![]() Him wanting to "swim in something wetter than the ocean" is a reference to sex, as are the lines "And I come back to my city, I f**k every girl I know" and "That good sex, we'll sweat it out / Hotel bed springs we'll wear it out." He sings about drugs and alcohol in the following lines: "Faded off a double cup, I'm mixing up the potion," "sipping on that codeine," and "Pour it in my trophies, roll until my nose bleed." It seems to almost be a list of reasons he shouldn't be considered for a Teen Choice award. The second verse of "Reminder" is about all of the things The Weeknd does that others wouldn't approve of. Every time you try to forget who I am / I'll be right there to remind you again." He's not planning on going anywhere and wants to make it difficult for anyone to not take him seriously. The chorus is a simple reminder that The Weeknd will remind people of who he is. His line "Got a sweet Asian chick, she go low, mane," is a pun on Lo Mein, an Asian dish and is about having sex with her. Pop has treated him well, and it's where he wants to stay. His "niggas blew up like a propane" line suggests that his friends started to get popular because of him, and "All these R&B niggas be so lame" seems to be an insult to his secondary genre-R&B. The last few lines seem randomly thrown together. He's going to "it the gas so hard make it rotate," which means that it'll spin out when he accelerates. ![]() He sings that he's "ot that Hannibal, Silence of the Lambo"-a reference to his Lamborghini. He continues by singing that he's going to "make a nigga understand" how great he is. He sings, "I'm like goddamn, bitch, I am not a Teen Choice / I am not a bleach boy." The last line is a pun: not only are his lyrics not "clean" enough for children to listen to, but as a musician he's nothing like the Beach Boys who were far more tame. ![]() He's not going to explicitly pander to children as an audience and would rather adults take him seriously. The next part dwells on him winning a Teen Choice award for the work he did on "Can't Feel My Face." He sings, "I just won a new award for a kid's show / Talking 'bout a face numbing off a bag of blow." Not only is this confirmation that "Can't Feel My Face" is about cocaine, not a woman, but it marks an important moment of self-definition for The Weeknd. But it's worth it when "e gon' let them hits fly, we gon' let her go." He follows this up with "If it ain't XO, then it gotta go." XO is a reference to his personal brand, and he's claiming that what he makes is the best. When he sings, "And I sweat too much on the regular," he's telling us that he has to work hard for what he gets. white soul singers), but he sings that he lets his "black hair grow." This is who he is because of who he was born, but he also defines himself by his choices when he sings "and my weed smoke." He is black (Ethiopian in particular) and enjoys weed, and he's not looking to change. Not only did he compare himself to "blue-eyed soul" (a.k.a. The Weeknd wants them to listen to him and take him seriously. ![]() He complains that it's too busy "trying to find that blue-eyed soul," which could be a reference to singers like Charlie Puth who sing soulfully and emotionally. The Weeknd begins "Reminder" by singing "Record man, play my song on the radio." He's telling the music industry that he belongs on the front lines. "Reminder" is an interesting song, and there's more to it, of course, than what I've described here. The song focuses on telling us about how he's going to "remind" us that he exists and is popular, but on the other hand he wonders how he got a Teen Choice award for "Can't Feel My Face." The rest of the song seems to be an attempt to describe all of the reasons that he's actually not kid-friendly. In "Reminder," The Weeknd seems to be trying to prove to us that he's a big deal and that he's not kid friendly. It takes a slightly different tact than other songs and certainly contains quite a bit of information that we can use to learn about The Weeknd and his character Starboy. ![]() The music side of the song is similar to other tracks, but while most of the other songs on the record focus on sex or self-definition based on fame, "Reminder" focuses on self-definition in relation to the music industry. "Reminder" has to be the most unique on The Weeknd's record Starboy. And that's just lyrically. ![]()
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