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The Weeknd is keeping fans fed. More than a week after releasing his After Hours album, the Toronto-born artist posted several video teasers on his social media accounts on Sunday. The clips showed Abel inside a casino, as an unreleased track played in the backdrop. One of the posts was captioned, “a few lullabies tonight”—pretty much confirming that new music was […]

We only had to wait a few days for The Weeknd to follow up his new After Hours album with even more new music. Indeed, Abel surprise-dropped the deluxe edition of his After Hours experience overnight, complete with a “Heartless (Vapor Wave Remix)” featuring Lil Uzi Vert and a Chromatics-assisted take on “Blinding Lights.”  The […]

Time was when the Weeknd and his XO team were literally going hungry trying to make it in the music industry. Well, things done changed. What began as an unofficial imprint through which Abel Tesfaye released his original trilogy of mixtapes in 2011 (House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence) has transmogrified into a widely […]

The Weeknd is expected to score another No. 1 album.  According to early projections reported by HitsDailyDouble, Abel’s sixth studio album After Hours, is on track to move more than 400,000 album equivalent units in its first week. Of those units, more than 200,000 are expected to come from traditional album sales. If these projections hold true, After Hours could very well […]

It’s finally time to see what that the Weeknd’s mysterious, crimson suit-wearing, bloodied character has been up to. After months of late-night TV appearances, single releases, and other promo, his fourth studio album, After Hours, has arrived. The 14-song project finds Abel Tesfaye alone, with no guest features. Limiting outside distractions, he invites us deeper into […]

Your mood-focused quarantine soundtrack has arrived. The Weeknd‘s bloody cover art-assisted new album After Hours is now available on all streaming services. Abel’s fourth studio album—which comes with no features—includes the singles “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights,” with the former boasting production by Metro Boomin. Grab the full 14-track experience below via Apple Music or Spotify. The album’s release […]

On November 27, 2019, an era that now feels like a lifetime ago, the Weeknd dropped a new single called “Heartless,” ushering in the rollout for his fourth studio album, After Hours. Over the next four months, there have been a handful of singles, music videos, late night TV performances, and a short film. In the middle […]

The Weeknd joined an R&B trio during his latest appearance on Saturday Night Live. The group—which also featured Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd—sang “On the Couch,” a song about being in the dog house with your significant other. Thompson, Redd, and Abel Tesfaye are all sent to sleep on the couch after fighting with their […]

SNL is back this week with host Daniel Craig and musical guest The Weeknd. For tonight’s cold open, the SNL cast mocks Fox News and The Ingraham Angle. In the sketch, Kate McKinnon plays Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who complained that the coronavirus crisis is actually a hoax. Then she took a shot at […]

The Weeknd continues to build excitement for his much-anticipated fourth studio album. Weeks before the project arrives, Abel returned to Saturday Night Live for the third time since 2014. The Grammy-winning artist served as this week’s musical guest, delivering a stellar performances of “Blinding Lights”—which will appear on his upcoming album After Hours. You can check out The Weeknd’s performance above. […]