{"id":480767,"date":"2019-01-11T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=777666"},"modified":"2019-01-11T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T17:15:18","slug":"the-weeknds-new-song-has-people-wondering-if-hes-dissing-drake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/the-weeknds-new-song-has-people-wondering-if-hes-dissing-drake\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd\u2019s New Song Has People Wondering if He\u2019s Dissing Drake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-weeknd-and-drake.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Deciphering where serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drake<\/a> speculation starts and Drake fan fiction ends can be an incomprehensible process \u2014 people on the internet just love talking about Drake. With the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/gesaffelstein\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gesaffelstein\" data-tag=\"gesaffelstein\">Gesaffelstein<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLost in the Fire,\u201d featuring one-time Drake prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-weeknd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>, another beef that is likely unsubstantiated has been launched into the collective consciousness. The source of the intrigue comes from the song\u2019s first verse when The Weeknd either sings, \u201cAnd I just want a baby with the right one\/\u2019Cause I could never be the one to hide one\u201d or \u201c\u2018Cause I could never be the one to hurt one.\u201d The lyrics are listed differently on Genius versus Apple Music, with the latter having \u201churt\u201d instead of \u201chide.\u201d Of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeelzTV\/status\/1083592370510327808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">many online<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElPikunto\/status\/1083600557506482176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have begun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eeveeskeevy\/status\/1083602590955393025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to speculate<\/a> that the Weeknd is slyly referencing Drake\u2019s secret (at least, until Pusha T came onto the scene) child. The lyrics on Genius, though, are crowd-sourced, not provided by the artist, so<\/p>\n<p>The song is the latest collaboration between the French dance producer and The Weeknd. Gesaffelstein had two credits on last year\u2019s\u00a0<em>My Dear Melancholy.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cLost In The Fire\u201d is presumably the lead single from his upcoming album,\u00a0<em>Hyperion<\/em>, his first full-length since signing to Columbia Records last year.<\/p>\n<p>Potential controversies aside, the rest of \u201cLost in the Fire\u201d unfolds as your straightforward Weeknd song, riding the line between epic love and neurotic lust as he tends to do. He\u2019s lamenting the loss of a partner, before promising to \u201cfuck you straight\u201d in the second verse, all over the glossy synth work and a driving rhythm he\u2019s adopted since 2016\u2019s <em>Starboy<\/em>. Weeknd fans will be pleased; everyone else will rubberneck at the possibility of yet another Drake feud in our near future.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-weeknd-either-subbing-drake-pronounces-hurt-weird-777666\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciphering where serious Drake speculation starts and Drake fan fiction ends can be an incomprehensible process \u2014 people on the internet just love talking about Drake. With the release of Gesaffelstein\u2019s \u201cLost in the Fire,\u201d featuring one-time Drake prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u00a0The Weeknd, another beef that is likely unsubstantiated has been launched into the collective consciousness. 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