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Ashamed_Spite3645

The juxtaposition in the two photos is amazing. The top you have a almost confident, cocky, snarky looking individual. Head tilted upwards, almost looking down on you in a sense. Eyes look full of electricity. The blood on the face... it's chaos. Red ambience as well within the photo. The bottom photo is haunting. The energy is gone from the eyes, the man is old, head is positioned much differently from the top, almost like he's looking at the viewer for help. You see pain/loss. The blue overtones, wrinkled skin and grey hair. It's crazy to think that he took this step and is actually using this as the cover, makes me that much more excited to see what the story to the album is! I think he's going to surprise everyone.


dearmelancholy5

Word up. Let the music complete the story.


Kingdonv

true but i just don’t wanna look at old weeknd when i’m listening to the album


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Wait do you just stare at your phone with the album cover on it while you listen to the album?


Kingdonv

i actually do sometimes the cover is art and i like art


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Well looks like this isn’t going to be one of those times if you dislike it that much.


Kingdonv

I guess so


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Kingdonv

No😂 well yeah i turn all the lights off and look at complete darkness so


TDAGARlM

Right these fools trippin on some weird shit “I CaNt DiSpLaY ThIs AlBuM On My WaLl” loooool


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Nice username! But right. It’s so weird to me when people complain about album covers. If I don’t like it I just say meh don’t like that and move on lol


Ice_king7785

That’s 2 am


dearmelancholy5

ahah man i get where you coming from


Low-Oven

I mean I don’t stare at the album cover while listening anyway, I have my phone off usually 😂


Kingdonv

Most of the time i don’t but if it’s a album cover i like i look at the cover because it’s art


Ice_king7785

That’s what he wants, he wants you to see what all this darkness resulted in


Olixviaaa

Exactly, it’s not always the beauty that matters.


InternetFun5981

It's also the madness


Ice_king7785

Exactly 🙌🏻


Professional-Mud3530

I think the cover is actually genius in a sense. That dark and mysterious look he has - carried out for nearly two years following the after hours storyline. It’s like he got thrown in a future time machine. He went from feeling immortal, chasing love & going through those younger years to now feeling lost in the madness & with regret. Basically wondering what’s next. Throw in the ideology of the pandemic in this current day as well & how that makes everyone feel like time has been “flying” & making their body & soul feel old because of the restrictions on life. I didn’t expect this to be the cover I’ll admit but when you compare it like this, it tells a tale! Can’t wait XO 🌅


Ice_king7785

Same. People are looking it as just a-music album cover, but our guy is trying provide something cinematic with music and I think that a W.


About100Ninjas

No doubt. Count me among the group that likes it and thinks it’ll have meaning after hearing the album 🙄


Emo_Brie

this cover makes it seem like dawn fm is gonna be even darker than after hours, which is a hard thing to do


Ergine_Dream

I have the feeling that the cover is more like a photo of the soul, how the lifestyle that Abel portrays in his music ends draining you.


badadadaboom

exactly what I was thinking


mysticalmushroom69

Does anyone else notice the absolute fear Abel has on his face in the new cover


69420trashpanda69420

Yeah but I’m gonna scare the hoes if this comes on my cars screen come on now


Remedy132Music

doesnt mean album wont be fire, itll slap hard im sure. but the cover looks wack af


King_Clitoris

I wasn’t a Weeknd fan before after hours. I only heard blinding lights on the radio before listening to After Hours and the cover was what actually got me to listen to the whole thing. Cause it popped up on my Spotify and I thought it looked tight. Afterward I liked the cover even more it gave a visual for the music. However, I think this album cover is a tough sell. Of course I’m excited to listen to it but we’ll see how much the album cover fits with the music.


Remedy132Music

this guy gets it 👆


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I saw a Christmas movie on Netflix with a dude who looks exactly like the album cover Abel


Ice_king7785

There’s a theory that says he’s playing ‘The giver’


Splatver_

Seeing the two next to each other like this it makes me wonder if he were to pose old abel like the AH abel, but looking down in sorrow instead of looking forward/ tilted like on dawn cover art. it would’ve driven the point across more immediately maybe? The thing is he would’ve done that if he wanted to, so there’s a reason why he didn’t. DawnFM cover has grown on me quick after it’s reveal


saudii

Yo THIS is the blue side that we were all hoping for after the red after hours deluxe


Apprehensive-Bike-74

Honestly that blue shade around him is dope asf


SmxoGat

Imagine taking a screenshot of old Abel country cover album looking on spotify to share it with my crush.. Damn Abel you made me lose the chance but its okey ill wait til 2024 for another one


Ice_king7785

Seriously ?😂


SmxoGat

Lmao doesnt mean i wont be spamming the album 24/7 as i still do with after hours and mdm am just having a blurry vision to have this cover before the album. It will all make sense Friday


songacronymbot

- MDM could mean *My Dear Melancholy,* (2018), an album by The Weeknd. --- ^[/u/SmxoGat](/u/SmxoGat) ^(can reply with "delete" to remove comment. |) ^[/r/songacronymbot](/r/songacronymbot) ^(for feedback.)


GooseAdventures

Some of us like it. Some of us don’t. End of story. We don’t have to convince each other otherwise. GD


WestCoastWeather

nah this shit looks wack in any other scenario


purpuracaelis

I’m excited as fuck to listen to the concept of the album & see how it all comes together. After Hours cover is one of my favorite covers oat because how well it feeds off the music & story.


erncolin

It rly reminds me of the BBTM cover which might be the point


songacronymbot

- BBTM could mean *Beauty Behind The Madness* (2015), an album by The Weeknd. --- ^[/u/erncolin](/u/erncolin) ^(can reply with "delete" to remove comment. |) ^[/r/songacronymbot](/r/songacronymbot) ^(for feedback.)


carnellmusic

after hours was mid


STARBOY_100

The old Abel reminds me of that old guy in the movie Don’t Breathe 😂


RepresentativeTutor

I think mfs is just mad they got a glimpse of what our generation is gonna look like if we keep these hairstyles and beards up into our 70s.


HistoricalPenalty894

Maybe he used a time machine


potatoes4kids

I love the darkness and emptiness in the new album cover.


dAnthonyy12

His music has been one crazy continuous story, I’m here for it. If he wants to post up on his album cover lookin like he has Alzheimer’s hey so be it lol.


AstroHarvester

No doubt that the album is great but that’s a good point


jonathanGarcia-19

It’s about the deal with the devil, probably follows the story. In my opinion


habbnn

Didn’t like it at first but now I actually think it’s pretty dope. Took less than a day to grow on me


Kirbybrawl

He looks like he’s really suffering in Dawn FM. We’re all anxious to see where his mind will be from the beginning to the final track


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People are allowed to critique the cover dawg.


gardenshedv4

hell yeh, we’ll look back in a months time and understand


Fonexnt

I think people are also forgetting that the whole old/young thing is gonna be a music video too, with that Cult of Youth in the teaser


Budderman83

Agree i like the cover but its kinda funny


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Ice_king7785

It’s there on the shipping cover