The music video for "Blinding Lights" was directed by Anton Tammi, assisted by Kenneth Taylor, and filmed in During the filming, the roads were not completely shut down, hence during the cars driving past The Weeknd while he danced in the street were random pedestrians. With The Weeknd as the creative director and performer we are addressing young and digital target groups to a greater extent—a perfect combination for this unique Mercedes moment on the road to an electric future".On December 2, 2019, a commercial video containing footage from a The Weeknd and The visual opens with The Weeknd laughing as blood drips down his face, then jumps back in time to show the mayhem that led to this gruesome end — the pop star speeding around a deserted city, dancing gleefully in the streets.The Weeknd performed "Blinding Lights" for the first time on December 6, 2019 during The song's first official remix features vocals from Credits adapted from The Weeknd's official website and It also reached the top 10 in Belarus, Hungary, Malta, North Macedonia, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Spain and Ukraine. It also reached the top 10 in El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico and Uruguay, as well as the top 20 in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru. Also, someone got arrested in a tunnel during the filming, helding up the production for a few moments.Mercedes-Benz vice president of marketing Bettina Fetzer said in a statement that working with The Weeknd on the official video was "inspiring and gave us lots of new and creative impetus. "Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd that serves as the second single of his fourth studio album After Hours (2020). It was released on November 29, 2019, two days after the release of "Heartless".
"Blinding Lights" spent twenty-seven weeks in the top ten of the "Blinding Lights" also became Max Martin's 23rd Hot 100 number one single as a writer, 21st as producer, and his first in both credits since In the singer's native Canada, "Blinding Lights" debuted at number two on the In the United Kingdom, "Blinding Lights" entered the charts at number 12 in the issue dated December 12, 2019. It eventually reached number one in February 2020, becoming The Weeknd's first number-one single in the UK.Elsewhere in Europe, the song topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland. "Blinding Lights" peaked at number one in thirty-four countries, including the United States and Canada, where it became The Weeknd's fifth number one single on the After having been absent from social media for five months, the singer returned to The lyrics of the song reference the on-and-off relationship that The Weeknd has with model According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by "Blinding Lights" received widespread critical acclaim. In Latin America, "Blinding Lights" topped the charts in Bolivia and Mexico. The Weeknd wrote and produced the song with producers Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with Belly and Jason Quenneville receiving additional writing credits. It also charted in Colombia and Brazil, peaking at numbers 66 and 67 respectively. Abel acknowledged in This gave so much ”False Alarm” vibes with a 70’s disco vibesPeople:- every Weeknd song is just about sex and drugs.This is Abel’s next number one/diamond single, I called it before it was coolI’m so glad he’s evolving.
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Breaks A Billboard Record Previously Held By Drake & Bruno Mars ‘NBA 2K21’ Soundtrack Features Juice WRLD, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Pop Smoke, & Roddy Ricch A Chromatics remix of the song was released alongside the deluxe edition of its parent album on March 23, 2020. “Blinding Lights,” the second single to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album The song leaked on November 26, 2019, a few days before its official release. Yeah, those dark songs from the Trilogy days are amazing, but let’s see him do new things and leave even bigger marks.MXM Studios (Los Angeles, CA) & Jungle City Studios (New York, NY)I'm just calling back to let you know (Back to let you know)