The Weeknd – Popular (with Playboi Carti & Madonna)

Popular (with Playboi Carti & Madonna)

The Weeknd

 2023

The Weeknd has released new single ‘Popular’ – featuring Madonna and Playboi Carti.

The new track is set to appear on the highly-anticipated HBO series, The Idol – which sees both The Weeknd (going by his birth name Abel Tesfaye) and Lily-Rose Depp in the lead roles.

Featuring guest cameos from Playboi Carti and Madonna, ‘Popular’ is the second song that The Weeknd has released ahead of the upcoming drama. The first was his track ‘Double Fantasy’, which arrived back in April and saw the singer-songwriter team up with Future.

Both songs are set to appear in the soundtrack album for the show, ‘The Idol Vol. 1′, which will be released at the end of the month (June 30).

Intro: Madonna & The Weeknd]
I’ve seen the devil
Down Sunset, in every place, in every face
Yeah, uh, uh
Yeah, uh, uh

[Verse 1: The Weeknd]
Tell me, do you see her? (Yeah) She’s livin’ her life (Uh)
Even if she acts like she don’t want the limelight (Uh, yeah, uh, uh)
But if you knew her (Yeah, uh), she lives a lie
She calls the paparazzi, then she acts surprised,

Pre-Chorus: The Weeknd]
Oh, I know what she needs (Oh)
She just want the fame, I know what she fiеnds (Oh)
Give her a little tastе, runnin’ back to me (Oh)
Put it in her veins, pray her soul to keep, ooh, ooh
Every night (Every night, uh), she prays to the sky
Flashin’ lights is all she ever wants to see

[Chorus: The Weeknd]
Beggin’ on her knees to be popular
That’s her dream, to be popular (Hey)
Popular, just to be popular (Oh)
Everybody scream ’cause she popular (Hey)
She mainstream ’cause she popular
Never be free ’cause she popular

[Post-Chorus: Playboi Carti & The Weeknd]
Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)
Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular (Uh)
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular

[Verse 2: Madonna & The Weeknd]
I know that you see me (Oh), time’s gone by
Spent my whole life runnin’ from your flashin’ lights
Try to own it (Uh), but I’m alright (Yeah)
You can’t take my soul without a fuckin’ fight (Uh, oh)

[Pre-Chorus: The Weeknd, The Weeknd & Madonna]
Oh, I know what she needs (Oh)
She just want the fame, I know what she fiends (Oh)
Give her a little taste, runnin’ back to me (Oh)
Put it in her veins, pray her soul to keep, ooh, ooh
Every night (Every night), she prays to the sky (Oh)
Flashin’ lights is all she ever wants to see

[Chorus: The Weeknd & Madonna, The Weeknd]
Beggin’ on her knees to be popular (Uh)
That’s her dream, to be popular (Hey)
Kill anyone to be popular
Sell her soul to be popular
Popular, just to be popular (Uh)
Everybody scream ’cause she popular (Hey)
She mainstream ’cause she popular
Never be free ’cause she popular

[Post-Chorus: Playboi Carti & The Weeknd]
Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)
Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular (Uh)
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular (Uh)
Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)
Money on top of me, money on top of her (Uh)
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular (Uh)
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular

Bridge: Playboi Carti, The Weeknd & Madonna]
I’m gettin’ money and I’m keepin’ it
I’m gettin’ cash and I’m keepin’ it
Money on top of me, money on top of her
Yeah, shawty fuck with me ’cause she know I’m popular
Pop-popular, born to be popular
She in debt, twenty mill’, but she run it up
She can never be broke ’cause she popular
Turn the webcam on for the followers (Hahahaha)

[Chorus: The Weeknd & Madonna, The Weeknd]
Beggin’ on her knees to be popular
That’s her dream, to be popular (Hey)
Popular, just to be popular (Uh)
Everybody scream ’cause she popular (Hey)
She mainstream ’cause she popular
Never be free ’cause she popular