After Hours had a balance of the new wave 80’s style The Weeknd adopted & the Alt R&B style from the Trilogy era. If not for the pandemic, that album would’ve been insanely massive but it still was very successful. I’m seeing people on here saying it’s a classic and I wouldn’t argue.
I’m all for artists evolving and wanting to try new things so I hope this new album is indication that he will further do that. The 80’s shyt is cool but he’s been stuck on that sound since Starboy and I just wanna hear something fresh and he needs to leave the HOB style in the past too because he can never recreate that magic again.
While it’s good to hear, he gave us enough of that too.