Material Girl

"Material Girl" by The Weeknd is in my top three favorite unreleased songs from The Weeknd. This song was recorded a year before he released anything under his current stage name, and is a genuine gem and crazy to think he has been delivering at this level for years. The true highlights of this song are in the lyrics, some of the best word-play and flow I have heard in any song in general. The chorus and verses are so memorable and I catch myself trying to harmonize with the song whenever it plays. The chorus gets stuck in my head and I tend to mumble it walking around sometimes. The instrumental is pretty chill and typical for Weeknd songs of this era, lots of layering with different percussions and vocals, but I think the simplicity works super well with the already stellar vocal and lyrical delivery you get from The Weeknd. In general one of my top picks of music in general and heavily in my rotation. Since it is unreleased and not tied to a Spotify song, I linked a SoundCloud link that has been up for years now so hopefully it doesn't get taken down. But I really do recommend giving it a listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-280980546/the-weeknd-material-girl-1?si=6abfd3014f43487bbe7c8d1c098c925b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing