GagaCoop said:

I really love Blinding Lights BUT lemme say that this album is not as good as critics say.. the first part of the album is really really boooooring

Sorry the album isn’t only made up of four on the floor beats and epic choruses. That’s not who The Weeknd is as an artist. 
It’s not boring, it’s just not your style.

[Eddie 2,518]

25 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

The fact that this ranks above every single Lady Gaga album ever and even higher than Bjork and Lana is a complete joke and shows how little is expected from men.

Why are you bringing the sexism card? Lana's and Bjork album are acclaim too. Then people expect feminist to be taken seriously when they come with this ****? 

[BleepBloop 10,316]

3 minutes ago, Jose P said:

The thing is that she’s made critically-acclaimed albums tho. I mean TFM remains one of the most praised pop albums of the century. It’s just on that site specifically that she’s never had a score over 78. 

Metacritic is not just a "site" like Pitchfork etc.. It's an aggregator site, meaning the number you're seeing is made up of all critics' reviews

[SHALLOW 16,443]

37 minutes ago, ChromatiGa said:

Tell me After Hours and Blinding Lights sound the same.

Tell me Heartless and In Your Eyes sound the same.

Tell me Faith and Save Your Tears sound the same.

Tell me the Interlude sounds like Scared To Live.

 

No.

Sis, i’m not bashing it but the 80s theme is very present in every song and every song sounds moody. I personally tried to get into him several times but just found him depressing. I won’t say he makes bad music but i think we can all agree he doesn’t vary a lot 

[SHALLOW 16,443]

34 minutes ago, misunderstood said:

You realize rap fans say this about pop...so honey I think it’s just your popfan mentality making you think that 🤡

 This album is literally a Stranger Things soundtrack. Each song is moody and 80s inspired.

Pop music is the genre that varies the most since it can take a lot from every other genre so i really wouldn’t say that. Like e.g ARTPOP is pop-EDM and Joanne is pop-Country/Rock etc... ofc there are going to be artists like Ava that always release the same cute basic pop song but whatever

[Jose P 23,341]

18 minutes ago, Sneaky said:

Metacritic is not just a "site" like Pitchfork etc.. It's an aggregator site, meaning the number you're seeing is made up of all critics' reviews

Yes I know that but then again the site doesn’t really compile a lot of critic reviews really. I mean, The Fame Monster has a score of 78 but based on only 14 reviews.

[ChromatiGa 467]

Calling an album a Stranger Things soundtrack just because it has dark synths shows how much one knows about music.
Stranger Things has mostly darkwave and these songs are dreamwave/outrun. But whatever. No shade.

[GagaStefi 1,231]

Love how this album has an actual concept... not that many people have those now a days

[2009ster 55]

1 hour ago, SHALLOW said:

Literally all the songs sound the same  not saying it’s bad but... was wondering if anyone noticed

That’s been my complaint with every The Weeknd album so far. He reuses melodies and vocal runs with zero shame. 

[zakariah 11,722]

well deserved

sadly, I can't seem to get into the first half of the album, but I do like the second half, I guess it's just my musical preference. but my fav album of his is still Starboy, that sh!t hit different.

[littlepotter 75,147]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Why are you bringing the sexism card? Lana's and Bjork album are acclaim too. Then people expect feminist to be taken seriously when they come with this ****? 

1 hour ago, littlepotter said:

The fact that women have it harder in the industry is not a myth. It's not my opinion. It's a fact.

 

 

[littlepotter 75,147]

1 hour ago, ChromatiGa said:

Sorry the album isn’t only made up of four on the floor beats and epic choruses. That’s not who The Weeknd is as an artist. 
It’s not boring, it’s just not your style.

But sis why do you feel the need to reply to anyone who has an opinion on this album  If the man was bored, the man was bored. You can't tell him he wasn't bored

And stop with this rhetoric that if we don't like it it means we're pop fans who only listen to four on the floor beats and epic choruses. Most people on this site also stan artists like Lana, whose music is much closer to Abel's. Not to sound like a snob but among others I listen to Haydn and Mozart and they're the farthest thing from what you just described, and they're much less boring than most pop songs, and Abel's album. But that's just my opinion. 

[zzzzzzz 61]

such a good album