In the music video for “Heartless,” The Weeknd inadvisably licks a toad inside a dark Vegas hotel room and begins transforming, Wolf Man-like, into an amphibian creature. Now, nearly three years after the clip’s debut, fans can experience the full scope of the pop star’s mutation – only they have to visit Universal Studios Hollywood to see it. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a highlight of “The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare” – a new fright maze at the Los Angeles theme park’s popular Halloween Horror Nights attraction – we watch as the singer’s After Hours character endures an extension of that briefly glimpsed metamorphosis, culminating in the monstrous reveal of a giant, red-jacketed man-toad bursting from an aperture in the wall. ...
Prepare to enter into the macabre mind of The Weeknd this Halloween, as the superstar just announced his After Hours-inspired experience with Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. As if all the bloodied facial bandages and gory imagery from his blockbuster Billboard 200-topping album After Hours didn’t make us already lose our heads, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) is making us scared to live in his world again. Select tracks from After Hours — including the title track, “In Your Eyes,” “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights,” “Save Your Tears” (solo version) and “Too Late” — will be reimagined as a horror movie soundtrack throughout “The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare.” And brave guests will struggle to survive the night while being “stalked by slashers, bandaged maniacs, grueso...