The Weeknd and Usher “Climax” Debacle, Summarized

Major Lazer have shared a new remix of the Weeknd’s After Hours single “Blinding Lights.” It follows Chromatics’ remix of the track. Hear the new song below.

The Weeknd logs his 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated April 18), thanks to the continued success of his latest studio album, After Hours.The set rules the Billboard 200 for a third week with 90,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

All here for the holidays! Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott spent Easter weekend with their 2-year-old daughter, Stormi, in Palm Springs, California.

The Weeknd has blamed the press for taking comments he made about Usher’s track Climax “out of context,” insisting he meant no disrespect to the R&B “King.”

Usher isn't backing down from an unexpected beef with The Weeknd.

It started off so innocently. While chatting with Variety, The Weeknd said that his 2011 mixtape House of Balloons was a gamechanger, so much that even Usher channeled this new brand of dark, sophisticated R&B on his song “Climax.” Many fans went a bit overboard and said that The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye, 30) was pulling a “Soulja Boy accuses Drake of ‘stealing my whole f-cking flow’ ” move.

Selena Gomez has left tongues wagging courtesy her new songs. The singer released three new songs titled "Boyfriend," "She," and "Souvenir." The songs were released as a part of Rare's Deluxe edition.

Did Usher, 41, just clap back at The Weeknd, 30? While no names were included in the Confessions singers’ cryptic April 9 tweet, fans seem to think it was directed at the Canadian superstar! “Have you ever seen the moon bark back at the dog?” Usher’s tweet read. The seemingly shady post comes hot off the heels of The Weeknd’s Variety interview, where he suggested that his early work had perhaps inspired Usher’s sexy 2012 tune “Climax.”

The Weeknd accused fellow singer Usher of ripping off his musical style in the 2012 song “Climax,” but he’s clarifying that there’s no feud between the two of them.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all.  The Weeknd has officially set the record straight after his recent comments about Usher began to catch heat on the internet. But first, let's brush up on the facts.

After The Weeknd was quoted saying he was "angry" about the similarities between his early catalog and Usher's 2012 single "Climax," the After Hours singer took to Twitter to salute his fellow R&B superstar. On Thursday (April 9), The Weeknd praised Usher and called out the media for misinterpreting h

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Is Selena Gomez singing about The Weeknd?

With their idol’s deluxe version of her latest album Rare out now, Selenators can’t stop replaying the three new tracks that this release brought along with it. Among those are Selena Gomez’s “Souvenir,” with lyrics about The Weeknd. Fans realized that the vibey track may have included a subtle reference to the songstress’s ex, The Weeknd—whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye—during the chorus.

I didn't think that I would log online this morning to see The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) firing a shot at Usher, but that is exactly what it seemed like when his interview with went live today. As you may know, , late last month to critical acclaim—good for him!—which probably got him reminiscing on the impact of his career-launching mixtape, House of Balloons...and how it may have influenced an Usher track.

In his new Variety cover story, The Weeknd reflected on the success of his debut mixtape, House of Balloons, pointing to Usher’s 2012 single, “Climax,” as an example of the project’s influence on R&B. The comment sparked a widespread debate on social media (and an indirect response from Usher), and now “Climax” producer Diplo has weighed in to confirm that he drew inspiration from House of Balloons.

By Jem Aswad