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New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.It's a great weekend to listen to The Weeknd, as the Canadian crooner pops up on FKA Twigs' latest release, «Tears in the Club,» as well as a new posthumous release from Aaliyah, titled «Poison.» The Aaliyah track comes after the late singer's music catalog was recently added to streaming services — 20 years after her tragic death -- and

Over the past few months The Weeknd has become a staple of the feature slot. He's collaborated with everyone from Rosalia to Swedish House Mafia and Post Malone, covering all bases.

two decades after her tragic death amid shady circumstances in a 2001 plane crash when she was only 22 years old. However, some fans are already dragging “Poison,” her new posthumous song with The Weeknd, as the “worst thing I’ve ever heard.”The legendary Princess of R&B’s royal collaboration aka pop’s Dark Prince dropped Friday.

Aaliyah's legacy still looms large. This year, Blackground Records released her discography — three studio albums and two posthumous compilations — on streaming services for the first time, starting with the upload of 1996's One In A Million in August, a week before the 20th anniversary of her tragic, untimely death.

Aaliyah and The Weeknd are set to appear together on a new collaborative single, ‘Poison’.The team-up is set for release tomorrow (December 17) via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire ahead of a posthumous studio album by Aaliyah, which is due at a later date.The Weeknd sampled the late R&B star’s 2001 track ‘Rock The Boat’ on his 2011 ‘Trilogy’ song ‘What You Need’.

FKA twigs has teased a new collaboration with The Weeknd – listen to a snippet of ‘Tears In The Club’ below.The singer returned last month with new track ‘Measure Of A Man’, which features Central Cee and appears in upcoming film The King’s Man.Yesterday (December 12), twigs took to TikTok to share a snippet of a new song called ‘Tears In The Club’, alongside the caption “pre-game” and footage of her applying lipstick in the mirror.Though no release date or mention of The Weeknd was revealed in

The Weeknd’s boycott of the Grammys, saying the star’s move “doesn’t affect us or offend us”.The Weeknd vowed not to submit his music for consideration for the Grammys in the future after his album ‘After Hours’ failed to be nominated for a single award at the 2021 ceremony.In a new interview with Billboard, Harvey Mason Jr, the Recording Academy’s CEO, was asked if responses like the Canadian star’s “distract from the work”.

The Weeknd has dropped a music video for ‘Die For You’, taken from his blockbuster 2016 album ‘Starboy’.The music video arrived today (November 25) on YouTube. In a distinct homage to the sci-fi film E.T.

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is now the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song of all time.

The Weeknd‘s 2020 mega hit ‘Blinding Lights’ has officially been crowned the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.The song, which appeared on Abel Tesfaye’s ‘After Hours’ album and was released at the end of 2019, has now spent 90 weeks in the charts.In that time, it set a new record for most weeks in the Top Five of the chart (43), Top 10 (57 weeks) and Top 40 (86 weeks).

Further casting details around The Weeknd's upcoming TV series The Idol have been revealed. HBO will air the series, about a female pop star who starts a romantic relationship with a cult leader, though a start date remains TBC.

The Weeknd’s drama series The Idol has been given the green light from HBO, with Troye Sivan and seven others joining the cast.According to Variety, the US network has formally ordered the six-episode series, which The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – stars in and has co-written and executive produced.Originally announced in June as being in development, The Idol follows a female pop singer who enters into a relationship with a cult leader and self-help guru.

The Weeknd's series, .The network also confirmed that Troye Sivan, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Suzanna Son, Steve Zissis, Anne Heche, Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe and Nico Hiraga have all been added to the cast.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared the official video for their recent collaborative single, ‘One Right Now’ – tune in below.Arriving earlier this month, the synth-driven team-up serves as the first taste of Post’s upcoming fourth album.

Rosalía and the Weeknd have released "LA FAMA," the lead single from Rosalía's forthcoming 2022 album, MOTOMAMI. The track, teased earlier this week, comes with a music video by Director X featuring beloved character actor Danny Trejo.

Rosalía has shared a new video for her latest single ‘La Fama’ featuring The Weeknd – you can watch it below.The powerful and cautionary track, which was first teased earlier this week, is the first official single to be taken from the Spanish artist’s much anticipated forthcoming new album ‘Motomami’.‘La Fama’ finds Rosalía and The Weeknd singing to each other in Spanish about how charming and seductive famecan be, making her a dangerous and shallow lover.“I wanted to write, in my own way, a

The Weeknd and Rosalía are back together for another collaboration!The artists dropped the bachata-esque Spanish song, «La Fama,» and its accompanying music video on Thursday night. The sizzling visual, which was teased earlier this week, features a cameo from Danny Trejo and shows Rosalía, 28, putting on a show in a sparkly silver dress as The Weeknd, 31, watches from the audience.The Weeknd also sings in Spanish, which he previously did in Maluma's «Hawái» remix.

