The Weeknd
Kavinsky Confirms New Collaboration With The Weeknd
Kavinsky says his upcoming collaboration with The Weeknd has been a long time coming. Longtime fans of the synthwave pioneer will recall that he and The Weeknd previously joined forces in 2013, when the latter remixed the former’s “Odd Look.” In a new interview with NME, Kavinsky reminisces on that period of time, acknowledging The Weeknd’s meteoric rise since then. “My friend (the artist Prince 85) introduced me to him,” Kavinsky says of meeting The Weeknd. “He was one of his collaborators and producers. I happened to just love his voice when I heard it so we did our track together back then very easily, very simply. This was way before he became super huge and was really accessible and available.” Recommended Articles While much has c...
Chris Lake Drops Scintillating Remix of Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd’s “Moth To A Flame”
Chris Lake has delivered a new remix for Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd straight to the dancefloor. Back in October, the legendary Swedish trio released “Moth To A Flame,” their collaborative track with one of the biggest artists in contemporary music. Considering The Weeknd’s indelible vocal talents and history of dipping into the electronic music world, fans were clamoring to hear their worlds collide. Now, the four artists have recruited one of the world’s most renowned house music producers to give the single a new spin. Lake injects some stomping dancefloor energy into “Moth To A Flame” while maintaining the late-night, sultry feel of the original. The bouncy beat could soundtrack those wild club nights that feel like a blur. Fans were excited t...
Kanye West – Hurricane ft Lil Baby & The Weeknd
Donda is the tenth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It was released through GOOD Music on August 29, 2021, and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. West recorded much of the material at multiple locations in the summer of 2021, including Bighorn Mountain Ranch in Wyoming and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It features guest vocals from the Sunday Service Choir, Jay-Z, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, the Weeknd, Vory, DaBaby, and Marilyn Manson; vocals from Chris Brown were also included. West, BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz, Mike Dean, and Ojivolta primarily helmed its production. “Hurricane” is the fifth record of the album. While Donda is more of Kanye on his vulnerablestate even as he carefully recorded the many moments through the album, he hosted a variety of creators and when it comes ...
Grammy Awards Will Take Place In Las Vegas for First Time In April 2022
Music’s biggest night is moving to Las Vegas for the first time. A few weeks ago, the 2022 Grammy Awards ceremony was postponed “indefinitely” due to concerns about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The original date was scheduled for January 31st, 2022, but has now been moved to April 3rd at 5PM PT (8PM ET). Trevor Noah will be the show’s host. “We are excited to take the GRAMMYs to Las Vegas for the very first time, and to put on a world class show,” reads a statement released by The Recording Academy on social media. “From the moment we announced the postponement of the original show date, we have been inundated with heartfelt messages of support and solidarity from the artist community. We are humbled by their generosity and grateful...
Watch Swedish House Mafia Accompany The Weeknd to a Vogue Ball In New Music Video
While a high school gym may not seem like the most natural setting for a club, leave it to The Weeknd to pull it off. Complete with voguish, levitating dancers and a Michael Jackson-esque dance break, a new music video released by the chart-topping crooner is soundtracked by a remixed version of “Sacrifice,” which appears on his new Dawn FM album. Remixers Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia dramatically circle in the background as their mystifying rework swirls over the scene. Meanwhile, a moody visual filter pulls out rich color tones and adds to the video’s vintage feel. “Sacrifice” samples Alicia Myers’ 1981 single “I Want to Thank You.” It’s part of The Weeknd’s new ...
The Weeknd Unveils Video for ‘Gasoline’
The Weeknd released a new video for “Gasoline,” the second track off his most recent album, Dawn FM. [embedded content][embedded content] The Weeknd only released Dawn FM a few days ago on January 7, and the “Gasoline” video is the second of a song off the new album. A video for “Sacrifice,” the fifth song on the record, premiered the day of Dawn‘s release. Matilda Finn directed the eccentric “Gasoline” video, which features The Weeknd portraying his character off the cover of Dawn—a really old version of himself. Just like his other videos, things take a dark turn here. Interestingly, in a tweet yesterday, the artist also known as Abel Tesfaye hinted that Dawn FM could be part of a trilogy. i wonder… did you know you’re experiencing a new trilogy? pic.twitter.com/G5TfjvJVyM...
