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The Weeknd

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Mainstream rapper and R&B artist who was a dominant figure in 2016 and remained a top figure through 2025 despite being past his prime

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"The autoplay video from there was a man wearing a Spiderman bodysuit in a Wal-Mart who danced in an unbroken cut to a Weeknd song."
Ipad kids are just the tip of the iceberg · u/[deleted] · ↑399 · 2022-11-27
"However, very soon after, she herself started dating the weeknd and she made it her mission to flaunt it and make sure everyone knew it."
selena gomez is the most embarrassing person in the entire world · u/Virtual_Tiger9210 · ↑388 · 2025-10-22
"Reminds me a bit of what's happening now with Lily Rose Depp. Maybe im being too simple but it comes off as creepy as Weeknd's character does. And they filmed it at his house?!!"
Sam Levinson rant · loginconfirmation · ↑356 · 2023-06-05
"Do normies really just listen to Drake, Weeknd, and Post Malone all day? These people log thousands of hours on Spotify and they really just go about their life listening to that?"
"Now alot of my friends mostly listen to popular rap, pop, and R&B. Kanye, Cardi B, The Weeknd. They absolutely hate when I play any rock music when we're hanging."
Do you find people who hate rock music annoying? · u/[deleted] · ↑118 · 2021-02-25
"When I was a college freshman in 2016, the biggest artists were drake, travis scott, the weeknd, future, metro boomin, young thug, 21 savage, kendrick lamar. That was the default soundtrack for hanging out in a dorm room or getting drunk at a party or whatever. Fast forward to 2025 and it seems like"
Why is mainstream rap so stuck? · u/washerm · ↑112 · 2025-01-25
"the way he's snorting and sniffling after doing cocaine. gross"
the weeknd is fucking disgusting in the first episode of the idol · u/thowawaycandyq489908 · ↑87 · 2023-06-07
"They'll be making $400k, driving Teslas, dressed head to toe in Patagonia and Lululemon, have The Weeknd and keshi on their Spotify wrapped and post about being 'granola girls' because they go on hiking trips on weekends."
"Last example is The Weeknd's new LP. At first, the radio gimmick might seem cute, but by the 4th listen you hate the skits and everything that makes it a concept album."
"He is a pop star I've noticed even the artsier crowd kind of likes him. My one friend even has a tattoo of the logo on one of his albums. I don't see what really sets him apart from other male pop modern RnB singers."
What is the appeal of The Weeknd? · u/[deleted] · ↑30 · 2021-02-09
"If the Day the Music Died happened today, it would involve The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar being killed while travelling between small town high schools in the American midwest."
"He is a pop star I've noticed even the artsier crowd kind of likes him. My one friend even has a tattoo of the logo on one of his albums."
What is the appeal of The Weeknd? · u/[deleted] · ↑30 · 2021-02-09
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