^ "The surging R&B/pop star makes history on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, among other chart feats, including on the Hot 100, all powered by the monster start of his new album, "Beauty Behind the Madness.
^ "Hot 100 Chart Moves: The Weeknd Debuts With 'Can't Feel My Face '". 
^ "The Weeknd Starboy Album Credits" (PDF). "Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd reunite on "Lust For Life" - listen". He of Billboard ranked the song number 75. In his 2019 list of "Every Lana Del Rey Song, Ranked", Richard S. In 2019, Billboard 's Kirsten Spruch included "Prisoner" in her list of Del Rey's best collaborations. Of course, it ends with a Lana soliloquy. But they each agree that whatever pain they’re in, they brought it on themselves: “I’m addicted to a life that’s so empty and so cold / I’m a prisoner to my decisions,” they whine in tandem. For most people, that last one would be a relief, but for someone who previously bragged, “I just fucked two bitches before I saw you,” it’s like living out a horror film. They croon about their respective sorrows: Lana wonders if Hollywood has poisoned her, while the Weeknd comes to grips with falling in love. Lana, the tortured lover, and the Weeknd, the addict, sound exactly as you’d expect on this bombastic morbid-pop-meets-lusty-R&B ballad. Chris DeVille of Stereogum called "Prisoner" "the most intriguing part" of Beauty Behind the Madness, and said the song "feels like an old Weeknd mixtape track, but with touches of Del Rey’s doomed noir glamor". Personally, I'm digging it." In his review of the album, Rolling Stone 's Jon Dolan described the song as "a summit of luxuriant sadness" and "quite the slow-burning pity party". Depending on how you feel about The Weeknd and Del Rey - two artists who share a flair for the dramatic - this either makes the track absolutely perfect or absolutely unlistenable. Critical reception Īlex Kritselis of Bustle wrote, "The mid-tempo duet sounds exactly how you'd expect it to sound: dark, tortured, and a little bit over-the-top. 
Live performances ĭel Rey and the Weeknd performed the song live together for the first time on Decemat The Forum, Los Angeles. The song also accrued 3.7 million US streams. "Prisoner" debuted at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, with 51,291 copies sold in its first week.
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