I hate censorship. Don't know why they do it in the US and the UK...

Beneluxflights because people with no life and too much time on their hands are gonnna complain like there's no tomorrow. Saying shit like how their kids are watching the show and it's not appropriate. Can't you see that playing out too? Lol

Julian T By doing the bleeping in US/ UK TV shows they emphasise these words even more and it's well sort to say strange. Kids ill want to know why they bleep and find out anyway. And anything which is not allowed as a kid you find cool and you will want to do.. so in fact it has the opposite effect i think...

Beneluxflights interesting point.

hahah i'm i'm i'm a starboy

He uses a pitch corrector on his mic tho

@@yeatshmunky ok buddy

James M you obviously know nothing

@@i.m3541 Lmao he literally admitted to it

@@yeatshmunky if you're a true fan you would know he dosen't use autotune

Advay Marathe hahhaha😝😝

Indians wilding

I just use headphones. In another room.

He’s king

Yep lol

Eeee

woooow

eyy Bolton !!

Sansa*

velvetbeauty07 the dogs*

***** yeah ramsay is not the best singer...

glamgurl the work wouldn't be able to handle that

glamgurl it would have been insanity! :O

right? GODDAMN!!

K- Ainmé MJ had an album remixed with hip hop artists, he was more open to new artists

glamgurl honestly that would we one good colab

I don’t think that was unplanned lol

Of the day? Man, how many unplanned mic stand smoke effects do you watch?

That sounded so nice he should have put it in the actual song recording.

TheDarkKnight 4031 so fking tru.

who else comes back to this video over again just for that?

@@jjsweg9012 if I ever listen to Starboy I always have that part in my head and I like sing it even though he doesn't do it lolll

@@MrDanimal1997 me too🤣🤣❤️

could not agree more. sounds incredible live and has a ton of stage presence.

+Jonathan Stott his movements on beat are dope af

that's a bold statement

On this show Ashley Simpson also sounded good, until.....

you are so right man

not really

hahahaaa

Anirban Biswas more like 1 month ago

yes

He looks fatter than ever………😮

Theres still effects on the mic but he does sound good

Agree. Agreed. Agreed. Best comment on here!!

And look at him now 😂

Update: He is killing it right now and is at the top of his game. He is more mainstream than ever before. Waiting for his Superbowl performance.

Are you still an XO or just Army?

Now he's not.. 😊

Yes it is just you. If you knew The Weeknd, you would know his hair was art to him and it took him a very long time to get it the way it was.

calm down there buddy

i agree with you. i think its true.

i agree with you. i think its true.

Shariqwa Witwicky agree!!

Same!

I was thinking the same!!

Yeah same actually he looks happy and confident

Because he's independent now... Don't need these major labels anymore... lol

is he actually?

Indeed.. he's bright, even while singing live..

You mean sad?

@@good2btheking ?

wtf

lol

Freshables for white people? Nah just for TV, well TV is run by white people so I guess you're right

not really, they have to censor these things in general so...

Why people always bringin race into some shit smh... im black and i dont go around blaming shit on white people unless it makes sense. That shit was just dumb.

fuckin yes i was waiting for this comment

Mohammed Alfarsi Legit, Only true fans understand 😍

Wtf this sounds nothing like Kiss Land at all. Kiss Land was dark, cinematic and lyrical. This is just some generic, pop-ass shit evolved from BBTM.

Pariah yeh, it's not kissland stuff, but it's progressive, like his older mixtapes

+Mohammed Alfarsi lmfao no one fucking cares how much you know about abel, including him. stop trying to be special.

yes.

She was probably the host that week

It's definitely her

Yuh

yes, it was Harley Quinn

feelsgoodman

Manley Roberts u suck

Anders Mahesan I'm so offended

Good

That's good.

weeknd*

But it's Tuesday......

But the person commented on a Tuesday, meaning that they watched the video, and see the Weeknd perform, on Tuesday. Regardless of when it aired, what matters is when YOU yourself saw the performance.

Having Daft Punk there also?

hell yeaahhh

Lorox Makevids so true

Lorox Makevids trueeeee

You do realise that their are (autotune) effects on his mic because they want to do it as close as the studio version. It's not because an artist uses it that they can't sing. Of course there are a lot of artists that overdo it, not the weeknd, but he still uses it. Please learn the concept of autotune.

Except he has a bunch of tracks the new album that have auto-tune. Sigh

TheOmar Because that's the style of the album. Get over it.

*old

his hair is old from kissland

Elif Yanaşık Trilogy*

aa dostum türkmüşsün, weeknd reyizin saçları kissland ve trilogy albümü döneminde de böyleydi eskiye döndü ama bence bu durum tarz değişikliğinden dolayı değil. asıl sebep reyizin artık gerçek bir motherfucking starboy olarak son kez eskiye dönüşü diye düşünüyorum.

Old :3

its cause what he was singing was so fire that the heat transferred to the microphone stand.

