he brought up Claire Denis being influential towards his work

i still remember he was supposed to work on something with her before COVID happened

indiewire.com/features/general/claire-denis-the-weeknd-quarantine-1202228946

Him and Kendrick two of the best artists on the planet right now

But both have to be bottom two when it comes to interesting interviews

What was that initiation question

that interviewer was asking a lot of dumb questions in general tbh

this was gonna be a classic

This album is f***ing massive

So glad I resisted the urge to listen to the pre-album songs

Piss on their dance, eh? The MJ tributes still going strong, neat

You know what the inspo is for Abel's goggles/glasses this era?

@malediction

Also absolutely love this beat switch, it reminds me one of his best ever songs, "Gone"
the drums hit hard as a mule,
the whole mood gets bleaker,
oh and his vocals/lyrics
And the fact that as soon as it finishes, it makes me wanna replay it again and again!

To quote Mia Wallace when she hits the line at the bathroom "I said, goddamn, goddamn!"

Fallen angels call my name

But the things you sayyyy

Keeps me alive for another dayyyyy lmaoooo

hani

😜

Abel posted this to his story in ‘19

I’m not too sure where what the reference is, other than they’ve got that steampunk vibe.

They’re bespoke light up glasses he had made by this artist

instagram.com/p/DFogfoSstW9

instagram.com/p/DFq-cbXP8Vr

Amazing find!

I wonder why he doesn’t have them on in the actual Open Hearts video, instead the glowing eyes are CG.

The stop motion video was done ages ago to right, so the glasses must have always been a concept (unless they added that later on 🤔)

holy s*** thank you for finding this. i was hoping to find the prop team that made those glasses and get a closer look at them. they are sick as hell