įollowing the EP's release, vertically-orientated music videos for " Call Out My Name" and " Try Me" were released exclusively through Spotify. On February 22, he had previously shared an image of the EP's title written on a notepad. The next day he announced the project to be released that night, sharing its cover art and title.
On March 28, the Weeknd teased the release of a new project, posting a screenshot of a text-message conversation between creative director La Mar Taylor and himself, concerning whether or not they should "drop Friday". This followed several months of in-studio pictures shared on the platform. Later that month, the Weeknd suggested that he was in the finishing stages of completing a new project, sharing multiple silent videos on Instagram of a recording studio, with the caption " mastering". On March 3, 2018, American rapper Travis Scott teased a new project by the Weeknd on Twitter, referring to it as "scary", and comparing it to when he "first heard" his music. However, he scrapped it because he moved past that part of his life. Prior to My Dear Melancholy, the Weeknd had a whole album written and done, "which wasn't melancholy at all because it was a different time in my life.", he told Time in 2018. It received generally favourable reviews and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. The extended play was supported by the single, " Call Out My Name", which peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. My Dear Melancholy is described as a return to the darker style of the Weeknd's earlier work, evident in Trilogy (2012) and Kiss Land (2013). Primarily produced by Frank Dukes, who serves as an executive producer alongside the Weeknd, it features contributions from Gesaffelstein, as well as Mike Will Made It, DaHeala, Skrillex and Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, among others. It was released on March 30, 2018, through XO and Republic Records. My Dear Melancholy (stylized as My Dear Melancholy,) is the debut extended play by Canadian singer the Weeknd.
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