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"'False Alarm'" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his third studio album 'Starboy'. It was released as a promotional single on September 29, 2016, through XO and Republic Records. The song was written and produced by the Weeknd, Doc McKinney, Cirkut, and Mano, with additional writing credits going to Belly and Ben Billions.

Background and release



"False Alarm" was released as a promotional single on September 29, 2016, following the announcement of its parent album 'Starboy' and the release of its title track.

Lyrics and composition

"False Alarm" runs for a duration of three minutes and fifty seconds, and has been described by critics as a dance-punk and electro-rock track. Lyrically, the song revolves around drugs, unromantic relationships and materialism.

Music video



The song's music video was released on October 13, 2016, and was directed by Ilya Naishuller. It depicts a bank robbery through the first-person perspective of one of the robbers. Due to the graphic violence in the video, a disclaimer was put in the opening, warning that explicit content could advise viewer discretion. This video was also done in one take.

Synopsis

The video begins with the heist underway, with the protagonist (the Weeknd), a robber wearing a red skull mask (Randy Irwin), a robber wearing a yellow skull mask (Sam Hale), a robber wearing a white skull mask (Damion Poitier), and a robber wearing a black skull mask loading money into three bags while the police start to show up outside. The team heads to the back exit to escape, taking a young woman (Kristine Froseth) hostage in the process. The team loads all the money and the hostage into a van, although the black-masked, white-masked, and yellow-masked robbers are killed by the police.

Another van shows up for the surviving robbers to board and throw the money onto. The first bag makes it onto the new van, but the second bag is lost, and the protagonist chooses to throw the hostage into the new van instead of the last bag of money before boarding it himself, which infuriates the red-masked robber. After the first van crashes into a parked car and explodes before the driver can board the second with the last bag of money, the red-masked robber attempts to kill the protagonist. The hostage shoots the red-masked robber with one of his own guns, allowing the protagonist to finish him off, but a stray bullet kills the driver. Without anyone behind the wheel, the van is sent into a ditch by an oncoming truck while the protagonist shields the hostage with his body.

Both the hostage and the protagonist survive the crash, but a large piece of glass becomes lodged in the latter's stomach. Incapacitated from his injury, the protagonist is unable to prevent the hostage from abandoning him with a bag of money. As the police sirens getting louder, the protagonist looks into a mirror revealing his identity as the Weeknd. He puts his gun to his chin and a shot is heard as the screen cuts to black.

Live performances



The Weeknd performed "False Alarm" during the season 42 premiere of 'Saturday Night Live' on October 1, 2016.

Appearances in other media



"False Alarm" was the official theme song of WWE's 2016 Survivor Series pay-per-view.

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References



Category:2016 songs

Category:2016 singles

Category:Dance-punk songs

Category:Electronic rock songs

Category:Republic Records singles

Category:The Weeknd songs

Category:XO (record label)

Category:Songs written by Benjamin Diehl

Category:Songs written by the Weeknd

Category:Songs written by Doc McKinney

Category:Songs written by Cirkut (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Belly (rapper)

Category:Song recordings produced by the Weeknd

Category:Song recordings produced by Cirkut (record producer)

Category:Music video controversies

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