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The Weeknd Brings Out Anitta and Playboi Carti, Premieres Several New Songs at Massive Concert in Brazil


The Weeknd brought out Anitta and Playboi Carti and premiered songs from his forthcoming 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' album at his Saturday concert in Brazil.

The Weeknd doesn’t do anything by half, and for his “ One Night Only” concert Saturday nightatMorumBISStadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he rose to the moment with cameos from Anitta and Playboi Carti, a giant stage backlit with an enormous video screen that must have been 100 feet tall, dozens of (of course) blinding lights, a YouTube global livestream of the show, and the premieres of several new songs that are presumably from his forthcoming album, “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” He made full use of the towering video screen, filling it with everything from clouds to a cityscape, waterfalls to explosions, giant cathedral-like windows and even a freakishly huge closeup of his own eye. Not surprisingly, Brazilian native Anitta got a huge roar from the crowd when she appeared, dancing atop the temple in a bright red gown to a new song apparently called “Sao Paulo.”

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