Mischief Managed

The Weeknd // D.D.

The Weeknd released his final part of the Balloons trilogy in the wee hours of this morning with the release of his hotly anticipated new mixtape ‘Echoes Of Silence’, which is available to download from hulkshare via his twitter.

The mixtape opens with ‘D.D.’, a rendition of Michael Jackson’s ‘Dirty Diana’ from seventh studio album ‘Bad’. Covering Michael Jackson is sure a risk, but Abel manages to pull it off, putting his signature stamp on the track while still staying faithful to the original.

The track has that classic Weeknd production, with plenty of layered synths giving the track an airy, ghostly feel about it. The pouding drums give the song a certain harshness, which accompanied by Abel’s falsetto make everything pretty intense. I haven’t had time to listen to the whole mix tape yet, but if it’s anything as good as this then I’m certainly in for a treat.

(Source: yakk)