{"id":67516,"date":"2020-04-04T04:29:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T02:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=67516"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:52:13","slug":"damaged-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/damaged-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Damaged. &#8211; Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dark R&amp;B is an elemental force of nature as far as I&#8217;m concerned. <a href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/the-weeknd-echoes-of-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Weeknd&#8217;<\/strong>s <em>Trilogy<\/em><\/a> opened a basement door into that hazy underworld like never before, and it&#8217;s been a hard act to follow ever since. 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