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The Weeknd reminded fans not to believe everything they read on the internet. On Wednesday night, the XO singer-songwriter took to Twitter to address a purported Dawn FM tracklist that’s been circulating on social media. The post features a handwritten list of 19 songs that were supposedly intended for the album’s “original” version. The list included featured artists like Ariana Grande, […]

As professional sports leagues are concerned, brand partnerships are a long-standing tradition—think everything from Coca-Cola and the Olympics to Michael Jordan and Nike. But when it comes to esports, traditional brands have so far mostly stayed away, and we haven’t seen many splashy, big-name collaborations between top brands and professional gamers.  But as the 2022 […]

After a number of pandemic-spurred delays, fans were given an official announcement of new tour dates from The Weeknd on Thursday. The After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour will begin in July at the Rogers Centre in Toronto before its routing takes the After Hours and Dawn FM-commemorating experience to Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Los […]

Welcome to Phase 2.  The Weeknd will debut The Dawn FM Experience, a fully immersive music special inspired by his latest album, Dawn FM, exclusively on Prime Video on Saturday, February 26. “I’m ecstatic to partner with Amazon to premiere the most elaborate live TV special I’ve ever done,” the “Out of Time” singer said in a […]

Love ain’t blind—it’s all-seeing and all-knowing up here in The Great White North. The songs by Canada’s best rap and R&B artists, new and old, reveal gripping romance, the heartache that is the flipside of harboring well-and-true feelings, and the simple-yet-intoxicating thrill of the chase, in an array of forms. Considering our three greatest musical exports—Drake, […]

Being name-dropped by The Weeknd was both a “crazy” and confusing experience for Neve Campbell, as she initially had no idea who the artist was. During a recent episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, the titular host told Campbell she was “having a moment,” thanks to the massive success of the new Scream film as […]

Though it failed to debut atop the Billboard 200, The Weeknd’s Dawn FM album is an undeniable hit—especially in international markets. According to Billboard, the newly released project made a strong showing around the world, topping the official charts of the U.K., Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, and, of course, his home country of Canada. Dawn FM has also helped […]

Gunna has the number one album atop the Billboard 200 chart. His latest LP DS4EVR, which did 150,300 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 13, according to MRC Data. The trip to the top of the charts for his record comes after Hits Daily Double projected Gunna landing 144,000 equivalent album units, […]

FKA twigs has released her new mixtape Caprisongs. The project boasts features from The Weeknd, Daniel Caesar, Jorja Smith, Pa Salieu, and more. FKA twigs and The Weeknd previously shared the video for “Tears in the Club” back in December. In a statement, the singer called the mixtape the “bronzer in the sink, alco pop […]

The universe of Dawn FM was expanded overnight, complete with new visuals and “alternate world” versions of two tracks from The Weeknd’s recently released album. First up, we have the new video for the “Sacrifice” remix featuring Swedish House Mafia, as seen above. As for this “alternate world” take on the track, the original version […]