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Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye, known professionally as [[the Weeknd]], has been featured in sixty-two music videos. A noted [[Cinephilia|cinephile]], many of his music videos were inspired by various films.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Movie References in The Weeknd's After Hours You Never Noticed|url=https://www.moviefone.com/2021/02/16/movie-references-in-the-weeknds-after-hours-you-never-noticed/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.moviefone.com|language=en}}</ref> From his compilation album ''[[Trilogy (The Weeknd album)|Trilogy]]'' (2012), Tesfaye released four music videos for the songs "The Knowing", "Rolling Stone", "[[Wicked Games]]" and "[[The Zone (song)|The Zone]]", which featured [[Drake (musician)|Drake]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Weeknd - "The Zone" (Ft. Drake) Music Video|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3dbb6/the-weeknd-the-zone-ft-drake-music-video|access-date=November 14, 2021|website=www.vice.com|date=November 8, 2012 |language=en}}</ref> For his debut studio album ''[[Kiss Land]]'' (2013), he released five music videos for [[Kiss Land (song)|the title track]], "[[Twenty Eight (song)|Twenty Eight]]", "[[Belong to the World]]", "[[Live For]]" and "Pretty".<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Weeknd Releases 'Belong To The World' Video, Talks 'Kiss Land' Album|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1726975/the-weeknd-releases-belong-to-the-world-video-talks-kiss-land|access-date=November 15, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}</ref>

For his second studio album ''[[Beauty Behind the Madness]]'' (2015), he released five music videos for the songs "[[Often]]", "[[The Hills (song)|The Hills]]", "[[Can't Feel My Face]]", "[[Tell Your Friends (song)|Tell Your Friends]]" and "[[In the Night (song)|In the Night]]".<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 27, 2015|title=The Weeknd "The Hills" Music Video|url=https://hypebeast.com/2015/5/the-weeknd-the-hills-music-video|access-date=November 14, 2021|website=HYPEBEAST}}</ref> Three of the five music videos were directed by [[Grant Singer]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=How Troye Sivan, Lorde & The Weeknd Collaborator Grant Singer Became Pop's Go-To Music Video Auteur|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/8094872/taylor-swift-troye-sivan-lorde-the-weeknd-collaborator-grant-singer-director-music-video-interview|access-date=November 15, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}</ref> He also released a music video for the remix of "The Hills", which featured [[Eminem]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch The Weeknd's Virtual Reality Music Video For "The Hills" Remix|url=https://www.thefader.com/2015/10/20/watch-the-weeknds-virtual-reality-music-video-for-the-hills-remix|access-date=November 14, 2021|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, he released an alternate music video for "Can't Feel My Face".<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 3, 2021|title=Watch The Weeknd's new alternate video for 'Can't Feel My Face'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-weeknds-new-alternate-video-for-cant-feel-my-face-3036519|access-date=November 14, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In support of his third studio album ''[[Starboy (album)|Starboy]]'' (2016), Tesfaye released six music videos for [[Starboy (song)|the title track]], "[[False Alarm (The Weeknd song)|False Alarm]]", "[[Party Monster (song)|Party Monster]]", "[[Reminder (song)|Reminder]]", "[[I Feel It Coming]]" and "[[Secrets (The Weeknd song)|Secrets]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farley|first=Rebecca|title=The Weeknd's New Video Teases A Whole New Weeknd|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2016/09/124765/weeknd-starboy-music-video|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.refinery29.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> He also released the short film ''Mania'', which featured additional songs from the album.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murthi|first=Vikram|date=November 24, 2016|title=The Weeknd Releases New Short Film 'Mania': Watch the Violent, Eye-Popping Video|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/the-weeknd-short-film-mania-starboy-abel-tesfaye-1201749837/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref> The music video for the title track won the [[MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Award]] for [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video|Best Video]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rys|first=Dan|date=November 6, 2016|title=MTV EMAs: The Weeknd Performs 'Starboy'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mtv-emas-weeknd-performs-starboy-944600/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> For his debut extended play ''[[My Dear Melancholy]],'' (2018), Tesfaye released two music videos for "[[Call Out My Name]]" and "[[Try Me (The Weeknd song)|Try Me]]"; the latter video was self-directed.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Weeknd Drops Sensual 'Try Me' Vertical Video to Celebrate 'My Dear Melancholy' Anniversary|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9548934/the-weeknd-try-me-video/|access-date=November 15, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}</ref>

