Blunt lines like вЂњAnd I know right now that weвЂ™re not talkinвЂ™/I hope you know this dick is still an option,вЂќ suggest Tesfaye hasnвЂ™t exactly grown by emotional leaps and bounds since he first emerged. MDM certainly delivers on this front, as a guilty Abel wails about the women that heвЂ™s hurt-and how he still wants to have sex with them. And if thereвЂ™s anything thatвЂ™s painfully consistent throughout his work, itвЂ™s that you can count him to be at least two of three things: sad, horny, and fucked up. Unsurprisingly, HeвЂ™s Still Sad + HornyД¬oming from the guy who once sang, вЂњNow my madness is the only love I let myself embrace,вЂќ itвЂ™s easy to assume that My Dear Meloncholy, would be a love letter to the WeekndвЂ™s only loyal partner: his infinite sadness. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Who knows if that was his strategy, but for what itвЂ™s worth, the 18-track Starboy seemed a little like streambait. But industry experts have pointed out that pop artists are starting to release EPs or singles in more frequent intervals to satiate their constantly demanding, yet easily distracted consumers. Maybe Tesfaye heard that we were over the super long pop album, a trend propelled by todayвЂ™s streaming economy. In the official Republic Records press release, they take care to only call it a вЂњproject.вЂќ So what the heck is it? MDMвЂ™s awkward 6-track length places the project into a limbo state that feels a little strange by conventional industry standards. MDM is listed as an EP on Spotify, but the WeekndвЂ™s own newsletter referred to it as an album. Which of the sultry, sad lines did Jaar pen on this song seemingly about Selena? The world may never know. Curiously, Nicolas Jaar gets a mention in the credits of вЂњCall Out My Name,вЂќ but is listed as lyricist and composer instead of the production credit you might expect of the Darkside member. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.ДЄlong with Gesaffelstein, fellow electronic-music producers Skrillex and Daft PunkвЂ™s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are also in the mix. The rapper Belly, from Ottawa and signed to the WeekndвЂ™s XO label, is also listed as lyricist and composer on вЂњTry Me.вЂќ Looking beyond the Canadians, Atlanta hitmaker Mike WiLL Made-It also has production credit on вЂњTry Me,вЂќ while popвЂ™s secret weapon Starrah has a songwriting credit on вЂњWasted Time.вЂќ Abel likes to keep it somewhat local, too, so the credits are littered with fellow Torontonians and former collaborators like producers DaHeala and Cirtuk. The project is executive produced by the Weeknd himself and Frank Dukes, the Canadian producer whoвЂ™s worked with A-listers ranging from Frank Ocean to Selena Gomez (TesfayeвЂ™s ex). Gesaffelstein, the French techno artist who served as one of YeezusвЂ™ many producers, may be the only contributor who got a formal feature, but plenty of other interesting producers and songwriters lurk within the credits of My Dear Melancholy.

Familiar Toronto Collaborators + a Few New Producers With only one featured artist across six tracks, My Dear Melancholy, at first seems like a meager and bizarre offering from the pop superstar. (No, that comma is not a typo.) What surfaced appeared to be the antithesis of the WeekndвЂ™s shiny, star-studded Starboy album from 2016. The following night, Abel Tesfaye dropped his latest project, My Dear Melancholy. With a supposedly important image cropped just out of sight, his text read: вЂњShould we drop Friday? IвЂ™m indifferent to be honest.вЂќ On Wednesday, the Weeknd posted a screenshot of a text conversation between him and his creative director, La Mar Taylor.

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