In quite the cinematic move, The Weeknd has uploaded his latest music video, this one coming in at an impressive seven minutes and 47 seconds. It features a controversial Portishead sample (he didn’t get permission), as well as a poetic, Japanese introduction, and plenty of sad-and-sexy feels to get your mind wandering.
The video premiered on MTV, and only time will tell if Portishead decides to take legal action, though it kind of seems like they might. Via Spin:
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has indicated via Twitter that he refused the Weeknd permission to use the sample. “I think it’s a load of bollox,” Barrow wrote. He added, “When someone asks to sample you and you refuse they should have the respect as a fellow artist to not use it.” And: “We usually give sample clearance to tunes we like. its got fuk all to do with money! As most of them are hiphop artist that are skint.” He later wrote, “Feels like I’m being used to promote the track now… I’ll shut up now.”
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