Abel Tesfaye In The Night Analysis

“In The Night” by The Weeknd Music Analysis

Abel Tesfaye or The Weeknd as he is more popularly known has made a major impact in the contemporary R&B industry being dubbed the songbird of his generation. The Weeknd rose above other newcomers quickly with his rich expertise in music and angelic voice. Abel Tesfaye was born on February 16, 1990 in Scarborough, Ontario. He grew up in a single home his father was almost never around leaving his mother as the provider of the family. Since his mother worked most of the time The Weeknds grandmother was left to care for him introducing The Weeknd to a variety of music genres that many children his age where not "intrested in" such as soul, quiet storm, indie rock, and hip hop. The Weeknd dropped out

The two quickly forged a tight friendship and fertile artistic partnership. The weeknd's popularity only grew and soon he landed a spot at the Coachella Music Festival in 2012, soon after a record deal with Republic, and after that a compilation album titled “Trilogy” was released and that summer he went on tour only adding to his already large group of fans. On September 10, 2013 The Weeknd released his second album, “Kiss Land” which he later explains in an interview that the album "symbolizes the tour life, but it’s a world that [he] created in [his] head. Just like House of Balloons symbolizes Toronto and [his] experiences there, but it’s a world that [he] created. When [he] think about Kiss Land, [he] think about a terrifying place. It’s a place [he's] never been to before that [he's] very unfamiliar with ... [he] do[esn't] know who [he is] right now and [he's] doing all these outlandish things in these settings that [he's] not familiar with.” (Tesfaye). "Kiss land" ened up both a critical and commercial success. Praised by critics, the album landed at No.2 on Billboard 2000. The weekend continued to make great hits that grew to popularity. On May 2015 The Weeknd began teasing his new album realeasing a new song called "the Hills" and a few weeks later "cant feel

Using a few famouse artist the weeknd was able to compose the song; the upbeat rythm was inspired by the king of pop, Micheal Jackson, the lyrics where inspired by Barry Manilow's song "Copcabana" and, how in that song his lyrics where depressing yet the music was happy and the lyrics and the meaning behind them where inspired by Marylin Monroe story.
The music, was composed in the key of A minor in common time, with a swinging tempo of 112 beats per minute. Trying to keep a beat much like that of micheal Jackson the producers kept the instruments they used limited using only a piano and guitar. The weeknds vocals themselves range from A3 to F5 bringing everything together and taking the listener back to a time when the king of pop was in every home. As you listen to the song the upbeat rythm makes you feel like you just want to get up and dance and it isnt till you actually listen to the lyrics that you can tell there is a darker meaning to it