Damn this is amazing thanks OP.
I don't use spotify anymore,but on his artist page,Weeknd used to have this personal playlist with some Japanese songs.
Those songs were AMAZING.
Hes got a nice taste i wouldn't be surprised if hes knows these songs

70/80s Japanese genre. Basically their own rendition of western music

Or what Abel could do is steal the melody, add different English lyrics and put it on a new beat now it’s a brand new song. I’m sure 100s of artist steal melodies from foreign unknown songs and don’t give credit for it.

OP is definitely on to something with this

I wish Abel and his producers f***ed with samples more. I loved how Secrets mixed Talking In Your Sleep and Pale Shelter.

i was honestly expecting they would sample a lot of s*** on After Hours. I initially thought the album would be more 80s pop than alt.R&B.

think samples were the only thing I was expecting for AH

tatsuro one of the goats

this song inspired the zelda menu music

Dis fyre

Ahhhh one of my favs.
Umatched production vocals lyrics

This is fire

breh let this s*** touch ur ears

r.i.p miki

yeah I'm familiar all his stuff lol. This album has some good songs

Thats crazy im glad yall have been getting hit with the city pop Youtube stimulus too. My rec page has been flooded with heat

1, 2, 3, 4, Fy, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, sixteeeeeeen!

what is this a reference to?

This heat

that's a pretty sweet song, op. But he should cover this
PS. all y'all Sal, republic & XO dumb incompetent management f***s, instead of taking down old footage like the other less yellowed vid, recover the damn file, and clear the f***ing sample!

Bro take that vocal melody and put your own English lyrics and you have an A1 hook without having to give sample credits!

Link me?

ktt2.com/offical-citypop-thread-76437

What the f*** this sounds EXACTLY like him.

Had to DL this album, this is too good