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오늘은 2015년 8월 28일 발매된
The Weeknd의 정규 2집 'Beauty Behind The Madness'에 대해서 리뷰해보려고 합니다.
ARTIST
- 이름 : The Weeknd
- 출생 : 1990년 2월 16일
- 국적 : 캐나다
- 소속사 : xo, 리퍼블릭 레코드
- 데뷔일 : 2011년
TRACK LIST
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INFORMATION
[앨범 소개]
주말에는 주말의 음악을, '위켄드(The Weeknd)' 의 정규 2집 앨범 [Beauty Behind The Madness]
R&B씬의 빛나는 보석이자 힙스터 문화의 선두주자 '위켄드(The Weeknd)'! MTV로부터 ‘마이클 잭슨 이후 최고의 재능’이라는 찬사를 받은 '위켄드' 의 새 앨범[Beauty Behind The Madness] 은 2015년 가장 섹시한 앨범으로 일찌감치 주목받고 있다. 특히 '무한도전'에 삽입되면서 국내에서 화재가 되었던 "Can’t Feel My Face" 가 빌보드 차트 8개 부문에서 1위를 하며 앨범 발매 전부터 많은 사랑을 받았다. 이번 앨범에는 영화 '그레이의 50가지 그림자' 의 OST 에 수록된 관능적이고 몽환적인 "Earned It" 을 포함, 그 밖에도 국내외에서 사랑받는 싱어송라이터 '에드 시런 (Ed Sheeran)' 과 매혹적이고 치명적인 보이스의 '라나 델 레이 (Lana Del Rey)'의 피쳐링 참여로 더욱 솔직하고 성숙해진 음악을 담고 있다.
[출처 : 멜론]
REVIEW
01. Real Life
Tell 'em this boy
wasn't mean't for lovin'
Tell 'em this heart
doesn't stay to one
I'll be the same
never changed for nothin'
It's all I know
never learned much more
Mama called me
destructive oh yeah
Said it'd ruin me
one day yeah
Cause every woman
that loved me oh yeah
I seemed to push them away
That's real life oh oh oh
Real life ooh
Mama talking that
real life oh oh oh
That real life real life
real life real life
I know
you don't really understand it
I'm not allowed to regret my choice
I heard that love
is a risk worth taking
I wouldn't know never been that boy
Mama called me
destructive oh yeah
Said it ruined me one day yeah
Cause every woman
that loved me oh yeah
I seemed to push them away
That's real life oh oh oh
Real life ooh
Mama talking that real life oh oh oh
That real life real life
real life real life
Heaven only lets a few in
It's too late for me to choose it
Don't waste precious tears on me
I'm not worth the misery
I'm better off when I'm alone
That's real life oh oh oh
Real life ooh
Mama talking that real life oh oh oh
That real life real life
real life real life
That's real life oh oh oh
Real life ooh
Mama talking that real life oh oh oh
That real life real life
real life real life
02. Losers(Feat.Labrinth)
https://youtu.be/xNKOrBA9Sp0?si=z3GdOh_YnoxxHTeE
Only losers go to school
I taught myself how to move
I'm not the type to count on you
Because stupid's next to I love you
No So what can you show me
Now my heart don't know already
We make our own sense
And you're qualified to me
What can you show me
Now my heart don't know already
We make our own sense
And you're qualified
And you're qualified
Only losers go to school
They can't teach what they can't prove
Come put this inside a testtube
Because stupid's next to I love you
So what can you show me
That my heart don't know already
We make our own sense
You're qualified to me
What can you show me
That my heart don't know already
We make our own sense
You're qualified to me
And you're qualified to me
And now that we're all grown up
Who do we owe it to
And now that we've gone this far
Who do we owe it all to
We did it all alone
Now we're coming for the throne
We did it all alone
Now we're coming for the throne
And now that we all came up
Do we lose Do we lose
So what can you show me
That my heart don't know already
Because we make our own sense
And you're qualified to me
What can you show me
That my heart don't know already
Because we make our own sense
And you're qualified to me
And you're qualified to me
03. Tell Your Friends
https://youtu.be/j1ngEIxopUU?si=O6QxSqoILjveeiLC
We are not the same, I am too reckless
I'm not tryna go in that direction
These niggas, they been doin' too much flexin'
And they about to call the wrong attention
And I don't got no patience, no more testin'
I do shit how I want, don't need no blessin'
XO niggas ain't nothin' to mess with
Nobody stoppin' us, oh, no, we destined
And everybody 'round you is so basic
I'm never rockin' white, I'm like a racist
I don't drink my liquor wit' a chase in
That money is the only thing I'm chasin'
And some dope dimes on some coke lines
Gimme head all night, cum four times
Baby girl just wanna smoke a pound
Do an ounce, get some dick, tell her friends about it
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell 'em what you know, what you seen
How I roll, how I get it on the low
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell your friends about it
I'm that nigga with the hair
Singin' 'bout poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill
Last year I did all the politickin'
This year I'ma focus on the vision (The vision)
I think these hoes deserve another fixin' (Fixin')
I'm talkin' 'bout the ones from the beginnin' (Oh, oh, oh)
Don't believe the rumors, bitch, I'm still a user
