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Singer is passing through Brazil, but has already traveled the world on soundtracks for various productions
The Weeknd is in Brazil for a series of shows. Last Saturday (7), the artist performed at the Nilton Santos Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, and, on the 10th and 11th, he arrives in São Paulo for two new performances on the tour After Hours Til Dawnwhich mainly brings together tracks from the albums After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022).
To honor the visit to the country, the Rolling Stone Brazilin partnership with the CinemaBuzzremembers songs by the artist, also known as Abel Tesfaye, who traveled the world through successful films and series. Check out:
Earned It in Fifty Shades of grey
This list couldn’t start with any other song other than Earned Itfrom the soundtrack of Fifty Shades of grey (2015), the first feature in the trilogy based on erotic books by EL James. The song addresses the romantic relationship between the main couple, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) It is Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2016, which guaranteed an outstanding performance. The Weeknd in the awards.
Nothing Is Lost in Avatar: The Path of Water
Avatar: The Path of Water, the long-awaited sequel to the 2009 film and the highest grossing film of 2022, also featured our Abel on the soundtrack. Composed for the final credits of the film James Cameron, Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength) musicalizes the love of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) for his family and how far he is willing to go to protect them.
Blinding Lights in Ms. Marvel
One of the biggest hits of The Weeknd in recent years it was Blinding Lightsfrom the album After Hours (2020), and Marvel took advantage of surfing the hype, using music in Ms. Marvelseries about Kamala Khanthe franchise’s first Muslim heroine.
The production had already used the song in one of the promotional trailers, but so that we don’t just have that “taste of wanting more”, Blinding Lights was also inserted in the opening of the first episode of Ms. Marvelwhile Kamala tells a story about his favorite heroine, the Captain Marvelon his YouTube channel.
Pray For Me in black Panther
Still at Marvel, The Weeknd was one of the guests of Kendrick Lamarresponsible for creating the soundtrack for black Panther (2018), and contributed Pray For Mewhich is a collaboration between the rappers and serves as the theme for the trip T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) to South Korea to hunt down the villain Ulysses Klaus (Andy Serkis).
Popular in The Idol
How about closing the matter with a controversial call The Idol? Premiere of Abel As an actor and producer, the production was not very well received by critics or the public, but it brought several doses of the artist’s musical talent to please us. The highlight here goes to Popularwhich has the participation of Madonna and it is, without a doubt, one of the best soundtracks in the series.
Source: Rollingstone
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