The Weeknd - After Hours (March 20, 2020) Album • Page 17

Sounds dope

 

That teaser sounds amazing, so hyped.

 

GQ profile: The Weeknd vs. Abel Tesfaye

People here will probably be most interested in this section:

"The one and only moment when The Weeknd appeared in the studio was right before Abel played me a few new songs off his upcoming album. He turned around, grinned, and asked, “Ready?”

It wasn’t prompted by genuine concern that maybe I needed to grab a notebook or a bottle of water. Concern is Abel stuff. This “Ready?” was condescending. Knowing. It had a certain arrogance someone could only conjure with 100 percent certainty that I was indeed not ready. And he was right.

The music hit the studio like a Mack truck. The new project is packed with party records. Like real-deal, illuminated-white-tiles-on-the-floor party records. Quincy Jones meets Giorgio Moroder meets the best-night-of-your-fucking-life party records. Not anachronistic disco stuff. (Not “cosplay,” as Abel put it.) That sort of retro thing is having a moment right now in pop music, but these records are new. Sweaty. Hard. Drenched-suit, grinding-on-the-girl/boy-of-your-dreams party records.

“It’s the album I’ve always wanted to make,” Abel said. That statement would linger in my brain for days. As did the music. It became nearly impossible to find something else to listen to. Everything else sounded soft. Or didn’t groove enough. Or felt too happy. Or too sad. It was clear to me that this isn’t just the album The Weeknd has always wanted to make; it’s the album we’ve always wanted him to make.

The project wasn’t quite finished yet, but if he stays the course it’ll be the best project he’s ever put out. This, whatever it’ll be called—following ‘After Hours,’ following ‘Starboy,’ following ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’—will cement one of the most impressive choke holds on the radio we’ve ever seen."

 

Good lord give it to me now

 

WOW I am hyped for this

 

oh boy

 

ummmm that is a lot of huge hype in just a few paragraphs, but boy does it have me excited

 

8/6

 

Lets goooooo

 

Is this an olympics tune or part of the actual album rollout?

 

Album rollout

 

Doja? Twigs?

 

LFG!!!

 

frank booth?

 

Have a feeling this record is going to be absolutely massive.

 

out on apple music

it is fucking dope

 

Very good. His feature on Kanye’s deal also very fire

 

This is incredible, no surprise there. Very classic disco sounding.

 

I love it

 

There's an epilepsy warning in the video description, just fyi.

 

god damn thats hot

 

Time for a new album thread? Or should we wait for the official announcement?

New song is great though. Seems like he may be going back in the Starboy direction a little

 

Max Martín prod

 

Song is straight fire