After releasing Dancing in the flames, The Weeknd released a second new single entitled Timeless in collaboration with Playboi Carti, a song capable of surprising once again thanks to the union of the unmistakable styles of these two artists.
A key track from the new album
On September 7, 2024 The Weeknd, in the company of Playboi Carti, presents Timeless on stage during a concert in São Paulo, surprising its fans who welcome the news with great energy and enthusiasm. It is good to keep this song in mind because it would seem to be one of the key songs that we will find again in Hurry Up Tomorrow, sixth studio album of the artist that stands as the conclusion of the trilogy started with After Hours in 2020 and then continue with Dawn FM in 2022, whose date of release has not yet been identified.
Meanwhile, we can enjoy two extraordinary singles, namely Dancing in the flames and Timeless created together with Playboi Carti, collaborating for the second time after Popular, golden single in Italy. This new song was produced by Pharrell Williams and Ojivolta, and we can’t help but notice how incredible it is: a mixture of several musical genres, such as R&B, hip hop along with some trap elements, But without in any way streamline the well-known characters of The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, thus arriving at an innovative result that brings with it a breath of fresh air.
The text reflects on the ambivalence of the theme of fame and immortality: both tell of how much confidence and ambition they have, on the magnitude of a desire well known to many artists, that is to remain eternal in the collective imagination, "timeless" precisely; but at the same time they point out how much this requires a huge pressure to always be up to the title of global superstar.
The themes of money and power are explored, but a vulnerability is often hidden. In fact, the two artists expose all their awareness of being important figures in the global music scene, despite this entails a number of problems. The song that increases even more the expectation for the release of the new album with the certainty that it will be another incredible success of an artist of the caliber of The Weeknd.
You can listen to Timeless here:
Here you can find the lyrics:
[Intro: The Weeknd]
XO
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, no
[Verse 1: Playboi Carti & The Weeknd]
Ever since I was a jit, knew I was the shit (Ooh, yeah)
Shorty keep wanna come ‘round, she wanna get hit (Wanna get hit so hard)
She think she the main because I keep her by my side
Double-O, bust down the watch, she know that I’m timeless (Timeless)
I put my son in some Rick
I pull that gun off the hip
Pockets hold twenty-two clips (Ah)
I break her heart, Comme Garçons
Put on a shirt, get put on a blimp
Bitch like a stain, get ready to lick
I had to tell her that ever since I was a jit, knеw I was the shit (Oh)
She singin’ my songs, she wanna diе lit, tryna get hit
House like a bank, deposit this bitch, deposit that check
Smile on my face, ain’t playing shit, come and get checked (Uh)
Ice on my neck, double-O wrist
She in the Scat, hell of a ‘Cat
Fresh out the trench, four hundred packs
Uh, yeah, I’m spinnin’ in Paris (Uh)
Dress for these hoes, they finna flock
Just poured a four in a soda, it pop
Them drugs finna hit, I’m feelin’ ill
I’m wrestlin’ all of my demons, I feel like The Rock
[Chorus: The Weeknd & Playboi Carti]
(Shit, uh, yeah)
Ever since I was a kid, I been legit (Jit, ooh, nah)
If I was you, I would cut up my wrist (Dumb bit’)
XO tatted all over her body, yeah (Yeah)
She just wanna roll and I don’t mind it, yeah
Ever since I was jit, I been legit (Ooh, nah, uh)
You should let her go, she wanna be it (Oh, yeah)
Double-O tatted on her body, yeah
It don’t matter what they say, I’m timeless, yeah (Schyeah)
[Verse 2: The Weeknd & Playboi Carti]
Oh, city on fire when I’m comin’ home
Fill up the sky (Yeah), I fill up the Dome
They’ll play it one day (Yeah), it’s a hell of a show
But it’s gonna hurt ‘cause we did it first
Feel like Skateboard P, BBC boys on the creep
Feel like it’s ’03, Neptune drum with a beam (Yeah)
She hippie-flippin’ a bean, she wanna fuck with the team
She fell in love with the cream (Yeah), she fell in love with the scene
Ooh, yeah, her man quiet, not a peep (Oh, nah)
Broke his heart, PTSD (Oh, nah)
Hold his chest, let it breathe
Let it breathe, niggas scheme
And I got a priest, he got a cross
Get out of line, send him to God
I shed a tear, pray for a loss, ooh, yeah (Yeah)
[Chorus: The Weeknd & Playboi Carti]
Ever since I was a kid, I been legit (Homixide, Homixide, Homixide, oh, oh)
If I was you, I would cut up my wrist (Ah)
XO tatted all over her body, yeah (Body, yeah)
She just wanna roll and I don’t mind it, yeah
Ever since I was jit, I been legit (Yeah, ooh, nah)
You should let her go, she wanna be it (Oh, nah)
Double-O tatted on her body, yeah (Body, yeah)
It don’t matter what they say, I’m timeless
[Outro: The Weeknd & Playboi Carti]
Timeless (Oh), timeless, timeless
Timeless, timeless, timeless, we timeless, oh
Timeless, timeless, timeless (Yeah), timeless
Timeless (Yeah), timeless, timeless, we timeless, oh
Oh (Blatt)
Oh (Yuh, lit)