Nick Krewen Concert Review Analysis

Nick Krewen Concert Review Analysis
Sangeeta Bhardwaj
The article, The Weeknd proved he’s Toronto’s next superstar: concert review by Toronto Star writer, Nick Krewen, discusses the rising success of Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known by his stage name, The Weeknd. Throughout the article, Krewen describes some of the many accomplishments of Tesfaye, including his world tour, his numerous top-selling songs and his many influential industry contact, and raves of his most recent concert at the Mod Club in Toronto. The detailed review meticulously describes the set played, thoroughly discussing each individual song and praises “Toronto’s nest superstar” for his “exuberant” performance (Krewen).
From the title itself, one can determine that Krewen
He mentions that Tesfaye already has five top-selling songs on Billboard this week, one of the most esteemed countdowns in North America. He also names some of the influential and powerful people in the music industry who also attended the concert such as Kardinal Offishall, Bell Media production president Randy Lennox and Universal Music Canada CEO Jeffery Remedios. This communicates that the Weeknd is very prominent in the music industry and he is attracting the attention of big names who see a great deal of potential in him. Above all, he mentions Tesfaye’s world tour which signifies that, not only is he popular in North America, but he is admired worldwide and enough fan around the world to fill stadiums and play shows. Another effective rhetorical device employed is diction. The author’s vocabulary is very informal and almost conversational in nature making the targeted age group more interested in reading this review. Due to the fact that the topic of the article is The Weeknd, those interested in reading this article are most likely are young adults that is why the word choice is colloquial and for ease of reading. Diction is also used to emphasize and further praise Tesfaye. He utilizes adjectives such as “buoyant”, “impressive” and “stratospheric” to describe each the concert and to prove that he is an outstanding performer
His tone and word choice made me feel as if I was listening to a friend talk about their concert experience and as if I was discussing one of my favourite artists with them. I absolutely agree with the author when he says that the Weeknd is becoming and international music sensation and he definitely reinforced my belief by stating factual information supporting his argument. In the future I would definitely continue reading articles by Nick Krewen because he often write about the topic of entertainment, something I have a genuine interest in, and his writing style is appeals to young readers like