They are saying good issues are available in threes, and The Weeknd is placing the ending touches on his After Hours/Daybreak FM trilogy.
Abel posted the cinematic trailer previewing the intoxicating observe on Tuesday (July 23), which is one other sign the third chapter is on the way in which from the Canadian crooner.
“While you gaze lengthy sufficient into the abyss, the abyss gazes additionally into you,” he wrote within the caption whereas quoting German thinker Friedrich Nietzsche.
The dreamy trailer includes a child trying to outrun a darkish world the place exterior forces are trying to seize him. He makes an ideal escape for the heavens whereas The Weeknd’s ominous vocals present the soundtrack.
“I’m falling on the velocity of sunshine/ I’m looking at your shrinking face, don’t cry,” Abel croons on the observe that seems to be titled “The Abyss.”
It’s been over two years since Daybreak FM and followers are chomping on the bit for Abel’s subsequent period of music. “This sounds insane,” one fan wrote whereas one other added: “THE KING IS BACK !!!”
There are even followers that consider this period might outweigh 2012’s Trilogy compilation album. “Off rip 10x higher than the primary Trilogy and it’s not even full but,” they declared on X. “Neglect world constructing, that is one thing constructed past our personal understanding!”
2024 is shaping as much as be one other busy marketing campaign for The Weeknd, who will probably be returning to South America for a one-night-only present in São Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 7 at Estádio MorumBIS. The Reside Nation live performance will function “never-before-seen manufacturing,” per a press launch.
He beforehand carried out in São Paulo for a pair of dates as a part of his After Hours Til Daybreak Tour in October 2023. Abel’s trek ranked eighth on Billboard Boxscore’s high excursions of 2023 with a gross of $192.5 million.
Daybreak FM arrived in January 2022 and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 148,000 complete album-equivalent items bought within the first week.