News
The Weeknd has been working on new music
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the star revealed that he has been in the studio and is working on new music.
About This Track
The Weeknd frames desire as transaction, the club encounter stripped of illusion. A woman drawn by his rising profile meets a narrator who refuses the role she's casting him in, the chorus a blunt diagnosis of motive rather than seduction. The production sits spare and nocturnal, the vocal delivery weary rather than boastful.
The lyric acknowledges attraction whilst maintaining distance, the repeated refrain a kind of self-protection. The Weeknd positions himself as already spoken for, the line about having someone waiting at home a boundary drawn even as the scene unfolds. The track maps the gap between physical presence and emotional availability, the pole and the floor observed but not crossed.
'Next' appears on 'Echoes of Silence', the mixtape that featured first-time collaborations with producers Clams Casino and DropXLife. The project continued the exploration of drug use and complicated intimacy that marked the Weeknd's early work, the tone consistent with the nocturnal aesthetic established across the preceding releases.
"Next" is a track by The Weeknd, from the album Echoes of Silence, released 21st December 2011. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about The Weeknd.
About the Artist
Lyrics
Lyrics provided by LRCLIB
View full lyrics page →Track details
Credits
READ MORE ABOUT THE WEEKNDREAD MORE ABOUT THE WEEKNDREAD MORE ABOUT THE WEEKNDREAD MORE ABOUT THE WEEKNDREAD MORE ABOUT THE WEEKNDREAD MORE ABOUT THE WEEKNDIn an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the star revealed that he has been in the studio and is working on new music.
The annual award celebrates the best Canadian albums from the past 12 months
'Phase 2' kicks off this September.
It's the latest track to be lifted from most recent full length ‘Starboy’.
It’s the chance to catch ‘Starboy’ under the Stars - hard to say no right?
He joins a bill that already includes Solange, Arcade Fire and Blink-182.