--- title: The Weeknd, Daft Punk: Watch New Music Video 'Starboy' description: The Weeknd released the official music video for "Starboy," his latest single with Daft Punk off his upcoming album of the same name. canonical: https://time.com/4511880/the-weeknd-daft-punk-starboy-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T19:31:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:08.392Z og:title: Watch the Weeknd and Daft Punk's Dark New Video for 'Starboy' og:description: Watch the singer destroy his former self and his hair og:url: https://time.com/4511880/the-weeknd-daft-punk-starboy-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40414b18261b671e/6988a7f4fb4eacd2e888f4d2/weeknd-daft-punk-starboy-video.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2016 - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Weeknd and Daft Punk's Dark New Video for 'Starboy' twitter:description: Watch the singer destroy his former self and his hair twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40414b18261b671e/6988a7f4fb4eacd2e888f4d2/weeknd-daft-punk-starboy-video.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Weeknd and Daft Punk's Dark New Video for 'Starboy'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 28, 2016 7:31 PM UTC  The Weeknd performs on stage at Powderham Castle on May 29, 2016 in Exeter, England. (Photo by Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns) The Weeknd performs on stage at Powderham Castle on May 29, 2016 in Exeter, England. (Photo by Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns)Mike Lewis Photography—Redferns  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 28, 2016 7:31 PM UTC The video for the [first single, “Starboy,”](http://time.com/4503770/weeknd-new-single-starboy-daft-punk/) off [the Weeknd’s upcoming album](http://time.com/4503095/the-weeknd-new-album-starboy/) has finally arrived. The song, which serves as the title track for the singer’s latest project, provides the perfect moody ambience for the Weeknd (also known as Abęl Tesfaye) to shed his former persona. In the video, he takes a literal approach to destroying who he once was (represented by his old signature ‘do,) eventually suffocating his old self. His new self (along with a closely cropped new hairstyle, naturally) then destroys the house that represents his former self, wrecking trophies and photos before taking off in a car with a panther. Apparently, the [video also received a Best Video nomination at the MTV EMAs](http://pitchfork.com/news/68507-the-weeknd-and-daft-punks-starboy-video-isnt-out-yet-still-gets-mtv-ema-nomination/) before it was even released. 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