@@hendricklamar6558 ❤️

@@hendricklamar6558 q

oh shit🔥💨

no it's actually just vevo censoring the words for youtube

+lebreles vevo doesn't tend to censor videos that aren't old, this is the work of TV networks not letting him swear. Kanye had to do the same when he was on SNL.

+lebreles No, it's himself.

that too, but usually it's vevo

lebreles You will (mostly) only find censoring found on videos that were released pre-vevo though, because that's what the labels give vevo to upload...

Lol.. thirst is real 😂

@@priyaj5283 🤣

Omg lol

No he didnt

0:45

@@devisyam210 yes he did , then he forgot to skip it again lol

you skipped your “p”

@@darahsmith4012 Could be meth also, yeah...but I don't know, meth is stereotyped for poor folks, cocaine for rich dudes, this song talks about him being rich.

Alamda Balqhin omg 😍😍😍😍😂😱😱😱😱😱👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻❗️❗️❗️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😄😄😄

No he said imma imma imma starboy, cause' you cant curse in SNL

duh i know that

+Sergio Mena and then he said "every day a _ try to test me ya" cause you can't say nigga on SNL

John Deer duh i know you know that

why

Fall is the best time in Toronto

same!

that is the time he releases his albums

Zed Letterman i know :)

same

me too!!

soo true first time i heard it i just shut it off halfway but now it sounds sick

Kalela same!!

Kalela it sounds better live like this lol

IKR

No bro he broke that part to censor the "nigga" part out.

@@parthverma4534 yea

Just listening to it makes me out of breath

People who've actually listened to the damn song will notice that he was censoring a word there.

so when is margot robbie, you and myself having that 3sum

+deez nutz that's rude but I can't disagree she's pretty cute

Space City Sports Fan Lol, thank you. ((:

deez nutz Probably never, but thanks for the offer. 😌

Melanie Michael your pretty

thank you!

Justin Timberlake feat. The Weeknd would be huge

Maroun Studio Justin Timberlake is cancer

Fuck JT or Zayn some shit. Frank Ocean ft Abel will be huge.

Inês Filipe : Yes !!

"like a martin garrix song"

So what?

they mute the crowds noise when uploading

+CrusaderLuke beautiful avi you got there

Nick Diaz Wow didn't know the 209 king likes Weeknd

Rahul Bhatia thats easy

Not easy for me, even near my parents

+Rahul Bhatia You just have a bad filter haha but nah I get it

dude with all the songs he's had to censor since he began singing he's had enough practice lol

Rahul Bhatia right

😂😂😂😂😂

What do you mean?

Black guys usually have deep voices..

Tf are you talking about?

wtf are u talking about lol Micheal Jackson was black, Marvin gaye was black

omg he just said it while i was reading your comment

lol

Ahhh

Silvia Nyambeki sameeee

haha I read this when he said it

cutebutpsychobutcute 4 hhr

cutebutpsychobutcute 4 já TNG hoje GG gfdhrhkey tu uuiehehritrrieiyeti tu ti

Ammar Hamzi true🙌🏻👌🏼

he quit drugs

Ray Furtado Makes Sense

I totally love the weeknd, but can man be 100% clean after using drugs?

Xin Cheng he still smoking weed and drinking lean tho

Daft Punk are Gods

:(

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FORREALLL

ik!!!!!

STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR i lovedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd thaaaaaat

3:25* ❤️👌🏽💯

the synth melody triggers goosebumps

I just wish the lyrics were better. They're OK, but they don't make me feel anything, they inspire nothing, they're not clever, they're not funny, they're not anything. Most of it is pretty generic. If the lyrics were good, this song would be amazing.

Mr Rakan true, most pop songs revolve around the generic sex, money, drugs. Fuck that. At most pop songs converse love.

I know right and that part where he lifts up the mic stand looks sick with the smoke 3:30 and at Mr. rakan he made this song about himself for himself, not trying to please the taste of others lol

durpALEX If so he has terrible taste. It's extremely clear that this song was made to fit popular trends. It hits every mark. I am completely sure that the lyrics were written by a board of professionals. That's always how it works.

I was surprised by Margot so much I came in my pants.

the weekend is free from the spider! but i miss tht hair....isn't it his type of signature?!

Gar Zz 😏

Same

same lol

I know the lyrics well, but if your talking about the swears is because they excluded swearing from the live one for obvious reasons.

Oh obviously he excluded the swears lol. He mixed up "end me" and "test me" (test me comes first) and two times when he sang "cut that ivory into skinny pieces" he totally forgot the lyrics/messed up.

Mel Parkes ok

Martin NONONO Pretty much everything in this song is a cocaine reference though lol

meee omg hahha

You’re absolutely right. He looks genuinely grateful. ❤️

yea, hes being super attractive with this confidence and awesome live performance. And I'm a straight man. But lets be honest, everything Daft punk touches is gold. and i mean it already was gold and it turns into diamond :)

he made 55 mil last year...

