Nov 05, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared a new single, “One Right Now.” The song marks the first time the two artists have collaborated with each other, and it is set to be on Post Malone’s forthcoming studio album. More

Dec 15, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin) has just shared a new video for his song “No Nightmares,” featuring The Weeknd (aka Abel Makkonen Tesfaye). The animated video was directed by artist Nate Boyce’s studio Reliquary House. More

Apr 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) surprise-released a new album, My Dear Melancholy, (the comma is intentional), a couple of weeks back via XO/Republic. Now he has shared a video for “Call Out My Name.” More

Apr 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down August 10 - 12 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, and The Weeknd. More

Mar 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Earlier today we reported that The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) was surprise releasing a new album, My Dear Melancholy, (the comma is intentional), tonight. He posted the cover art on Instagram with the simple caption “tonight,” as well as a billboard promoting it as such. Now the album is out and can be streamed below if you have Apple Music. More

Mar 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Here we go again. As has been the trend for the last few years, another high profile artist is surprise releasing a new album. This time it’s The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye), who is reportedly releasing a new album, My Dear Melancholy, tonight. More

Mar 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This year’s Lollapalooza is going down August 2-5 at Grant Park in Chicago and now the lineup has been revealed. The headliners are The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott, The National, Vampire Weekend, and Odesza. More

Jan 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday April 13 and 20 is headlined by The Weeknd, Saturday April 14 and 21 is headlined by Beyoncé, and Sunday April 15 and 22 is headlined by Eminem. More

Jun 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) released his new full-length album, Starboy, last November via XO/Republic. Now he has shared a video for “Secrets.” More

May 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Lana Del Rey is releasing a new album soon, Lust for Life. The exact release date hasn’t been announced yet, but previously she has shared a video for “Love,” a mysterious trailer, the album’s title track, “Lust for Life” (which features the guest vocals of The Weeknd), and “Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind.” More

Apr 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Lana Del Rey is releasing a new album soon, Lust for Life. The exact release date hasn’t been announced yet, but previously she has shared a video for “Love” and a mysterious trailer for the album. More

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) released his new full-length album, Starboy, last November via XO/Republic. Now he has shared a video for “I Feel It Coming,” one of the songs on the album to feature French electronic legends Daft Punk. More

Feb 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) released his new full-length album, Starboy, last November via XO/Republic. Now, in honor of his 27th birthday today, Tesfaye has shared a video for “Reminder.” More

Jan 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bonnaroo have announced their 2017 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 8-11 and this year, their 16th year, the lineup includes U2 performing The Joshua Tree (which was announced on Monday), More

Sep 22, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd is releasing his new full-length album, Starboy, on November 25 via XO/Republic. Now Abel Tesfaye has shared the album’s title track via Apple Music. More

Dec 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

This morning nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, with the ceremony to go down on February 15, 2016. Kendrick Lamar is nominated 11 times. Other nominees include Mark Ronson, Tame Impala, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett, Florence and the Machine, The Weeknd, Caribou, Jamie xx, Alabama Shakes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Dead Weather, and more. More

Aug 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd is releasing his sophomore full-length, Beauty Behind the Madness, this Friday (August 28) via XO/Republic. Now Abel Tesfaye has shared a video for “Tell Your Friends,” a song that features co-production from Kanye West. More

Aug 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Weeknd is releasing his sophomore full-length, Beauty Behind the Madness, on August 28 via XO/Republic. Now Abel Tesfaye has posted to Soundcloud an 18-minute sampler of the whole album, featuring snippets of each song and dubbed “The Leak.” More

Jul 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Fresh off Tom Cruise lip-syncing the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night, The Weeknd has shared the official music video for “Can’t Feel My Face” via Apple Music’s Connect social media platform. More

Jul 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tom Cruise stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to promote Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (which comes out Friday). He took part in one of Fallon’s Lip Sync Battles, which are usually fun and have spawned their own TV show now too. More

Jun 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

As expected, Apple announced Apple Music today at its Worldwide Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. Apple Music is its new music streaming service meant to compete with the likes of Spotify, Tidal, and Pandora. More

Feb 13, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night The Weeknd was welcomed as the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. More

Jan 21, 2015 By Laura Studarus

We’ve already heard The Weeknd’s sensuous Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack contribution “Earned it.” Does it come as any surprise that the video is a NSFW affair? More

Dec 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Of course The Weeknd’s slick, sexy R&B would be part of the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. More

