After all, if you believe Hurry Up Tomorrow, the new drama co-written by and starring Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, being a world-famous music superstar really, really sucks.

LAS VEGAS − Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is a certified smash. Tesfaye, the movie star, is more of an unknown commodity. Audiences get to see both at work in the ...

Two years ago, Abel Tesfaye said he would be making one last album under the name the Weeknd. That album came earlier this year with the release of the anticlimactic Hurry Up Tomorrow, which ...

By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, plays a fictionalized version of himself in the Lionsgate project, as a musician on the verge of a mental breakdown who is pulled ...

In conversation with IndieWire, writer/director Trey Edward Shults breaks down the fact, fiction, and psychological meaning of the dark mythology he and Abel Tesfaye created for their film.

What’s next for him? Mr. Tesfaye is retiring the persona of the Weeknd, his musical home since he started releasing mixtapes online.Credit...Erik Carter for The New York Times Supported by By ...

Depending on who you ask, Abel Tesfaye — better known by his stage name, The Weeknd — is either a poetic musical genius or a drug-addled lothario. To his credit, this duality is Tesfaye’s doing.

“Wash me with your fire, who else has to pay for my sins?” sings Abel “the Weeknd” Tesfaye on the title track of his 2025 album Hurry Up Tomorrow. The song — a moody, synthy ballad ...

If I told you that Hurry Up Tomorrow, the latest onscreen vanity project co-written by and starring Abel Tesfaye, opens with the Canadian singer-songwriter-sometime-actor blowing raspberries at ...

After past performances in Uncut Gems and The Idol, Abel Tesfaye is continuing to solidify himself as an actor, and on Tuesday night debuted his starring role in Hurry Up Tomorrow. Tesfaye ...

80,000 fans stand before The Weeknd, an endless sea of blinding lights. The bestselling artist born Abel Tesfaye emerges onstage. He launches into the first song. Less than a minute goes by ...