The brainchild of Toronto singer Abel Tesfaye, the project took off in 2011 with a string of mixtapes (later collected as 2012’s Trilogy) that forged cavernous, falsetto-driven R&B with narratives drenched in drugs, sex, and other regrettable decisions-a sound both sensuous and detached, featherlight and dead heavy. Even the singer’s sunniest tracks (“Can’t Feel My Face,” “Starboy”) feel anchored by darkness-the sense that pleasure is pain and beauty decays and you can’t have the night without the morning after. Tesfaye then confirmed fan theories that he and Carti had collaborated by posting a screenshot of their FaceTime call on Twitter.Nobody makes feeling bad sound as good as The Weeknd. Then he properly teased the song while walking alongside his Idol castmates - including Lily-Rose Depp, BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, Troye Sivan, Moses Sumney and more - on the red carpet at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where the controversy-stirring series received a five-minute standing ovation. In the month leading up to the release of “Popular,” Tesfaye posted a photo of Madonna on his Instagram account with a burning heart emoji. “Popular” joins the soundtrack’s Future-assisted lead single “Double Fantasy,” which Tesfaye first performed during Metro Boomin‘s Coachella set before officially releasing it on April 21. 1 soundtrack, which is now available for pre-order here, as well as the Sam Levinson-directed HBO series, which is set to premiere this Sunday, June 4. The single arrives ahead of The Idol Vol. Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye recruits the original pop idol Madonna and Playboi Carti for their new single “ Popular,” which dropped Friday (June 2).
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