Party Monster (song)
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| The Weeknd feat. Lana Del Rey | |
| publication | December 6, 2016 |
| length | 4:09 |
| Genre (s) | Contemporary R&B , Pop |
| Author (s) |
Ahmad Balshe , Lana Del Rey, Benjamin Diehl, Martin McKinney, Abel Tesfaye |
| album | Starboy |
Party Monster is a song of the Canadian - Ethiopian R & B - musician The Weeknd , in cooperation with the American US pop singer Lana Del Rey . The piece is the third single from his third studio album Starboy .
Creation and artwork
The song was written jointly by Ahmad Balshe , Lana Del Rey, Benjamin Diehl, Martin McKinney and Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd). The latter also produced the single in collaboration with Ben Billions and Doc McKinney. The mastering was done by Tom Coyne and Aya Merrill from Sterling Sound in New York City ( New York , USA). The mixing took place under the direction of Manny Marroquins in the Larabee Studio in North Hollywood ( Los Angeles , California , USA). The piece was arranged by Billions, McKinney and Josh Smith. The final arrangement was made by Chris Galland and his assistants Robin Florent and Jeff Jackson. The recordings were made in the Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The single was released under the music labels Republic Records and XO and distributed by Benjamin Diehl Publishing, Mykai Music, Sal & Co, Songs Music Publishing, Sony / ATV Music Publishing and Warner Music Group.
On the cover of the maxi single - in addition to the artist name and song title - The Weeknd's upper body can be seen. The picture is very dark in shades of blue, the inscription in neon red. The Weeknd is shown in a kneeling or sitting position with the right hand in front of the face.
Publication and promotion
The first publication of Party Monster took place on 18 November 2016 as a promotional single. It was published as an official single around three weeks later on December 6, 2016 as a single download.
background information
In Party Monster is already the third collaboration between Del Rey and The Weeknd within two years. The two worked together for the first time in 2015 for Weekend's second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness . This resulted in the song Prisoner which reached the charts in the United Kingdom and the United States due to high download numbers. The following year, the two worked again for Weeknd's third studio album, Starboy . In addition to Stargirl Interlude , this resulted in Party Monster . The song Stargirl Interlude was not released as a single, but also made it into the British and US single charts due to high download numbers.
content
The lyrics to Party Monster are in English. The music and the text were written jointly by Ahmad Balshe , Benjamin Diehl, Lana Del Rey, Martin McKinney and Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd). Musically, the song moves in the field of contemporary R&B and pop music . The piece was written in E flat minor and follows the chord progression E ♭ m – D ♭ –C ♭ –D ♭. The tempo is 77 beats per minute . The musical structure of the song is as follows: Refrain - 1st verse - Hook - Refrain - 2nd verse - Hook - Bridge - Interlude - Outro . The main vocals are from The Weeknd, Del Rey can be heard in the background from the interlude. The song itself is about bed stories and drug use.
- Refrain, original excerpt
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- Refrain, translation
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Music video
The music video for Party Monster premiered on YouTube on January 12, 2017 . In terms of color, the video is mainly shown in neon colors . The video begins with The Weeknd, who initially drives a car through a desert landscape and is on his way to a party. Arriving in front of the building he sees a woman (played by the Swedish model Zoe Mantzakanis) whom he follows. When he is right behind her and wants to touch her with his hand, she turns and stares at The Weeknd while the latter goes into a kind of intoxication. This is followed by scenes from a chase and more daydreams about her. The video ends with The Weeknd watching a car crash into a ravine. In between there are scenes of partying, dancing, lightly clad women. As in the previous music video for Starboy , the symbol of the cross can be found here several times . The total length of the video is 4:17 minutes. BRTHR directed and produced the video by Sara Greco & Jamee Ranta. To date, the music video has over 54.3 million clicks on YouTube (as of May 2017).
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reception
Reviews
Johannes Jimeno from the German-language online magazine laut.de rated the album with 4/5 stars and praised the visual and musical aesthetics that go hand in hand and complement each other. Mostly dark beat structures, unmistakable 80s influence, ballads and Weeknd's wonderful voice would form a consistent framework. Party Monster shows that immediately when threatening synths feed his lines about bed stories and drugs. Towards the end Lana Del Rey breathes “Paranoid” into the microphone several times, the beat becomes heavier and more distorted.
Nina Francesca Nagele from the German hip-hop magazine Juice described Party Monster as an independent piece compared to the rest of the album Starboy, away from the “zeitgeist wave”. She suspects that this is due to co-author Lana Del Rey. With a soft, just as eerie beat, the song seems like an homage to Weeknd's dark R&B beginnings, when ketamine consumption still shaped the sound image.
Charts and chart placements
Party Monster reached position 34 in the singles charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of four weeks. In Austria the single reached position 40 in two chart weeks and in Switzerland position 21 in five chart weeks. In the United Kingdom, Party Monster reached position 17 in nine chart weeks and position 16 in the United States in 19 chart weeks. In his homeland, the single reached position eight and was able to stay in the top 10 for a week and in the charts for 20 weeks.
For The Weeknd as an interpreter, Lust for Life is already the 39th chart success in the United States as well as his 35th chart success in his home country Canada and the United Kingdom, the eleventh in Switzerland, the ninth in Germany and the eighth chart success in Austria.
For Del Rey as an interpreter, Lust for Life is already the 15th chart success in the United Kingdom, as well as the 13th in Switzerland, the eleventh in Austria, the tenth in Germany and the ninth in the United States. As an author, it is her 14th chart success in the United Kingdom, as well as the twelfth in Switzerland, the eleventh in Austria, the tenth in Germany and the ninth in the United States.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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34 (4 weeks) | 4th |
 Canada (MC)
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8th (20 weeks) | 20th |
 Austria (Ö3)
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40 (2 weeks) | 2 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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21st (5 weeks) | 5 |
 United States (Billboard)
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16 (19 weeks) | 19th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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17th (9 weeks) | 9 |
Awards for music sales
In 2019, Party Monster was awarded double platinum status in the United States for two million units sold. Gold records followed in Australia, Denmark and Norway and the award of a silver record in the United Kingdom. The single was awarded a total of once silver, twice platinum and three times gold for over 2.2 million units sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 gold
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35,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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gold
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45,000 |
 Norway (IFPI)
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gold
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5,000 |
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United States (RIAA)
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 2 × platinum
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2,000,000 |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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 silver
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200,000 |
| All in all |
1 × silver 3 × gold 2 × platinum |
2,285,000 |
Main article: Lana Del Rey / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Starboy Credits. theweeknd.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ^ The Weeknd Drops Two New Songs, “Party Monster” And “I Feel It Coming” f / Daft Punk. uk.complex.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Future Releases. allaccess.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Party Monster by Christian Pearl - Digital Sheet Music. musicnotes.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ BPM for 'Party Monster' by 'The Weeknd'. songbpm.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b R'n'B has never been so damn cool! laut.de, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ The Weeknd - Party Monster + I Feel It Coming feat. Daft Punk // Tracks. juice.de, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ^ The Weeknd - Party Monster. officialcharts.de, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b The Weeknd - Chart History. billboard.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ^ The Weeknd - Party Monster. austriancharts.at, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ^ The Weeknd - Party Monster. hitparade.ch, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ^ The Weeknd. officialcharts.com, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2017 Singles. aria.com.au, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ^ Certificeringer. ifpi.dk, accessed on November 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Søk. ifpi.no, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Gold & Platinum. riaa.com, accessed February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Certified Awards Latest News. bpi.co.uk, accessed August 16, 2017 .