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Listen to the new, mastered version of The Weeknd's "Wicked Games"

by Tyler Munro

While his trilogy of mixtapes did something special in the sheer amount of critical and commercial success they achieved, the Weeknd is prepping the release of retail versions of House of Balloons, Tuesdays and Echoes of Silence. Universal will release the three albums as Trilogy, and while the bare bones of each is set to be pretty much what we’ve already heard, you can expect some tweaks here and there.

Take this new version of House of Balloons‘ “Wicked Games,” which is spiced up with cleaner production, a heavier bounce and inexplicably censored lyrics. The new production style is great, keeping true to the original’s barebones aesthetic but beefing it up when it works, but we hope the rest of his songs won’t be changed too much lyrically. He’s far from a bard, but then that’s arguably part of Abel Tesfaye’s charm and the cursing adds an interesting dynamic, certainly a rawer edge to the sharper sound.

Trilogy is in stores November 13th.