--- description: The song is the title track for the Canadian Grammy-winning artist's upcoming new album title: Listen to the Weeknd's New Single 'Starboy' With Daft Punk image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to the Weeknd's New Single _Starboy_ Featuring Daft Punk by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 22, 2016 4:42 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 22, 2016 4:42 AM CUT First, there was [cover art](http://time.com/4503095/the-weeknd-new-album-starboy/ "undefined"). Now, a title track featuring Daft Punk promises to increase the anticipation for the Weeknd’s new album _Starboy_. The Canadian Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, [dropped](https://twitter.com/theweeknd/status/778809088780095488?lang=en "undefined") his new single on Apple Music and Spotify along with a preorder of the album on iTunes. The song, released Wednesday, combines the 26-year-old singer’s soulful voice with the French electronic duo’s smooth beats and retro-influenced sound. > [](https://twitter.com/theweeknd/status/778625538789257216) With an expected release date of Nov. 25, fans will have to wait a couple of months for the full album. But for now, they can listen to _Starboy_ [here](http://theweeknd.co/Starboy "undefined"), and also enjoy Tesfaye’s [new haircut](https://twitter.com/theweeknd/status/778672710721253377?lang=en "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4503770/weeknd-new-single-starboy-daft-punk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4503770/weeknd-new-single-starboy-daft-punk/"},"headline":"Listen to the Weeknd's New Single Starboy Featuring Daft Punk","datePublished":"2016-09-22T04:42:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:45:12.214Z","description":"The song is the title track for the Canadian artist's upcoming new album","url":"https://time.com/4503770/weeknd-new-single-starboy-daft-punk/","keywords":["Music","Spotify","iTunes","Album","release","the weeknd","Apple music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4503770/weeknd-new-single-starboy-daft-punk/","name":"Listen to the Weeknd's New Single Starboy Featuring Daft Punk"}}]}] ```