For his fourth studio album ''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]'' (2020), Tesfaye released seven music videos of the songs "[[Heartless (The Weeknd song)|Heartless]]", "[[Blinding Lights]]", "[[In Your Eyes (The Weeknd song)|In Your Eyes]]", "[[Until I Bleed Out]]", "[[Snowchild]]", "[[Too Late (The Weeknd song)|Too Late]]" and "[[Save Your Tears]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch the Weeknd's New "Heartless" Video {{!}} Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-weeknds-new-heartless-video/amp/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=pitchfork.com}}</ref> He also released a short film for [[After Hours (The Weeknd song)|the title track]] and a lyric/music video for the remix of "Blinding Lights" with [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 4, 2020|title=Rosalía y The Weeknd lanzan pistas sobre una colaboración|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20201204/49863952081/rosalia-y-the-weeknd-lanzan-pistas-sobre-una-colaboracion.html|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}}</ref> In all of the videos for the ''After Hours'' era, Tesfaye played a singular character donned in a red suit and a specific hairstyle.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Holmes|first=Charles|date=February 13, 2020|title=The Weeknd and His Mustache Announce New Album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-weeknd-new-album-after-hours-952501/|access-date=November 15, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Four of the seven music videos, as well as the short film, were directed by Anton Tammi; while two of the videos were directed by Cliqua. The original video for "Blinding Lights" won the [[MTV Video Music Awards]] for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 31, 2020|title=The Weeknd wins video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-vma-idUSKBN25R08J|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=PopCrush|title=The Weeknd Says It's 'Hard to Celebrate' Video of the Year Win at 2020 MTV VMAs|url=https://popcrush.com/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-video-of-the-year-winner-2020-vmas/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=PopCrush|date=August 31, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

To promote his fifth studio album ''[[Dawn FM]]'' (2022), The Weeknd released six music video's up til now, for the songs "[[Take My Breath]]", "[[Sacrifice (The Weeknd song)|Sacrifice]]", "[[Gasoline (The Weeknd song)|Gasoline]]", "[[Out of Time (The Weeknd song)|Out of Time]]", "[[How Do I Make You Love Me?]]" and "[[Is There Someone Else?]]". A part of the title track "Dawn FM" is included in the "Sacrifice" music video. He also released two one-minute trailers for the album, and made a music video for the remix of "Sacrifice" by [[Swedish House Mafia]] on the deluxe version of the album, Dawn FM (Alternate World), and a music video with Swedish House Mafia, for the song [[Moth to a Flame]], also on Dawn FM (Alternate World). Five of the eight music video's were (co-)directed by Cliqua.

Tesfaye has appeared in several television shows, including co-writing and starring in an episode of ''[[American Dad!]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|date=June 27, 2020|title=How The Weeknd's 'American Dad' Episode Was the "Birth of a True Partnership"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/how-weeknds-american-dad-was-birth-a-true-partnership-1299815/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> and making a guest appearance in ''[[Robot Chicken]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Weeknd Voices Multiple Characters in 'Robot Chicken' Appearance|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/07/the-weeknd-voices-multiple-characters-robot-chicken-appearance|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Complex|language=en}}</ref> After appearing in the concert film ''[[The 1989 World Tour|Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live]]'' and the documentary ''[[Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall]]'', Tesfaye made his feature film debut in ''[[Uncut Gems]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=September 10, 2019|title=How the Weeknd Came to Play Himself in the Safdie Brothers' Berserk 'Uncut Gems'|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/the-weeknd-acting-safdie-brothers-uncut-gems-1203329975/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> He was later the focus of the 2021 documentary ''[[Super Bowl LV halftime show|The Show]]'', which followed his preparations for the [[Super Bowl LV halftime show]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=September 1, 2021|title=The Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Performance Gets Showtime Documentary|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-weeknds-super-bowl-halftime-performance-gets-showtime-documentary-1219524/|access-date=November 15, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> His first concert film, ''The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium'' which showcases his [[After Hours til Dawn Tour]] is scheduled for release exclusively on [[HBO Max]] on February 25.


