The Weeknd arrives with a show that spotlights what pop music does best: equal parts crude and emotionally resonant, baffling and intimate. Good songs too.
Abel Tesfaye AKA The Weeknd, stands atop a medieval fortress, on a hundred-metre catwalk in the middle of Marvel Stadium.He commands the stage like a guru, haloed by an afro and wearing a long black and gold robe. “Take me to a time,” he sings sweetly, “When I was young / And my heart could take the drugs and heartache without loss.”. The crowd loves it – they will follow him wherever. As will the troupe of red-gowned dancers marching behind him, ghost-like.
This is what pop music does best: equal parts crude and emotionally resonant, baffling and intimate. Good songs too.
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