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Blinding Lights

Electropop
Electropop

Blinding Lights is a Electropop act. Their sound grew out of a-ha, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins, Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart. Those roots explain a lot about how Blinding Lights arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Physical, Dancing with a Stranger, Save Your Tears and Shape of You, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Blinding Lights, reaching back through a-ha. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). The song was released through XO and Republic Records on November 29, 2019, as the album's second single. It is a synth-pop, electropop, dance-pop, new wave, and synthwave track, which lyrically addresses the importance of a partner, and the desire to see them at night. It was written by the Weeknd, Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Belly, and DaHeala, while being produced by the former three.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Blinding Lightsa-haSiouxsie and the Ban…Cocteau TwinsMichael JacksonRod StewartA Flock of SeagullsRockwellDuran DuranPhysicalDancing with a Stran…Save Your TearsShape of You

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Blinding Lights connections

Blinding Lights grew out of a-ha, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Physical, Dancing with a Stranger, Save Your Tears and Shape of You. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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