Album review: The Weeknd - Starboy

4/5

Contemporary pop stars can’t get enough of the dark side of debauchery. Drake, the world’s most streamed artist of 2016, has devoted much of his career to moochily reflecting that there is perhaps more to life than easy pick-ups in ‘the club’ (though he can’t quite bring himself to investigate whether this is in fact the case).

Going one better is fellow Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye who, as The Weeknd, has plunged down an endless rabbit hole of recrimination and self-loathing.