The Weeknd Debuts ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Songs in São Paulo
“How come it’s not tomorrow?” The Weeknd closed with a quantity that includes that lyric Saturday night time in São Paulo, Brazil, leaving followers awaiting new album Hurry Up Tomorrow asking the identical. (How come they’ll’t get Hurry Up Tomorrow … tomorrow? Especially that one music about “dancing in the flames”?)
The one-night-only live performance on Sept. 7, livestreamed on YouTube, featured a number of tidbits of latest music from Abel Tesfaye. Concertgoers and viewers at residence obtained to listen to tracks by no means earlier than performed dwell blended in with chart toppers; the collective chatter had “Abel” trending on social media all through the night.
The Hurry Up Tomorrow tracklist has but to be unveiled, and Tesfaye didn’t introduce songs by identify at Saturday night time’s occasion at Estádio MorumBIS.
Based on what was teased through the present, although, just a few presumed new titles embrace “Dancing in the Flames,” “Run Away” and “In Heaven.”
Highlight “Dancing in the Flames” — heard in half by some in São Paulo throughout soundcheck earlier in the day, and making its large debut about half-hour into the live performance — has the hallmarks of successful from first pay attention.
Tesfaye’s voice soars over an indelible synth line, singing of an odyssey the place “We’re dancing in the flames/ It’s indescribable.” (Press play on the video beneath to stream the live performance beginning on the “Dancing in the Flames” timestamp.)
A particular look from Brazilian celebrity Anitta on a music that is perhaps generally known as “São Paulo” had the São Paulo crowd going wild.
Billboard cowl star Playboi Carti additionally appeared on The Weeknd’s stage at Estádio MorumBIS, treating the viewers to a efficiency of Travis Scott’s “FE!N,” plus an unreleased monitor of Carti’s that’s probably known as “Timeless.”
Hits like “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” sparked huge crowd sing-alongs towards the top of the set. “I want you to scream so loud they can hear you in Rio,” Tesfaye inspired.
The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow album cowl was revealed simply hours earlier than the present, in addition to a preorder hyperlink for the set, which is the third a part of a trilogy preceded by After Hours and Dawn FM. While vinyl and CD orders might be put in now, Hurry Up Tomorrow‘s release date hasn’t been introduced.
Watch a replay of Saturday’s whole live performance right here, courtesy of The Weeknd’s YouTube channel.
