The Weeknd Releases "Hong Kong" With Faye Wong, Sampling Her 1993 Hit "Monsoon"
The single, built on Faye Wong's 1993 Cantopop track "Monsoon" and wrapped in a Christopher Doyle photograph, lands as the After Hours Til Dawn tour passes $1 billion.
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The Weeknd Opens Asia Tour with an Unreleased Evangelion-Sampling Song
At Tokyo’s Belluna Dome, The Weeknd brought out Yoko Takahashi to debut a new track built around the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme, with visuals by Yoko Taro.
The Weeknd Presents New Song “Tokyo” With Yoko Takahashi in Japan
The track samples Takahashi’s “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” and Tesfaye used the moment to confirm that the Weeknd name is not being retired.