the weeknd

During 2020 we’ve seen artists take whole new approaches to maintain that interaction with their listener base that’s so hard to come by these days. We’ve seen artists drop whole projects out of nowhere that seem to be products of the added time they have to be creative. Trap legend Party Favor fits this mold, as he recently blessed us…

Grandtheft is easily one of the best remixers in the game with official reworks for everyone from Calvin Harris and Dillon Francis, to DJ Mustard and Rihanna. Sometimes the official route doesn’t always work out though and you have to drop some heat for free. Apparently, this new ‘Starboy’ remix with Sam Spiegel has been caught up in label limbo…

Yesterday Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd, announced via social media that he would be dropping his latest album titled Starboy. Little did we know he had the lead single and title track sitting in the chamber waiting to pull to the trigger on the release. Today ‘Starboy’ featuring Daft Punk hit every major streaming app and started Abel’s autumn takeover.…

A few weeks back Cashmere Cat and The Weeknd teased fans with a photo of the two of them in the studio. The image prompted mass anticipation for what their collab may sound like and today we have the answer. ‘Wild Love,’ which also features Francis and the Lights is the title track of Cashmere Cat’s upcoming album. It’s a…

MYRNE and Luca Lush are two of the hottest producers creeping on the come up. Having two artists of their caliber connect for a collab is pretty much guaranteed to be great, add in the fact that they’re flipping Future and The Weeknd and it’s a lock. Opening with some strong keys, the first half maintains the hazy trap sound…

After touring with The Weeknd, Bryson Tiller saw a massive increase in his reach and audience. The real credit though, goes to his music. The Kentucky trap/soul artist dropped one of the best projects of 2015 and so it’s no wonder that one of the biggest artists in the game in would want to remix his ‘Rambo’ joint. The Weeknd, known…

As 2015 wraps up, it’s time to reflect on another incredible year in music. To do so, we’re counting down the top 100 songs of the year. In developing this list we weighed each track against the following criteria: overall song quality, impact and popularity, and support (blogs, charts, DJs, etc.). We’re counting down 20 tracks per day and today we…

This past Saturday, Abel hit the main stage as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live. Putting on one hell of a show the Toronto native also brought out Nicki Minaj to perform her remix to ‘The Hills’ which hit the Internet the same day. At midnight, another remix became available through iTunes, this time featuring one of the biggest…

In August, Toronto native Abel Tesfaye otherwise known as The Weeknd dropped his sophomore album Beauty Behind The Madness. If you’ve been paying attention, not only did a handful of the tracks grace the number one spot but Abel also broke out on to the pop scene with undeniable hunger. The kid from Toronto made huge waves in the last year…

RL Grime has been keeping things pretty hush since he dropped his VOID album earlier this year, but today he finally let the wraps off of the remix he teased fans with earlier this month. ‘The Hills’ is a great track by The Weeknd to begin with but this trap rework is also pretty amazing. Grime takes the dark trap…