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The Weeknd announced his new album Starboy a mere week ago, and he has been in nonstop release mode ever since. He dropped the title track featuring Daft Punk a day later, and last night we were treated with the single's music video, an incredibly dark journey through The Weeknd's psyche and an intimate look at his controversial new haircut. Now he has already gifted us with the album's second single: a moody, pounding piece of synth-pop called "False Alarm."

Where "Starboy" is marked by the crisp, mechanical production courtesy of Daft Punk, "False Alarm" is raw and energetic, at times sounding like a washed-out piece of lost power-pop from the late ‘80s. The chorus of the song features The Weeknd wailing the title in quick urgent shouts in stark contrast to his normally angelic vocals. And just before the track ends, all of the excitement and energy fades into a coda of ghostly piano music, suddenly turning the entire journey into a horror film soundtrack.

No official release date has been set for his upcoming full-length Starboy, but given the frenetic pacing of the new music The Weeknd has dropped this week, fully expect it to land at literally any given moment. We may not be ready for it, but it certainly sounds like he is.

Listen to "False Alarm" in full below and stay tuned for the release date of Starboy:

In other music news, producer extraordinaire Flying Lotus has released a new single as his rapping alter ego Captain Murphy. Listen to it right here.

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