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Also known as Abel Tesfaye, The Weeknd expresses regret over his past mistakes with a former lover in “After Hours” and promises personal change while revealing his evolved, candid honesty. The album, composed of 14 tracks, traverses the singer’s journey of heartbreak and acknowledging his own wrongdoings in a relationship that ultimately met its demise. The Canadian musician dropped his fourth studio album “After Hours” on Friday, following the release of his extended play record “My Dear Melancholy,” in 2018. The cover art featured the loc-less singer with an intense gaze while holding his head against a red backdrop and the album’s title in bold, yellow letters, shot by photographer Nabildo.Attempting to spark a broken romance with a dysfunctional heart is a complicated affair for The Weeknd. 21), The Weeknd unveiled his new haircut and the title of his third studio effort Starboy. just let these pages flip.” The upcoming album would be considered “Chapter IV,” following the releases of 2012’s Trilogy, 2013’s Kiss Land and 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness.Īccording to Complex, The Weeknd’s Twitter bio once read, “Chapter 1: Trilogy | Chapter 2: Kiss Land | Chapter 3.”Ĭhapter done soon. The Weeknd often refers to his opuses as “chapters.” In March, he shared a smoky selfie in a tweet that read, “chapter done soon. “Always a new thing.” The mood music master - who was also featured on Beyonce‘s sultry Lemonade track “6 Inch,” Rihanna‘s Anti cut “Woo” and Kanye West‘s Life of Pablo song “FML” - also noted of his time in the studio, “Creatively, some magic is happening right now, and I don’t want to lose it.” “But it’s a new thing,” Tesfaye said simply.
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The Weeknd told Voguein May that he is reuniting with the production team responsible for his 2011 mixtape House of Balloons. I don’t know if I was supposed to say that.” “ and I have been talking about doing a collab,” the Trolls soundtrack producer told BBC 1Xtra.
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In May, another A-lister, Justin Timberlake, teased that an XO-meets-JT track could happen. 17) of miniature Daft Punk figurines on top of a speaker. The Weeknd also shared a Facebook photo (Aug. “I’ve always been a massive Daft Punk fan, and this is the first time that I’ve actually been involved with an artist who’s going to go and work with them.”
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“Actually, we have a session coming up in two days … with The Weeknd and Daft Punk,” she said. In a July interview with Billboard, Republic Records executive VP/head of urban A&R Wendy Goldstein revealed that the XO leader was logging studio time with masked electronic music duo Daft Punk. Luke, Katy Perry and Beyonce. The singer rented out the space, which sits right across from the Paramount Pictures studio, for at least three to four months and has sent some of the studio staff home so that he and his team can work privately.īillboard’s First Hitmakers Roundtable: 7 of Music’s Top Creatives and Influencers on the State of Pop, 10-Second Attention Spans and the Song of the Summer A source tells Billboard that The Weeknd has been recording in Hollywood’s Conway Studios, a super-private compound that has previously hosted acts like Dr.