Listen to Aaliyah and the Weeknd’s New Song “Poison”

Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire have also announced the posthumous Aaliyah album Unstoppable
Aaliyah
Aaliyah, July 2001 (D. Kambouris/WireImage)

A new single from Aaliyah has been released: Below, listen to the new song “Poison,” featuring the Weeknd. The release of “Poison” comes after much of Aaliyah’s music arrived to streaming services for the first time. Unstoppable, a posthumous album from the singer, is coming in 2022, too, via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire.

Barry Hankerson, Blackground founder and Aaliyah’s uncle, told Billboard earlier this year that the new album would feature the Weeknd, Drake, Future, and others. The streaming releases this year arrived amid a dispute between Hankerson and the Estate of Aaliyah Haughton.

“I’m so excited to share this new song by Aaliyah and the very talented the Weeknd,” Hankerson said in a press release. “I wanted her adoring fans to get a special gift before the holidays and felt it was the perfect time to release a never-before-heard offering.”

“Poison” follows the release of the Weeknd’s new single with FKA twigs, “Tears in the Club,” as well as his other new tracks with Rosalía and Post Malone.

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Artwork by Joe Perez & Katie McIntyre

This article was originally published on Wednesday, December 15 at 8:58 p.m. Eastern. It was last updated on Friday, December 17 at 9:47 a.m. Eastern.