After publishing several cryptic posts that made the fan world speculate, The Weeknd now confirms that his fifth album will be released on Friday.
On Monday afternoon, the male posted a video on his social media where the title was revealed.
The album will be called "Dawn FM", but that it was an album in progress the fans have been able to guess for some time.
"Music can heal and it feels more important"
Since August last year, the superstar The Weeknd has distributed clues.
That was when he first uploaded a teaser on his Youtube channel entitled "The Dawn is coming".
But the mood and expectations have escalated in recent days.
On New Year's Day, he shared a screenshot of ensms conversation with the co-founder of his record label XO Records, La Mar Taylor.
Taylor writes “Happy New Year brother!
How do we think? ”, To which The Weeknd answers“ Happy New Year!
Everything feels chaotic.
Music can heal and it feels more important than another one-album campaign.
Let's just let go of everything and enjoy it with the people ”.
Last night, another mysterious post appeared.
He lapped a picture where you see the sun peeking out among some trees with the text "Wake up at dawn tomorrow".
Beat the world record but was not nominated for a Grammy
The latest album "After Hours" came in 2020 and contained, among other things, the mega-hit "Blind Lights" which broke multi-musical records, among other things for being the song that was the longest on Billboard's Hot 100 list.
Despite the success, Haninga received Grammy nominations in 2020, which led to several artists, including Drake, criticizing the music gala.
The new album is hosted by Tyler, The Creator and Lil Wayne
In 2011, The Weeknd debuted on the music scene with the mixtape "House of Balloons", two years later came his first studio album "Kiss land".
On Friday comes his fifth studio album, "Dawn FM" which contains collaborations with, among others, Tyler, The Creator and Lil Wayne.