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A remix EP titled After Hours (Remixes) featuring the deluxe edition's remixes and an additional remix, was released on April 3, 2020. On March 30, 2020, on the two-year anniversary of My Dear Melancholy, an updated version of the deluxe edition containing three new bonus tracks was released. Ī deluxe edition of the album containing five remixes was released without any prior notice on March 23, 2020. The album debuted alongside the eighth episode of Memento Mori on March 20, 2020, with the Weeknd also hosting a Spotify listening session upon its release. On March 19, 2020, the Weeknd announced that the album is dedicated to long time fan and host of the popular XO Podcast, Lance, who died the night before. In the last week leading up to the album's release, After Hours ' tracklist was revealed on March 17, 2020. A couple days after the announcement of the album's name, its release date of March 20, 2020, was shared through social media to accompany the title track's release as a promotional single. On February 13, 2020, the Weeknd revealed the title of the project "After Hours" through a 48-second teaser. In the hours leading into the release of the radio show episode, the Weeknd announced on social media his return to music with the captions "the fall starts tomorrow night" and "Tonight we start a new brain melting psychotic chapter! Let's go!". The latter song then premiered on the seventh episode of the Weeknd's Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori on November 27, 2019. Then after a five-month period of silence, on November 24, the single " Blinding Lights" was revealed through a Mercedes-Benz television commercial, with reports of " Heartless" surfacing a day later. Following a trio of collaborative singles throughout 2019, on August 6, he further reassured fans that he was working on his fourth studio album. On January 12, 2019, Tesfaye then proceeded to further tease the project and its sound by tweeting "no more daytime music" to fans, making media outlets believe that he was set to continue the darker music found in My Dear Melancholy. The Weeknd first teased that he was working on a new album in November 2018, via a performance in which he told the crowd that " Chapter VI was coming soon".

3.5 Promotional singles and other songs.

To support After Hours and his fifth studio album Dawn FM (2022), the Weeknd will embark on the After Hours til Dawn Stadium Tour, which is set to span North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia. After Hours also reached the top spot in 20 other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. The Recording Industry Association of America certified the album double platinum. It debuted atop the Billboard 200, marking the Weeknd's fourth number-one album in the US, and stayed atop the chart for four consecutive weeks. The album received generally positive reviews, with some critics naming it the Weeknd's best work. In March 2020, After Hours broke the record for the most global pre-adds in Apple Music history, with over 1.02 million users. The title track was released as a promotional single. The artwork and aesthetic for its promotional material has been described as psychedelic and being inspired by various films, such as Casino (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Uncut Gems (2019), while its title is borrowed from the 1985 film directed by Martin Scorsese.Īfter Hours was supported by four singles: " Heartless", " Blinding Lights", " In Your Eyes", and " Save Your Tears", three of which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Music journalists have noted the album as an artistic reinvention for the Weeknd, with the introduction of new wave and dream pop influences. Prior to the album's release, the Weeknd confirmed that After Hours would contrast stylistically with its predecessor, Starboy (2016). Thematically, After Hours explores promiscuity, overindulgence, and self-loathing. The standard edition of the album has no features, although the remixes edition contains guest appearances from Chromatics and Lil Uzi Vert. Primarily produced by the Weeknd, it features a variety of producers, including DaHeala, Illangelo, Max Martin, Metro Boomin, and OPN, most of whom the Weeknd had worked with previously. After Hours is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, released on March 20, 2020, by XO and Republic Records.