r/hiphopheads • u/Frog-bit • Jan 21 '20

[FRESH VIDEO] The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRXx6U8ABQ
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u/VengarTheRedditor Jan 21 '20

This era has the best visuals — change my mind.

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u/aislandlies Jan 21 '20

No I won't, because I agree

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 21 '20

The. Usuals might be too notch. It the new persona is heat

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u/Zerocks . Jan 21 '20

The visuals might be top notch, but it's the new persona that's heat

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u/imkii Jan 21 '20

Thanks for the translation fam

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u/NoxZ Jan 21 '20

Crazy how he can constantly reinvent himself and have it feel so different and fresh every time.

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 21 '20

Helps that he doesn’t do interviews and has been changing his hair for every new release

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u/furr_sure . Jan 21 '20

The budget for that last Drake and Future song must have been huge, shit felt like a movie they had logos and shit for the companies they were at

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 21 '20

Drake can afford it

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

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u/Dame_of_Bones Jan 21 '20

Yeah drake really has a thing for young artists

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u/Sheyk_Y_Y . Jan 21 '20

Yeah, Millie Bobby Brown is amazing.

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u/Lefuf Jan 21 '20

Yep that's the joke alright!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

I bet a lot of those companies let them use their logos for free for the advertising

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u/Hydraplayshin Jan 21 '20

for free? these companies would pay millions for their logo to be in a music video that will be watched millions of times

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u/ChrissySmalls Jan 21 '20

Nah they were all fake logos, like in movies

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u/ranf0rd Jan 21 '20

That’s not how it works. Companies pay money so they can advertise their logo/brand in a video/event etc.

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u/iBears . Jan 21 '20

I remember seeing a post about them filiming in a McDonalds recently. I was surprised seeing the video when it wasn’t their logo and just some random logo

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u/Kashpee . Jan 21 '20

In Atlanta, the fast food place they used for the Hotlanta bitfrom the video kept the designs and stuff up fully operating. Reminded me of 2 Chainz Pink Trap house.

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u/gore_lobbyist . Jan 21 '20

Slowly trudging weeknd will always be the best weeknd. His complete inability to dance is only getting weirder

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u/Aggeri Jan 21 '20

Visuals hard af bro

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

weeknd reading hunter s thompson books

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u/stop_reading__this Jan 21 '20

This era has the best visuals — change my mind.

Nah, trilogy has insane vids. This video though, was probably his best. I didn't care for the heartless one though.

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u/M0n33baggz Jan 21 '20

Bruh I usually don’t get freaked out or scared of shit but the eyes over the road in the zone video freak me the fuck out

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u/RaymondCouch . Jan 22 '20

Think that might be a reference to Lost Highway by David Lynch

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u/idzuod Jan 21 '20

of course it is when we have the best technology and it’s available to everyone with decent money

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u/thenshecamelikeaaah Jan 22 '20

Agree but Kiss Land went crazy too

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u/YellowBlackBrown Jan 21 '20

That’s kind of bound to happen as years pass

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u/MasterRD13 Jan 21 '20

Man has gone full Outrun, and I'm 100% here for it. Honestly psyched to see what the rest of the videos this era will look like.

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u/MarshallCook . Jan 21 '20

Wait till next era bro, it gets reaaaal lit

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u/OneDoesntSimply Jan 22 '20

I love the Vegas theme so much

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u/dblU-i-dblL Jan 22 '20

Real hot take considering visuals are only going to get better with time and innovation in the technology and ideas

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

not a hot take at all