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WATCH The Weeknd Debuts MadeInToronto Secrets Video

theweeknd-1.2683112 NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: The Weeknd attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images For Entertainment Weekly) (Dia Dipasupil/Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images)

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The Weeknd has taken the wraps off the video for his new single “Secrets.”

Directed by Pedro Martin-Calero, the video was shot in February at the Toronto Reference Library and at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus.

It features an appearance by Montreal-born dance artist Black Atlass (aka Alex Fleming).

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The song, which comes from The Weeknd’s album Starboy, borrows from The Romantics’ 1983 hit “Talking In Your Sleep" and samples the 1982 Tears For Fears track "Pale Shelter." (Ironically, Tears For Fears filmed the video for "Head Over Heels" at a University of Toronto library.)

The Weeknd was born and raised in Toronto. Last year, he donated $50,000 to help create an Ethiopic Studies program at the University of Toronto.

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The Weeknd performs Aug. 4 at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal.

Check out the video below: