The Weeknd's career is going downhill... fast

[@DonAnjelo]

Hello everybody, I love The Weeknd's music but I have to keep it real. Do you think he will flop again and even harder than the last album? these last set of songs aren't cutting it. Have a great day! 👴

[@Dogpack404_______________1-d3l]

His last album didn't necessarily flop, it just didn't perform as well as others, it actually performed better than most albums released this yr. Also it was outshined by After Hours. Another thing is that he didn't market the album enough to create hype, literally in 2021 he just tweeted, "F*CK IT, IT STARTS TONIGHT", the next day he releases a snippet & then a single the same week. However this whole yr, he's created so much hype. The Weeknd's maintained the 100M+ monthly listeners for nearly two yrs in a row. Bruno Mars only surpassed him cuz of Die with a Smile & APT (a viral tiktok song)

[@creasedhorizon8931]

His last album went platinum. Your narrative about it being a flop is simply inaccurate and you need to fact check before you spread false narratives sir. Otherwise you are going to get called out for it when someone who actually fact checks comes along. For future reference.

[@dashiajames1882]

Nope. I'm opinion 🤔, I think he come back with a great album. But it really won't be better than the ones he already has. When gone for years, you wanna comeback with a banger. Something will get a gold status. I could be wrong. He is so underrated. Starboy, Blinding Lights, Earned It are my faves.

[@ShaneCM]

You are not wrong you are just early to call it. Give it a couple of years and people will see. He had a very good run though!

[@ljhighness4113]

nah...he just needs to go back to rnb/hiphop sound and he will be fine...this blinding lights sound is tired...

[@DonAnjelo]

2 flop albums in a row won't look good for him

[@jameslight4391]

@@DonAnjelo his last album sold well

[@Lovesalads06]

Dawn fm is kind of ok

[@tajsimms8976]

@@DonAnjelodawn fm did not flop are you lost?

[@makavelethedon]

@@tajsimms8976it got outsold by gunna a b-List rapper & debuted @ #2 on first week it flopped

[@elsabethmekuria5374]

I didn't know he flopped. He is 2024 2nd most streamed

[@gringa23]

He was number 1🥲

[@elsabethmekuria5374]

@gringa23 Taylor Swift was number 1.

[@Luigi00from00Seattle]

He didn’t flop. This is the usual KZbin hater-type video

[@L0stAng3L6]

@@elsabethmekuria5374 he was first for a while

[@YZ-PIXELS]

man who ever made the video is a Drake expect no more 😂😂😂

[@tajsimms8976]

He’s been on a sold out tour for 2 years he’s not flopping.

[@jio06]

Album wise he flopping

[@sosickandtiredofalltheneed568]

He is not flopping IMO. His sound just ran it's course and appeal with the GP and it's ok. He still has his core fan base. DawnFM still sold over a million. I'm actually ok with him not abandoning his sound and not chase trends . He cannot be a Katy Perry, an artist who doesn't have a signature sound.

[@EclesysGalaxy]

Katy Perry had her sound. I saw plenty of comments talking about how much Espresso screamed old Katy's music. Artist's without a sound are others, I won't make names in order to avoid a fight down here lol

[@creasedhorizon8931]

His last album Dawn FM went platinum, just so everyone knows it was in fact, not a flop at all. I don't support the spread of false information.

[@jio06]

Debut weak singles had longevity

[@ScooterDGT]

Ppl were calling it a flop bc Gunna's album beat it, but it barely did, only by like 2000-3000 sales

[@danikara12]

He is not. He literally was just named the most listened male artist on vevo and the first artist to have 10 billion streams on 3 albums. And he has 24 songs on Spotify with 1 billion streams. Also Hurry up tomorrow has 500 million streams with only 3 songs released. I think he’ll be okay.

[@sofypi7493]

Nobody use vevo… are u stuck in the early 2010?

[@danikara12]

@ nope I use YT premium like normal people but a stat is a stat 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@ibrahimkamara8019]

@@sofypi7493 Everyone uses vevo… if you listened or watched to a song on KZbin it’s still vevo. It’s just not branded in your face like back then but it’s still the same and there.

[@tjrmakhetha]

the idea that dawn fm does not have replay value is crazy

[@dannylinguist15]

His career is fine. He's not going downhill.

[@GuillermoJimenez-h6i]

Bro, The Weeknd Is Timeless

[@MathCarmignani19]

The issue with The Idol is everything that went behind the scenes and as you said the character and the music were very similar. And that was a show that kinda needed wholesome backstage stories to lure people in and obviously none of that happened and from what we think we know a lot of it came from The Weeknd. So it was a great mix of songs + character + rumours that took his image to the shambles it is today

[@cunawarit]

Blinding Lights was and is great, but there's only so much of it we can take. It's all sounding similar now. But he is hugely talented! He can come back. I do however need to think he needs to protect his image a bit.

