Via YouTube
This track was published on The Weeknd’s official YouTube
account a couple days prior to his album ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ release;
promoting his album to listeners with a new single. The video begins with The
Weeknd burying himself; possibly burying his old self from his previous album ‘Kiss
Land’ which was more of a dark sided album. During the video he pulls out his
pistol and shoots an elder gentlemen who has a creepy look; he also appeared in
the music video called Can’t Feel My Face where he was seen sitting at a table
while The Weeknd performed. Now this seems as the elder gentlemen is a part of
The Weeknd’s story for this album, or maybe for just those two tracks. As well,
The Weeknd sings “I'm a villain in my
city, I just made another killin'” referring to that he believes this album
is also a great album like his previous two ‘Trilogy’ and ‘Kiss Land’. He also sings
“Drivin' by the streets I used to walk
through. When I had no crib, I guess you call that sh*t a miracle” he compares
his old days as a struggling singer to his recent success as a mainstream
artist. In addition, during the music video another part of a track plays
called ‘Real Life’ where he walks to his vehicle singing “I'll be the same, never changed for nothin'. It's all I know, never
learned much more” meaning that even though with his recent success he won’t
leave his hometown Toronto, Canada for any other city. In the end, watch the
video above; enjoy the two tracks and hopefully my words have helped you understand
the track a little more in-depth.
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