he ain’t bigger than goku

Streaming going to have kids in 20 years believing Blinding Lights was bigger than Thriller

Timeless classic

Tesfaye: GTA: Vice City really opened my eyes to a lot of ’80s music, so there was a nostalgia for when I was a kid playing video games and listening to Hall & Oates and Michael Jackson while driving through the city.

Lmfao thats actually crazy. He dethroned Chubby Checker

Thriller gets an annual resurgence every year, that’s not going to happen lmao

remember when was KTT making “king of the fall” jokes when the song dropped in it’s second week on billboard

Honestly I think the video for Thriller was way more iconic and impactful than the actual song itself.

Still a timeless classic record, but I think he has a handful of hits that are better and bigger than that

Agree. Was between Billie Jean and Thriller for my post, just went with the safe pick

I do

Neither these niggas MJ you ain’t making a point

You right

In my opinion Billie Jean is actually his best and most iconic hit

My favorite though is You Rock My World, oddly enough

Not trying to take away from the accomplishment though BL is a monster

Tired of this song tho.

Literally gets play at every store.

HAIR

i don’t even be hearing it in stores

i’ve just overplayed it on my own time

Pandemic classic

El Señor:

Streaming going to have kids in 20 years believing Blinding Lights was bigger than Thriller

Bo ceephus:

It is

You ain't slick with tht edit

Tesfaye: I started writing the next album during the pandemic, which felt like we’re all in this scary, unknown territory. And I wanted to make music I thought sounded like going outside — I was obsessed with that feeling. I just felt like I didn’t know how to make this album until now. It probably would be too ambitious for me prior. I knew what I liked, but I felt like I didn’t have the skill sets to deliver that type of project until now.

Tesfaye: Picture the album being like the listener is dead. And they’re stuck in this purgatory state, which I always imagined would be like being stuck in traffic waiting to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. And while you’re stuck in traffic, they got a radio station playing in the car, with a radio host guiding you to the light and helping you transition to the other side. So it could feel celebratory, could feel bleak, however you want to make it feel, but that’s what The Dawn is for me.

you know I love it when you're angry