Ready for the Weeknd? Check out these must-hear tracks
Ready for the Weeknd?
The red-hot singer who went straight from YouTube sensation to a major recording deal unveiled his latest album, “After Hours,” late Thursday. (Just in time for, you know, the actual weekend.)
“Starboy,” his last studio album, dropped nearly four years ago. While the years have passed, the sound we’ve come to know and love remains the same on the R&B star’s latest outing.
Fans already had heard some of the 14 tracks “After Hours” has to offer.
Apple Music said Wednesday that “After Hours” broke an all-time record, with more than 1 million pre-adds.
To promote the new album, the Weeknd, 30, has a global arena tour planned, with a first U.S. stop in St. Paul, Minnesota, set for June 22. (That could change, though, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.)
To mark “After Hours,” here are five essential songs from the Weeknd:
‘Starboy’
Released: 2016.
Peaked on Billboard Hot 100 list: No. 1 on Jan. 6, 2017.
Sample lyric: “House so empty, need a centerpiece/ Twenty racks a table cut from ebony/Cut that ivory into skinny pieces/Then she clean it with her face man I love my baby/ You talking money, need a hearing aid/ You talking ‘bout me, I don’t see a shade/Switch up my style, I take any lane/I switch up my cup, I kill any pain”
‘The Hills’
Released: 2015.
Peaked on Billboard Hot 100 list: No. 1 on Oct. 2, 2015.
Sample lyric: “I only call you when it’s half past five/The only time I’d ever call you mine/I only love it when you touch me, not feel me/When I’m (expletive), that’s the real me/When I’m (expletive), that’s the real me, babe”
‘Can’t Feel My Face’
Released: 2015.
Peaked on Billboard Hot 100 list: No. 1 on Aug. 21, 2015.
Sample lyric: “I can’t feel my face when I’m with you/But I love it, but I love it, oh/I can’t feel my face when I’m with you/But I love it, but I love it, oh”
‘Heartless’
Released: 2019.
Peaked on Billboard Hot 100 list: No. 1 on Dec. 13, 2019.
Sample lyric: “‘Cause I’m heartless/ And I’m back to my ways ’cause I’m heartless/All this money and this fame got me heartless/Low life for life ‘cause I’m heartless/Said I’m heartless/Tryna be a better man but I’m heartless/Never be a wedding plan for the heartless/Low life for life ’cause I’m heartless”
‘Die for You’
Released: 2016.
Peaked on Billboard Hot 100 list: No. 43 on Dec. 16, 2016.
Sample lyric: “Even though we’re going through it/And it makes you feel alone/Just know that I would die for you/Baby I would die for you, yeah/The distance and the time between us/It’ll never change my mind, ’cause baby/I would die for you/Baby I would die for you, yeah”