Accompanied by a letter of profession to never sell out, Toronto's (noi)r&b singer, The Weeknd, drops the self directed video for his standout single, "Rolling Stone". The Illangelo produced track stems from the elusive artist's acclaimed 2011 project, "Thursday". Watch the simplistic yet moving black and white visuals below!
Directed By Abel Tesfaye & Produced By Chris Cunningham
" Balloons of Haus is house music for the "I'm not really into techno" folks. It's uptempo but more to the point (free of those minute long intros/breakdowns of arbitrary ambience). The concept was born of my interest in bringing The Weeknd's vibe to a DJ set. He's talking about what every other artist you hear in the club is talking about except he's artistic, emotionally believable. The Weeknd's subject matter is already club friendly. The pace however was only bedroom friendly. My project still retains that laid back, mellow uptempo R&B vibe but picks up on a harder electro vibe with the Dirty Diana remix. It's all around a very diverse range of house music genres. " - Chi Duly
Toronto's chosen one, The Weeknd, drops his first official music video for the House Of Balloons closing single, The Knowing. The video is directed by French filmmaker Mikael Colombu and leads a similar concept to Cee-Lo Green's Bodiesmusic video also directed by Mikael. Colombu has done a number of other videos for artists such as Bilal, J Dilla, Onra and more which you can check out on his YouTube page.
Hot remix of one of Toronto's many up and coming talents, The Weeknd's track The Morning off his mixtape House Of Balloonsby Chi Duly featuring Kenton Dunson. Incase you missed his latest mixtape, Thursday, which damn near broke the internet earlier this summer with too many downloads, grab it here.
" The melodies are strong on House of Balloons. That's what really makes these a thrill to work with. Every day songs get remixed that dont need to be. I'm a producer first, but as a DJ the need to remix these was very apparent. I'm entranced by The Weeknd but it's just too hard to mix into sets unless you're spinning a private slowjam orgy or something of the like.." - Chi Duly
" Balloons of Haus is house music for the "I'm not really into techno" folks. It's uptempo but more to the point (free of those minute long intros/breakdowns of arbitrary ambience). The concept was born of my interest in bringing The Weeknd's vibe to a DJ set. He's talking about what every other artist you hear in the club is talking about except he's artistic, emotionally believable. The Weeknd's subject matter is already club friendly. The pace however was only bedroom friendly. My project still retains that laid back, mellow uptempo R&B vibe but picks up on a harder electro vibe with the Dirty Diana remix. It's all around a very diverse range of house music genres. " - Chi Duly
