The Weeknd has launched his new collab with Playboi Carti and Madonna, “Popular.”
On Friday (June 2), Abel debuted the second single from his upcoming Idol Vol. 1 soundtrack after beforehand teasing the file. The music has an early 2000s Neptunes bop to it, however is in truth produced by Metro Boomin, Mike Dean and The Weeknd.
Lyrics to The Weeknd’s “Popular” Featuring Playboi Carti and Madonna
“Tell me, do you see her? (Yeah) She’s livin’ her life (Uh),” The Weeknd croons on the refrain. “Even if she acts like she don’t want the limelight (Uh, yeah, uh, uh)/But if you knew her (Yeah, uh), she lives a lie/She calls the paparazzi, then she acts surprised, oh.”
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Baby-voice Playboi Carti makes an look on the monitor on the publish-refrain.
“Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)/Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh),” Carti repeats. “Yuh, shawty f**k with me ’cause she know I’m popular (Uh)/Yuh, shawty f**k with me ’cause she know I’m popular (Uh).”
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Madonna wraps up the monitor with background vocals from The Weeknd.
“Beggin’ on her knees to be popular/That’s her dream, to be popular (Hey)/Kill anyone to be popular/Sell her soul to be popular,” they sing.
The Weeknd Previews “Popular” at Cannes Film Festival
The Weeknd initially previewed the then rumored monitor on the Cannes Film Festival in France throughout The Idol purple carpet premiere on May 22. Video from the occasion captured audio of the one whereas attendees had been flicking it up on the purple carpet. Abel and Carti later FaceTimed one another forward of the music’s launch.
The Weeknd stars in and cocreated the upcoming HBO movie sequence, The Idol, which finds him enjoying the function of a cult chief-self-assist guru who kinds a relationship with aspiring pop star Jocelyn performed by Lily-Rose Depp.
When Does The Idol Soundtrack Drop?
The soundtrack is scheduled to return out on streaming providers on June 30. The lead single “Double Fantasy” that includes Future was launched again in April.
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