"Starboy" might not have been titled to serve as a Ziggy Stardust tribute, but it reflects how, like Bowie, Tesfaye understands the importance of constant evolution in both his music and his image." Yardbarker named it as one of the best songs of 2016: "It's catchy, and The Weeknd's unique singing style matches perfectly with Daft Punk's house-music-tinged beats." Commercial performance
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With Daft Punk in tow to provide sighing background vocals and occasionally drift the song's production dangerously close to out of frame, the spellbinding night-drive assumes Abel Tesfaye's new alternate identity with the confidence of a star big enough to dictate his own nicknames: Even the opening lines ("I'm tryna put you in the worst mood, ah / P1 cleaner than your church shoes, ah") barely bother setting the scene, since you remember where the movie last left off. for The Weeknd ever since he first signed on to the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, and "Starboy" proves the culmination and likely end of that formula. Driving music, a car stalking through LA, the tyres slurring over the asphalt." īillboard ranked "Starboy" at number four on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list: "Centric pop with frayed edges has been the M.O. There are no hi-hats to be found but instead an undulating, 80s-inspired pattern of popping drums over the smash-clap of a snare. Christopher Bohlsen of Renowned for Sound said, "Melding The Weeknd's dark R&B with Daft Punk's nu-disco sound, the track elegantly rides the fine line between dance and hip-hop, the two genres Starboy oscillates between." Christopher Hooton of The Independent wrote, "A statement of intent and the record-breaking first single off the LP. Mehan Jayasuriya of Pitchfork said that the song "glides like a sleek, high-performance car". It was released on September 21, 2016, following the announcement of the album and its accompanying artwork the same day. "Starboy" is an R&B and electropop song that incorporates themes of the extravagance associated with a celebrity lifestyle and also discusses how the celebrity lifestyle can make an entertainer fragile. Producers Cirkut and Doc McKinney then continued work on the track. Inspired by the sound, the Weeknd immediately wrote material for it, forming the basis of "Starboy". He discovered that the track was a beat that Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo had been playing from a personal device. During his session recording the song " I Feel It Coming", the Weeknd could hear a separate track leaking into the studio booth from the control room. The Weeknd later elaborated that he contacted the duo through mutual friends in the Canadian music scene, and that he was invited to a studio in Paris, France to work with Daft Punk. On August 24, 2016, during a Billboard interview, Republic Records executive vice president Wendy Goldstein mentioned that the Weeknd had been collaborating with Daft Punk. The video has been described as the Weeknd's attempt to murder his former personality. In the music video, the Weeknd is shown trying to destroy evidence of his previous self, including his own awards from his past album, Beauty Behind the Madness. The music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer, who directed the Weeknd's previous music videos for his previous chart-toppers " Can't Feel My Face" and " The Hills". "Starboy" topped the charts in countries such as Canada, France, Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden, as well as the US Billboard Hot 100, where it became the Weeknd's third chart-topper, and Daft Punk's first and only chart-topper. It is an R&B and electropop song that reflects themes of extravagance and celebrity life.
The artists co-wrote and produced the song, alongside Doc McKinney and Henry "Cirkut" Walter, with Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville receiving additional credits. It was released on September 21, 2016, through XO and Republic Records, as the lead single from his third studio album of the same name (2016). " Starboy" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd featuring French electronic duo Daft Punk. 2016 song by the Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
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