The Weeknd — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 69 songs across 6 albums by The Weeknd. They use 1,959 unique words out of 9,825 (lexical richness MATTR 0.63), with an average of 142 content words per song. Emotional tone: 41% of songs positive, 42% neutral, 17% negative.
Most used words by The Weeknd
- love (261)
- know (212)
- life (169)
- girl (143)
- baby (139)
- time (107)
- nothing (100)
- feel (95)
- take (92)
- make (83)
- let (78)
- away (75)
- say (69)
- real (65)
- see (61)
- live (61)
- want (61)
- need (59)
- way (57)
- said (57)
Signature phrases
- “life real life” (32)
- “real life real” (32)
- “precious little diamond” (29)
- “hope find somebody” (23)
- “life ordinary life” (22)
- “ordinary life ordinary” (22)
- “girl know name” (20)
- “woke girl know” (20)
- “find somebody hope” (17)
- “somebody hope find” (17)
Colors in the lyrics
- white (4)
- gold (3)
- purple (2)
- black (2)
- blue (2)
- silver (1)
- green (1)
- red (1)
Albums analyzed
- Kiss Land (2013)
- Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
- Starboy (2016)
- After Hours (2020)
- Dawn FM (2022)
- Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)