NgoLwesihlanu (25) umculi waseCanada uThe Weeknd ukhombise i-albhamu yakhe entsha ethi 'Starboy' emhlabeni jikelele. Le yi-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo eyandulela ingoma ethi 'Ubuhle Behind the Madness', umsebenzi owawina iGrammy emkhakheni weBest Contemporary Urban Album ngoFebhuwari 2016.
'I-Starboy' iyatholakala kusukela namhlanje ngefomethi yedijithali. INew New The Weeknd isiphumile kulebuli yomculi iXO yasatshalaliswa ngeRepublic Records (Universal Music). Le albhamu entsha inamathrekhi angu-18 angadalulwanga futhi inokubambisana kwezinombolo ezibalulekile njengoDaft Punk, uLana Del Rey, uKendrick Lamar nomrepha weFuture.
NgoSepthemba 22, iThe Weeknd (eyaziwa nangokuthi u-Abel Tesfaye) yakhipha ngefomethi yomzimba neyedijithali eyokuqala enikeza i-albhamu igama layo, 'Starboy', ingoma efaka ukubamba iqhaza kwe-duo kagesi uDaft Punk. Ividiyo yokuphromotha yale ngoma ikhishwe ekupheleni kukaSepthemba. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva kwakhishwa ithrekhi yokuqala yokukhushulwa, i-'False Alarm ', kwathi ngoNovemba 17 kwakhishwa amanye amathrekhi amabili okukhushulwa:' I-Party Monster 'nethi' Ngiyakuzwa Kuyeza '.
Njengengxenye yomkhankaso wokuphromotha i-albhamu entsha, kuleli sonto lo mculi ukhonjise imizuzu emifushane eyi-12 enesihloko esithi 'Mania' (MANIA), umsebenzi oqondiswe nguGrant Singer, umqondisi naye obambe iqhaza ekuqondiseni ividiyo ethi 'Starboy'. Okufushane kuthatha uhambo lwezindikimba eziphambili ze-albhamu: 'All I Know' with future, 'Sidewalks' with Kendrick Lamar, 'Secrets', 'Die for You', 'Party Monster' (enamazwi kaLana Del Rey) noma 'Ngiyakuzwa Kuyeza', futhi ngokusebenzisana kukaDaft Punk. I-The Weeknd isanda kumemezela i-'Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour ', uhambo lokuqala lokukhangisa lomculi emhlabeni jikelele..
Ngokushesha iThe Weeknd izobamba iqhaza njengesivakashi embukisweni kaVictoria's Secret, izonandisa enkundleni yezimoto efanayo lapho kuzobukiswa khona abalingisi abaziwayo kakhulu okwamanje, kubandakanya nentombi yakhe, uBella Hadid. Kulo mcimbi kuzophinde kube nezethulo zikaLady Gaga noBruno Mars, umbukiso ozokuba ngoNovemba 30 edolobheni laseParis.