A new interview with Billboard Brazil has shed light on The Weeknd's upcoming show in São Paulo, his love of his Brazilian fanbase, mental health, and much more. But one of the most exciting parts of the conversation was the details that he spread around the piece about his next album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. This will not only close out Abel's 2020s trilogy as the follow-up to After Hours and Dawn FM, but it will also apparently retire The Weeknd moniker as a creative project with one last hurrah. With all this excitement around this next full-length in mind, it's no wonder that every little breadcrumb is leaving fans starving for more.
Furthermore, the first big detail to note is that The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow has a "central song," according to Billboard. He apparently nicknamed it "Frankenstein" for how its sonic fusions didn't take away from the essence of the record (although that might refer to HUT as a whole). The Canadian superstar reportedly composed it during his last São Paulo concert visit last October. Since then, he's not only dropped a few collaborations, but his teases towards another Playboi Carti link-up and more have really energized fans' excitement.
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However, the most important revelation about Hurry Up Tomorrow was about the mind-state that The Weeknd created it in. "There is always pressure to surpass my last project," he expressed. "Growth is important. Sometimes it may not be what people want to hear from me at the moment, but, when the body of work is complete, I hope they can appreciate what I have been trying to achieve. I have been working on this discography for a long time. It was all planned."
Meanwhile, The Weeknd also spoke on his remarks about facing "the abyss" shortly after announcing this year's Brazil visit. "It can mean many things," he shared. "For me, it is something very specific,” he says in the interview, in a mysterious mood. “I faced it long enough. Most of the time, I overcame it. But I work on it every day. I hope that [my music] helps others face and overcome the abyss, too." From what this all indicates, Hurry Up Tomorrow will be a deeply cathartic, vividly creative, and bittersweet experience. We'll take ten copies, please.
