The Weeknd teases return with ‘After Hours’ and ‘Daybreak FM’ sequel
The Weeknd has teased a return to music with a sequel to ‘After Hours’ and ‘Daybreak FM’.
The singer – actual identify is Abel Tesfaye – took to his official social media accounts to tease his sixth album, hinting that the LP will mark the top of his ‘After Hours’/’Daybreak FM’ trilogy.
His posts featured the 2 album covers from 2020 and 2022 respectively, adopted by a photograph with a query mark. The caption for the publish learn “3”.
The singer additionally took to X/Twitter to retweet a publish that learn: “Ache, remorse, rebirth” with three totally different silhouettes of the singer, the latest exhibiting him as a baby towards a purple backdrop.
ache, remorse, rebirth. pic.twitter.com/1RgHSN4DuJ
— The Weeknd Entry (@WeekndAccess) January 6, 2024
Equally, in 2022 he tweeted: ‘I ponder… do you know you’re experiencing a brand new trilogy?,” shortly after the discharge of ‘Daybreak FM’, hinting {that a} third album can be within the works to shut out this period.
i’m wondering… do you know you’re experiencing a brand new trilogy? pic.twitter.com/G5TfjvJVyM
— Abel Tesfaye (@theweeknd) January 10, 2022
Followers started to invest what the third and last album of the trilogy, with many evaluating it to Dante’s epic, The Divine Comedy, which sees a person make his approach by way of the inferno, purgatory and paradise.
The Weeknd beforehand described the album’s idea in a press release as a state of purgatory—a journey in direction of the “mild on the finish of a tunnel”, with followers believing that the upcoming album might be one thing that refers to an after life.
One fan took to Reddit with the idea that The Weeknd might have hinted on the title of the album on his ‘Daybreak FM’ monitor ‘Each Angel Is Terrifying’.
The monitor options an commercial selling one thing referred to as “After Life,” which the narrator says is “intense, graphic, attractive, euphoric, provocative, edgy, thought-provoking, technically and visually beautiful,” main followers to imagine that ‘After Life’ would be the identify of the album.
In a four-star evaluate of ‘Daybreak FM’, NME shared: “[The album] looks like the primary steps on a journey for The Weeknd to seek out peace with himself; maybe subsequent time we hear from him, he’ll be totally embracing the sunshine of day.
In different information, final month, Fortnite confirmed The Weeknd as the primary headlining act for its new Pageant sport mode. His 2021 LP ‘The Highlights’ earned the primary spot on the highest 10 albums of 2023 based on BPI.