The Weeknd by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 50 The Weeknd songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is The Weeknd by the numbers: muscular in the middle — neither sleepy nor relentless, with room at both ends.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 49/100
- Average dynamic range: 6.5/10
- Average tempo: 102 BPM across 49 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 64-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest The Weeknd songs
- The Morning — intensity 16/100, 78 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- Die For You — intensity 30/100, 67 BPM, dynamic range 6/10
- Repeat After Me (Interlude) — intensity 31/100, 80 BPM, dynamic range 5/10
The most intense
- After Hours — intensity 80/100, 87 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
- The Hills — intensity 78/100, 113 BPM, dynamic range 7/10
- False Alarm — intensity 67/100, 154 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- Heartless — dynamic range 8/10
- False Alarm — dynamic range 8/10
- High for This — dynamic range 8/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Call Out My Name (67 BPM), fastest is Blinding Lights (171 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the The Weeknd artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 50 The Weeknd songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.