The Weeknd to Make Late Night Interview Debut on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

The Weeknd to Make Late Night Interview Debut on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

The Weeknd is finally giving an interview after hours, with the hitmaker heading to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for his first-ever couch conversation on a late-night talk show next week. As announced by NBC and shared exclusively with Billboard Friday (May 9), the musician born Abel Tesfaye will make his late-night interview debut on the program on May 15. In addition to chatting with Fallon for the first time ever, the “Blinding Li…

Hurry Up Tomorrow is the most personal project I've ever worked on: The Weeknd on his new film

Following his divisive HBO series The Idol, The Weeknd is stepping into even more personal territory with Hurry Up Tomorrow, a new psychological musical thriller set to hit theaters next month. The film stars The Weeknd playing a fictionalized version of himself, alongside Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan. It explores the unraveling of a superstar teetering on the edge of a breakdown. Directed and co-written by Trey Ed…

The Weeknd Adds A Fiery Doechii To His Timely Remix Of ‘Timeless’

With his film, Hurry Up Tomorrow, just a week away from release, there’s no better time for The Weeknd to update one of the songs from the album for which the film is named. And if you’re going to drop a remix of a fan-favorite track in 2025, there is no better guest artist to add than the skyrocketing Doechii. That’s how we got The Weeknd’s “Timeless (Remix)” featuring Doechii. Doechii’s verse adds a shot of adrenaline to the lilting Playboi Ca…

The Weeknd says 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' movie is intentionally mysterious

"The least I know about films, the better,” says writer-director Trey Edward Shults.Andrew Cooper Jenna Ortega and Abel Tesfaye in 'Hurry Up Tomorrow'Hurry Up Tomorrow, the companion film to Abel Tesfaye/the Weeknd's sixth studio album of the same name, arrives in theaters May 16.The elusive feature stars the singer as an insomnia-plagued musician pulled into a mind-bending odyssey by a character played by Jenna Ortega.Tesfaye and the movie's cr…

Abel Tesfaye says goodbye to The Weeknd

As he launches a North American stadium tour and his "Hurry Up Tomorrow" film, Abel Tesfaye reflects on losing his voice onstage in 2022 and his decision to stop using his longtime stage name of The Weeknd.

For the first time in his career, The Weeknd will sit on Jimmy Fallon’s couch. The alternative pop icon and modern R&B will participate in ‘The Tonight Show’ on Thursday, May 15, 2025, and will do it all the way: a live interview, a possible musical presentation and his film debut as director? Abel Tesfaye’s visit – his real name – to one of the most iconic programs on American television marks a new chapter in his career, this time off the musi…