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Riff: The Weeknd – “Attention”

Nov 29, 2016

What do you expect now?/Only thing left is the sex now/Cause baby, too vexed now/Only see me on the TV or the bed now

from Attention lyrics by The Weeknd

He’s bickering with his lady yet again, this time complaining about her constant need for attention. He busts out into song in response and hits a falsetto that makes the whole thing read like a poorly written comic book. The beat is spacious and minimal and doesn’t get in the way. But it also has no presence or personality, a composition that is instantly forgettable.

 

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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