The Weeknd briefly considered halting the launch of his latest album as he didn’t want to appear “insensitive” during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid the havoc the Covid-19 virus has caused around the world, numerous artists have made the decision to push back the release dates of their new projects.
However, The Weeknd opted against doing that, and dropped After Hours last month. Explaining his reasons for not delaying the release, the star, real name Abel Tesfaye, told Billboard: “At first, I felt like it might have been insensitive to release it, but to my fans I felt like I would have been doing a disservice to push it back. “Hopefully it can help some people escape our reality, if only for an hour out of their day, while we all work