Earlier this year, The Weeknd released a surprise hit with the House of Balloons mixtape. Not long after that, it was revealed that there were plans to release two more mixtapes before the end of the year, one titled Thursday and the other titled Echoes of Silence. With the buzz surrounding House of Balloons and The Weeknd's intentional shroud of mystery, anticipation for Thursday (and Echoes of Silence) has only grown over the past few months. In June, interest only skyrocketed after two new tracks surfaced: "The Birds (Part 1)" and "Rolling Stone" (both, we now know for sure, are off of Thursday).
