Luke Morgan Britton of NME asserted, “The jaunty ‘In Your Eyes’ (which comes with a euphoric, joyous and absolute killer sax solo) harks back to the sparkling bombast of 2016's Starboy”. “The work is slick, inventive, and pristine-’80s sounds (shimmery synths, snaky brass, ambient undertones) refracted, and polished, to sound modern,” GQ.com editor Max Cea assessed. The song is clean and extremely produced ’80s-style pop, and it ends with a screaming saxophone solo.
Stereogum editor Tom Breihan described the record as “pure coke-dusted mid-’80s yuppie club-pop.
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Vibe writer Jack Riedy noted, “The electro-disco song is packed with enough aural embellishments that to list them requires a full Stefon voice: Chic-Esque rhythm guitar, victorious trumpet riffs, Daft Punk-Esque robotic vocals, and a full-on saxophone solo on the outro”. “One of the project's biggest standout moments is the “Careless Whisper”-style sax solo thanks to instrumentalist Tomas Jannson, which takes the song to truly nostalgic proportions,” observed Entertainment Weekly reviewer Candice McDuffie. columnist Noah Yoo wrote that “In Your Eyes” ”features saxophone solos and horn arrangements so gaudy they’d make Duran Duran blush”. The New York Times writer Jon Caramanica observed that “the saxophone solo near the end of the satisfyingly electric “In Your Eyes” could be high-end Muzak (in the best way)”. Various journalists noted its heavy 80s influence, with the song's saxophone solo (performed by Wojtek Goral) and synths receiving praise and being compared to hits such as M83's " Midnight City" and Katy Perry's " Last Friday Night". The song received universal acclaim and was noted as a standout track from the album by critics, with the single being compared to the Weeknd's previous radio hits. As the track progresses, the feeling of regret increases - the artist begins to see his own pain reflected in the person he's hurt, as if her eyes are a mirror, revealing the detriment he has caused. “I'm ashamed of what I've done, yeah,” he admits, coming to the realisation that the pain he caused is hurting not only his previous lover, but himself. The Weeknd showcases a vulnerability not witnessed before, turning away from his usual booze and drugs modus operandi to openly tackle his emotions and confess his wrongdoings. The lyrics of the song reference Tesfaye's on-and-off relationship with model Bella Hadid. This is deeper, but you wanna dance to it and make love to it. It's like the way people think the Police's ' Every Breath You Take' is a love song, and it's not at all. "The first verse is from one perspective and the second is from the other perspective. It's basically about two people who are in love with each other who are just fucking each other over," he explained. The Weeknd spoke about the record, co-produced by him, Max Martin, and Oscar Holter, during an interview with Variety, "When you look deeper into the song, it's more complex than it seems.
The follow-up was then announced to be "In Your Eyes", with the song being added to various popular Spotify playlists and having its radio release confirmed by Gary Trust of Billboard magazine on March 20, 2020. Later on, Island Records president Louis Bloom, in a mid-March 2020 interview with Music Week magazine, confirmed that a direct follow-up to " Blinding Lights" was set to be revealed upon the album's release. The song was first teased in the Weeknd's After Hours short film (released early March 2020) during a scene in which Tesfaye walked past a musician playing the track's saxophone solo. Another remix of the song featuring saxophonist Kenny G was released on October 16, 2020, which followed the first live performance of the song. On May 21, 2020, a remix featuring American singer and rapper Doja Cat was released. The original studio recording of the track features Wojtek Goral on alto saxophone, while the live version and remix of the song features Kenny G on soprano saxophone. The Weeknd wrote and produced the song with Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with Canadian rapper Belly receiving additional writing credits as well. It was originally released four days before, alongside the rest of its parent album.
The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio on March 24, 2020, by XO and Republic Records as the album's third single. " In Your Eyes" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd from his fourth studio album After Hours (2020).
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