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"A month after he turned 30, The Weeknd is launching the next era with his most fully realized album yet, “After Hours.” Sonically, the hallmarks are ultra-cinematic keyboards, pulsating sub-bass, hard beats (which are seldom danceable), ‘80s synthesizer flourishes and caverns of echo, all of which contrast with his high, angelic voice." - Variety The Weeknd has dropped his fourth studio album, After Hours, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2016’s Starboy. The R&B star shared the first single "Heartless" back in November, what seems like a lifetime ago, notching his fourth No.1 single. He quickly followed up the success with "Blinding Lights", which earned him his first No.1 UK single. The album marks a new turn in The Weeknd's career; first there was his dark and dreamy 2011 mixtape series, followed by his turn to major-league pop with Starboy. On After Hours, sporting visual of the artist wearing leather driving gloves and broken nose, the Weeknd has adopted a specific persona that’s a far cry from the seductive crooner of his previous projects. Over the course of his career, The Weeknd has collaborated with countless musicians, so it’s surprising that After Hours is a solo affair on the guest features front. The only guests are producers, Oneohtrix Point Never, Max Martin, Metro Boomin and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who’s credited as a writer on the track "Repeat After Me (Interlude)".