The Weeknd popped online with three cryptic posts and promptly deleted them. Fans are now convinced that a new album is coming soon.
At the time, he said inan interviewthat he was gearing up to “close the Weeknd chapter.” While he might still releasemusicas The Weeknd again, it could be the final time. “I still want to kill The Weeknd,” he added, noting how he’d love to “shed that skin and be reborn.”
On February 23, Tesfaye popped online briefly to make threenow-deleted cryptic posts. “Time ticks loud in here,” hewrotein one. The other two read “i would do absolutely” and “just to be clear.” Then, poof, Tesfaye disappeared, leaving fans in an absolute frenzy.
The Weeknd sent fans into a frenzy over cryptic posts
Diehard Weeknd fans were shook after Tesfaye took to Twitter/X to write three cryptic posts before deleting them.
“Abel deleted the tweets the album is coming!”declaredone fan, who then wrote a follow-up post.
“Hold on Abel tweeted album hints then they ‘faded,'” theycontinued. “Did The Weeknd just confirm his next album is going to be called ‘Everything fades’???”
“What if Abel goes live later and teases a bit of everything fades,” another fanspeculated.
“I think we’re near the rollout of Abel’s new album of the trilogy? We will begin with Everything Fades,”agreeda user.
ABEL DELETED THE TWEETS THE ALBUM IS COMING!!pic.twitter.com/UWUPwDrIYB
Many others simply expressed their confusion.
“Abel after tweeting two random sentences then deleting to confuse us,”wroteone fan, attaching a gif of Octavia Spencer in the hit horror film Ma.
“Abel got all of xo twitter to come alive just for him to delete his tweets and leave the app,”saidanother with a crying emoji.
“Did he just delete the tweets?????? BETTER COME BACK AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF ABEL,”proclaimeda third.
Abel after tweeting two random sentences then deleting to confuse uspic.twitter.com/zVWXThduGG
Bee is a former music writer at Dexerto. Bee has been working in the digital media space for a decade. Their work can be found in American Songwriter, Billboard, and Grammy.com.
