“When the Weeknd arrived mysteriously in 2011, one of the first signs that Abel Tesfaye would be different from his R&B peers could be found in his choice of samples—from Siouxsie and the Banshees to Cocteau Twins to Beach House to a more likely Aaliyah. Five years later, the very nature of sampling in pop has changed. Big-budget stars like Beyoncé see no reason not to repurpose other artists’ kill”
