THE WEEKND - "BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS"

Did you know this mother fucker was Canadian? I had no idea.

The Weeknd (a.k.a. Scarborough, Ont. native Abel Tesfaye) has once again flexed his talent for turning tragedy to triumph and weaving it into accessible pop music that’s still manages to be raw and authentic. His music melds genres, mixing hip-hop-tinged R&B with electronic progressions and grimy rock. Sonically, we aren’t the first to point out that his new album Beauty Behind the Madness undoubtedly channels the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, but it delves deep into the melancholy behind Tesfaye’s sexed up, drug-fuelled hedonism