I'm still rockin' camo and still roll with shooters
I'm a villain in my city, I just made another killin'
I'ma spend it all on bitches (On bitches)
And everybody fuckin', everybody fuckin'
Pussy on the house, everybody fuckin'
Man, I miss my city, man, it's been a minute (Been a minute)
MIA a habit, Cali was the mission
Cruise through the west-end in my new Benz (Ooh, woah)
I'm just tryna live life through a new lens
Drivin' by the streets I used to walk through
When I had no crib, I guess you call that shit a miracle
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell 'em what you know, what you seen
How I roll, how I get it on the low
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell your friends about it
I'm that nigga with the hair
Singin' 'bout poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill
Roll some, think I'll roll some
To know some, if we both honest
Who lasts? Yeah, you lie
Spent the whole summer
Tryna be at the wrong place at the right time
But I know what's mine when I see it
I know
My cousin said I made it big and it's unusual
She tried to take a selfie at my Grandma's funeral
Used to roam on Queen, now I sing Queen Street anthems
Used to hate attention, now I pull up in that wagon
And I was broken, I was broken, I was so broke
I used to roam around the town when I was homeless
Me and Lamar would rob a nigga for his Jordans
And flip it just to get these hoes another nose fix
Now we get faded when we want, girl, we got choices
Lay them on the fuckin' table, we got choices
And if they wanna fuck my niggas, they got choices
They told me not to fall in love, that shit is pointless
Yeah, that shit is pointless
They told me not to fall in love, that shit is pointless
Yeah, that shit is pointless
They told me not to fall in love, that shit is pointless
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell 'em what you know, what you seen
How I roll, how I get it on the low
Go tell your friends about it (About it)
Go tell your friends about it
I'm that nigga with the hair
Singin' 'bout poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill
04. Often
https://youtu.be/JPIhUaONiLU?si=89pOM26s1_Oz_qhR
[Nükhet Duru (The Weeknd):]
Seneler sürer her günüm
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Yalnız gitmekten yorgunum
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Seneler sürer her günüm
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Yalnız gitmekten yorgunum
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
[The Weeknd:]
I usually love sleeping all alone
This time around, bring your friend with you
But we ain't really gonna sleep at all
You ain't gon' catch me with them sneak pictures, sneak pictures
In my city, I'm a young god
That pussy kill be so vicious
My God white, he in my pocket
He get me redder than the devil 'til I go nauseous (Oh)
She asked me if I do this every day, I said, "Often"
Asked how many times she rode the wave, "Not so often" (Baby)
Bitches down to do it either way, often
Baby, I can make that pussy rain, often
Often, often, girl, I do this often
Make that pussy poppin', do it how I want it
Often, often, girl, I do this often
Make that pussy poppin', do it how I want it
Often
Infatuated by the fame status
She wanna ride inside the G-Class grey 'matic (Oh)
I come around, she leave that nigga like he ain't matter
That girl been drinkin' all day, need to change bladder
She's just happy that the crew's back in town
She 'bout to go downtown for a whole hour
If I had her, you can have her, man it don't matter
I'm never sour, I'm just smokin' somethin' much louder
She asked me if I do this every day, I said, "Often"
Asked how many times she rode the wave, "Not so often"
Bitches down to do it either way, often
Baby, I can make that pussy rain, often
(Baby, I can make that pussy rain)
Often, often, girl, I do this often
Make that pussy poppin', do it how I want it
Often, often, girl, I do this often
Make that pussy poppin', do it how I want it
Often
Ooh, the sun's risin' up
The night's almost up
The night's almost done
But I see your eyes
You wanna go again
Girl, I'll go again
Girl, I'll go again
She asked me if I do this every day, I said, "Often"
Asked how many times she rode the wave, "Not so often"
Bitches down to do it either way, often
(Bitches down to do it either way)
Baby, I can make that pussy rain, often (Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Often, often, girl, I do this often
Make that pussy poppin', do it how I want it
Often, often, girl, I do this often
Make that pussy poppin', do it how I want it
Often
