The Weeknd has announced the start of a new era "tonight" (August 2) along with a preview of a new song. It's the first material the singer has shared from the follow-up to his Number 1 album After Hours, which contained the UK Number 1 single Blinding Lights.
Taking to Twitter, The Weeknd posted a near two-minute snippet of a song, carried by blasting 80s synths and vocodored vocals that carry a lot of similarities to the work of French dance droids Daft Punk (who the Weeknd memorably collaborated with on 2016 album Starboy).
He also teamed the glimpse at new material with an announcement that "it starts tonight." The Weeknd previously spoke about the "politically charged" material he had been working on for his fifth album last year
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