You're giving Daft Punk a little too much credit there lol...

saadat faiz I know he is successful and off course he has other reasons to be confident but as an artist he is probably pretty happy to have Daft Punk produce hes music. They allow more creative freedom than most producers since they are also artists and they know how to do things right. I mean for some people who like how they produce. It's not easy to get them either. They have only produced a few tracks besides their own. But how their co-writing and producing this song makes it better or not is a matter of taste. I think it stands out from hes other music.

takiinebeats well I would be happy too if I went from being homeless to having cars that aren't leased and living in a million dollar home and living a lavish life this guy is gifted he has a lot to be happy about.

Azeem Is Awesome i know that tarantula on his head was special just when i started to like it

Azeem Is Awesome dashie?

Bruh I thought I was the only one :'(

same tbh

i will be back cant u tell he already twisting

True, that's the kind of famous person I'd like to be, contribute to popular songs and performing but with a mask!

Marilee Vasquez Yep. All the rewards and none of the headache. But this is my cardio song of the week.

and maybe they're not even the persons behind the masks

Just I have to add smth :) They get their names on tracks (but they realised them, it's their work).

You realize they co-wrote the song and then produced this song.

Well spotted but handled equally well

when your style in mumbling...kinda easy to cover it up

"Cut that ivory into skinny pieces" is pretty explicit. He has to make it clean for live TV so he censored that part in the 2nd and 3rd chorus.. 1st time he forgot.

ToastyGamer5002 yeah, he flipped it

He didn't forget, he censored it !

It's cause of auto tune, most artists nowadays so many artists rely on it and can barely sing at all.

WAT you're dumb if you think The Weeknd can't sing

the weekends regular voice sounds like it has the most beautiful fucking autotune

bad news fellas: 1. This is a performance on a t.v. show. Performances on broadcast television have for over 40 years used backing tracks and suites of effects to replicate the studio recording as much as possible. This isn't due to lack of talent from the performers, it's a marketing play to get people to consume the music more. 2. Every performer for the last 30 years has used "Auto-Tune" (here having the meaning of any software that does pitch correction). Live, Studio recording, any time. They all do it. Again, it has little to do with the actual talent of the artist and everything to do with wanting to put forth the cleanest sounding product so more people will consume it. It's simply another tool in the tool box, though like any it can be abused and overused.

Brandon Dollar The Weeknd may use pitch correction, but it can only bring a good to a great. He's talented regardless.

Thats lana del rey in the persons pfp, LMFAO U JUST CATFISHED URSELF

Bahahaha this guy

i loved that dark mysterious vibe thats what made his music great for me i guess the rolling stones prediction is coming true

Nah, it's looking fresh af

needa cop me one

it's not his lol. it's tht one famous black science guy. He let him wear it for the performance

Yeji Chung juju

malik hines who

Damien Croc Daya?

Chris Jericho he said theres a few more u dumbass

Damien Croc u

yeah he sounds like a pussy when he talks

bieber? hes ok but he damn sure aint no adam levine or abel tesfaye

N we got itttttttt

Victor Jimenez heartless

Dance

lmao savage

+leaf TEAM LEAF U R A LEAFY FAN AND A WEEKEND FAN , I guess i am not the only one

PuppyGirl 246 YAAAS HIGH FIVE MY FRIEND

Spooderman Sweg kkkk lol

No

You right. Weeknd isnt a sex offender

he just actually has sex with women cough

Hell no! He is good but he doesn't come close to MJ'S talent.

i like that adidas picture can you send me the link to it

Jazzmone Smith Ikr 😍😩😩😍

yeessss

lol

it was cute haha

that was cute af. phineus and ferb type shit

haha bruh thats the part i always struggle on and miss words because I have to BREAFFFe. Glad I'm not the only one

grOceRY SHOP

At least people can't say he's lip singing

Zayed Rayhan made my day😂😂😂😂😂

Kanye's in 2013 was the best.

*Kanyes Blackskinhead has entered chat*

xD

Nah

Not until today (;

Absolutely. But He’s great no matter what. Supreme talent, vocals, songwriting, all of it

gurl i watch his live juat for this!!

Daft Punk should make more songs☹️

Those helmets though🤩😘😍

@@shamanthn1060 everything about Daft punk is just perfect

Bcoz they don’t sing. and I haven’t ever see people thanking producers in comments. But they are 🐐🐐🐐

@Vicky Roditis 😂😂😂😂 Them G.O.A.T

Same

grow your own

he is an imposter and you guys believe he's the real guy.. feel sad for you

lmao whattt^^

+Margarita Babovnikova 😭😭😭💀

Sarah O SAME, OMG THE CHILLS ARE REAL.

ee

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Me tooo!!!!!

me 2

*live

it was not just a pineapple it was a upside down pineapple

you weren't a fan because of his hair? lmfao bye

i still liked him with the upside down pineapple

Kelsey Sundberg haha. Yah you can say so, his pineapple was unique in a way :p

me2

Their singing style is essentially the same

the weeknd says he was inspiration, so his songs are intentionaly made to sound like michael jackson

He's said in interviews that Michael was a massive influence for him

abel was inspired by MJ, over the years he has moulded his singing style based on him. you can check weeknd's cover of Dirty diana by MJ to see the influence MJ had on him.