The Weeknd's Big Hit

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 Canadian songwriter, The Weeknd is making history! Making any headlines in the music industry is impressive, and The Weeknd is doing just that. The Weeknd made history as the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, days after releasing a remix of his track Die for You with Ariana Grande, which is honestly so good. Both artists are simply amazing. 

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. His music explores escapism, romanticism, and melancholia, and is typically influenced by personal experiences. He is known for his musical variety and gloomy lyrics. 

Ariana Grande-Butera is a singer, songwriter, and actor from the United States. Her four-octave vocal range and signature usage of the whistle register have won critical accolades from reviewers and the media.

This is not the first time that both have come together to do a remix. There were countless other times as well.. In the past, the Weeknd and Ariana Grande have come together for “Love Me Harder,” “Off the Table,” and “Save Your Tears (Remix).” The singers performed “Love Me Harder” together on Saturday Night Live in 2014. And, years later, they played “Save Your Tears (Remix)” at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards. However, this time they achieved the ultimate goal, 100 million streams on Spotify. That in itself is amazing. 

Although the Weeknd has hit other milestones such as hitting a whopping 3.8 billion streams on his song “blinding lights” this has been the biggest milestone of them all. To show you the comparison The Weeknd’s song “Die For You” which was released back in 2016 jumped from rank 74 to the top 40s within the release of its remix with Ariana Grande. 

Now I know that both of these artists are literally amazing, but what do you think about the new remix? Do you like it? Do you think it’s worthy of that hype?

Written By: Twarita Verma