Exactly. This has the edginess of a real acid trip. First time I've ever seen it caught in video form...
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The Weeknd Stars in Two-Part Apple Music Ad During MTV VMAs
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Exactly. This has the edginess of a real acid trip. First time I've ever seen it caught in video form...
I'm always amazed at the cheap ass people who complain about paying money for what is basically all the music in the world you could want for less than $10 a month. Suck it up. If you listen you should pay and $10 a month is a ridiculously low price for what you get. Whether you're using Apple Music or another service doesn't matter. Don't be a leach; pay the subscription fee.
Although, I watched the VMAs for the first time in decades last night and I can see why nobody would want to pay for music anymore.
Although, I watched the VMAs for the first time in decades last night and I can see why nobody would want to pay for music anymore.
Ironically, The Weeknd isn't mainstream. Well until recently.I miss the days when Apple promoted indie artists in their ads, instead of pushing more of the same old mainstream garbage.
Now that's genius advertising. What happened?I discovered a few awesome artists precisely through Apple ads. They really knew what they were doing back then.
That was so bad I'm thinking of switching to Tidal!
I'm kidding. I'm confused, not suicidal.
I'm kidding. I'm confused, not suicidal.
The ad was funny. Given how unfocused the dude's eyes looked I would expect him to hallucinate nothing less than John Travolta and one huge party. Really, Betty White should have been in there somewhere and that would have made the whole thing complete for me.
Miley, Biebs, Nikki and Kanye were all together in one building and nobody thought to seal the doors and windows shut? Dang!
I miss the days when Apple promoted indie artists in their ads, instead of pushing more of the same old mainstream garbage.
Now that's genius advertising. What happened?
To be fair, that was the music scene back then, and this ad depicts the music scene right now.
This seemed well put together and correctly aimed at the audience that would watch a VMA show. I also already liked The Weekend, so the music choice didn't bother me....
Euhm, "Music"? ORLY?
Oh come on... It's not THAT bad. I have to listen to the radio in the car almost everyday, and saying this ISN'T "music" is disregarding everything else that's in the charts right now.
I don't really care for The Weeknd, but he stands out among the actual truly garbage music that's played back to back next to his stuff.
Like I said in an earlier post, this is the music scene now, and the kind of music that was used in iPod + iTunes ads is long gone.
Marketing doesn't necessarily have to be that way, and most of Apples ads are usually about informing about new services/products... their brand is naturally incorporated in that but not the priority.
The radio stations locally started overplaying their "earned it" song until I got so fed up I'd instantly turn it off whenever I heard that horrible first few seconds.
So maybe I'm a bit biased against them. The song wasn't even that good. Maybe I'm getting old? I dunno, I like a lot of other new music. This song just grated on me somehow.
Making the VMAs interesting once again.
Were they ever interesting? The last one I remember watching was some time in the 90's. I think the only thing I remember about it was Jenny Mccarthy alluding to having sex with Damon Wayans. Or maybe someone else.... Anyway, it was a while ago.
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Lol at this thread. I own a Victrola packed full of really old records bought at flea markets and estate sales. My husband also recently fixed up his mom's gigantic console stereo that spans a good chunk of the living room and he also has a lot of her old records. Among the gems and Great American standards are so many old songs from the 1930's, 40's and 50's with ridiculous lyrics sung in annoying affected voices and a lot of them are bigoted or sexist in some way. A few are surprisingly risqué. A lot just plain don't make sense as they are about nonsense subjects.
My dad says his parents were complaining about the music and dances and behavior of his generation, too. My dad is 78.
It all makes me realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
My dad says his parents were complaining about the music and dances and behavior of his generation, too. My dad is 78.
It all makes me realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
I stopped watching MTV when they stopped being a Music Television channel. I think that was in the late 80's.
I think if we were partaking in whatever The Weeknd must have been enjoying to get such a glazed look, we would have seen them!
It's hilarious how they use white women to sell products to black men. Nothing draws their attention like white chicks.
What did it for me was the burning car. Especially an overturned car on fire.
I have never seen anything good on TV that had an overturned burning car in it. In fiction, it's always something post-apocalyptic, or a scene where there is chaos, and with non-fiction, it's usually a contrived riot with people tweeting out that their life stinks on their iPhone 6+ (no irony there). Or worse, their sports team wins some game, and that's an excuse to destroy property.
haha yeah earned it is way too mainstream for me. I love more of his earlier stuff like Trilogy and some of Kissland. The radio is notorious for playing terrible music though so i'm not surprised.