The Weeknd’s New Song “Hong Kong” Is Built on a Faye Wong Cantopop Classic
The unreleased track premiered at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium backed by a video made just for the city.
The Weeknd’s New Song “Hong Kong” Is Built on a Faye Wong Cantopop Classic
The unreleased track premiered at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium backed by a video made just for the city.
Summary
The Weeknd premiered an unreleased song titled “Hong Kong” on October 24 during the first of his "After Hours Til Dawn" shows at Kai Tak Stadium
The track is anchored by a sample of "季候風" (“Seasonal Wind”), Faye Wong’s 1993 Cantonese hit, set against his moody R&B production
A visual made exclusively for the Hong Kong dates ran on the stadium’s walls
The Weeknd used the opening night of his “After Hours Til Dawn Tour” stop in Hong Kong to unveil “Hong Kong,” an unreleased song written with the city in mind. Performed at Kai Tak Stadium on October 24, the track loops in Faye Wong’s 1993 Cantonese single “季候風” (“Seasonal Wind”), folding one of Cantopop’s defining voices into the brooding sound that has carried his catalog.
The reveal landed in the middle of the set, cued by the song’s title flashing across the venue’s oversized displays as the lighting rig flipped to neon. The choice of sample does most of the storytelling. Reaching for a 1993 Cantonese recording ties the song to a specific chapter of the city’s pop history instead of a generic nod to its skyline, and setting it inside The Weeknd’s late-night production lets two very different eras of nocturnal, melancholic music share a single track.
The live debut also came with its own Hong Kong-only music video, projected across the stadium’s screens. Its frames lean on after-dark streetscapes, pulling the singer’s moody visual identity into the language of Hong Kong film.
Watch the visual below.
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