BGFX

ARTWORK BY @doublefantasy

POTENTIAL COLLABORATORS ON THIS PROJECT:

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

TIMELINE

• 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

• April 3rd, 2024

Abel posts an instagram story from the studio, showcasing the famous LinnDrum Machine

• 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 29th, 2024

A new instagram story is posted showing Abel on set of a possible music video/photoshoot

• February 28th, 2024

Abel reunites with Anton Tammi, responsible for visuals for the 'After Hours' era

• 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.”