(“starboy” is a song by canadian singer ‘the weeknd’ featuring french electronic duo ‘daft punk’, released as the lead single from the weeknd’s third studio album of the same name on ’22 september 2016′)
(the artists co-wrote and co-produced the song with ‘doc mckinney’ and ‘henry walter’, with additional writing from ‘jason quenneville’)
(‘conway recording studios’ released the song to ‘contemporary hit radio’ on ’27 september 2016′)
(the song contains a ‘heavy modern drum beat’ with ‘processed background vocals’ in the ‘chorus’)
(lyrically, the song lyrics contain themes of extravagance of a ‘celebrity life’)
(“starboy” was a ‘commercial success’, topping the charts in over 15 countries, including the ‘united states’, where it became the weeknd’s third chart-topper)
(the song has already gone ‘platinum’ in the ‘united kingdom’, and ‘3× platinum’ in ‘canada’)
(the music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator ‘grant singer’, who directed the weeknd’s previous ‘music videos’ for “can’t feel My face” and “the hills”)
(in the ‘music video’, ‘the weeknd’ is shown trying to destroy evidence of his ‘previous self’, including his own awards from his last album ‘beauty behind the madness’)
(the video has been described as the weeknd’s attempt to ‘murder’ his ‘former persona’)
(the song has received positive reviews from ‘music critics’, who praised the weeknd’s attempt to evolve himself)
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