The Weeknd House of Balloons Dopeness.

What do you get when you mix the open sexual prowess of Prince, an affinity for party drugs, mixed with batches subtle instrumentation set against and earth shattering crescendo explosions, all put together by a mysterious Canadian that openly displays his insecurities and vulnerably about love and life as a fellow Canadian that he was consigned by? The answer would be the The Weeknd and his "House of Balloons".
"House of Balloons" is a 9 track album full of love, rejection, sex, all fueled by evenings of heavy drug use and set to the soundtrack of in house production from Doc McKinney & ILLANGELO. The album begins appropriately titled "High For This", where The Weeknd tells his companion that they "don't know whats in store but you know what your here for" and assuring to enjoy the ride they most surely want to be "High for This." An album with many double entendre of seemingly endless drug and sex references may seem like overkill and come off a vulgar and crude yet but it works well here. Just like Moby's "Play" starts off with great excitement and as a constructed effort and closes on a minimalist sound evident on "The Party & The After Party" a 7:40 banger that utilizes sample of Baltimore based indy-pop darlings Beach House's "Master of None" to show how the party is closing and he cautions his date to "hold your drink don't you fall." For "The After Party" portion of the song The Weeknd shows his happiness of not being able to believe that they made it home from the party. Though it sounds like a stretch the "two songs" one blend together seamlessly. "House of Ballons" is also the feelings of heartbreak after it is discovered your mate cheated on on "The Knowing" or pure sadness in the feelings yearning for love and getting reject and once again yearning for love (Did you catch all that?) on "Wicked Games", where he croons "bring your love baby I can bring my shame/bring the drugs baby I can bring my pain/I got my heart right here/I got my scars right here" and ultimently and almost exhausted declares "just tell me you love for tonight even though you don't love me." The entire album is not just ballads of pain, songs like "The Morning" and "Loft Music" could easily be played at any dance party with the songs hard knocking crescendos. The Weeknd like Drake also dabbles in a bit of rapping, but is at his strongest with sex, drugs, and rock and roll pain ballads. The Weeknd - House Of Balloons by The_Weeknd
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Beach House "Master of None" (Directed by J. Durel)