[Nükhet Duru (The Weeknd):]
Seneler sürer her günüm
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Yalnız gitmekten yorgunum
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Seneler sürer her günüm
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Yalnız gitmekten yorgunum
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
05. The Hills
https://youtu.be/yzTuBuRdAyA?si=TfYWo5YIZX5kGuvD
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Your man on the road, he doin' promo
You said, "Keep our business on the low-low"
I'm just tryna get you out the friend zone
'Cause you look even better than the photos
I can't find your house, send me the info
Driving through the gated residential
Found out I was coming, sent your friends home
Keep on tryna hide it, but your friends know
I only call you when it's half past five
The only time that I'll be by your side
I only love it when you touch me, not feel me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, yeah
I only call you when it's half past five
The only time I'd ever call you mine
I only love it when you touch me, not feel me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, babe
I'ma let you know and keep it simple
Tryna keep it up don't seem so simple
I just fucked two bitches 'fore I saw you
And you gon' have to do it at my tempo
Always tryna send me off to rehab
Drugs started feeling like it's decaf
I'm just tryna live life for the moment
And all these motherfuckers want a relapse
I only call you when it's half past five
The only time that I'll be by your side
I only love it when you touch me, not feel me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, yeah
I only call you when it's half past five
The only time I'd ever call you mine
I only love it when you touch me, not feel me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, babe
Hills have eyes, the hills have eyes
Who are you to judge? Who are you to judge?
Hide your lies, girl, hide your lies (Hide your lies, oh, baby)
Only you to trust, only you
I only call you when it's half past five
The only time that I'll be by your side
I only love it when you touch me, not feel me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, yeah
I only call you when it's half past five
The only time I'd ever call you mine
I only love it when you touch me, not feel me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me
When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, babe
What about love? What about love?
"Ewedihalehu
Yene konjo,
Ewedihalehu
Yene fikir, fikir, fikir, fikir
Yene fikir, fikir, fikir, fikir"
06. Acquainted
https://youtu.be/-OMptcPcw0Y?si=ezdmSmXVwo8oymb_
Baby you're no good
Cause they warned me
bout your type girl
I've been ducking left and right
Baby you're no good
Think I fell for you
I fell for you I fell for you
You got me puttin' time in time in
Nobody got me feeling this way
You probably think I'm lying lying
I'm used to bitches
comin' right 'way
You got me
touchin' on your body
You got me
touchin' on your body
To say that
we're in love is dangerous
But girl I'm so glad
we're acquainted
I get you touchin' on your body
I get you touchin' on your body
I know I'd rather be complacent
But girl I'm so glad
we're acquainted
we're acquainted
Baby you're no good
All my niggas think I'm crazy
cause I'm thinkin' 'bout us lately
But really if I could
I'd forget about you
'get about you 'get about you
You got me puttin' time in time in
Nobody got me feeling this way
You probably think I'm lying lying
I'm used to bitches
comin' right 'way
You got me
touchin' on your body
You got me
touchin' on your body
To say that
we're in love is dangerous
But girl I'm so glad
we're acquainted
I got you touchin' on your body
I got you touchin' on your body
I know I'd rather be complacent
But girl I'm so glad
we're acquainted
we're acquainted
Momma caught me
cryin' cryin' cryin' cryin'
I won't find somebody that's real
she wants somebody that's real
Cause every time
I try to try to try to run
The fast life keeps gaining
on me shit
But ever since I met you
I couldn't believe what you did
So comfort me babe
ain't no rush from me babe
I keep on touchin' on your body
I keep on touchin' on your body
To say that we're in love
is dangerous
But girl I'm so glad
we're acquainted
I got you touchin' on your body
I got you touchin' on your body
I know I'd rather be complacent
But girl I'm so glad
we're acquainted
we're acquainted
I'm not trying to talk at all
Cause I'm trying to love you crazy
Put some more inside your cup
And drink till you numb the pain
I got you touchin' on your body
These girls
keep touchin' on their body
They got accustomed
