--- description: R&B crooner Abel Tesfaye shared the title and album art for his upcoming third studio album, "Starboy," via social media on Wednesday. title: The Weeknd Teases New Album Release, Titled "Starboy" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Weeknd Teases Details About His New Album  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 21, 2016 6:12 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 21, 2016 6:12 PM CUT The music behind the madness [continues for The Weeknd](http://time.com/4224924/grammys-2016-the-weekend/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined"): the 26-year-old Canadian singer just shared the album title and art for an upcoming major release. _Starboy_ will be the third studio album for Abel Tesfaye, who started out as an enigmatic (and anonymous) hitmaker with a series of [vibe-y R&B](http://time.com/4344362/weeknd-prince-billboard-top-hot-100/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined") mixtapes. He catapulted to mainstream pop fame in 2015 alongside his second album, _The Beauty Behind the Madness_, with inescapable hits like [“Can’t Feel My Face”](http://time.com/3975209/the-weeknd-cant-feel-my-face-video/?iid=sr-link7 "undefined") and “Earned It.” He also officially revealed his identity—and signature hairstyle—before scooping up a few Grammys. Recently, he’s been featured on tracks from Kanye West’s _Life of Pablo_ and Beyoncé’s _Lemonade_ albums. For _Starboy_, Tesfaye tapped photographer Nabil Elderkin to produce the new album’s cover art. Elderkin is a [frequent collaborator with Kanye West ](http://www.complex.com/style/nabil-elderkin-photographer-profile "undefined")and plenty more of Tesfaye’s contemporaries; he’s produced music videos for the likes of Nicki Minaj, Frank Ocean and FKA Twigs, too. It’s also been reported that Tesfaye [hit the studio with French duo Daft Punk](http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/08/daft-punk-hit-the-studio-with-the-weeknd/ "undefined") earlier in the summer, so some of their electro mood might make it into the new album. But for any further hints we’ll just have to wait; he retains at least some of his cryptic tendencies. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4503095/the-weeknd-new-album-starboy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4503095/the-weeknd-new-album-starboy/"},"headline":"The Weeknd Teases Details About His New Album","datePublished":"2016-09-21T18:12:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:49.963Z","description":"Get ready for the next round of Weeknd madness","url":"https://time.com/4503095/the-weeknd-new-album-starboy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4503095/the-weeknd-new-album-starboy/","name":"The Weeknd Teases Details About His New Album"}}]}] ```