Blinding Lights. Behind The Lyrics.
Blinding Lights! Behind The Lyrics!
1. "Blinding Lights" is a new-wavey pop song about an old flame.
2. The identity of said ex-girlfriend has fueled a lot of speculation on the internet.
3. Most people think The Weeknd is singing about Bella Hadid, his off-again girlfriend since 2015.
But let's start with some facts.
- This is The Weeknd's second solo single of 2019.
- It was released on November 29, just two days after the Canadian singer dropped his first solo single of the year. "Heartless."
- The Weeknd wrote "Blinding Lights" with frequent collaborators (and fellow Canadians) Belly and DaHeala.
- Swedish hitmaker Max Martin and Oscar Holter also earn writing credits.
- The weeknd, Martin, and Holter teamed up for the production.
- The Weeknd teased "Blinding Lights" in a Mercedes-Benz commercial released five days before the song.
- In August 2019, The Weeknd revealed that he was working on his fourth album, the follow-up to 2016's 'Starboy'
- Back to the Hadid thing--the pair began dating in April 2015.
- They broke up in November 2016, after which time The Weeknd dated Selena Gomez for 10 months.
- In November 2017, The Weeknd and Hadid started hanging out again.
- By the summer of 2018, The Weeknd and Hadid were back together.
- But they broke up again in August 2019, reportedly because both were traveling so much.
- Right before releasing "Heatless," The Weeknd signaled the dawning of a new era via his social media accounts.
- In October 2019, The Weeknd attended Hadid's birthday party in NYC.
- Sources claimed the two were back together, though the singer's reps insisted they were just friends.
- If The Weeknd really is feeling heartbroken, at least he's got a lot of potential distractions in his life.
- "Blinding Lights" and "Heartless" arrived just weeks before the release of the film 'Uncut Gems,' featuring The Weeknd in a mirror role.
- 'Uncut Gems' was directed by brothers Josh and Benny Sadfie, who evidently got an early preview of The Weeknd's forthcoming LP.
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