I felt like it was purely a cash grab on earned itto your point about him really feeling into this song , it was actually commissioned by the film 50 shades of greyI know that the Weeknd may have done it purely as a cash grab but what matters to me is does it sounds like a cash grab ? To me not completely , especially the hook and prehook it sounds earnest and passionate . The Weeknd on this doesn ' t sound either of those things to me , regardless of how we actually feels . You can tell daft punk played a huge influence on this album , aside from their featured songs rockin , is clearly influenced by them . If MJ had made a song with daft punk , this is what it would sound like . Secrets also has homework era daft punk finger prints all over it . I feel like he went went for the retro electronic vibe on alot of these tracks and absolutely nailed ita lonely night . Both songs have elements of 90 s house and some new wave I wouldn ' t go as far as saying they ' re directly influenced by Daft Punk although there ' s definite overlaps between Daft Punk ' s styles and those genres especially with house . Regardless the actual beats don ' t hold a candle to what Daft Punk was producing in their heyday , IMO . MJ was actually fun and charismatic though . I mean so was the Weeknd on stuff like Wanderlust and In the Night I don ' t know what the fuck happened here . I don ' t expect more than a handful of songs to to have fun or catchy hooks , I don ' t think that was the point of this album . The problem isn ' t that the hooks aren ' t fun , it ' s that they ' re downright bad IMO . I remember how much people complained about the Live For hook but quite a few of the hooks on here are even worse than that one . And to this point False Alarm isn ' t a whole sentence . I mean is that really a point you are using to knock this album ? I would think if you are being that nitpicky about the album you must have a very hard time choosing music to listen to . I don ' t think you understood my point I was actually saying it wasn ' t a whole sentence to DEFEND the song from my point , which was that several songs on the album just repeat a dumb sentence over and over . But if you listen to this without any boundaries or expectations , then I think you will see it is a great album , maybe even his best . I don ' t think my coming in with a certain mindset is why I don ' t like the album . My favorite album of the year , by my favorite music artist Tonedeff other than maybe the Weeknd , Polymer is an album that completely defies boundaries and genres . I mean who the fuck combines shoegaze and post rock with rap and then does a track that sounds like it ' d fit right in on one of the ambient works off of a Radiohead cut ? But I fucking loved it . This is more about the fact that the music is just not good to ME . It ' s not about him making pop , it ' s not about him combining genres , it ' s not about him trying something new it ' s about the fact that it just doesn ' t sound good to me . It sounds like it does to you , and that ' s fine cause ultimately subjective . I ' m offering the view point of someone who doesn ' t like it .