Dancing in the Flames flopped so hard that it wasn't even included on the album. Also, it's clear that The Idol and the drama surrounding its production has tarnished his image.

Comparing his latest single run to Bruno Mars and other male pop stars, he's really missing the mark. It makes me sad because I really do like him.

 

Is The Weeknd is lowkey over? 

Yes 

the weeknd is highkey over bc its his last album 

He is not over but he has already peaked and that is fine. The debut numbers for this album will be high though. (22 tracks)

Well, yes, he is retiring "The Weeknd" so he is over. That's the whole point of the trilogy.

4 minutes ago, blackoutbaby said:

Comparing his latest single run to Bruno Mars and other male pop stars, he's really missing the mark.

https://charts.spotify.com/home

 

mind you this is pre album release

He literally wants "The Weeknd" project to be over after this album. 
 

Personally, HUT blows any Bruno album out of the water. 
 

Also Timeless is currently in the US top 10 on Spotify and some of his idol songs are still charting and showing crazy longevity. He's doing just fine

Well yes, this is his last album allegedly

 

I feel like he excluded Dancing In The Flames because of the LA fires

who are the other male pop stars?

 

He's literally the 3rd most streamed person in Spotify, how's he over?  

not at all

This man has 117 MILLION Spotify listeners...you tell me. 

19 minutes ago, blackoutbaby said:

Dancing in the Flames flopped so hard that it wasn't even included on the album. Also, it's clear that The Idol and the drama surrounding its production has tarnished his image.

Not that much, apparently. People clowned it but it spawned 2 global smashes with 1B+ plays each. He's definitely not getting another show, but if it had affected him musically, the singles wouldn't have smashed like that

 

DITF did flop but then Timeless is a hit with 500M streams already, so... People are just over the synth pop stuff

no. but his new album is his worst

His song from the show that supposedly tarnished his image was the 7th most streamed track of 2024 on Spotify (still charting as well). Timeless is also a hit and he just announced another to be record breaking stadium tour. Yall live in some crazy bubbles  

Can't we at least wait for the Spotify numbers tomorrow before getting our drags in 

I think the Weeknd persona and the 80s synthpop stuff is tired. Let's see how he rebrands.

Those threads never age well. 

See Bad Bunny's from just a couple weeks ago. 

he released an album? 

Commercially, no.

 

Creatively, he's been stale for a while, imo.

Only on ATRL would The Weeknd be considered over

Sao Paulo is better than die with a smile and APT, I'll give him that 

Hardly. 

He's at least not afraid to drop new music despite some underperformances.

17 minutes ago, A Million Lights said:

Sao Paulo is better than die with a smile and APT, I'll give him that 

to YOU. Rest of the world says something else.

 

Anyway. Not lowkey but he's highkey over. There's nothing interesting about him. 

Since his pandemic hit in 2020, he couldnt really release a hit song. His only chart toppers belongs to his 2016/2020 albums and even those needed Ariana Grande remixes, close to at the peak of his radio payola.