{"id":188,"date":"2020-08-30T01:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T00:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguitar.rocks\/?p=188"},"modified":"2020-08-30T01:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T00:56:29","slug":"the-weeknd-i-want-to-write-an-album-for-a-female-artist-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd: &#8216;I want to write an album for a female artist&#8217; &#8211; Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.music-news.com\/images\/news\/cover\/134074.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Weeknd is keen to write a whole album for a female artist to balance out his past misogynistic lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian artist admitted he often writes for a character he has created and his alter egos are not always politically correct, good guys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you hear some of the drastic stuff&#8230; it is me singing the words; it is my writing,&#8221; the Blinding Lights singer told Esquire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s like you want people to feel a certain way,&#8221; he explained, elaborating: &#8220;You want them to feel angry. You want them to feel sad. You want them to feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although his lyrics have been interpreted as affronting at times, The Weeknd caveated: &#8220;It\u2019s never, like, my intent to offend anybody. I\u2019m a writer. Sometimes I write a song and it\u2019s not in my head. 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