The Weeknd gained widespread critical acclaim for his three mixtapes: House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, which he later compiled to make a remastered, three-disc album titled Trilogy after signing his record deal with Republic. In 2013, he released Kiss Land, which was considered to be his debut studio album.
In 2014, he dropped “Often,” a remix of Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love,” and “King of the Fall.” The Weeknd released two songs in collaboration with the film Fifty Shades of Grey, with Earned It becoming his solo breakout hit.
His second studio album became highly-anticipated, with riveting singles like The Hills and Can’t Feel My Face leaving fans hungry for more. Beauty Behind the Madness was released on August 28, 2015.
His third studio album, Starboy, was released on November 25, 2016. The Daft Punk-assisted title track led the project as its first official single, released on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, before becoming his third number one track in the United States, as also his home country, Canada. The effort was a commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart with over 348,000 copies sold in its first week, all eighteen tracks debuting on the Billboard Hot 100, receiving a GRAMMY Award for the Best Urban Contemporary Album, category at the 60th annual ceremony, overall for the second time in his music career and being ranked as the third most popular album of 2017 in the U.S.
Next came the My Dear Melancholy EP, released on March 30, 2018 and revolving around his breakups with Bella Hadid during summer of 2016 and Selena Gomez in October 2017. With the lead single, Call Out My Name, the Canadian singer earned the largest first-day Spotify stream count of any song released in 2018 at that time and his eighth Top 10 entry on Hot 100.
Tesfaye’s fourth studio album (and his first in three years), After Hours was officially released on March 20, 2020, and is named after a 1985 movie directed by his idol, Martin Scorsese. It was primarily supported by November 2019-released singles Heartless and Blinding Lights, with the pair becoming his fourth and fifth #1 singles in the US and the latter his first #1 single in the UK. The title track and In Your Eyes were also released as singles.
Although widely expected to receive multiple nominations for After Hours, Tesfaye failed to receive any nominations for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (2021). Tesfaye took to his social media to criticize the Recording Academy, claiming corruption. Speculation arose that the announcement of his then-upcoming Super Bowl performance as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B contributed to the snubs. On February 5, 2021 The Highlights was released, as his second greatest hits album. Tesfaye performed at the Super Bowl LV halftime show on February 7, 2021 after announcing he would perform in November 2020. He reportedly spent $7 million on his performance at the show. Despite having a mixed response, the show resulted in a surge in streaming and downloads for Tesfaye's After Hours album as well as for the seven other songs he performed.
His fifth album, Dawn FM was released on January 7, 2022, continuing the writing and production work with Swedish pop svengalis Max Martin and Oscar Holter. The album was preceded by the single Take My Breath in August 2021, with Sacrifice announced as the second single.
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The Weeknd Lyrics
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He don't got to go away
Does he touch you here like this?
Let me take the friction from your lips
And I'ma love you girl
The way you need
Ain't no one goin' stop us
And I'ma give you girl, what you fiend
I'm the drug in your veins
Just fight through the pain
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you need
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need what you need
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you need
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need what you need
I got, everything what you want with me
I do, everything he does times three
And he don't gotta know, I got you on the floor
Doing things you never thought you'd do
Baby leave them high heel shoes
'Cause I love it when you're lookin' down at me
I'm lookin' up at you
And I don't give a damn shorty, watch me knock them boots off
And I'ma love you girl
The way you need
Ain't no one goin' stop us
Ain't no one goin' stop us
And I'ma give you girl, what you fiend
I'm the drug in your veins
Just fight through the pain
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you need
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need what you need
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you need
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need what you need
The lyrics to The Weeknd's "whatyouneed" reveal a complicated love triangle. The singer is pleading with a woman to overlook the fact that she has another man and go with him instead. He promises to love her the way she needs, and he is willing to give her what she desires. The second verse suggests that the woman is torn between the two men. The singer is convinced that he can offer her more than what the other man can provide, including passion, excitement, and sexual pleasure. Ultimately, the singer implores the woman to choose him, insisting that he is what she needs.
The singer's use of the phrase "what you need" is crucial to the song's meaning. It suggests that the woman's current partner is not fulfilling her needs in some critical way and that the singer is the solution to that problem. Additionally, the repeated refrain of "He's what you want, I'm what you need" highlights the singer's self-assuredness and confidence in his ability to satisfy her desires. However, the song's lyrics also reveal an undercurrent of possessiveness and jealousy on the part of the singer. He implies that he is the only one who can provide the woman with what she needs, and he insists that "ain't no one going stop us." Ultimately, the song paints a complicated picture of a love triangle in which the singer is convinced that he is the better choice for the woman.
Overall, "whatyouneed" is a provocative exploration of the complexities of desire, jealousy, and possessiveness. The Weeknd delivers an intensely emotional and intimate performance that captures the struggles of being torn between two lovers.
Line by Line Meaning
I just wanna take you there
I want to bring you to a new level of pleasure
He don't got to go away
You don't have to leave him, we can have fun together
Does he touch you here like this?
I want to know if he satisfies you the way you desire
Let me take the friction from your lips
I will make everything easy for you, so you can enjoy it without any resistance
And I'ma love you girl
The way you need
I will love you the way you want and desire
Ain't no one goin' stop us
Ain't no one goin' stop us
No one will stop us from having this pleasure together
And I'ma give you girl, what you fiend
I'm the drug in your veins
Just fight through the pain
I am the addiction you crave, and even if it hurts, keep going for the pleasure
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you need
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need what you need
He is what you desire, but I am what you truly need
I got, everything what you want with me
I do, everything he does times three
And he don't gotta know, I got you on the floor
Doing things you never thought you'd do
Baby leave them high heel shoes
'Cause I love it when you're lookin' down at me
I'm lookin' up at you
And I don't give a damn shorty, watch me knock them boots off
I can give you everything he can and more, and we can have secret, wild fun together without him knowing
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
He's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you need
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need what you need
He may be your desire, but I am the one who can truly fulfill your needs
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ABEL TESFAYE, JEREMY PETER ROSE
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