"Reflections Laughing" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter

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, American rapper and singer

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, and English

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. It was released through XO and

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from the Weeknd's sixth studio album, '' Hurry Up Tomorrow'', on January 31, 2025. The song was written and produced by the Weeknd and Travis Scott themselves and Mike Dean, while it was co-produced by

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, OPN and Nathan Salon.

Composition and lyrics

In the background of the song, a telephone suddenly rings and ice shakes in a glass of whiskey as he touches on the stress and responsibility he has: "I won't make a sound / Blood on the ground / When they take my crown / If they take my crown". Josiah Gogarty of ''British GQ'' referred to the

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effect that was used on Travis Scott's voice in his verse on the song, writing that "his appearance here reminds us he can do a scene-stealing verse as well as orchestrate big projects like '' Astroworld'' – his voice is slightly pitched-down, and he delivers his lines in a staccato,

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d flow, so they nestle among the countless other synth lines squelching and squealing all through the song". Carl Lamarre of ''

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'' ranked "Reflections Laughing" as the thirteenth best song on the album, adding that the Weeknd and Travis Scott "once again prove why they're a potent tag team".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

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– vocals, keyboard, programming, songwriting, production *

– vocals, songwriting, production *

– vocals * Chxrry22 – spoken word * Mike Dean – songwriting, production, mixing, mastering * OPN – synthesizer, additional production *

– co-prodution * Nathan Salon – additional production * Tommy Rush – second engineer, mixing * Sage Skofield – vocal engineering, vocal production * Ethan Stevens – recording

Charts

References

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