JAKARTA - Today, March 20, soloist Abel Tesfaye or known by his stage name The Weeknd has just launched his latest album, After Hours. Since announcing it in 2018, Tesfaye has promised a new experience that is different from his mini album My Dear Melancholy or his previous studio album, Starboy.
If you could describe After Hours as either light or dark, The Weeknd wrote "This is not daytime music." It can be heard through the album's first single, Heartless. Along with the released music video, Heartless showed his selfish side of being a man. The music video shows Abel playing gambling and partying at a casino.
The story continues. On the second single, Blinding Lights, Abel is the opposite to be someone who needs love. He looks lost in the music video which was released at the end of January. "I can't sleep until I feel your touch." sounds different from the nature of the first song which seems selfish and self centered.
The melancholy side is still implicit on the tracks Alone Again and Too Late. Not a few fans think that the songs on the After Hours album tell a lot about Bella Hadid, her model and boyfriend. Abel had countless on off relationships with Hadid. He also did not go far from discussing love, from the songs Hardest to Love and Scared to Live which sounded emotional and relate to all those who have felt abandoned by their loved ones.
Not only the lyrics, Abel's voice also supports the dark atmosphere in After Hours. He gave the title After Hours because it was inspired by the film made by director Martin Scorsese of the same name. The film tells the story of Paul Hackett, the film's main character who lives a sweet and bitter life.
In an interview with Apple Music, Abel said, "You can find love, fear, friends, enemies, violence, dancing, sex, demons, angels, solitude, and togetherness in the night of After Hours." He also played a big role in After Hours with Jason Queneville, Mario Winans, Max Martin, and many more.
Listening to After Hours will take Abel's time on the albums Kiss Land and Beauty Behind The Madness where Abel left the pop genre and chose an alternative as his home. Now, he is back with that side and showing through the short film After Hours which was released a few weeks ago.
This album was well responded to by fans with a total digital pre-order reaching 1 million copies. And now, you can listen to After Hours physically and digitally, here:
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