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  Bout had me flipping out I thought you were talking about the actual weekend. THAT would have been an unpopular opinion lmfao
context: I thought this was talking about the weekend not a music artist. >
  
  Same, I was ready to throw hands if he said anything bad about Saturday >
  
  Me too. I was like wow here's a guy that looks forward to Mondays... that really ought to get you on a watch list somewhere >
  
  I feel like this is most mainstream artists these days....whatever label they have takes over to feed the mindless zombies that love that shit. >
  
  You know what's funny? 
  Most them just out there living life and dancing and not really caring. But this take? "Mainstream artists these days..." I seen this NPC ass take in every metal forum across the internet on a dozen different websites across two generations of meme culture. 
  At this point, it's a lot more zombie to repeat your despise for the status quo than it is to just enjoy your life and dance and laugh and go home. >
  
  Burn lol >
  
  That's truly unpopular >
  
  Listen to Echoes of Silence. That's his best album.
  I'm from Toronto and that album to me just puts me back  to my university days. >
  
  Alright I will, ty >
  
  House of Balloons instead. EoS is great but HoB is his best >
  
  Facts >
  
  Anyways I’m gonna go to bed lmao never posting anything on this subreddit again as people just don’t get why it exists >
  
  Real >
  
  I'll never get the comments under posts like this. Someone will say they dislike a popular artist and, boom, 10 people will start with the casual :
  "You don't like __? I Bet you haven't even heard  or __"
  You're basically admitting that there's only two or three songs that make that artist special, nothing more. Proving OPs point as well.
  Moving along to the all time classic: 
  "well if you don't like them that doesn't mean they're overrated". 
  As long as someone isn't just throwing random insults or shitting on someone without an explanation, they can say whatever they want. Therefore, believing an artist is overrated is a perfectly valid opinion.
  There are a lot of different music genres, artists and bands. Not everything is for everyone. And just because a band or an artist has millions of streams, that doesn't automatically make them the best thing that has ever happened to the music industry, or that everyone and their mom should listen to them.
  People are allowed to dislike it if they want to, you pretentious mf. >
  
  Starboy is GOAT! >
  
  Every mainstream artist is overrated that's kinda how it works >
  
  Sucks he’s actually the GOAT >
  
  The only thing I know about that guy is that he fucked Selena Gomez. Thats it. I don't even think Ive heard any of his songs. >
  
  Don't care, I dig him. >
  
  I explained how he’s overrated in the post by mentioning monthly listeners and streams… a lot of artists are boring but this is about the weeknd because he’s getting a lot of attention unlike most of them.
  And even if I said he was overrated only bc I don’t like his music it’s still an unpopular opinion which is what this subreddit is for lol >
  
  There’s no correlation there though. All that really says is you don’t like a highly successful artist. It’s not your cup of tea and that’s valid! You not liking him does not make him any less successful >
  
  I’m saying I think he’s overrated which is an o p i n i o n. I know it doesn’t make him less successful. This is why I kinda hate this subreddit. >
  
  He’s not overrated he’s just not your cup of tea when it comes to music and that’s completely fine. As a long time fan seeing him be as successful as he is right now after literally being homeless and unknown is cool asf. >
  
  He’s overrated in my opinion. Maybe you disagree and that’s fine but there’s no point in commenting like you’re gonna change my mind >
  
  Not tryna change your mind I’ve already said he’s not within your taste. This is a public post so anyone can comment. I’m just saying the whole “I don’t like this artist music so they’re overrated” stuff is boring as a whole. >
  
  Well yes but that’s why this subreddit exists. It’s supposed to be a place where I can say what I think even if most people disagree >
  
  It exists to post ACTUAL unpopular opinions. Not liking an artist isn’t an unpopular opinion 💀it’s just preference. Your not the only person in the world who doesn’t like the guy >
  
  I’m not the only one no but that doesn’t make it popular. The Weeknd is literally the most popular artist in the world on spotify right now so yes saying his music is boring is an unpopular opinion. You can’t be older than 14. “It’s just preference” yeah no shit that’s literally what opinions are all about. What you prefer and what you think. >
  
  Translation: you’ve only heard his radio hits and none of his actual album cuts. >
  
  Did you even read what I said… I listened to the entire album “dawn fm” 
  I have listened to other albums by him too. >
  
  If you listened to out of time , less than zero & take my breath and think it’s boring then he’s just not your taste when it comes to music. You’ve most likely never heard house of balloons either. >
  
  Out of time was okay. Take my breath is so boring and generic.
  See like you’re saying it’s just not my type of music which is what I’m saying here but people choose to come at me like this isnt a subreddit for opinions. >
  
