Anthony Fantano Reaction to ​​The Weeknd - Dancing In The Flames | theneedledrop

[@YaZyFreddo]

I will say, it really feels like the song was just made for the apple video. It doesn't sound like something the weeknd would make, it sounds like a song you would just hear on a commercial. That being said, this song's such a bop.

[@kaionova5379]

The themes of death are still there, even in the video. I’d say it’s still on the same lane, just not the strongest he’s made.

[@okbruhh]

@@kaionova5379in each verse he kinda represents his past 2 albums, the last verse could be seen as a reference to his new album. I think the verses was too short and could be more detailed.

[@yaboislameye5245]

You’ve no clue what you’re talking about. This is The Weeknd. This sounds exactly like The Weeknd. He’s been doing this sound for like 4 years now.

[@okbruhh]

@@yaboislameye5245 you replying to the wrong guy bro 😂😂

[@BlackPlasticBag_]

​@@yaboislameye5245watch yo tone nga

[@yuh-fv7ds]

I’m curious at what point Apple got involved. Bc there’s no way Apple is making a typical Weeknd music video and playing it at the iPhone launch. Weeknd songs/videos are typically some level of provocative and even subversive. This one is 100% Apple-friendly and inoffensive. And to be clear, provocation is NOT necessary for a great song/video. But this feels like a relatively “safe” “radio hit” kinda song by Abel’s standards. Which is fine. I enjoyed it. But I think he’s at his best when he’s pushing the boundaries, lyrically and musically. Hopefully, the album will still do that - the leaks for other songs confirm that it definitely won’t just be 80s dance pop. I felt the same way about Blinding Lights, but then the album dropped, and within the context of the album - especially after Faith - the meaning of the song is transformed.

[@Chr1s012]

I’ve been really liking the song and I think it’s one of the better pop songs of this year but idk why apple had to get involved

[@rthraitor]

Why is fantano walking on a treadmill

[@Sup_biiatch]

Bruh i thought i was trippin

[@theboi5584]

he doesn't, he just moon walks in place really well

[@orcajesus6621]

Stay healthy/lose weight

[@chan_martin]

He's walk-maxxing

Why not

[@puzzlite]

You will hear this track on infinite repeat in JCPenneys and Macy's across America

[@xogagan]

those songs end up being the biggest cuz white folks love em 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[@puzzlite]

@@xogagan He makes pop music. it's not just white folks loving his music. Everybody loves his music, that's why they play it everywhere

[@airtight-gamingnews3910]

Blinding lights pt 2

[@superboatvr]

THIS IS WHY YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE ENOUGH SLICES GUY

[@BrizzyBrake]

Just imagine The Weeknd doing a bond song rather then the one we got, I love the 80s sound. More of it please I miss the 80s is it just me

[@adrianbooklecter7545]

def not just you!

[@rayandsouza2376]

Same thing happened when blinding lights dropped , people never really liked it initially until covid came and people really started vibing to it. Even when heartless dropped it debuted at #1 and then next week charted at #17 and people started treating the song very badly. But you know how big of a bop heartless became overtime. Moral of the story dont ever doubt xo man, there's levels to this 🔥🔥🔥. People trying to bring abel down just because he is numerically on another level and breaking records left and right. They saying weeknd fell off , dude ssly . He just gave hits after hits on the idol and dont forget dawn FM. Anyways man , you cannot stop the hate when you actually #1 and the goat of music . Dancing in the flames will grow on people and even if it doesnt dont care , the album gon be lit asf. Dont doubt Abel Tesfaye. Period. 💪💪💪

[@roychang723]

He should listen to the end. Wonder his reaction to the outro lol

[@caincain3640]

i really hope illangelo makes a comeback. this poppy happy thing isn't working out.

[@veezee__04]

Isn't working out in what way exactly?

