The Weeknd shares new single ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’

The “craziest Weeknd song ever” has been on the cards for the past couple of weeks, and it looks to have arrived in the shape of ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’.

A slick, Max Martin-produced curveball, it’s thought to be the first taste of a new Weeknd album. Former executive at Republic Records Charlie Walk previously told fans to expect the “craziest” work Abel Tesfaye’s delivered to date, although it looks to have landed ahead of schedule (it was due out in June). It’s the first Weeknd release since the Fifty Shades of Grey-soundtracking ‘Earned It’.

Funk-fledged, synth-crammed and a million miles away from The Weeknd’s traditional steamed-up, sadboy R&B, it’s streaming below.