New Music

There’s a funny thing that happens in Vietnam. Aside from your sanity, a lot of other things start to take a decline when you’ve been here for too long. You start to appreciate music you would have never listened to otherwise, you wear clothes that was previously your life’s work to make fun of, and you start to put things in your mouth that you’ve never even touched before. I admit it, it's happened to me. I used to be a pretentious, self-proclaimed music know-it-all. But since being in Vietnam, most of the music I've listened to has been top 40ish music that sounds good on my iPod when I workout.

I was recently introduced to this Toronto-native crooner who uses the handle, The Weeknd, by hipster-in-training, Isabelle Du. Turns out I've come to the party a bit late as a lot of my friends have already been listening and hooked onto it. He's heavily supported by Drake, which is a pretty good backer to lay claim to. I haven't been excited for music like this in a while so I thought I'd catch you, the reader, up on it so you won't be left behind like I have been. Visit The Weeknd to download his mixtape, "House of Balloons", for free. My personal favorite tracks are "Coming Down" and "Wicked Games." When you're done with that check out these unreleased tracks I've found by The Weeknd:

The Weeknd - Unreleased by Hypetrak


The Weeknd – Birthday Suit (Drake Demo) by Hypetrak

Cheers,

DL