[@caincain3640]

@@veezee__04personally , i feel like this song and music video was trying to be the next BL really bad. and the whole tone of the track isn't getting along with how he's been advertising the other tracks he teased or how he's teasing the album. i don't have any problem with lyrics or the melody even though I've already heard people say it sounds like chatgpt wrote it. but i liked the acoustic version better. this version of production kinda ruined it for a lot of people including me. felt like how any other pop song written by max martin would sound. but considering Abel, the bar was always high. but I'm hoping it'd make sense when the album comes out. so yeah pretty so far it's not working out

[@MysticalMastodon]

@@caincain3640to me, the song is a metaphor for this whole ride of albums we’ve gone through since there’s almost always a change up in sound. We’ve been going along for all this way towards this new venture for Abel to crash and burn this persona to get there. It feels like Hurry Up Tomorrow is a prequel and sequel of sorts.

[@allegrifan4933]

I agree it sounds really generic ngl. I think it would fit in the album but I'm not sure why he released it as a single, it kinda sounds like Scared to Live in After Hours which is more of a filler song and very forgettable imo. Also his acoustic versions has always been better, but this time I don't think it changes a lot at all.

[@TheDannyplaysTV]

Same with blinding lights, not everybody liked it first them it grew more and more

[@detective3354]

Naah blinding lights blew from the start

[@TheDannyplaysTV]

@@detective3354 no, not everybody liked it first

[@Trapstarpat]

@@detective3354 debuted at #11 billboard, heartless was the bigger hit at first

[@kindabutnotreally1119]

Not from my experience. The weekend fan base didn't fully love it but everyone else loved it. It really hit from the beginning 🔥

[@cmwai7489]

This one wont grow 😭

[@heavymetalheretic5386]

i find.myself agreeing with Fantano. It was Great, but Abel has put out plenty of songs that surpass it.

[@MegaAwesomeguys]

Wish he got Metro or Illangelo

[@rthraitor]

Metro is on the album, illangelo is not

[@barry4649]

@@rthraitoryou don’t know Illangelo isn’t yet

[@vezon9436]

@@barry4649Illangelo himself already said he's not on the album

[@rthraitor]

@@barry4649 I’m pretty sure he’s retired from that kind of music lol, illangelo also said himself

[@barry4649]

@@rthraitor Illangelo was on After Hours though, still holding out hope

[@thehunterx93]

yeah it didn't do much for me either. everything sounded simply just ok, from the vocal delivery to the production. he's painting himself into a corner, really.

[@TORTURETALK]

😂 boyyy STOP 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@mesterorange8181]

Bruh pls, its an amazing song. Not everything need to be overproduced over top. Its a fun easy going song to enjoy

[@PYMGUS]

Bro thinks he’s the Roger ebert of music 💀💀💀

[@mattia2377]

​@@mesterorange8181 how is this amazing? just say it's good

[@album101-z7i]

Just wait for the album. MIKE DEAN, Metro, OPN, Max, Oscar holter and maybe justice are in it. The album will be great

[@MZeternally]

Such a surprising lack of creativity and vocal depth from a Max Martin production

[@trashorphan]

bro thinks hes dr. music

[@xogagan]

Just listen to acoustic version

[@RV2O]

this the type of song that you hear at a walmart

[@zack7438]

It definitely sounds like advertisement music, as much as I love the Weeknd, this single was too safe a choice. It's almost like Apple had to sign off on the song. The live version was more emotive because the instrumental was toned down which allowed the lyrics to shine through. The instrumental on the studio version sounds very bland, it lacks that special touch that Blinding Lights had. I'm sure the album will have far better songs. I was not a big fan of Take My Breath but I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn FM-----especially Out of Time, which I think should have been the lead single. That or Less Than Zero which is so underrated.

[@dcullen5595]

The robe the Weeknd is wearing is his Ethiopian heritage not occult

[@shadowjinkus1070]

where is bro walking

[@caughtcl0uds]

Whaddya mean it's not cinematic, lmao? You can clearly say it comes way after After Hours & Dawn FM with what's going on in the official video. It lacks the amount of cinematic elements the way Dawn FM used it, or especially After Hours, but it kind of makes sense why. You need to get people **into** it at the beginning, but now that the Trilogy's closing with the upcoming album, he obviously is not revealing as much.

[@caciliadrachen]

Compared to Blinding Lights and Take My Breath, this is a really weak first single. Hopefully not setting the tone for the rest of the album.

