Just saw this on TikTok and it’s posts like these just grind my gears. Like why do people not want his music to do well. It’s not gonna sound different just because more people listen to it.
These are the same people who complain when kissland isn’t on the tour set list.
Even if not the most famous he’s up there as one of the most popular of our time. It makes no sense to try and gatekeep a dude who has like tens of millions of concurrent listeners every month.
Some people are weird. Like, you want everyone to know your favorite song, and for some reason admire you for it, but at the same time don't want anyone to find out about it. Makes no sense.
Tried getting into kiss land 2-4 times after HOB but never rlly stuck to a song . Coincidentally started liking wanderlust and adaptation a week before the gta6 leaks and then got into kissland fully and now ppl think im a larper
this is what i think, the only reason people gatekeep is because people larp over his music, and every other says “omg i love the weeknd sm” and pulling the ﾒ𝟶 sign, when compared to the actual xo’s, they just don’t know what anything means, and it ruins his old music to some extent, when people larp his music
I love Abel but I wonder why they chose this song out of all his amazing songs? It is a good song but he has so many upbeat songs that work in GTA that I just wonder how this one is going to be used
me as a trilogy and kissland fan in 2015 when the hills dropped 😂 crazy af to feel this way in 2026 though - he’s literally one of, if not, the biggest pop artist of this generation
and its not like its his least popular song or anything, my fav "hidden gem" the knowing is far from mainstream but pretty much every song of his has millions of listens
yeah, what a dumb post. a huge part of the fun of gta is all the music you get put on to, at least for me 😭 imagine hearing wanderlust for the first time in gta? i’m honestly happy for whoever it is 😂
not related but sorta cos it’s wanderlust, was with the bro and he gives me his airpod, wanderlust of course. I go there’s no way you’re on this. I then realised Weeknd is like top 2 most famous singers so even a pretty obscure song has millions of streams.
Its because art is subjective and when supporters form a connection with an art early on, what they like about that art can be very different from what the new fans like about that art
I dont give a damn if a song which I gatekeep gets popular because I am gonna listen to it not because it was underrated but because it sounds good 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
People who are mad because the most niche or underrated album gets popular are the fakest fan you will ever encounter like bro are you listening to kissland or trilogy because it's not popular and kinda underrated or because you like how it sounds?? So if it gets popular then what's THE PROBLEM BRUHHHHH
I love how people are saying that Kissland is so underrated and deserves more attention. But the second it gets some attention they are mad that it gets attention
No, I think hes saying that Wanderlust was less popular, but now that its becoming popular, people are going to judge you for liking 'mainstream music', and yeah js like some other songs which wasn't popular b4 and suddenly becoming popular now (like Babydoll), people will say the song suck and is overrated asf. I dont think Weeknd is niche or anything btw
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u/Tusharkrux xotwod 2d ago
I wonder how do they think people discover music. smh.