Listen: The Weeknd's "Take My Breath"

Even as The Weeknd's Blinding Lights broke the record for the longest-charting song ever on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, logging its 88th straight week on the chart after its debut in December 2019, the Canadian singer and songwriter has managed to up the ante with yet another slice of disco-leaning synthwave that has all the hallmarks of a record-breaking smash. Co-produced alongside Swedish pop master Max Martin, Take My Breath is a "towering synth-streaked" bop filled with an exuberant blend of disco, funk and groove that's precision-engineered for endless repetition, even as it erupts into a blast of spectacularly vibrant sonic colour. Listen below -