[@stonerbaby895]

Yeah I thought the same thing there is a beat that he always uses now so now his music is starting to sound the same😅

[@Stroproducedit]

The Weeknd is unique in my opinion. He doesn’t have to do anything in particular. He digs deep into his own world which I appreciate. He doesn’t bother trying to chase what’s hot or popular. He does his own thing.

[@chakryand]

As a big fan of The Weeknd the “problem” with Dawn FM is that it was a surprise release with no big single that he promoted or went viral online. He basically put the album out and immediately went on tour. I’m interested to hear his new album and hope that it’s a departure from his previous sound. I was hoping he’d go more for an early 2000s vibe like Popular with his new music since it was such a hit.

[@inthecutagain]

I believe “Take My Breath” was released before the album dropped gang

[@darren223]

I couldn't care less about charts as long as the music is good, which in my opinion it is.

[@RamboQuellz]

Idk the drama behind the IDOL is what killed it he had a lot to do with who he wanted his character in the show to be

[@jameskevin6017]

This is intentional. The Weeknd's Starboy album is literally a message to his audience that "he has to sell his soul" to a corperate status quo (eventually) the higher his success comes. That's why he's making an exit as the weeknd. so he doesn't have to go into a 'sellout phase' longer than drake did. Salute to Abel, he stayed the most authentic until he wasn't allowed to.

[@tjrmakhetha]

Not everything is about numbers. Art before the charts is how real artists last

[@Aeunax123]

Timeless is straight heat, people paying this song DUST!

[@stevent3371]

king of toxicity is actually Future - not the Weekend.

[@jio06]

Monthly listeners means nothing if daily streams don’t match

[@andytran1603]

It's hard to follow up after the crazy successful of After Hours. But him chasing after 80's sound is wearing off on the listeners.

[@certainly25]

In my opinion the sounds he is choosing are tired like the 80's dance, trap beats, and whatever that was with Anitta are just not that good. Literally everyone has moved on from the Dance music craze (well except Dua) and it just seems like he's stuck artistically. He needs a genuine break thats not just the standard 2 year artist break, to really find a new sound to experiment with and make his own.

[@notreallyafamousartist695]

It’s Brazil funk mixed with phonk, I hate it☠️

[@Trix-s4l]

What are you talking about dance music or 80's music is the one of the best music types and the weeknd and dua are rocking it and both are very successfull IF NOT the most successful of this generation

[@Lovesalads06]

Dua is pop.

[@reinadejupiter_1_]

The genre of the single he released with Anitta is Brazilian Funk, if you are curious you should listen to it, it goes hard! And a lot of mainstream artists are diving in to it because it's extremely popular now there. I used to be an occasional listener of Abel but thank to The Idol I started to hate him, that series was a pile of 💩 and it definitely damaged his image. It made people take a deep look at his lyrics and how he has always been deeply misogynistic and I think that is why he's been falling out of charts, along with what you said about being repetitive and uninspired. Sorry if my grammar is not right, English is not my first language.

[@KM10HM12]

Right after dawn FM he should’ve have take a musical break and focus on touring. Even now he needs a creative break. He needs to read the Bruno Mars book.

[@authentictalkpodcast]

his audience just grew up and the kids today just ain't as impressed.

[@yert1832]

I dont think he s going down he just needs a good update on his sonics, plus he s still very big outside of US

[@mohamedhassan-my8sv]

I feel dawn fm was released in a bad time when it was released I downloaded it but didn’t listen to it until months later

[@Lovesalads06]

Same

[@dashiajames1882]

Good afternoon: Personally, Weeknd career isn't going downhill. But it does seem that way. Weeknd is so private, ppl don't know that much about him. Almost like Beyonce. But don't I blame him, I'm kinda the same way. What you see is what you get. When we do get to know something, it's not really deep nor interesting. Weeknd reminds me of Frank Ocean. Goes away for a some years, then disappears & comes back. Nobody knows the real Weeknd. Great video & have a great day 🙂🙂....!! PS. Could you do a video on Jay-Z. Your opinion & thoughts.

[@katem504]

Another great video Don.