==Music videos==
==Music videos==

Revision as of 01:22, 17 December 2023

The Weeknd videography
The Weeknd performing at FEQ in July 2018
Film5
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Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, has been featured in sixty-two music videos. A noted cinephile, many of his music videos were inspired by various films.[1] From his compilation album Trilogy (2012), Tesfaye released four music videos for the songs "The Knowing", "Rolling Stone", "Wicked Games" and "The Zone", which featured Drake.[2] For his debut studio album Kiss Land (2013), he released five music videos for the title track, "Twenty Eight", "Belong to the World", "Live For" and "Pretty".[3]

For his second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), he released five music videos for the songs "Often", "The Hills", "Can't Feel My Face", "Tell Your Friends" and "In the Night".[4] Three of the five music videos were directed by Grant Singer.[5] He also released a music video for the remix of "The Hills", which featured Eminem.[6] In 2021, he released an alternate music video for "Can't Feel My Face".[7]

In support of his third studio album Starboy (2016), Tesfaye released six music videos for the title track, "False Alarm", "Party Monster", "Reminder", "I Feel It Coming" and "Secrets".[8] He also released the short film Mania, which featured additional songs from the album.[9] The music video for the title track won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video.[10] For his debut extended play My Dear Melancholy, (2018), Tesfaye released two music videos for "Call Out My Name" and "Try Me"; the latter video was self-directed.[11]

For his fourth studio album After Hours (2020), Tesfaye released seven music videos of the songs "Heartless", "Blinding Lights", "In Your Eyes", "Until I Bleed Out", "Snowchild", "Too Late" and "Save Your Tears".[12] He also released a short film for the title track and a lyric/music video for the remix of "Blinding Lights" with Rosalía.[13] In all of the videos for the After Hours era, Tesfaye played a singular character donned in a red suit and a specific hairstyle.[14] Four of the seven music videos, as well as the short film, were directed by Anton Tammi; while two of the videos were directed by Cliqua. The original video for "Blinding Lights" won the MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year and Best R&B Video.[15][16]

To promote his fifth studio album Dawn FM (2022), The Weeknd released six music video's up til now, for the songs "Take My Breath", "Sacrifice", "Gasoline", "Out of Time", "How Do I Make You Love Me?" and "Is There Someone Else?". A part of the title track "Dawn FM" is included in the "Sacrifice" music video. He also released two one-minute trailers for the album, and made a music video for the remix of "Sacrifice" by Swedish House Mafia on the deluxe version of the album, Dawn FM (Alternate World), and a music video with Swedish House Mafia, for the song Moth to a Flame, also on Dawn FM (Alternate World). Five of the eight music video's were (co-)directed by Cliqua.

Tesfaye has appeared in several television shows, including co-writing and starring in an episode of American Dad![17] and making a guest appearance in Robot Chicken.[18] After appearing in the concert film Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live and the documentary Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, Tesfaye made his feature film debut in Uncut Gems (2019).[19] He was later the focus of the 2021 documentary The Show, which followed his preparations for the Super Bowl LV halftime show.[20] His first concert film, The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium which showcases his After Hours til Dawn Tour is scheduled for release exclusively on HBO Max on February 25.

Music videos

Key
 • Denotes music videos directed or co-directed by the Weeknd
Belly
A frequent collaborator, Tesfaye has appeared in Belly's music videos for "Might Not" and "What You Want".
Drake
Drake was featured in "The Zone", "Live For" and "Reminder".
Kiko Mizuhara
Kiko Mizuhara appeared in "I Feel It Coming".
Title Year Other performer(s) credited Director(s) Description Ref(s)
"Rolling Stone" • 2012 None The Weeknd Filmed in a dimly lit studio in black and white, Tesfaye paints the relationship he has with his fans. [21]
"Wicked Games" • None Filmed in black and white, Tesfaye performs while the shadow of a model pulls him in. [22]
"The Zone" • Drake The video features psychedelic shots of Tesfaye, Drake and several women with a plethora of balloons. [23]
"Twenty Eight" 2013 None +IAN (Christian Yu) Tesfaye has a confrontation with a mysterious man. [24]
"One of Those Nights" Juicy J Sam Pilling A gunman confronts Tesfaye after robbing a bar. [25]
"Kiss Land" None Andrew Baird Set in Japan, the video contains a lot of NSFW footage. [26]
"Belong to the World" None Roh Sang Yoon

