He laughs and touches his fake-bandaged nose. “I forget that I have it on sometimes.” As part of The Weeknd’s first sit-down interview in nearly five years, he offers Variety a private advance preview ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. 2025 is another huge year for The Weeknd, though it’s not as if he ...

The dominant colors throughout the concert were red and blue, mirroring the contrasting palettes of the "After Hours" and "Dawn FM" album covers. The show had ebbs and flows — the energy peaking, then ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...