The Weeknd Releases “Hong Kong,” Built on Faye Wong’s Cantopop Classic “Monsoon,” Across Asia

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The Weeknd wrote Hong Kong a love letter and let Hong Kong’s biggest voice sing half of it. “Hong Kong (feat. 王菲季候風)” is out now on streaming platforms across East and Southeast Asia, Hypebeast reports, arriving as he wraps a four-night run at Kai Tak Stadium.

The track is built on the original music and Cantonese vocals of Faye Wong’s 1993 hit “Monsoon” (“季候風”), also known as “Seasonal Wind,” Complex says. Wong is the singer-songwriter and actor The FADER calls the “Queen of Cantopop,” and the lead of Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 film Chungking Express. Hear the original below.

Fans heard it first on Saturday (Oct. 24), when the song opened his Kai Tak run, per Pitchfork. The live debut came with visuals nodding to Wong Kar-wai, and the single’s cover uses a Hong Kong photograph from the personal collection of Christopher Doyle, who shot Chungking Express. According to a press release, the singer’s appreciation for Cantopop and Wong Kar-wai’s films inspired the release, Complex reports.

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The Weeknd sings the hook himself, in a register FADER describes as less melancholy than usual:

Any time it felt this good, it ends in tragic song / I’m so used to weathering changes / So if you ever change your mind / I’m waiting in Hong Kong.

The Weeknd, “Hong Kong”, The FADER

The clip of the live debut took off. Hypebeast says an Instagram video of it drew more than 18 million views, and, citing regional outlets, reports that Wong’s original “Monsoon” climbed to No. 1 on the rising charts at QQ Music and NetEase Cloud Music, reached No. 3 on Apple Music China and entered the top 10 on Spotify Hong Kong.

“Hong Kong” is the latest in a run of city songs he has played on the stadium tour. Earlier this year he premiered “Rio,” a duet with Anitta, in Rio de Janeiro, plus a track that sampled the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme, Pitchfork notes. His previous album is Hurry Up Tomorrow.

The stadium tour has grossed more than $1 billion and sold more than 7.5 million tickets, per Complex and Hypebeast. After the Hong Kong stand, which Hypebeast says grew the Asia leg from 11 shows to 17, it ends with two nights in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 4 and 5.

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