[@peteranthonycastillo8905]

I feel once he is done with The Weeknd character and fully transforms into just Abel his music will completely change. To me that’s where we’re going to see a huge change with his career and sonically

[@gaby-leigh2207]

I don't follow anything to do with the weekend, but my friend is a huge fan, and even he didn't even know of the weekend released anything 😭 Please do a video on Bruno, too, please ❤

[@eddyalonsomoramorales6069]

I Dont he is a big fan at all🤣🤣

[@gabriellethompson501]

This trilogy isn't like the first one. That was in a matter of months while this one spanded years. People were gonna get tired of the synth pop, maybe if the albums had different sounds like these last three tracks that he's dropped, idk. He said this is a long goodbye, but he's not really doing anything but performing. I actually think we've heard the whole album at this point. I love Abel so much and if he drops The Weeknd, I hope whatever he pursues next is phenomenal

[@arseeoliveira6934]

His Illuminati subscription has expired

[@DonAnjelo]

ppl r over it

[@user-ji9tu9gt7s]

Bc he’s not drake dude he’s ganna be in his mid 30s now it’s been almost 10 years since beauty behind the madness the album that made him main stream he was 25 doing drugs and living the Hollywood life now he’s getting older that shit catches up to you can’t be drake singing “your a lesbian me too” type of shit

[@Luigi00from00Seattle]

After Hours is his BEST album!!

[@geovanniemiles7178]

Abel has 117 million monthly Spotify listeners, and this is without dropping an album in over 2 years. I'm leaving

[@TeoMRJ]

So the 2nd most streamed artist in the world and the most streamed male artist in the world without dropping his new album is a flopped?? With a top 10 most streamed song that was a soundtrack song for his show. He was a lot more monthly listeners than even kendrick with all the hype of Not like us and dropping an album. Is because maybe he’s not the best at making headlines and his albums don’t sell like other pop artists at first but people are always listening after because the music is really good. Do you want him to make a song with a k pop artist like brumo mars to get the k pop fans on his side or what?? 🤦‍♂️

[@crstl89]

I prefer pop The Weeknd. It all changed with star boy. I know his old fans want house of balloons but that’s not mainstream. He wants to me a pop star. Just look at his demeanor after performing the superbowl. Which wasn’t even that good of a performance but to him that’s the pinnacle. Now Abel will always want to capture that magic.

[@owenwestworld]

You are right Dancing in the flames Timeless São Paulo All good songs but doesn’t really hit like a weeknd album song.

[@michaeladkins6]

After Hours singles kept going, he should have held off releasing Dawn FM

[@HummingbirdInAHurricane]

I also forgot to mention his collaboration with Metro Boomin' which was basically a cover of Mario's "I Don't Wanna Know". That becoming a ubiquitous hit around the same time "Die For You" was resurrected and went #1 contributed to The Weeknd fatigue and oversaturation then.

[@diesel101raw]

I'm just dyin for The Weeknd to Finally get a J Cole Feature on his Next Album 😫

[@dashiajames1882]

Good afternoon: What about a Kendrick Lamar collaboration...??

[@diesel101raw]

@@dashiajames1882 We already got Sidewalks 🔥🔥🔥

[@deundresellers5319]

The weeknd career is up 📈 not downfalls LoL

[@jewelxiat]

3:02 THE WAY YOU SAID THIS LMFAOOOOO 😭 AYE-KON

[@PRCutie101]

Nahhh its all those weird creepy videos & that satanic symbolism in his videos these past few years. His videos & the aesthetics in his tours didnt help either everyone that I know that went to those concerts said the vibes were very occult & heavy 💀💅 No thanks I passed.

[@bklopps]

Click bait title? I dont see how you could say its going downhill fast when the quality of music is great. Out of time, Take my breath, How do i make you love me, Gasoline... at least 3/4 of those are classic tracks. The album is focused, there's progression from his last work, there's the radio station aspect to it which make it stand out more in his discography. That's not music indicating a career going downhill lmao. Didnt he just become the first artist to have 3 albums reach 1 billion streams like within a month ago too...

[@Luigi00from00Seattle]

Michel Jackson a STYLISH SINGER?! Lmao what!!!

[@Landiiana]

“One of the girls” is the only in the recent years I’m still listening to

[@smooveayy]

The Idol is what turned most of us off from him. If he hadn't involved himself, his music would still maintain the mystique but he showed us that he's just another asshole (fr the Idol BTS was crazy). his music will always be awesome but that peek behind the curtain lost him many people.