  Like I said he’s just not your taste and that’s fine but that doesn’t make him overrated. He’s actually insanely creative, the after hours era was one of the best musical eras in modern day music. It just comes down to personal preference >
  
  Are you hearing yourself? “Best musical eras in modern day music” I could just say “No. Just because you like it doesnt mean its one of the best eras” that’s pretty much what you’re doing right now.
  Me saying he’s overrated is just my opinion… are you slow? >
  
  Because it’s a fact not an opinion. It’s one of the most successful male eras of all time. And it was literally voted #7 for best pop eras so there’s that. But whatever u say kid >
  
  You said best not most successful. Maybe it’s one of the most successful ones yes but before you said “best” which makes it an opinion. Stop crying and leave this subreddit if you don’t even understand why it exists >
  
  god i hate the words "boring" and "interesting". always used by the most pretentious mfs >
  
  My top songs of his (ranked best to worst) to see if you really dislike him would be (songs in the same rank are roughly as good as each other)
  
  
  Blinding Lights, House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls, Wicked Games
  
  
  D.D., The Hills, Starboy, I Feel it Coming, After Hours
  
  
  High for This, Montreal, XO / The Host, Can't Feel My Face, In Your Eyes, Take My Breath
  
  
  Made this list for 2 major reasons
  1. Some of the song recommendations others have given are terrible. 
  2. While some of his albums are decent, the Weeknd isn't someone who you should be spending time listening to whole albums with. All of his albums (ever since Kiss Land) have been characterized by the fact they are all mediocre albums carried by a few essential songs. Don't listen to the whole thing. You'll get bored. The only albums you should even try to listen all the way through are his 1st and 3rd mixtape, along with After Hours (his one actual SOLID album). 
  If you want my list of ALL of his great/amazing songs, just hit me up in chat. Otherwise, those are his absolute best songs. Hopefully, you like them because I actually think the Weeknd is one of the few r&b/pop artists who still makes decent music. His albums are just lame (After Hours being the one exception, although even with that one, some of the songs are meh). >
  
  Kiss land is a great album >
  
  Obviously, to each their own, but I don't agree. 
  It's a decent album. Maybe even good. But great? I don't see it. There's only four songs on there that I even see as worth listening to. Not that the other songs are bad, I just don't think they're good enough to warrent my, or anyone else's, attention.
  Just Profesional, Wanderlust, Kiss Land, and Tears in the Rain. And even then, none of those are even close to the Weeknds best songs, or even just amazing songs in general. But they are good enough for me to save to my various playlists to listen to. >
  
  Adaptation is beautiful, love in the sky has beautiful guitars, and odd look is literally one of the best bests he’s ever sang on. The town is probably a top 3 song on that album. I don’t get mad when people talk down on kiss land because it’s a very hard album to get into it took me years to finally get into it. As far as ranking goes it’s a top 2 album in his discography >
  
  Listen to him when he had dreads, he’s mainstream now >
  
  Oh, I thought you meant Saturday/Sunday. Yeah, the funeral is real though. I mean every day I am ready for it. Always pack a black jacket in the trunk. >
  
  I've heard blinding lights and 1 or 2 other songs. Blinding lights is okay, the man can sing, but you're correct, seems his music writers are uninspired. >
  
  i like more Fridays myself >
  
  I didnt know I had this opinion until now… thats why I always skip his songs. >
  
  IMO he was only really cool before he signed to OVO, pre-2012 >
  
  He never signed to OVO >
  
  Disagree. But I think his latest album doesn't hit like his 2019 classic >
  
  Didn’t drop an album in 2019 >
  
  He's only overrated if you compare him to pre-2000s pop stars, he's extremely good if you don't. It's all perspective. >
  
  At first I thought you were talking about Saturday and Sunday and I was like is this someone who has no life outside of work or someone that works weekends but no it was a musical preference 🙃 >
  
  I don't like that blinding lights song and always found it annoying. >
  
  Here’s the thing. 
  He played ball with the record companies. Sold out. All the way. So he’s not a billionaire but he’s got millions now. >
  
  What is “selling out”? >
  
  I am not a huge fan or anything, but the songs I’ve heard from The Weeknd are generally catchy and enjoyable. I think for me it’s because of the “retro 80s” style more than anything else. I’ve hated most popular music to come along since the late 80s, so anything that sounds like it’s from 40 or more years ago tends to earn at least an approving nod from me. That goes double when a musician or group uses vintage instruments and recording equipment to make their music. >
  
  Never even heard of him. Just listened to a couple his most viewed songs on youtube... 
  I've heard them playing before but never knew who it was... they all sounded like shit. 
  So you get an upvote... overrated trash. >
  
  I miss his "sad drug addict unhappy despite success" songs. The pop hits are fun to dance to but don't hit the same way his older stuff did. Still a fan overall, though.