“How come it’s not tomorrow?” The Weeknd closed with a quantity that includes that lyric Saturday evening in São Paulo, Brazil, leaving followers awaiting new album Hurry Up Tomorrow asking the identical. (How come they’ll’t get Hurry Up Tomorrow … tomorrow? Particularly that one tune about “dancing within the flames”?)
The one-night-only live performance on Sept. 7, livestreamed on YouTube, featured a number of tidbits of recent music from Abel Tesfaye. Concertgoers and viewers at house acquired to listen to tracks by no means earlier than performed dwell blended in with chart toppers; the collective chatter had “Abel” trending on social media all through the night.
The Hurry Up Tomorrow tracklist has but to be unveiled, and Tesfaye didn’t introduce songs by identify at Saturday evening’s occasion at Estádio MorumBIS.
Primarily based on what was teased throughout the present, although, a number of presumed new titles embrace “Dancing within the Flames,” “Run Away” and “In Heaven.”
Spotlight “Dancing within the Flames” — heard partly by some in São Paulo throughout soundcheck earlier within the day, and making its vast debut about half-hour into the live performance — has the hallmarks of a success from first pay attention.
Tesfaye’s voice soars over an indelible synth line, singing of an odyssey the place “We’re dancing within the flames/ It’s indescribable.” (Press play on the video beneath to stream the live performance beginning on the “Dancing within the Flames” timestamp.)
A particular look from Brazilian celebrity Anitta on a tune that may be often called “São Paulo” had the São Paulo crowd going wild.
Billboard cowl star Playboi Carti additionally appeared on The Weeknd’s stage at Estádio MorumBIS, treating the viewers to a efficiency of Travis Scott’s “FE!N,” plus an unreleased observe of Carti’s that’s presumably known as “Timeless.”
Hits like “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” sparked huge crowd sing-alongs towards the top of the set. “I need you to scream so loud they’ll hear you in Rio,” Tesfaye inspired.
The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow album cowl was revealed simply hours earlier than the present, in addition to a preorder hyperlink for the set, which is the third a part of a trilogy preceded by After Hours and Daybreak FM. Whereas vinyl and CD orders could be put in now, Hurry Up Tomorrow‘s launch date hasn’t been introduced.
Watch a replay of Saturday’s total live performance right here, courtesy of The Weeknd’s YouTube channel.