Before you scream at me and shout insults, this thread isn't about who has more success or who's a better singer. Well, I could make such a thread, but Sia is too special for me to put her beside any artist for comparison - vocally
Sia's renowned for her cautiousness with her identity to fans, and has successfully avoided fame since she became an artist.
"She won't show her face in interviews, she doesn't appear on the cover of her album, she posed for the cover of Billboard with a bag over her head, and in her publicity photos, she's wearing a bag as well."
Now, The Weeknd. I won't provide much background because I don't know much about him, except he was the anonymous artist behind songs that you could say were very well received under Drake's support. Three albums which later on were combined into Trilogy which had a little success of its own. His mysteriousness didn't go undetected since 2011 and was even allegedly writing songs for Drake's Take Care album in which the emptiness and hopelessness of The Weekend's previous albums could be easily noticed.
Both artists were doing well in the underground, and although they entered the mainstream in different times, the similarities aren't too blurry to see.
Both were very young when their talents blossomed and earned little success before they stepped out to the scene, with Sia writing for stardom celebrities like Beyonce and Rihanna, and The Weeknd releasing successful 'mixtapes' and working with the likes of Drake when he hadn't reached a lot of fans.
So, that mentioned, who was more successful in their disguises and who would have been more successful if they continued on releasing underground without agents, advertisements and promotions?
Sia's renowned for her cautiousness with her identity to fans, and has successfully avoided fame since she became an artist.
"She won't show her face in interviews, she doesn't appear on the cover of her album, she posed for the cover of Billboard with a bag over her head, and in her publicity photos, she's wearing a bag as well."
Now, The Weeknd. I won't provide much background because I don't know much about him, except he was the anonymous artist behind songs that you could say were very well received under Drake's support. Three albums which later on were combined into Trilogy which had a little success of its own. His mysteriousness didn't go undetected since 2011 and was even allegedly writing songs for Drake's Take Care album in which the emptiness and hopelessness of The Weekend's previous albums could be easily noticed.
Both artists were doing well in the underground, and although they entered the mainstream in different times, the similarities aren't too blurry to see.
Both were very young when their talents blossomed and earned little success before they stepped out to the scene, with Sia writing for stardom celebrities like Beyonce and Rihanna, and The Weeknd releasing successful 'mixtapes' and working with the likes of Drake when he hadn't reached a lot of fans.
So, that mentioned, who was more successful in their disguises and who would have been more successful if they continued on releasing underground without agents, advertisements and promotions?
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