Rosalía and The Weeknd have shared a trailer for their upcoming collaboration, titled ‘La Fama’ – scroll down the page to watch it now.The track, which will feature on the Spanish artist’s new album ‘Motomami’ next year, will be released on Thursday (November 11).The trailer features a cameo from Danny Trejo, who tells a crowd: “So get ready for some heat… La Fama.”Rosalía then performs to an audience in a silver bejewelled outfit, while The Weeknd sits in the crowd and watches.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared a collaborative new track, ‘One Right Now’ – listen below.Teased earlier this week, the synthy team-up begins with Abel Tesfaye addressing a lover who’s been “fuckin’ with my feelings“.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have teased a new collaborative single titled ‘One Right Now’, sharing a snippet of the track.The brief audio clip, posted on both artists’ Instagram accounts earlier today (November 3), features both Post and The Weeknd singing.

The Weeknd is coming for Heidi Klum’s title of best celebrity Halloween costumes. The singer went all in this year dressed as the legendary Marlon Brando in The Godfather and he was completely unrecognizable.

American Music Awards nominations have arrived!The hottest acts in music will reunite for the annual celebration at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles in November. This year, Olivia Rodrigo makes her AMAs debut earning seven nominations, including Artist of the Year and New Artist of The Year.

Are they or aren’t they? Angelina Jolie’s response to The Weeknd’s dating rumors may give us a hint about the nature of their relationship—whether that’s as “friends” or something more.

Angelina Jolie is remaining mum about her friendship with The Weeknd. The Academy Award winner, 46, and her Eternals co-star Salma Hayek appeared on E! News’ Daily Pop on Tuesday, Oct. 25 to promote their upcoming Marvel film. When the interviewer alluded to her recent dinner outings with the singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, Angelina smiled and avoided discussions about her pal, as seen in the clip below.

Kelly Clarkson has covered The Weeknd‘s ‘Call Out My Name’ for her TV show.Her powerful take on the track, from Abel Tesfaye’s 2018 EP ‘My Dear Melancholy’, is just one of a number of covers she has performed on The Kelly Clarkson Show recently.

red suit is gone, thankfully — but The Weeknd is back.After the pandemic saw the pop superstar’s “After Hours” era dominate with hit singles “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights,” “In Your Eyes” and “Save Your Tears” — as well as a little gig at the Super Bowl halftime show in February — the enigmatic artist has hung up his crimson costume and is moving on to a new phase with “Moth to a Flame,” the 31-year-old artist’s new collaboration with labelmates Swedish House Mafia. The new video for the song —

Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd have officially dropped their collaborative single ‘Moth To A Flame’.It comes as Swedish House Mafia’s third single for the year, following a hiatus lasting almost nine years.

The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia are gearing up to release a new track called ‘Moth To A Flame’.The new collaboration was first teased by The Weeknd back in September, when he posted two snippets of audio and tagged the recently reunited EDM supergroup.Today (October 19), both The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia shared a video clip to social media that sees the former, donning a pair of sunglasses and a beanie, standing in a dimly-lit room as a snippet of the new song plays.As the clip comes to

Later this year, progressive house supergroup Swedish House Mafia will share their debut album Paradise Again. This week, they'll drop "Moth To A Flame," a new collaboration with The Weeknd, and on Tuesday, a snippet of the track emerged on Abel Tesfaye's social media pages.

The Weeknd has postponed his forthcoming world tour for a third time, now slated to kick off in the summer of 2022.The announcement was made overnight (October 18) on the singer’s social media, with a statement citing the “constraints of arenas and the demand for more shows”.The Weeknd said he wants “to do something bigger and special” for the run – which was initially scheduled to launch in June of 2019 – and although he stopped short of detailing his revamped ambition, he noted that it

The Weeknd has described being named as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations’ World Food Programme as a “profound honour”.The singer was given the new role on Thursday (October 7) at a ceremony in Los Angeles in recognition of his donations to relief efforts for Ethiopia, Lebanon and more.In a statement given to Rolling Stone, The Weeknd said: “This is such a profound honour because it’s about getting the opportunity to help an entire country and tens of millions of people around the

Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd are sparking romance rumors once again after being spotted together Saturday night. The 46-year-old actress and the 31-year-old singer enjoyed a private dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California.

Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd. The ‘Maleficent’ actress and the ‘Save Your Tears’ singer were spotted grabbing dinner together over the weekend.According to the Daily Mail, Jolie and The Weeknd were photographed grabbing dinner at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica, California on Saturday.

Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd are hanging out again! On Saturday, the 46-year-old actress and the 31-year-old singer were spotted together in Los Angeles for another time.In photos published by Daily Mail., the pair once again dined at Giorgio Baldi, the site of their June dinner together, with Jolie wearing an all-black look that included a trench coat and pumps, and The Weeknd coordinating in skinny jeans and a jacket.Per the outlet, Jolie arrived to the Italian restaurant solo, but after a

Angelina Jolie, 46, and The Weeknd, 31, are still fueling romance rumors, two months after they were first spotted grabbing dinner together. The A-lister and the “Blinding Lights” singer were spotted at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on September 25, marking their second visit to the Italian restaurant — see all the pics here. They reportedly spent two and a half hours inside a private section of the establishment, after arriving separately.

The Weeknd, Nicolás Jaar, and Frank Dukes are being sued over a copyright infringement claim for the song "Call Out My Name," according to Stereogum. Producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, who perform as electro-house duo Epikker, claim the 2018 track is "strikingly and/or substantially similar, if not identical” to their track "Vibeking," created in 2015 and as-yet publically unreleased.