Seduced by the Sound: The Weeknd + Daft Punk

EPISODE #52

“I Feel it Coming” might be the slowest burning jam to hit the charts in ages, in which the Weeknd enlists the robotic hum of Daft Punk to help craft a perfectly calibrated climate of desire. Brilliant, sexy songs don’t just appear out of thin air, though, so we reveal how this song’s perpetual excitement is hard-won through references to past stars of sultriness like Michael and Marvin while employing its own bag of tricks to turn up the heat.

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SONGS DISCUSSED

The Weeknd + Daft Punk – I Feel it Coming

Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it On

Michael Jackson – Rock With You

Chic – Good Times

Ike and Tina Turner – Doin’ It