The Weeknd Says He’s ‘Basically Proud’ of His Next Album: ‘We Gettin There’

In step with MRC Details’s 2021 Canada midyear file, released Tuesday, The Weeknd (true title Abel Tesfaye) has dominated tune in his Canadian motherland in the first half of 2021. His fourth studio album, After Hours, as nicely as The Highlights, the compilation LP he delivered rapidly earlier than his Colossal Bowl performance earlier this yr, take care of the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively, on the tip albums from Canadian artists checklist, while his Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits “Attach Your Tears” and “Blinding Lights” are at No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, on the Canadian artist songs checklist.

Also on Tuesday, the Canadian-Ethiopian giant title’s gentle Colossal Bowl LV halftime showcase scored an Emmy nod in the prominent differ special (live) class. After noms had been printed, he tweeted that he modified into once in “vast firm” with Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars and Prince, whose halftime performances had been also nominated for Emmys.

The 31-yr-former artist says his recent project is a paunchy-length album following the launch of his Billboard 200-topping project After Hours in March 2020. “Elegant so there’s no confusion, it’s a paunchy body of labor…,” he tweeted with an array of emojis representing dawn. As he’s constantly teased in tweets, interviews and his 2021 Billboard Song Awards acceptance speech, if his final file represents the After Hours, then meaning “the dawn is coming” with this next one — though it remains unclear if “the dawn is coming” can even again because the title of his fifth studio LP.

And with The Weeknd ushering in a brand recent era, he restful plans to claim goodbye to the earlier one with a paunchy-blown After Hours Tour, which modified into once rescheduled once extra to 2022. “The tour is gonna be MADNESS,” he added in a showcase.

Read basically the most unique Weeknd updates below.