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Starboy

The Weeknd · 2016

Starboy by The Weeknd (2016) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Look what you've done
  • I'm a motherfucking starboy
  • Look what you've done
  • I'm a motherfucking starboy

Sing the opening verse

  • P1 cleaner than your church shoes, ah
  • Milli' point two just to hurt you, ah
  • All red Lamb' just to tease you, ah
  • None of these toys on lease too, ah

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mput you in the worst mood, ah

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Made youryear in a week too, yeah

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Cut thatinto skinny pieces

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm astarboy

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I comein the fall time, I

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

You talkingneed a hearing aid

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Milli' point two just to hurt you, ah

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You talking money, need a hearing aid

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Look what you've done

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I come alive in the fall time, I

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm in the blue Mulsanne bumping New Edition

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? put you in the worst mood, ah

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Side bitch out of your ? too, ah

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? up my cup, I kill any pain

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I come ? in the fall time, I

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You talking 'bout me, I ? see the shade

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "you've" in the whole song?

"you've"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "done" in the whole song?

"done"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Bought mama a crib and a brand-new wagon
  • P1 cleaner than your church shoes, ah
  • Pull off in that Roadster SV, ah

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Cut that ivory into skinny pieces
  • Girls get loose when they hear this song
  • Milli' point two just to hurt you, ah

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Starboy" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

you'vedonemotherfuckingstarboy

Exercise 27

If you could ask The Weeknd one question about "Starboy", what would it be and why?

you'vedonemotherfuckingstarboy

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Starboy" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

you'vedonemotherfuckingstarboy

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • don't
  • you've
  • that's

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Starboy", what would happen instead?

you'vedonemotherfuckingstarboy