after dropping a masterpiece he starts off blonded radio show with one of the hardest singles in recent memory. I feel like this song is what got the tik tok kids obsessed wit him after. But when it dropped everyone was playing this and kinda put frank back on wit the masses since blonde was so different from channel orange

oh yeah. sad was such a f***ing smash hit

at a college party, i saw a dude jump off the roof of a house into a crowd and walk. this song at 200% volume had people f***ing lit beyond anything i'd ever seen in my life

16k vs 131k

oh man, how can we forget the career defining single

probably gonna be his only single too unfortunately

The Box
Family Ties

to be honest i wasn't even crazy about a lot of his work, but i still really felt something the day he died.

like we lost someone absolutely crucial to the future of the culture

to me, he really was the bonafide leader of the new wave.

Antidote
Bodak Yellow

Flashing Lights

the first rap song to win an oscar. em washed now, but this was a big f***ing moment.

F***in love this song man. Crazy how taking something as simple as the phrase "a lot" and making a hook out of it can work so well. Proves you dont need to be a rocket scientist to write a catchy hook or song

R. Kelly obviously was already one of the biggest artists in the world at that point, but this s*** dropped dead in the middle of him having been accused of child p***ograpy and had a s***tape of it out for christ sake.

But when this song dropped, it was so good people literally turned a blind eye to it and it still remains one of the most popular songs of all time. That song and the subsequent album that followed undoubtedly elevated his career when it could have been over because of those charges and accusations.

Absolutely agree with this. Song was insanely big

when this dropped he took the f*** off and never looked back

21 fell off with that song (musically)

after years of building his audience I feel like this was what finally pushed him to being fully recognized by mainstream audience

the megan song

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools

they knew they had one when this dropped

there was time when i used to only play this s***

sad that he never topped this song tho

Earned It
Thank U Next
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough

this was the best possible way for the Weeknd to enter the Starboy era and truly embrace his new found fame and status out of the shadows. really gave the vibe that he wanted to do big things in the world of pop and the tour and album success proved it.