a snippet from gq interview he did a while back, revealing a bit about his upcoming album:
The one and only moment when The Weeknd appeared in the studio was right before Abel played me a few new songs off his upcoming album. He turned around, grinned, and asked, “Ready?”
It wasn’t prompted by genuine concern that maybe I needed to grab a notebook or a bottle of water. Concern is Abel stuff. This “Ready?” was condescending. Knowing. It had a certain arrogance someone could only conjure with 100 percent certainty that I was indeed not ready. And he was right.
The music hit the studio like a Mack truck. The new project is packed with party records. Like real-deal, illuminated-white-tiles-on-the-floor party records. Quincy Jones meets Giorgio Moroder meets the best-night-of-your-fucking-life party records. Not anachronistic disco stuff. (Not “cosplay,” as Abel put it.) That sort of retro thing is having a moment right now in pop music, but these records are new. Sweaty. Hard. Drenched-suit, grinding-on-the-girl/boy-of-your-dreams party records.
in case ya'll wanna read the full interview: gq.com/story/the-weeknd-september-cover-interview
This finna do like 200k first week with no rollout lowkey?
Even more. No han has dropped anything remotely interesting since adele
If it doesn’t drop in 4 hours, it’s over
yh i just joined read it n left
LMAOO it's turned into a s***show rn but it normally is chill
If he does drop in the dawn I think it will be pst and he’ll record the sun rising and post it
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Guys there's no timeframe suggested in that post, he could just be saying he's gonna surprise drop soonish, not necessarily right now.