This slow, seductive ballad draws on a metaphor equating The Weeknd to the collective group of drugs he ingests and provides to his lovers. The female being serenaded here is victim to both a physical dependency on drugs and an emotional dependency for connection with Abel. The original version of “What You Need” released on House of Balloons sampled Aaliyah’s “Rock the Boat.” However, it was the only sample not cleared upon Trilogy’s release and was removed from the track. The first of three tracks produced from Jeremy Rose, Abel would later feud against him for rights to the songs… read more
This slow, seductive ballad draws on a metaphor equating The Weeknd to the collective group of drugs he ingests and provides to his lovers. The femal… read more
This slow, seductive ballad draws on a metaphor equating The Weeknd to the collective group of drugs he ingests and provides to his lovers. The female being serenaded here is victim to b… read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and "left one weekend and never came home". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. The letter E was excluded to avoid trademark problems with the Canadian band The Weekend. The Weeknd gained wid… read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He … read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was… read more