(filmbyteam)

Set in Japan, Tesfaye finds himself among the ranks of a military regime who go out for a night on the town. [27]
"Live For" Drake Sam Pilling Tesfaye and Drake perform in a dark studio and subway. [28]
"Pretty" None The video revolves around Tesfaye murdering his unfaithful lover [29]
"Gifted" French Montana Bang Jaeyeob Tesfaye and French Montana perform in a club and in an alleyway. [30]
"Or Nah" (remix) 2014 Ty Dolla Sign
Wiz Khalifa
DJ Mustard 		Ryan Patrick The video features Ty Dolla Sign, Wiz Khalifa, DJ Mustard and Tesfaye performing in a horror-like setting with several women. [31]
"Often" Jesi Le Rae Sam Pilling Tesfaye is filmed in a hotel room surrounded by women. [32]
"King of the Fall" None Kid Studio The video follows Tesfaye walking through his hometown of Toronto. [33]
"Love Me Harder" Ariana Grande NOVVKIM Grande and Tesfaye perform while withstanding natural elements. [34]
"Earned It" 2015 Dakota Johnson Sam Taylor-Johnson As Tesfaye performs, Johnson and several other women perform a BDSM-themed burlesque dance behind him. [35]
"The Hills" Sophie Dalah
Rick Wilder 		JINOOYA MAKES Tesfaye is seen crawling out of a wrecked car that has flipped over. As he walks down the street, he is enragedly pushed by a woman, but he ignores her and the vehicle implodes. He goes into a house, walks up the stairs to a red coloredly lit up room with Wilder (representing a personification of the devil) there with two groupies on a couch. [36]
"Can't Feel My Face" Chanel Iman
Rick Wilder 		Tesfaye performs at a bar to an unimpressed audience, with the exception of a seduced Iman, a woman throws a cup of unknown liquid on Tesfaye until Wilder arrives and sets him on fire by throwing a lighter on him and all the bar patrons cheer and start dancing, and Tesfaye continues performing, then leaves the club and leans into the camera and begins to melt it. [37]
"Tell Your Friends" Rick Wilder After burying himself in the desert, Tesfaye is approached by Wilder who Tesfaye shoots then drives away at high speed. [38]
"The Hills" (remix) Eminem
John Travolta 		+IAN (Christian Yu) As a part of an advertisement for Apple Music, the video follows Tesfaye as he leaves a venue and heads for a limo, driven by Travolta, taking him to an afterparty. [39]
"In the Night" Bella Hadid RIGEND FLIM STUDIO The video follows Hadid as a waitress at a nightclub who kills off gangsters who were taken advantage of her. [40]
"Might Not" Belly Shomi Patwary
Belly 		After Belly and Tesfaye get intoxicated at a party, the two fear that they might not make it out. [41]
"Low Life" 2016 Future
Sveta Bilyalova 		Hobin The video features Future and Tesfaye performing in a prison-like setting. Belly and French Montana make cameo appearances in the video. [42]
"Starboy" Daft Punk JINOOYA MAKES Tesfaye reinvents himself by killing his former persona after sitting on the opposite end of a dining table wearing a mask and then ties up and suffocates the former persona with a plastic bag, and then proceeds to smash all his awards in his hills residence with a neon crucifix and then drives a red McLaren P1 with a black panther (originally a house cat) riding upfront along winding cliff roads. At the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards, it won Best Video. [43]
"False Alarm" Kristine Froseth
Randy Irwin 		Ilya Naishuller The video follows a bank robbery through the first-person perspective of one of the robbers. [44]
"Party Monster" 2017 Zoi Mantzakanis RIGEND FLIM STUDIO Tesfaye is seen driving through the desert before the psychedelics kicks in and he's transported to a whole new world. [45]
"Reminder" Drake
Metro Boomin
Bryson Tiller
ASAP Rocky
Travis Scott
Nav
French Montana 		Kid Studio Released on Tesfaye's 27th birthday, the video features an all-star cast of rappers. [46]
"Some Way" Nav RJ Sanchez Nav and Tesfaye perform whilst surrounded by women. [47]
"I Feel It Coming" Daft Punk
Kiko Mizuhara 		Hong Minho (Studio Achilles) Tesfaye performs the song and meets Mizuhara on a rocky, barren planet in outer space. [48]
"Lust for Life" Lana Del Rey Keep Us Weird (salt film) Del Rey and Tesfaye are seen together on the top of the "H" on the Hollywood Sign. [49]
"Secrets" Black Atlass
Hannah Donker 		Yoon Seokyoung Tesfaye wanders through mysterious anomalies in search of Donker, who is also being pursued by Black Atlass. [50]
"A Lie" French Montana
Max B
Belly 		Spiff TV
French Montana 		French Montana, Max B and Tesfaye perform in various locations in New York City. [51]
"Curve" Gucci Mane David Helman The black and white video shows populating clones of Gucci Mane and Tesfaye. [52]
"Try Me" • 2018 None The Weeknd Originally released as an exclusive vertical video on Spotify, the video was formally released to celebrate the three-year anniversary of the release of Tesfaye's debut extended play My Dear Melancholy (2018). [53]
"Call Out My Name" None JINOOYA MAKES Tesfaye wanders through empty streets and a desert. [54]
"What You Want" Belly Paranoid Paradigm

