I’ve patiently waited for The Weeknd to release some new music and it’s finally here. This EP has me all in my feelings and I feel so sad. The title was a dead give away that the EP was going to be sad, but I really feel Abel’s pain and I just want to hold him. The entire EP is clearly about Selena and how she left him heartbroken. Abel also references Bella Hadid as the girl that he should’ve stayed with.
Call Out My Name was about how he showed Selena off and gave her everything. He made sure she was good when she was going through tough times. He even admits that he would’ve given a piece of himself, which apparently means he would have given her his kidney when she needed it. The part that really hits me is when he says: “I want you to stay even though you don’t want me…Girl, why can’t you wait ’til I fall out of love?” That’s the realest thing! It really hurts when someone leaves you even though you gave them everything and then you have to find a way to just live without them and move on. This was my favorite song from the album because it was so relatable.
In Try Me Abel is pretty much telling his ex that she can come to him even though she’s in a relationship. He doesn’t care as long as she will give him the time of the day. Honestly, he comes off a bit desperate in this song. As if he’s saying “please just try me. I care about you a lot. Even though you could be playing me and your boyfriend, I don’t care.”
Abel wants to go all the way back to Bella Hadid in Wasted Times. He wasted time with Selena Gomez which can be speculated because I guess Bella was an equestrian. Once again, Abel wants his ex to leave the person they are with in order to be with him. Except, he doesn’t want to catch feelings so he wants the relationship to remain purely physical. This doesn’t make sense to me because why would anybody leave a relationship for someone that only wants sex? If I have someone that cares about me and wants to be with me, I would never choose someone who is blatantly telling me that they don’t want to catch any feelings for me. The only time that would happen is if the girl was dickmatized or she actually loved that person more than her current beau. Actually nevermind, I guess there is a possibility of that happening. But I still don’t think I would do it.
I Was Never There is kind of scary to me because when Abel keeps repeating, “When it’s time, when it’s time, when it’s time, It won’t matter” I think he is saying when it’s his time to go his past relationships won’t matter anymore. When he dies, it’ll be like he was never there. He mentions committing suicide and poisoning himself so that he feels nothing. This song refers to Selena because he says, “You’d rather something toxic”. This clearly refers to Selena’s relationship with Justin Bieber. It’s also interesting that the first part of the song is in third person while the last part is in first person. Perhaps Abel is trying to make sense of his broken heart and he might even be trying to reject those feelings by projecting them onto someone other than himself. Then, he realizes that he really is upset and distraught and he accepts them. However, he does blame Selena for breaking his heart in the end.
In Hurt You, Abel is letting the woman know that he has no more love to give. He can give her some dick and that’s it. Whoever she gets with will only be a replacement for Abel and they won’t really fill the void that she has. Abel returns to being a savage, but you can tell that he still has a soft spot for the girl because he is giving her a warning. A true savage would break your heart without a heads up.
Abel is going back to pills for comfort in Privilege. The girl has a privileged life because it was her choice to leave. Abel is suffering because of her decision and he has no choice in the matter. If she suffers without him, he doesn’t care because he made sure she didn’t suffer when she was with him. I’m not really sure but I think the red pills are ecstasy pills that he’ll use to have sex with other girls and forget about his heartbreak.
I know that a lot of people are happy that The Weeknd is returning to his old melancholic sound, but I’m worried about him. I love this sound, but I loved Starboy too. I would probably love any music that The Weeknd put out. I hope that he doesn’t overdose and that he can continue to make music. Break ups are hard and are great inspirations for music, but I want Abel to be happy and alive too.
What was your favorite song from the album and why?