to the life we live
These girls born
in the 90's are dangerous
I got 'em thinkin' that
they want me
Although they know
they not the only
I got 'em wanting to embrace
their sins
These girls born
in the 90's are dangerous
07. Can' t Feel My Face
https://youtu.be/KEI4qSrkPAs?si=CX2Dwwj-k0bXsYir
And I know she'll be
the death of me
at least we'll both be numb
And she'll always get
the best of me
the worst is yet to come
But at least we'll both be
beautiful and stay forever young
This I know yeah this I know
She told me
Don't worry about it
She told me
Don't worry no more
We both know we
can't go without it
She told me you'll never
be in love oh oh woo
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it
oh I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
And I know she'll be
the death of me
at least we'll both be numb
And she'll always get
the best of me
the worst is yet to come
All the misery was necessary
when we're deep in love
This I know girl I know
She told me
Don't worry about it
She told me
Don't worry no more
We both know we can't
go without it
She told me you'll never
be in love oh oh woo
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
She told me
Don't worry about it
She told me
Don't worry no more
We both know we can't go
without it
She told me you'll never
be in love oh oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it oh
I can't feel my face
when I'm with you
But I love it but I love it
I can't feel my face
08. Shameless
https://youtu.be/polycpBREYA?si=2YozCEMqZNvaV8os
Say it louder say it louder
Who's gonna love you like me like me
Say it louder say it louder
Who's gonna touch you like me like me
Ooh said you wanna be good
but you couldn't
keep your composure
Ooh said you wanna be good
but you're begging me to come over
Ooh come over
Ooh saying who's gonna
fuck you like me Yeah
I don't wanna hurt you
but you live for the pain
I'm not tryna say it
but it's what you became
You want me to fix you
but it's never enough
That's why you always call me
cause you're scared to be loved
But I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you girl
I have no shame
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you girl
I have no shame
Say it louder say it louder
Who's gonna love you
like me like me Yeah
Say it louder say it louder
Who's gonna touch you
like me like me
Ooh said it'd be the last time
all you needed was a little closure
Ooh said it'd be the last time
but you're begging me to come over
Ooh come over
Ooh saying who's gonna
fuck you like me Hey
I don't wanna hurt you
but you live for the pain
I'm not tryna say it
but it's what you became
You want me to fix you
but it's never enough
That's why you always call me
cause you're scared to be loved
But I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you girl
I have no shame
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you girl
I have no shame
Who's gonna fuck you like hey
I don't wanna hurt you
but you live for the pain
I'm not tryna say it
but it's what you became
You want me to fix you
but it's never enough
That's why you always call me
cause you're scared to be loved
But I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you girl
I have no shame
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you
I'll always be there for you girl
I have no shame
09. Earned It
https://youtu.be/waU75jdUnYw?si=yr4RiO4218_QMoOT
I'ma care for you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you
You make it look like it's magic (Oh, yeah)
'Cause I see nobody, nobody but you, you, you
I'm never confused
Hey, hey
And I'm so used to bein' used
So I love when you call unexpected
'Cause I hate when the moment's expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
'Cause girl, you're perfect
You're always worth it
And you deserve it
The way you work it
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah
Girl, you earned it, yeah
You know our love would be tragic (Oh, yeah)
So you don't pay it, don't pay it no mind, mind, mind
We live with no lies
Hey, hey
You're my favorite kind of night
So I love when you call unexpected
'Cause I hate when the moment's expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
'Cause girl, you're perfect (Girl, you're perfect)
You're always worth it (Always worth it)
And you deserve it (And you deserve it)
The way you work it (The way you work it)
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah (Earned it)
Girl, you earned it, yeah
On that lonely night (Lonely night)
We said it wouldn't be love
But we felt the rush (Fell in love)
It made us believe it was only us (Only us)
Convinced we were broken inside, yeah, inside, yeah
