The Weeknd performed last night the first of his three scheduled concerts at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid. The Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye offered a spectacle that the chronicle describes as an intense and disturbing experience, where he took the audience to a devastated city full of ruins, lasers, and flashes.
The show included dozens of illuminated red bodies that moved in unison on the stage. The performance lasted approximately two hours and was received with great enthusiasm by the attending audience, who left the venue with their pulse racing according to the writer's description.
The Weeknd has been building a 15-year career based on songs that explore desire, guilt, and the pleasure that already has a hangover. Dawn, far from offering redemption in his songs, threatens to turn on the light and reveal the consequences of the party. This thematic obsession was taken to the extreme during the performance in Madrid.
Abel Tesfaye once again demonstrated his ability to manage what the article calls "pop apocalypse," converting the end of the world into a dance floor. The artist appeared sharp and in full control of his spectacle, confirming his position as one of the most influential artists in contemporary pop music.
