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More unexpected than Canadian crooner The Weeknd ditching his signature dreadlocks (as shown by yesterday's cover art announcement of his third album, Starboy) was the last-minute reveal of the LP's title track, a collaboration with famed French robots Daft Punk.Rumors of the team-up began to swirl last month when The Weeknd posted a cryptic photo on social media of Daft Punk figurines sitting on a speaker. A few days later, the news was confirmed when outlets pointed to a Billboard "hitmakers roundtable" conducted back in July, during which Republic Records' (The Weeknd's label) Executive VP and head of urban A&R Wendy Goldstein revealed a forthcoming studio session between the two parties.For such a high-profile collaboration, though, "Starboy" feels pretty one-sided. Of course, the "I Can't Feel My Face" singer is front and center with his explicit lyrics, and the vocoder-heavy chorus is clearly Daft Punk's touch, but outside of that, the production could be by… just about anyone else, really.For many fans, though, it will have to do while they eagerly await the follow-up to Daft Punk's Grammy award-winning 2013 album, Random Access Memories. It may not have the duo in a starring role, but as the hype has shown between feature documentaries and many collectible items, they'll take just about anything they can get until that happens.Listen to "Starboy" ahead of the album's release on November 25.