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[5], The song was produced by Silkky Johnson, known for his previous work with ASAP Mob and Lil B, in which the first half of the song is a repurpose of another song he initially produced for Main Attrakionz entitled "Nothin' Gonna Change," from the 2011 mixtape 808s & Dark Grapes II.
Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. "Wanderlust" sounds directly inspired by something off "Thriller.". This world's not for us Don’t have an account? The Weeknd, contrarily, sees through this and suggests the way out as being with him. When I got on stage, she swore I was six feet tall But when she put it in her mouth she can't seem to reach my (Reach my, reach my, reach my...) Ballin' ain't an issue for me, I'll make a hundred stacks right back next week Do it all again, I'm faded off the wrong thing, the wrong thing Changes will take effect once you reload the page. The Weeknd acknowledges this directly on the title track, “Kiss Land,” a song about his interactions with female fans after his shows. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. by Here's Billboard's play-by-play of the Weeknd's long awaited proper debut. "Professional"The first song gives you an idea as to what you're in store for with "Kiss Land" -- blissfully hi-fi headphone candy that's not far from the Weeknd's mixtape trilogy, but with an added flair for the dramatic. That's because the percussion was sampled (illegitimately) from their 2008 track "Machine Gun," which got the Weeknd involved in a Twitter beef with the band's Geoff Barrow. Do you feel like you did before? "Tears In The Rain"On the final track, Weeknd comes apart all over again. [7], Upon its release, "Kiss Land" was met with widespread acclaim from music critics.
If you do not want that we track your visist to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. To simplify subscriber access, we have temporarily disabled the password requirement. I could teach you to dream, oooh [8] Global Grind's Brittany Lewis described the song as "hypnotic",[9] while Carl Williott of Idolator thought that the use of a woman's scream brought a "sinister lothario thing to absurd new heights". "Kiss Land" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd, from his debut studio album Kiss Land. He released three critically acclaimed mixtapes in 2011 (House of Balloons, Thursday, Echoes of Silence) and, after being featured on Drake’s extremely popular “October’s Very Own” blog, he signed a record deal with Universal Republic and created his own imprint label, XO. You'll learn to love how to dream, dream "Pretty"Tesfaye again gets confessional here, although he's back to the subject of girls. For a moment, the Weeknd almost lost us. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. "Kiss Land"On "Kiss Land," the album starts to devolve back from accessible to the haze of sprawling, contorting epics that it opened with. 1. Sure he sings about what comes with the good life -- girls, money, and fame -- but he never gives the feeling that he's stunting. It's not what it seems I’ve been killing these shows The Pac-12 CEO Group’s decision also includes a Nov. 25 start date for basketball season.