Timbaland Compares The Weeknd’s New Album To Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ & He’s Dead Serious
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Music production master Timbaland is really feeling The Weeknd’s new album Dawn FM a little bit too much after dropping this scorching hot take. Timbaland was out here in these innanet streets proclaiming The Weeknd’s new album is comparable to arguably the best pop album of all time and indeed the best-selling album of any genre—Michael Jackson’s Thriller. (OK, technically, the Eagles’ greatest hits album surpassed Thriller in sales in 2018, but since that album was released in1976, which is six years before MJ’s 1982 classic dropped, I’m still giving the King of Pop his crown.) “This album different, yo. This shi** right here, this on some Thriller sh**,” the Verzus co-creator said in a video originally poste...
How Skrillex Influenced The Weeknd’s “Dawn FM” Album
In the music industry, there’s seemingly only a few degrees of separation between Skrillex and any given hit. One such track on The Weeknd‘s new Dawn FM album stands as a prime example. The story of how Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys came to be involved with the project is something of a butterfly effect—with Skrillex playing a pivotal role. Johnston, now 79, tells the Los Angeles Times that he was out surfing at Zuma Beach and decided to stop in at the nearby Shangri-La Studios afterwards. There, the legendary musician met Skrillex, who was working with multi-Platinum producer Rex Kudo and renowned guitarist Heavy Mellow at the time. Johnston explains that Skrillex and the artists in his orbit at Shangri-La have an unrelenting work ethic, likening them to “the Wr...
The Weeknd Shares New Video for ‘Sacrifice’ From Dawn FM
As you may or may not have heard, The Weeknd dropped a new album today. To go along with it, Abel Tesfaye has just released a new video for “Sacrifice.” As has been his wont with his video releases for the past few years, the “Sacrifice” clip takes twists and turns, and gets pretty dark. By getting dark, we mean that it involves a human sacrifice. It’s a similar vibe to the “Take My Breath” video, which was released last year. [embedded content][embedded content] “Sacrifice” was produced by Swedish House Mafia and Max Martin in addition to The Weeknd. The video was directed by Cliqua (who also helmed the “Take My Breath”). If you think the song has a very distinct ’80s feel, it’s because it samples Alicia Myers’ 1981 single “I Want to Thank You.” He shared the news of the video in a t...
Electronic Music Pulls the Strings of The Weeknd’s “Dawn FM” Album—With Production From Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia
After the release of his hotly anticipated Dawn FM album, it’s clear The Weeknd‘s penchant for dance music is more voracious than ever. The Weeknd has long championed electronic dance music, collaborating with the likes of Gesaffelstein, Daft Punk, and Disclosure, among others. However, Dawn FM twists the knife into this curiosity by presenting the most dance-forward album of his career. And it’s also his most creative yet. The album plays out like a radio station during a late-night drive in the 80s, featuring sultry interludes from Jim Carrey and Quincy Jones. But despite its escapist narrative and lovelorn motifs, at its core, the phantasmagoric Dawn FM was designed for dance parties. The proof is in the pudding. The Weeknd joined forces with disco-pop extraordina...
The Weeknd Unleashes Purgatory Dance Fantasy on Dawn FM
You are sitting in a car. The car is stuck in a tunnel; gridlock traffic. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. You are waiting your turn. All you can hear is the car radio. The smooth-talking DJ is guiding you forward, to “accept your fate with open arms.” Sounds like purgatory, huh? That’s the idea. And that deathly DJ? It’s Jim Carrey. Oh, Canada. As The Weeknd descends further into conceptual madness, his fifth album Dawn FM, out Friday (and announced only earlier this week), unfurls a vaguely existential playlist — songs welcoming listeners to the “painless transition” of the great beyond. While the metaphor is somewhat trite, the execution is sharp; a seamless, afternoon-drive radio airplay, with scene-setting jingles and a quippy, psychedelic ad for “Afterlife,” billed as an abs...
Jim Carrey Is Featured On The Weeknd’s Upcoming Album, “Dawn FM”: Listen
The Weeknd has recruited a comedy legend for his upcoming album. Although we’re less than a week into 2022, it’s safe to say that The Weeknd’s hotly anticipated fifth album, Dawn FM, is one of the biggest releases of the year. In case there wasn’t enough reason to be excited for the next chapter from the contemporary music superstar, a new trailer has revealed that Jim Carrey is featured on the album. The minute-long trailer opens with haunting synths before Carrey cuts in with soft-spoken but ominous narration: “You are now listening to 103.5 Dawn FM. You’ve been in the dark for way too long. It’s time to walk into the light and accept your fate with open arms.” What follows is an eight-second preview of a new song that offers a glimpse into...