[@CoryR1]

I don’t see how when HOB or the whole trilogy I can see tedros… yall must haven’t heard “initiation” bc that’s what the idol portrayed to me it was a hint of the stuff he did when he was coming up just my opinion but I can see why the show threw ppl off bc singing about raw stuff and acting raw is very hard depending on the audience. It’s like when you see Robert Pattinson from twilight then you watch the movie good time it’s a big difference

[@KtCleansAlot]

Some say that Justin Beiber plays the role of "The Weeknd". Theres a bunch of compelling evidence and coincidences surrounding the whole theory, but it's way too much to type in a comment section

[@creolito9600]

I mean beyoncé is mysterious too and ppl don't care that much (except some crazies who want her to be more open)

[@40fiedcooln45]

🙄dude saying Bruno is a better singer than Weekend yet he is comparing the Weeknd with the legend MJ so you saying Bruno is better than MJ 😂 Remember Blinding Lights didn't debute at #1 yet it the the most streamed song RELAX DUDE

[@jordanlopez1438]

He could drop a rock album & it’ll sold 100k+

[@highro13]

I don’t think he’s flopping but it is time for a different sound or a throwback to his old sound but mature

[@KevinCruz-yl2on]

Dude lost credibility when he said Bruno is better than The Weeknd

[@Therevenant_El_Renacido]

good video

[@Ro.Gue.Ish.]

I'm clearly that not a weeknd fan 😅 cause I didn't know he had music out

[@viralshorts9596]

yh i like the weeknd but his next album doesnt even have me excited he's be 1/3 on his singles for his next album

[@Raphaelthedon]

Noooooooo, say it ain’t so

[@DonAnjelo]

there's always hope

[@Lee82420]

Spotify just created a billions club to showcase his talent and success, the most globally streamed artist alive above Drake, taylor swift & Beyonce, is the worlds most popular artist, Superbowl headliner, longest charting 📈 song in billboard history but according to you his career is flopping? Let me guess you're a Drake fanboy?

[@EmmanuelNdlovu-p4y]

He is not

[@JatoineJacksonlll]

Just say this a hate page of The Weeknd did Drake pay for you to make this video

[@quinnkiwalabye7187]

Honestly he should go back to trap/ hiphop

[@Des_L]

Idk I think maybe you’re projecting your own feelings about him onto the general public.

[@tristonfordummies.]

The Weeknd is NOT one of the best male vocalists 😂😂😂😂

[@DamXOien3902]

but Drake is right 😂

[@tristonfordummies.]

@ why are you asking me about Drake 🤔

[@ChiefChokeaH03]

One of the best vocalist? 😂😂😂 he’s a seller, for sure, but he’s not a good vocalist in my opinion.

[@dtheactivizt]

his one day show sold out in less than 24 hours... stop the cap fr.

[@naiameyers4725]

He’s like the number one streamer artist on Spotify in the world…? What are you talking about?

[@irsyadnaufal5020]

This video is basically a misinformation and hating. He's not flopped, in fact he's much better than his previous works. I don't understand this flopped narrative that you're on if he's still a 2nd most streamed artist on Spotify especially that his After Hours Til Dawn Tour is still ongoing

[@gingerz2202]

He selling out in Minutes and I think he will be fine tho

[@tundra2861]

A whole nothing burger of a video ngl

[@michaelgreisinger5255]

I agree with the sentiment of this video because I thought based on the album cover we were going to get a more laid-back Weeknd than before. Meanwhile, all we got was the same leather clad sunglass wearing Weeknd we've had before. The guy is redundant. He sticks to the same image & formula. There's no evolution. It's boring. I like the song Dancing In the Flames, but it's the same old same old. I honestly haven't heard Timeless played on the radio, unlike Dancing, so I have no opinion on it. I'm not a streamer. I also agree Bruno Mars is the better singer of the two. Bruno in general is more talented than the Weeknd. That's just a fact.

[@SuperMiIk]

I've always disliked him

[@superthon7762]

lol bro just yapping

[@TORTURETALK]

😂😂😂😂😂 man i clicked off this after 45 seconds

[@infernaltr3345]

Least obvious Aubrey glazer

[@AnneettaLife]

No, the idol is trash, no matter who ended up playing the creep. That failure was mostly due to bad writing.

[@johnnysorto4653]

I mean he did cancel stadium shows in Australia 🇦🇺

[@Vil.Sauvage]

Tripping for 19 minutes straight. Get some marketing classes

[@StreetfighterU]

Flop? The Weeknd is constantly breaking records lmao

[@ibrahimkamara8019]

Hell be just fine lol

[@raheem-t8u]

That ending was smth

[@bigbionk]

You’re tweaking.

[@Redd91ful]

*grandpapa*

[@stonerbaby895]

I don't know if he's flopping but just by observation and listening to some of his recent music that came out it's starting to kind of sound the same😂 there is a specific beat that he is associated with and it's damn near all of his songs now😅