It’s been over a year and half since The Weeknd dropped new music. However, after dropping several hints on Instagram this week, fans were finally gifted with a brand new album late Thursday night.
Along with various posts on Instagram, images of a billboard featuring the new album title began circulating on Twitter. This, with several other clues, led The Weeknd to confirm the news via social media.
.@theweeknd ‘My Dear Melancholy’. pic.twitter.com/2dbNV35xBJ
— Grant Brydon (@GrantBrydon) March 29, 2018
My Dear Melancholy, includes two collaborations with Gesaffelstein, as well as production by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Skrillex, and Nicolas Jaar. Jaar is credited as a composer on opener ‘Call Out My Name,’ and Skrillex as a producer on ‘Wasted Times.’
This is the fourth studio album from The Weeknd, and his first since ‘Starboy,’ which went on to become a global success in 2016.
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