The Weeknd Party Monster Analysis
Party Monster analysis
The lifestyle a person who is rich and famous lives pretty much translates to doing lots of drugs, drinking lots of booze, and having lots of sex, because money can get you all of those things. At least this is what artist The Weeknd sings about in “Party Monster”. “Party Monster” seems to narrate a specific experience this artist had on a night out. This night out ends up with him frantically looking for all their items of value because they do not know who is even in their bed. The Weeknd uses many different artistic approaches at symbolizing paranoia and drug use. This artist also talks about a lot of different drug use that seems to correlate with this lifestyle throughout the whole piece. The Weeknd does do a good …show more content…
As soon as “Party Monster” starts there is a synth beat in the background which is very similar to any music used in a later 80’s early 90’s horror movie. This is then reinforced twice with the music video, The Weeknd pulls up in an FC Mazda rx-7 which stopped production in the early 90’s. As soon as they pull up in their car the title “Party Monster” projects on the screen in a “spooky” font much like that of the slightly eerie kids show from the 90’s. The video then breaks out in what feels like a seizure, constant flashing strobes of different colored neon, imaged of crosses projecting on the screen, and distortion of the figures and faces. This in combination with the synth help give one the sense of anxiety and paranoia. Images of different women begin to appear, but progress to those women covered in blood and being devilish. This could be symbolic to the distrust he has in women which appears with lyrics accusing them of stealing his jewelry and money. The video ends with him being attacked by an animal jumping out of the static filled TV in front of him. He then begins to sink into the bed behind him while him and Lana Del Rey alternate who sings “Paranoid” in the background. This reinforces the heavy drug use in the lyrics although there seems to be no drugs or alcohol throughout the whole
The lifestyle a person who is rich and famous lives pretty much translates to doing lots of drugs, drinking lots of booze, and having lots of sex, because money can get you all of those things. At least this is what artist The Weeknd sings about in “Party Monster”. “Party Monster” seems to narrate a specific experience this artist had on a night out. This night out ends up with him frantically looking for all their items of value because they do not know who is even in their bed. The Weeknd uses many different artistic approaches at symbolizing paranoia and drug use. This artist also talks about a lot of different drug use that seems to correlate with this lifestyle throughout the whole piece. The Weeknd does do a good …show more content…
As soon as “Party Monster” starts there is a synth beat in the background which is very similar to any music used in a later 80’s early 90’s horror movie. This is then reinforced twice with the music video, The Weeknd pulls up in an FC Mazda rx-7 which stopped production in the early 90’s. As soon as they pull up in their car the title “Party Monster” projects on the screen in a “spooky” font much like that of the slightly eerie kids show from the 90’s. The video then breaks out in what feels like a seizure, constant flashing strobes of different colored neon, imaged of crosses projecting on the screen, and distortion of the figures and faces. This in combination with the synth help give one the sense of anxiety and paranoia. Images of different women begin to appear, but progress to those women covered in blood and being devilish. This could be symbolic to the distrust he has in women which appears with lyrics accusing them of stealing his jewelry and money. The video ends with him being attacked by an animal jumping out of the static filled TV in front of him. He then begins to sink into the bed behind him while him and Lana Del Rey alternate who sings “Paranoid” in the background. This reinforces the heavy drug use in the lyrics although there seems to be no drugs or alcohol throughout the whole