The Weeknd hit fans with a bombshell announcement that he'll no longer be doing guest features during his tour stop in Warsaw, Poland.
At the PGE Narodowy stadium, the Toronto megastar performed a verse off the unreleased track “Another One of Me” while letting fans know that this would be the last time he would ever do a feature in his career.
“This next song I'm about to perform is an unreleased record. I haven't dropped it yet. It's called ‘Another One of Me,'” he announced. “And I just wanna say that this is gonna be the last feature I ever do, ever in my career. So I wanna perform it for you guys tonight.”
The 33-year-old artist then continued his statement on Twitter, saying he would return and do features under one condition: Daft Punk had to get back together.
“The final feature… unless daft punk ever get back together,” he wrote on Twitter.
the final feature… unless daft punk ever get back together pic.twitter.com/shpRFz7nnt
— Abel Tesfaye (@theweeknd) August 11, 2023
Twitter: @theweeknd
The Weeknd collaborated with the French electronic music duo on “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming” off his 2016 album Starboy. Daft Punk broke up in 2021 after working with each other for 28 years.
“Those guys are one of the reasons I make music, so I can't even compare them to other people. Their branding and how seriously they take their craft and image and everything — they're almost not even real,” The Weeknd told Variety in 2021.
The Weeknd has also been flirting with retirement lately. In a conversation with W Magazine, the singer announced his upcoming album may possibly be his last hurrah as The Weeknd.
“This is something that I have to do,” he said. “As The Weeknd, I've said everything I can say. It's getting to a place and a time where I'm getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter.”
He continued, “I'll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I'm definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”
