The Weeknd has shared some new studio photographs with Metro Boomin and Mike Dean, fuelling rumours {that a} new album launch could possibly be imminent.
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The singer – who just lately introduced his plan to retire his moniker and file below start title Abel Tesfaye – has lengthy teased a trilogy of albums, having to this point launched ‘After Hours’ and ‘Daybreak FM’.
Again in June, he then confirmed in an interview with Selection that he was “ending the third a part of this saga, of this trilogy”.
New footage posted to Instagram this weekend have now teased that the ultimate LP could possibly be coming quickly. “i hear the fireplace within the sky. the daybreak slowly involves an finish…,” he wrote alongside again and white footage of him within the studio with Metro Boomin and Dean.
The producers each have a protracted historical past of working collectively. Metro Boomin was a producer on 2020’s ‘After Hours’, whereas Tesfaye as soon as once more linked up with Dean in April for 4 new tracks that appeared on the latter’s new album ‘4:23’ – which The Weeknd additionally served as government producer on.
The Weeknd has additionally been holding busy by starring in latest HBO present The Idol, which he wrote music for.
He’s additionally nonetheless on his ‘After Hours Til Daybreak‘ world stadium tour, having simply introduced new Australian and New Zealand dates for 2023.
This month noticed The Weeknd break one other file along with his London exhibits – this time for the variety of ticket gross sales at Wembley Stadium. Simply final month, he broke the file for the very best attendance fee throughout his two-night run at London Stadium, which introduced in a mixed variety of 160,000 followers.
Reviewing the present in Manchester again in Could, NME stated the tour was “the summer time’s newest blockbuster smash”, concluding that the artist “now has stadium standing”.
In the meantime, The Weeknd has additionally stated he’s executed with options “until Daft Punk ever get again collectively”.