'Cause girl, you're perfect (Girl, you're perfect)
You're always worth it (You're always worth it)
And you deserve it (And you deserve it)
The way you work it (The way you work it)
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah (You earned it)
Girl, you earned it, yeah (You earned it)
Na-na-na-na-na
Oh-oh-oh
Yeah, yeah
'Cause girl, you're perfect
The way you work it
You deserve it
Girl, you deserve it
Girl, you earned it, yeah, yeah
10. In The Night
https://youtu.be/2iFa5We6zqw?si=VxnZPVDdoKNMoheh
All alone she was living
In a world without
an end or beginning
Babygirl was living life
for the feeling
But I don't mind
I don't mind
And all the wrongs
she committed
She was numb
and she was so co dependent
She was young
and all she had was the city
But I don't mind I don't mind
And I know that
she's capable of anything
it's riveting
But when you wake up
she's always gone gone gone
In the night she hears him calling
In the night
she's dancing to relieve the pain
She'll never walk away
I don't think you understand
In the night
when she comes crawling
Dollar bills and tears keep
falling down her face
She'll never walk away
I don't think you understand
He sang a song when he did it
He was cold
and he was so unforgiving
Now she dances
to the song on the minute
Yeah all the time
all the time
It make her weak when she hear it
And it got her
on her knees like religion
She was young
and she was forced to be a woman
Yeah all the time all the time
And I know that
she's capable of anything
it's riveting
But when you wake up
she's always gone gone gone
In the night she hears him calling
In the night
she's dancing to relieve the pain
She'll never walk away
I don't think you understand
In the night
when she comes crawling
Dollar bills and tears
keep falling down her face
She'll never walk away
I don't think you understand
I don't think you understand
I don't think you understand
I don't think you understand
I don't think you understand
In the night
she hears him calling
In the night
she's dancing to relieve the pain
She'll never walk away
I don't think you understand
In the night
when she comes crawling
Dollar bills and tears
keep falling down her face
She'll never walk away
I don't think you understand
11. As You Are
https://youtu.be/8CWy_-afIpY?si=TE-LpSlUKLNwXRS-
Baby it's just me and you
They couldn't see
what I see in you yeah
Cause I believe in you
You're the only one I choose
Even though you break my heart
Even though you break my heart baby
I know what
we are our love's too young
Even though you break
my heart my love
I'mma need you
I'mma need you I'mma need you
Yeah show me
your broken heart and all your scars
Baby I'll take I'll take I'll take
I'll take you as you are
I'll take you as you are yeah
Show me your broken heart
and all your flaws
Baby I'll take I'll take I'll take
I'll take you as you are
I'll take you as you are yeah
It's just you and I ooh yeah
Just a phase in our little lie
We can sex all night ooh whoa
See the want to in your eyes
But you know
I'll break your heart your heart
Cause I know
what we are our love's too young
Even though I'll break your heart
your heart
I'mma need you
I'mma need you
I'mma need you yeah
Yeah show me your
broken heart and all your scars
Baby I'll take I'll take I'll take
I'll take you as you are
I'll take you as you are
Show me your broken heart
to know your flaws
Baby I'll take I'll take I'll take
I'll take you as you are
I'll take you as you are yeah yeah
Oh oh hey ey
You know it you know
I know it baby
No no yeah
you know you know I know it baby
You know you know you know
You know know oh
You know know baby
As I am baby won't you
take me as I am
As I am as I am as I am
Baby won't you take me as I am
As I am as I am
As I am baby won't you
take me as I am
As I am as I am
As I am baby won't you
take me as I am
As I am as I am
12. Dark Times
https://youtu.be/E3qtZDKAWk0?si=0vBv0O0uCg9xIwt-
Waking up half past five
Blood on pillow and one bruised eye
Drunk too much
you know what I'm like
But you should've seen the other guy
This ain't the right time
for you to fall in love with me
Baby I'm just being honest
And I know my lies
could not make you believe
We're running in circles that's why
In my dark times
I'll be going back to the street
Promising everything I do not mean
In my dark time baby
this is all I could be
And only my mother
can love me for me
In my dark times in my dark times
Light one up let me bum a smoke
Still coming down
dripping throat
I got another man's
blood on my clothes
But an endless fog's the life I chose
This ain't the right time
for you to fall in love with me
