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OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. The Weeknd runs through 4 of them, 1 that take them as the subject and 3 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Drake, Frank Ocean and Drake featuring Trey Songz & Lil Wayne.
The Weeknd's journey from Toronto's House of Balloons to "Blinding Lights" charts a path from trip-hop's dark mood to Michael Jackson's pop, shaping artists like Bryson Tiller.
Featuring Blinding Lights · Wicked Games · Crew Love
Ariana Grande's petal channels unfiltered rage into dark, experimental R&B, rejecting commodified suffering. Its sound builds on her 'The Way' roots, echoing N.E.R.D's 'Lemon' and Frank Ocean's 'Pink + White'.
1 of 8 tracks — Die For You
From Utrecht to Durham, The Foreign Exchange's online collaboration forged a new hip-hop soul blueprint, inspiring Drake, Frank Ocean, and The Weeknd to build their sounds online.
1 of 7 tracks — The Morning
Noah "40" Shebib's "soft beats" and "hazy synth tones" on Drake's "So Far Gone" forged the Toronto R&B sound, influencing The Weeknd and redefining modern melancholic R&B.
1 of 10 tracks — Wicked Games