The Weeknd - Dancing In The Flames

Wake up, The Weeknd has released a deluxe song for "After Hours". Oh, no, for "Dawn FM". Also no?

Let's discuss it right away. Yes, this is again something we've heard from The Weeknd many times. No, there is no tangible development or new experiments here. Do songs from the same trilogy need to be very different from each other? I don't know, ask the artist himself. But will I be able to remember in a year which album this song is from? I doubt it.

However, despite this, one cannot help but note the technical mastery: the track is produced at the highest level and sounds quite solid. When you listen to it, there is no desire to skip it, and you don't notice any obvious flaws. Let's give him credit — The Weeknd has always been able to create quality tracks for a wide audience.

But what I don't hear in this is soul. Yes, stylistically, his works from the trilogy sound too similar. But if "Blinding Lights" struck with powerful synths in the style of the 80s, and "Take My Breath" literally immersed you in the rhythm, then "Dancing In The Flames" evokes only a feeling of artistic safety and a long-familiar format. Where is that The Weeknd who felt his aesthetics so subtly that he seemed unique? In the new track, he sounds like a shadow of himself.

6.2/10