The Weeknd dedicates new album ‘After Hours’ to a fan who died days before its release

By David Robb

The Canadian artist also shares a gory new video for 'In Your Eyes'

The Weeknd’s new album has arrived, and fans have wasted no time thoroughly reading into the lyrics!

Longstanding New Orleans bounce DJ and radio personality Black N Mild has died after testing positive for coronavirus. The Orleans Parish coroner's office confirmed Friday (March 20) that the DJ, born Oliver Stokes Jr., died Thursday after contracting the virus. He was 44.

The Weeknd has seen brighter days, but more importantly, he has survived darker ones. On his first album in nearly four years — the longest break in his career thus far — the Toronto native opens up like never before about heartbreak, drugs and how the combination of the two has changed the man he is today.

Last December, the Weeknd returned with a vengeance. After laying low for a couple of years following the release of My Dear Melancholy, Abel Tesfaye was suddenly everywhere at once.

The new album from the Weeknd is finally here.

His muse? After The Weeknd dropped his new album, After Hours, at midnight on Friday, March 20, countless social media users speculated that the project was inspired by his on-off relationship with Bella Hadid.

The Weeknd’s new album After Hours has arrived. It’s his follow-up to My Dear Melancholy, and Starboy. The record was led by “Blinding Lights,” “Heartless,” and “After Hours,” as well as “Scared to Live,” which the Weeknd debuted with Daniel Lopatin on SNL. Revisit the Weeknd’s “After Hours” short film, and hear the whole new album, below. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Nearly four years after Starboy catapulted The Weeknd into the pop stratosphere, the XO singer is back with his fourth full-length album, After Hours. The 14-track project includes a trio of recent singles: “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights” and “After Hours.”

It's coming this Friday

The Weeknd has revealed the tracklist for his highly-anticipated album After Hours!

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