So Abel recently shared a pretty rad club banger, and while enjoying the first listens, when he reached a certain pre-chorus/bridge section, that flow became an ear worm.

I was certain I've heard it somewhere else.
It didn't take much to be reminded, the iconic, Neptunes produced Tokyo Drift soundtrack.

Even the verses have a similar structure, delivery, flow.

(Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift)
I wonder if you know
How they live in Tokyo
If you seen it, then you mean it, then you know you have to go

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(The Weeknd - São Paulo)
Hot like risin' sun,
Burnin' everything she touch
She don't even want your money, can buy you and someone else

even the closing line, that comes after the repetition of the above parts, is kinda similar

(on Tokyo Drift, the girl, EMY sings: "Fast and Furiooouuussss", in a crescendo/loud voice)

(while Weeknd, has a contrary vocal ladder to the above, but sings "Baby, turn me on")

Below, timestamped links, so you can hear the segments

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Whatever's the case, it's pretty cool when musicians pay respects to music we grew up with 🤘

Play 'em both, loud

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You land in weeknd sxn accidentally and just run into a bunch of guys you’ve never seen before on here

lmfsoo

This is called biting

Song sucks btw. Weeknd needs to go back to being a d***ged-out s***fiend again

bait

Accurate

Duhhh bait duhhh he has a different opinion to me!!!

Shut up man

my coworker said the same thing, they saw it on a tik tok

abel is really finished tryin to hop that brazilian phonk

think about the 35 year old d***ged out s***fiends u know irl (yourself maybe too?)

we dont need anymore of them bro

i agree song is mid pack. Com tho
current day weeknd feels like a r rated movie trynna be pg 13 and losing its essence of what makes it great due to that

Was excited about the comparison until I heard that Weeknd song.