The Weeknd drops new collaboration with Daft Punk

The R&B star has teamed up with the French electro-kings for his latest single Starboy

The Weeknd has unveiled a new track, recorded with Daft Punk. Starboy is the title track of his new album, due to be released on  November 25th. News of the collaboration had been leaked in the summer, when Wendy Goldstein, an executive at the Weeknd’s label, Island/Republic, told an event hosted by Billboard: “We have a session coming up in two days with the Weeknd and Daft Punk, and I’ve always been a Daft Punk fan.”

According to details on the  iTunes preorder, the new album will feature 18 tracks, and its cover is identical to the single’s artwork, bar the removal of the “The Weeknd Ft Daft Punk tag”.

The Weeknd. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The Weeknd's 2015 album Beauty Behind the Madness, was a No 1 hit in both the US and UK, with the single Can't Feel My Face going platinum around the world.

- Guardian Service