Jul 25, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by SBTRKT (featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig), Jessie Ware, Twin Peaks, BANKS, How to Dress Well, A Sunny Day in Glasgow remixed by Ice Choir, TOPS, Halls covering Cat Power, Devendra Banhart remixed by Liars, The Rentals, Gap Dream, The Weeknd, Ex Cops, Ballet School, Esben and the Witch, Owl John, Electric Youth, and more. More

Jul 21, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Following his album Kiss Land from last year, The Weeknd has premiered a brand new single titled “King of the Fall.” More

Jun 26, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Hot on the heels of releasing a new song, The Weeknd has announced a brief string of tour dates. More

Jun 25, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Like every Weeknd tune, “Often” is overtly sexual, impossibly slick, and filled with auto-tune. More

Oct 10, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Last night, The Weeknd stopped by Late Show With David Letterman to perform Kiss Land track “Pretty.” More

Sep 26, 2013 By Laura Studarus

We all know The Weeknd is baby making music. But just in case you’re not ready to take that step, today frontman Abel Tesfaye announced he’s partnering with condom company, ONE Condoms. More

Sep 26, 2013 By Laura Studarus

We already knew that Coldplay and The National were slated to appear on Catching Fire, the next installment of The Hunger Games film series. Now we can add a few other additional Under the Radar friendly artists to the list, including Anthony and the Johnsons, Phantogram, The Weeknd, and more. More

Sep 20, 2013 By Laura Studarus

The Weeknd recently released his new album Kiss Land. Now album track “Pretty” has a new video. More

Sep 16, 2013 By Wendy Redfern

On September 14th, The Weeknd performed at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, CA. We sent writer/photographer Robert Redfield down to cover the action. More

Sep 13, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, made his U.S. television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! More

Sep 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On Sept. 10 bedroom crooner The Weeknd will release his upcoming album Kiss Land. More

Aug 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

In the lead-up to his upcoming LP Kiss Land, The Weeknd, a.k.a musical artist Abel Tesfaye, has already shared a number of its included tracks, including “Love in the Sky,” “Belong to the World,” and the album’s title track. More

Jul 31, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Previously sharing the title track and “Belong to the World” from his upcoming album Kiss Land, sexual crooner Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, has offered up yet another selection from the effort with the track “Love in the Sky.” More

Jul 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

The Weeknd has premiered a new music video for his latest Kiss Land single “Belong to this World.” More

Jul 08, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Poised to release his upcoming album Kiss Land, scheduled for release towards the end of summer, The Weeknd has announced plans for upcoming tour through North America. More

Jun 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing his proper debut album Kiss Land later this year musical artist Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, played an intimate show in his hometown of Toronto. More

May 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Sometime this year musical artist Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, will release Kiss Land, the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed mixtape collection Trilogy. More

Mar 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

As hard as it is to imagine given his breakthrough success, soul producer and crooner Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, doesn’t have a proper full-length album listed to his name. More

Feb 13, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

The Weeknd has premiered a music video for his song “Twenty Eight,” a bonus track tacked on to the R&B artist’s mixtape reissue Trilogy. More

Nov 28, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last night The Weeknd crossed the Atlantic to serve as a musical guest on Later… with Jools Holland. More

Oct 26, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Bundling his recent trio of mixtapes into a consolidated effort titled Trilogy this Nov. 26 on Universal Republic, The Weeknd surprised fans last night by dropping an entirely new song online called “Enemy.” More

Oct 18, 2012 By Laura Studarus

As promised, The Weeknd didn’t make fans wait long for new material. More

Oct 04, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s video release, today enigmatic artist The Weeknd penned an open letter to his fans, promising that more music is on the way soon. More

Oct 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

On Nov. 26 Universal Republic will release The Weeknd’s trio of mixtapes from last year and bundle them together as a release called Trilogy. More

Jun 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The long list of nominees has been announced this year’s Polaris Music Prize, honoring the best album of the year by a Canadian artist. More

Apr 11, 2012 By Laura Studarus

The Weeknd is using this weekend’s Coachella festival to launch his tour. We have the dates. More

Dec 22, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Over the course of the past year Toronto R&B artist Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd has been releasing a series of mixtapes free of charge for listeners’ enjoyment. More

Oct 21, 2011 By Laura Studarus

A slew of indie and indie-approved artists are busy remixing Lady Gaga’s Born this Way. More

Sep 28, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The Weeknd recently took their hands to new Florence + The Machine track, “Sahke it Out.” More

Jan 10, 2022 By Candace McDuffie

On the cover of Dawn FM, the fifth studio album by The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye), we see the 31-year-old pop star depicted as a cryptically aged relic complete with silver strands, wrinkles, liver spots, and a bewildered look of despair. More