[@Kyle-jn3ro]

Blinding Lights and Take My Breath were both looked on as not good tracks, just "catchy", when they were released. When the context of the album comes out, I'm sure people will change their opinions. Personally, I enjoy listening to this one as I did the other two you mentioned.

[@silentstart8889]

​@Kyle-jn3ro weeknd has fans of his old music that say that about every release. Unfortunately, it's actually true this time

[@caciliadrachen]

@@Kyle-jn3ro I absolutely loved Blinding Lights and Take My Breath when they were first released, but this song was a huge miss for me. Blinding Lights was also insanely popular when it was first released, I hardly saw anyone criticizing it. Take My Breath was more hit or miss for folks. Dawn FM is my favorite album of his so far so we'll see what Hurry Up Tomorrow brings!

[@Kyle-jn3ro]

@@caciliadrachen Maybe I'm coping because I've been anticipating this album since the release of Dawn FM haha. I'll agree that Dancing in the Flames is probably the worst of the 3 due to it not having the cinematic feel like he said in the video but I still enjoy it as of right now

[@Kyle-jn3ro]

@@silentstart8889 Could be cope from me but at the bare minimum, the other tracks from the album he played in Sao Paulo sounded incredible hence why I'm not worried about a potential miss.

[@jahterminatedlmao5473]

is he.. walking on a treadmill or smth?

[@muhammadnabil6987]

Catchy song but really lack some of creativity element in the production. Really wish OPN participate on the production.

[@ChingrimungAtopa]

Fk u mean The production on this song is solid

[@caincain3640]

nope. generic af. got bored quick. forgettable after one week​ @@ChingrimungAtopa

[@juhanainen]

yeah every song needs OPN

[@Malmorious]

@@ChingrimungAtopa its ight

[@muhammadnabil6987]

@@ChingrimungAtopa it is solid but too basic and no interesting element at all (except the outro bc it's a bit cinematic) that what I meant

[@koketsomolebatsi170]

❤cool

[@criswatchtower6157]

Weit... he's in a walking machine?😅

[@jasfx7241]

Why don’t he listen until the end? Literally the outro screams and hints a transition to a ACTUAL Weeknd song this one is just for commercial purposes and to get that radio hit but either way even just for a commercial it should be good don’t get me wrong the song is not bad but nowhere near caliber of the “Bljnding Lights” or “Take My Breath”

[@ghostin3274]

Well that wasn’t a good idea as it’s not doing well at all

[@jasfx7241]

@@ghostin3274 Well he is trash at reviews then

[@sonofjesus9923]

It's better then anything he did on the Idol.

[@anesouis3869]

better than one of the girls?

[@TyTy-cx7rp]

@@anesouis3869 in my opnion no. but this guy obviously hasn't listened to The Idol music

[@LegendOfSaif_05]

​@@TyTy-cx7rp True

[@lntg]

Bro the idol music was exceptional. Seriously good. The show was ASS though.

[@Trapped_Bird]

It's not better than one of the girls, double fantasy, like a god and false idols. Basically it is ss good as a middle of the road idol track

[@danstockton4811]

It’s like a not so good less than zero

[@braaogs6]

dare I say................ it sounds like a taylor swift midnights reject. the ones that ppl would say "jack antonoff, drop the synths rn!!! they're not good for you!!!!" to. not a great start for a roll out I fear

[@TheBoyFM]

The Most polished, perfect, poppy, pop song I've ever heard. Definitely a little Commerical, but theweeknd sounds great singing anything.

[@idealsAREisomorphic]

Story of this song seems to be that Abel had a cool vocal melody idea for the chorus and just milked it as hard as he could with as low effort as he could, just min-maxed that shit. Also, he seems to have stopped giving a shit about writing engaging lyrics.

[@TheBoyFM]

or you just dont know enough about the project to get the lyrics.

[@gamingisfun8386]

wow

[@superboatvr]

BRO HATES ALL KINDS OF MUSIC

[@Edgyyyyyy]

😂😂😂

[@patrickemond971]

He didn't say he hated it?