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Here’s something bound to fix students’ attention spans: Drake and The Weeknd will be the subjects of their very own media couse at X University (a.k.a. the soon-to-be-rebranded Ryerson).  Dubbed “Deconstructing Drake and The Weeknd,” the course will be taught by well-known author, podcaster, and publicist Dalton Higgins. He’s also a prof-in-residence at The Creative School, the faculty in which this course […]

The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia are in tease mode ahead of the unveiling of something new together.  Tucked into Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards ceremony was a two-song appearance from the Swedish house music trio featuring renditions of their 2021 singles “It Gets Better” and “Lifetime.” The latter, which previously received the Tonight Show treatment, […]

After getting the seal of approval from both The Weeknd and Hov himself, Belly has released his new star-studded project, See You Next Wednesday. “Before I officially close out an album, there’s two people I play it for to get the seal of approval. Hov and Abel. That being said, I can officially say the album […]

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Weeknd spoke about his highly-anticipated new album, the upcoming HBO series he’s developing with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, being nominated for an Emmy, and more. Speaking about his follow-up to After Hours, The Weeknd said that he’s in the final stages of finishing up the album and that he […]

Abel Tesfaye a.k.a. The Weeknd plunked down an eye-popping $70 million on a recently renovated mansion located in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, making it one of the largest deals closed in the city this year, Wall Street Journal reports. The mansion’s previous owners, Dutch media entrepreneur Reinout Oerlemans and his wife Danielle, allegedly […]

Ah, 2011. A full decade ago. Gas was $3.52 on average, a stamp was only 44 cents (according to this promising factsheet, which I wouldn’t dare to question) and those Charlie Sheen autotune remixes that you’ve since pushed to the deepest depths of your brain were all the buzz. And like pretty much any other […]

As we await the imminent release of Donda, it looks like Kanye is gearing up to drop the album’s first single.  Rumors started circulating on Twitter Sunday morning that “Hurricane,” a leak that bounced around the internet for years before it was premiered at the first Donda listening event with guest features from The Weeknd and Lil Baby, is set to […]

The Weeknd has made his return with the release of his latest single, Take My Breath. The Weeknd dropped the song and its accompanying music video on Friday, which you can check out up top. The video was directed by Cliqua. There has been a lot of hype surrounding the record since a portion of “Take My […]

A snippet of The Weeknd’s upcoming track “Take My Breath” was used in a promo for the Tokyo Olympics that featured Team USA track and field stars Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, and Gabby Thomas. The After Hours artist shared the clip to social media on Monday night and also revealed that the song will be arriving on Friday, […]

The Weeknd has launched a new era. Late Sunday night, the Super Bowl LV halftime show headliner alerted fans and weekend news writers alike that something was imminent. “Fuck it … IT STARTS TONIGHT,” he said on Twitter, followed roughly an hour later by the release of a teaser video titled, fittingly, “The Dawn Is Coming.” […]