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The WeekndToyota CenterOctober 17, 2017

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Confessions are en faddy these days.

From Jay Z’s 4:44 to Vic Mensa's The Autobiography, mea culpas accept become their own sub-genre of rap and R&B. But if The Weeknd is any indication, wrongdoers needn't change their behavior so continued as the they're accommodating to accept their misdeeds.

It’s adamantine to anticipate whether The Weeknd, built-in Abel Tesfaye, is aloof or black his misadventures, as dance-friendly beats generally confute the black of his lyrics. He cops to boundless biologic use, adultery and accepted self-loathing while touting his cast and claiming — generally despondently — that it's all for the money.

He sings of adultery on "Wicked Games," of elimination his coffer annual at a band club while his adherent awaits his acknowledgment home. But what could canyon for accepted book in '90s-era hip-hop takes an affecting about-face in the 2010s as Tesfaye mourns his disability to accept the ballerina aback she says she loves him.

The Weeknd absolved up and bottomward the balustrade as admirers ample their arms, acquisitive to bolt a aerial five.

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Some of The Weeknd's lyrics are great; others appear beyond a misogynistic mess. Somewhere in the average is a adolescent man who's aloof aggravating to adore his twenties. Unfortunately for the artisan himself, he seems aloof a little too self-aware to acquisition joy in any of it.

On bout in abutment of his third flat album, Starboy, the Canadian singer-songwriter visited Houston's Toyota Center Tuesday night. He performed about two dozen songs in 90 account and advised a about sold-out army to a ablaze appearance allusive Kanye's Saint Pablo bout aftermost year.

A behemothic accession akin a spaceship afraid over The Weeknd's arch all evening, shapeshifting in amid advance and live-streaming video of the appearance itself. The Weeknd absolved up and bottomward the balustrade as admirers ample their arms, acquisitive to bolt a aerial bristles or, at the actual least, a affection Snapchat.

His set account included advance from his latest absolution — "Party Monster," "Sidewalks" and the Daft Punk-produced "I Feel It Coming" — alongside earlier actual addition all the way aback to his admission mixtape, 2011's House of Balloons.

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Boastful tendencies notwithstanding, The Weeknd is absolutely acquainted of how alveolate one-night stands are compared to a 18-carat relationship.

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Dark capacity ran throughout, but that didn't accumulate the army from dancing as unapologetically as The Weeknd bore his soul, scars and all.

His arrogant tendencies notwithstanding, The Weeknd is absolutely acquainted of how alveolate one-night stands are compared to a 18-carat relationship. Despite that recognition, however, he seems at allowance with himself about giving up his partying affairs to accompany what he acutely craves so badly: authenticity.

“And alike admitting I sin, maybe we are built-in to live,” he crooned in “Angel,” about an hour into Tuesday night’s show. “But I apperceive time will acquaint if we're meant for this... And if we're not, I achievement you acquisition somebody. I achievement you acquisition somebody to love."

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Here's acquisitive The Weeknd finds addition too.

A behemothic accession akin a spaceship afraid over The Weeknd's arch all evening.

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SET LISTStarboyParty MonsterReminderSix Feet UnderLow LifeMight NotSidewalksCrew LoveOftenAcquaintedOr NahSome Way (feat. Nav)Tell Your FriendsDie For YouThe MorningWicked GamesAngelEarned ItIn the NightBlack BeatlesUnforgettable (feat. French Montana)SecretsCan't Feel My FaceI Feel It ComingThe Hills

Matt is a approved contributor to the Houston Press’ music section. He accelerating from the University of Houston with a amount in book journalism and all-around business. Matt aboriginal began autograph for the Press as an intern, accepting accidentally beatific his resume to the publication's music editor instead of the account chief. After bisected a decade of accessory concerts and interviewing musicians, he has accustomed this accidental aberration to all-powerful intervention.

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