The Weeknd | Through the Shattered Lens

Since today’s music video of the day is the latest video from The Weeknd, I guess now would be an appropriate time for me to make a confession.

For years, I misspelled The Weeknd’s name. I spelled his name with three e’s instead of two. I think I even did it on this site a few times. No one ever called me out for it, which seems like a good thing as long as you don’t give it too much thought. But seriously, one reason why I haven’t shared any other videos from The Weeknd is because I’ve always been kind of embarrassed by the fact that it took me so long to realize that there were only two e’s in his stage name.

Anyway, that’s my confession and I feel better now! As for the video …. eh. It’s kind of creepy. Watching it, I found myself thinking about 80s De Palma. I also found myself thinking about Daniel Craig saying, “It’s the Weeknd,” on Saturday Night Live. Did Craig know that his introduction would become a meme? And, even more importantly, did he know how to spell the Weeknd’s name?

Enjoy!

(Originally, I was going to list my picks for the best in SyFy today. However, I need one more day to work on that so look for that tomorrow! For now, here are my favorite songs of 2017!)

Every January, I list my favorite songs of the previous year and, every January, I include the same disclaimer. My favorite songs are not necessarily the favorite songs of any of the other writers here at the Shattered Lens. We are a large and diverse group of people and, as such, we all have our own individual tastes.

If you ever visited the TSL Bunker, you would be shocked by the different music coming out of each office. You would hear everything from opera to death metal to the best of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And then, of course, you would reach my office and you would discover that my taste in music pretty much runs the gamut from EDM to More EDM.

Now, usually, I do try to listen to a variety of music. You can go to my Song of the Day site — Lisa Marie’s Song of the Day — and see that I do occasionally listen to other types of music. But, I have to be honest. 2017 was not a year that inspired me to really leave me comfort zone. If anything, music provided me with some much needed consistency in an otherwise chaotic year. 2017 was a year that made me want to dance until it was all over and, for the most part, my favorite songs of the year reflect that fact.

Before I list my songs, I should make something else very clear. These are my favorite songs of 2017. I’m not saying that they’re necessarily the best songs of 2017. I’ll leave that debate for others. Instead, there are the songs that I found myself listening to over and over again. These are the songs made me dance. These are the songs that made me sing. A few of these songs relaxed me when I needed to be relaxed. These are songs that I liked.