As the Weird Rap movement becomes more  widely mainstream, we see the same synth heavy, ethereal, dark experimentalism in up and coming R&B artists like Odd Future member Frank Ocean and more recently, The Weeknd. With lyrics like

“Open your hand

Take a glass

Don’t be scared, I’m right here

Even though, you don’t roll

Trust me girl

You gonna wanna be high for this”

In one of his most popular singles High for This, The Weeknd delivers what at first seems to be dreamy courtship rap, which quickly presents itself as frightening, off putting experimental lyricism that we can recognize from Odd Future. Keep an eye on this artist, if this isn’t a marker of acsent to fame itself, he’s already collaborating with Drake on his third album Echoes of Silence, available for free on his website.