But baby I'm just being honest
And I know my lies
could never make you believe
Running in circles that's why
In my dark times
I'll be going back to these streets
Promising everything I do not mean
In my dark times
baby this is all I could be
Only my mother
could love me for me
In my dark times
in my dark times
In my dark times
I've still got some problems I know
Driving too fast
but just moving too slow
And I've got something
I've been trying to let go
Pulling me back every time
In my dark times taking it
back to the street
Making those promises
that I could not keep
In my dark times baby
this is all I could be
Only my mother
could love me for me
In my dark times taking
it down to the street
Making those promises
that I would not keep
In my dark time
this is all I could be
Only my mother
could've loved me for me
In my dark times in my dark time
In my dark times
13. Prisoner
https://youtu.be/x0bRHmTQEsE?si=ml7WlGiEzW7sLfja
You bring good to
my lonely life honestly
It’s hard for me
to look into your eyes
When I say that I would be
nothing without your love
I feel the rush and it’s amazing
Maybe I’ve been
always destined to end up
in this place yeah
I don't mean to come off selfish
but I want it all
Love will always be a lesson
let's get out of its way
Cause I know
all I know all I know
I’m a prisoner
to my addiction
I’m addicted to a life
that’s so empty and so cold
I’m a prisoner to my decisions
Ooh Ooh Ooh
I think I've been
in Hollywood for too long
Cause I can feel
my soul burning
feel it burning slow
But I would be nothing
without the touch
I feel the rush and it's amazing
Maybe I’ve been
always destined to end up
in this place
I don't mean to come off selfish
but I want it all
Love will always be a lesson
let's get out of its way
Cause I know
all I know all I know
I’m a prisoner
to my addiction
I’m addicted to a life
that’s so empty and so cold
I’m a prisoner to my decisions
Ooh Ooh Ooh
I’m a prisoner to my addiction
I’m addicted to a life
that’s so empty and so cold
I’m a prisoner to my decisions
Ooh Ooh Ooh
I don't know
I get so wrapped up in a world
where nothing's as it seems
And real life is
stranger than my dreams
14. Angel
https://youtu.be/QAAOynFujNw?si=Vuzvdx8JfQ9RDILL
Angel oh oh oh oh
Knew you were special
from the moment
I saw you I saw you yeah
I said angel oh oh oh oh
I feel you're closer every time
I call you I call you
Cause all I see are wing
I can see your wings
But I know what I am
and the life I live yeah
the life I live
And even though
I sin maybe we are born to live
But I know time will tell
if we're meant for this yeah
if we're meant for this
And if we're not
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody to love
somebody to love
Somebody to love yeah yeah yeah
Said angel woah oh oh oh
You'll probably never take me
back and I know this
yeah I know this aw man
I said angel woah oh oh oh
I'm so desensitized to feeling
these emotions yeah
no emotions baby
Cause all I see are wings
I can see your wings
But I know what I am
and the life I live
yeah the life I live
And even though
I sin we are born to live
But I know time will tell
if we're meant for this yeah
if we're meant for this
And if we're not hope you
find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
to love somebody to love
Somebody to love
yeah yeah yeah
And even though we live inside
A dangerously empty life
You always seem to bring the light
You always seem to bring the light
And even though we live inside
A dangerously empty life
You always seem to bring me light
You always seem to bring me light
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
to love somebody to love
Somebody to love
yeah yeah oh
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
to love somebody to love
Somebody to love
yeah yeah yeah oh
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
to love somebody to love
Somebody to love
yeah yeah yeah oh
Ooh somebody baby
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody
I hope you find somebody baby
I hope you find somebody
to love somebody to love
somebody to love
Yeah yeah yeah
RATING
이 앨범은 The Weeknd가 기존의 어두운 분위기에서 팝적인 요소를 접목시키며 더 넓은 대중성을 얻은 중요한 전환점입니다.
"Beauty Behind the Madness"는 R&B, 팝, 그리고 얼터너티브 사운드를 믹스한 독창적인 스타일을 보여줍니다. 이전의 "Trilogy"나 "Kiss Land"에서 The Weeknd는 주로 우울하고 내성적인 주제와 실험적인 R&B 사운드에 집중했으나, 이번 앨범에서는 보다 팝 친화적인 사운드로 방향을 틀었습니다.
프로덕션적으로는 Max Martin과 같은 팝 프로듀서의 참여로 고퀄리티의 사운드를 들려줍니다. 예를 들어, "Can't Feel My Face"는 펑키한 리듬과 디스코 스타일의 사운드를 통해 Michael Jackson과 같은 80년대 팝 아이콘의 향수를 불러일으킵니다. 반면 "The Hills"는 보다 다크하고 트립-호프적인 요소를 보여주며 The Weeknd의 트레이드마크인 어두운 가사와 보컬 스타일을 유지합니다. 이러한 대조적인 스타일의 병치는 앨범에 다채로움을 더해줍니다.
