He has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including three Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, nineteen Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, fifteen Juno Awards, and an Academy Award nomination. Noted for his distinctive singing voice with a soaring falsetto and its singular tremolo, Tesfaye is considered an influential figure in contemporary popular music. Regassa can be reached at Follow her on Twitter at to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. The fact that the brilliant production is the only commendable feature goes to show that this single was aiming for nothing substantively more than mainstream-ready and catchy pop songwriting. The vocal prowess on this potential-right first collaboration between two household names was wasted narrating rumors and detailing other people’s flaws. Clearly, Louis Bell, the vocal producer and engineer on this track, understood the assignment that the songwriters missed out on.
Additionally, there is perfect harmony in the chorus’ bass notes that escalate in an ascending arpeggio, showcasing the unity of the instrumentals and vocals. In this way, the song has a general Synthwave feel without the business of the retro sounds of the ‘80s. The compressed beats cut back on the noise, leaving a wide space for the low-frequency synthesizer style of the higher synth pads. There is something distinctly satisfying about the crisp cut layering of the fully-digital backing tracks set underneath such fluid and dreamy harmonies. The song’s introduction consists of The Weeknd’s signature tremolo vocalizations accompanied by the recursive synth bass line. The electropop production on this record is perhaps its only redeeming quality. The unwarranted speculations are a bad look and make for a boring listen. How “over it” can someone truly be if they dedicate a whole song to someone who they swear wasn’t good enough to be in their life in the first place? The theme of outgrowing a past love might seem commendable, but it's lacking any growth when the only personal satisfaction the protagonists achieve is realizing that “maybe one's just not еnough” to get back at their exes. The narrative on this track is already worn out by the same old “hell hath no fury” story, and the fact that certain lines lack finesse doesn’t help at all. Meanwhile, the paranoid speculations in lines like “you probably fuck all my enemies” seem like more of a reflection on the singers’ insecurity than the subject’s choices. “Bought you a new face, you should call me ‘Dad,’ baby” is a trashy thing to say to anyone, let alone a previous love interest.
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The lyrics only get more bleak from there with a series of borderline sexist, downright nasty insults directed at the singers’ exes. Post Malone runs the theme of red flags into the ground in his verse, detailing how a game of “body for a body” isn’t satisfying his anger but driving it. The toxic cycle of call and response threats like “You think it's so easy fuckin' with my feelings” are answered with “I got one comin' over and one right now,” showcasing an endless cycle of unsatisfying revenge. Likewise, the song itself stays true to the typical cliches of love, heartbreak, and revenge that characterize much of their music.Īngst, adultery, and apathy (oh my!) dominate the chorus. Without straying from their respective niches in the music scene, “One Right Now” features The Weeknd and Post Malone as lovesick heartthrobs on their first collaboration. A synth bass loop and two sets of toxic exes star in “One Right Now,” a single from Canadian pop star The Weeknd and alt-rock rapper Post Malone released on Nov.
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