Singer was notable for varied partnerships with artists of different styles, but promised to end the practice
Some of the most popular songs from his career The Weeknd they are partnerships — or “feats”, as it has become conventional to be called even in Brazil. “The Zone” and “Live For” were recorded with Drake, while “Starboy” It is “I Feel It Coming” are collaborations with Daft Punk. Already “Love Me Harder” bring your voice with that of Ariana Grande. there is still “Pray for Me” with Kendrick Lamar It is “One Right Now” next to Post Malone, among others — the list is long.
However, the days of “feats” are coming to an end. At least that’s what the artist says, who during a show in Poland, last August 9, announced:
“And I just want to say, this will be the last partnership I’m going to do in my career, so I want to introduce it to you tonight.”
the song is called “Another One of Me”, but that’s all we know about it. The Canadian musician did not reveal when this track will be released, nor the name of the artist or group that will be with him.
Later, on the social network X (formerly Twitter), The Weeknd provided a caveat. According to him, there is only one name capable of convincing him to work on a “feat” again. It’s about the daft punk, electronic music duo whose activities ended in 2021.
“The ultimate partnership… unless the daft punk play together again.”
The singer is no fool, of course. In addition to being aware of how legendary the duo is for music in general, he knows the size of the success achieved with “starboy” It is “I Feel It Coming”. Both tracks were released in 2016, as part of the album Starboy, and reached high positions in the charts. The first song mentioned, in particular, reached the highest position on the charts in more than 10 countries, including Canada, Portugal, Holland, France and the United States — in the latter, including, guaranteeing a top position for the first time Daft Punk.
On the other hand, it is important to remember that the musician does not usually keep his curious promises. Last May, he stopped using the pseudonym The Weeknd to adopt the real name Abel Tesfaye. In an interview with W Magazine(via website Igor Miranda), went so far as to say: “I’m walking a cathartic path right now. I’m getting to a place in life where I’m ready to close the chapter on The Weeknd”. So far, however, he continues to use the nickname that made him world famous.
The Weeknd and Daft Punk
In 2021, The Weeknd made a true declaration of love to Daft Punk. When talking to the magazine Varietyguaranteed that the duo “is one of the reasons why I make music”.
On the other hand, if he is waiting for a return from the duo formed by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and thomas bangalter, it is better to wait sitting down. There is no sign of a resumption. Also in 2021, the duo announced the end of their activities, after three decades, with an emblematic video.
In an interview with BBC (via NME), Bangalter surprised by revealing why the daft punk came to an end. He blamed, oddly enough, the advancement of artificial intelligence.
“daft punk it was a project that blurred the line between reality and fiction with these robot characters. It was very important to me and Guy-Manuel Don’t spoil this narrative. I love technology as a tool, but I’m scared by the nature and relationship between machines and ourselves. […] At the daft punk, we tried to use these machines to express something extremely exciting that a machine can’t feel but a human being can. We’ve always been on the side of humanity and never on the side of technology… as much as I love this character, the last thing I want to be, in this world we live in in 2023, is a robot.”
In all, the duo released four studio albums: Homework (1997), discovery (2001), Human After All (2005) and Random Access Memories (2013), all of them awarded gold and platinum discs.
Source: Rollingstone
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