가사적으로, "Beauty Behind the Madness"는 욕망, 사랑, 중독, 외로움 등의 주제를 탐구합니다. The Weeknd는 여전히 성적 욕망과 내적 혼란에 집중하고 있으며, 이러한 테마는 "The Hills", "Often", "Shameless" 등의 트랙에서 잘 드러납니다. "Tell Your Friends"는 그의 개인적 경험과 성공, 그리고 그 성공이 불러온 복잡한 감정들을 노골적으로 표현하고 있으며, 이는 The Weeknd의 서사적 아이덴티티와 일치합니다.
이러한 감정적 깊이는 종종 Lana Del Rey의 음악과 비교될 수 있는데, Lana와의 콜라보 곡인 "Prisoner"는 이 두 아티스트가 공유하는 어두운 미학과 우울한 낭만주의를 잘 나타냅니다. 그러나 The Weeknd는 Lana와 달리, 더 파워풀한 보컬과 보다 직설적인 가사로 그만의 독창성을 유지합니다.
The Weeknd의 보컬 퍼포먼스는 이번 앨범에서 특히 빛납니다. 그의 파워풀하면서도 감정적인 팔세토는 트랙들에 깊이를 더해줍니다. 특히 "Earned It"와 "Can't Feel My Face"에서 그의 보컬 능력이 극대화되었으며, 이 곡들은 그의 상업적 성공을 이끌어낸 주축이 되었습니다. Michael Jackson과 같은 거장들과 비교되는 것은 우연이 아니며, 그와 비슷한 보컬 톤과 리듬감이 듣는 이들에게 매우 매력적으로 다가옵니다.
하지만 보컬 스타일이 지나치게 고정된다는 비판도 있습니다. 일부 트랙에서는 비슷한 음색과 창법이 반복되며 다소 단조로울 수 있습니다. 예를 들어, "Shameless"와 같은 곡에서는 그 특유의 팔세토가 감정적 클라이맥스를 주지만, 앨범 내에서 이러한 스타일이 반복되면서 어느 정도의 피로감이 느껴질 수 있습니다.
앨범 전체적으로는 다양한 스타일의 곡들이 담겨 있지만, 트랙 간의 일관성이 약간 부족하다는 점은 비판받을 수 있습니다. 예를 들어, "Often" 같은 곡은 초기 The Weeknd의 어두운 R&B 감성을 유지하지만, "Can't Feel My Face"나 "In the Night" 같은 곡은 훨씬 더 팝적인 접근을 보여줍니다. 이로 인해 앨범의 분위기가 다소 파편화되었다는 지적이 있을 수 있습니다. 하지만 이러한 스타일의 다양성이 The Weeknd가 새로운 청중에게 다가가고자 한 전략임을 고려할 때, 이는 장점으로도 해석될 수 있습니다.
The Weeknd는 자신의 다크한 이미지와 더 넓은 대중성을 성공적으로 결합시켰습니다. "Can't Feel My Face"와 같은 곡은 클럽과 라디오에서 큰 인기를 끌었지만, 여전히 그의 고유한 정체성을 유지하고 있습니다. 위켄드답게 앨범 내내 그의 보컬 능력은 눈부시며, 특히 높은 음역대에서의 감정적 전달력은 매우 인상적입니다.
그리고 팝, R&B, 힙합, 펑크, 트립-호프 등 다양한 장르가 어울리게 녹아들어 있어, 청자에게 신선함을 유지하는 것 같네요.
일부 트랙들은 지나치게 팝적이거나 상업적으로 치우쳐 있으며, 초기 The Weeknd 팬들이 기대했던 어두운 R&B 스타일과의 간극이 느껴질 수 있습니다. 또 지나치게 유사한 창법과 톤이 반복되면서 청자가 피로감을 느낄 수 있습니다.
초기 작품들과의 연결성을 유지하면서도 새로운 사운드로 나아가려는 그의 시도는 성공적이었다고 말할 수 있을 것 같아요. 이 앨범은 그가 단순한 R&B 아티스트가 아닌, 팝과 대중음악의 주류에서 독보적인 위치를 차지하게 한 결정적 작품이라 할 수 있다고 생각이 듭니다.
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