ARTWORK BY @doublefantasy

POTENTIAL COLLABORATORS ON THIS PROJECT:

• Mike Dean
• Oneohtrix Point Never
• Metro Boomin
• Max Martin
• Oscar Holter
• DaHeala
• Justice

TIMELINE

• July 23th, 2024

The second teaser is officially released, featuring new music from the album

• July 18th, 2024

A new teaser trailer is released teasing, "There Are Three Chapters in this Tale"

• July 17th, 2024

Abel announces a ‘One-Night-Only’ Concert in São Paulo, Brazil on September 7th

Source: variety.com

The Weeknd has announced a special, “one-night-only” concert featuring an all-new show in Brazil taking place on September 7. The concert, which will take place at Sao Paulo’s Estádio MorumBIS and is produced by Live Nation, will debut a “never-before-seen production,” according to the announcement. The Weeknd has largely been off the radar since completing his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour of North America and Europe last year and starring in “The Idol” last summer. The stadium tour played to more than 3 million people over two years. No further information was announced although it seems likely that new music is in the offing, and the concert will mark the launch of his next musical chapter.

• July 5th, 2024

Abel posts new Instagram stories from the set of a video shoot

• July 2nd, 2024

A first glimpse of visuals for this upcoming era are posted on Instagram

• June 11th, 2024

032c Magazine announces Abel as the secret cover star for Issue #45. His image was captured and computer-generated by Harmony Korine, followed by an interview with his (virtual) younger self

- read the full article here

• June 10th, 2024

During WWDC 2024, Apple announces “an immersive experience” collaboration with The Weeknd for Apple Vision Pro

• June 1st, 2024

Abel posts an instagram story teasing a possible collaboration with Apple

• May 24th, 2024

Abel posts a cryptic message, "the end is near", on his Instagram story

• April 11th, 2024

French electronic duo 'Justice' teases a potential collaboration with Abel during their interview with Billboard

"One notable artist who doesn’t appear on the album: The Weeknd. In January, a demo of a track Justice did for him leaked online around the same time that the pop star shared several Justice-related images on his Instagram story, fueling rumors that he’d appear on Hyperdrama. The guys now say they never planned to have The Weeknd on the album and that they didn’t even hear the leaked demo before it was taken down. “Like many of those kinds of artists, The Weeknd is working with 10 different producers,” Winter says, adding that “there might be some collaboration happening” between the two acts “in the future.”

billboard.com/music/features/justice-coachella-hyperdrama-album-interview-1235653188

• March 5th, 2024

A new Instagram post from Abel with the caption 'final cut's deep,' accompanied by a studio snippet

• March 1st, 2024

During Mike Dean's live show at The Wiltern, Abel made a surprise appearance, performing the song 'In Heaven (Everything Is Fine)' from the film 'Eraserhead' & Take Me Back To LA

• February 28th-29th, 2024

Abel reunites with Anton Tammi, the creative director for the 'After Hours' era, as they are seen on the set of a potential music video or photoshoot.

• February 23rd, 2024

Abel makes his return to Twitter/X posting these series of cryptic tweets

• February 17th, 2024

A new instagram post showing glimpses from the Los Angeles Theatre for Abel's Birthday Party

• February 9th, 2024

Abel posts an Instagram Story of a notepad that has "Everything fades....." written on it

• February 3rd-4th, 2024

Abel posts a series of Instagram Stories teasing the upcoming album

• January 15th, 2024

Abel teases potential involvement of French electronic duo 'Justice' on the album

• September 25th, 2023

Abel posts more studio pictures featuring OPN & Mike Dean

• August 29th, 2023

Abel confirms Oneohtrix Point Never's involvement with the album

• August 27th, 2023

Abel posts studio pictures featuring Mike Dean & Metro Boomin

• May 8th, 2023

In an interview with W Magazine, Abel mentions that he wants to "close The Weeknd chapter"

Source: W Magazine

Tesfaye’s identity crisis was about more than juggling two characters in one night. “I’m going through a cathartic path right now,” he said. “It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter. I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”

"The album I’m working on now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd. This is something that I have to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve said everything I can say.”

• January 10th, 2022

Abel announces that After Hours & Dawn FM are a part of a Trilogy

lol

wtf

LETS

F***ING

GOOOOOOO

my p****

is

hard

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Let’s f***ing gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

in af

LETS GO

LETS GOOOO

All the way IN

first page

In

What a mad man

we here

LETS GO!!!!!

Of course we did abel we are not dumb dumbs

IN

This year or next? Damn bro going mad

we thinking this is before or after the tour?