![]() Many of the year’s most heavily bankrolled R&B singers-dvsn, 6lack, H.E.R., 24hrs-emerged with fully-formed aesthetics that leaned heavily on an air of mystery, not to mention distinct post-Weeknd spellings or punctuations of their names that cemented the normalization of what was once artsy virtue signaling. ![]() With his reign well established, last year felt like the culmination of Abel Tesfaye’s influence over the genre he was eventually able to transcend completely. You can trace this back to the rise of the Weeknd, who grew a sweet-sounding, disembodied coo into one of the most commanding and visible voices in pop. In 2016, R&B as an industry revealed itself to be deeply image obsessed.
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