(VM Project Architecture)

Belly and Tesfaye drive through a prison yard. [55]
"Lost in the Fire" 2019 Gesaffelstein Manu Cossu Gesaffelstien and Tesfaye dance slowly in a dark setting. [56]
"Price on My Head" Nav Kid. Studio The video focuses on Belly and Tesfaye's hometown of Toronto being burned down. [57]
"Power Is Power" SZA
Travis Scott 		Roh Sang Yoon

(filmbyteam)

Inspired by the television series Game of Thrones, Tesfaye, SZA and Scott take turns sitting on the throne. [58]
"Heartless" Metro Boomin Vikings League The video focuses on Tesfaye and Metro Boomin as they explore Las Vegas. It ends with Tesfaye licking a psychoactive toad and experiencing hallucinations. [59]
"Blinding Lights" 2020 Miki Hamano Beginning with Tesfaye laughing while blood drips down his face, the video shows flashbacks to decipher how he got to this gruesome end. At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, it won Video of the Year and Best R&B Video. [60]
"In Your Eyes" Zaina Miuccia Following the events of the After Hours short film, Tesfaye chases Miuccia through different locations before she decapitates him with an axe. [61]
"Until I Bleed Out" None The video shows a dazed Tesfaye navigating through a balloon-filled mansion in a lost and damaged manner. [62]
"Too Late" Ashley Smith
Kenzie Harr 		96wave A heavily bandaged Smith and Harr find Tesfaye's severed head on the street and transplants it onto another man's body. [63]
"Hawái" (remix) Maluma
Yovanna Ventura 		Jessy Terrero The remix serves as a continuation for the original video. [64]
"Blinding Lights" (remix) Rosalía Dylan Coughran The video follows Tesfaye and Rosalía during a photoshoot. [65]
"Save Your Tears" 2021 Bianca Rojas 96wave A disfigured Tesfaye performs at a lavish nightclub. [66]
"You Right" Doja Cat
Chris Petersen 		Quentin Deronzier The video is set in a majestic palace in the galaxy with heavy astrological influences. [67]
"Better Believe" Belly
Young Thug 		FLIPEVIL The video features Tesfaye, Belly and Young Thug in an explosive environment. [68]
"Take My Breath" Shaina West 96wave Tesfaye and West dance together and exchange breaths through an oxygen tank at a pulsating nightclub, before Tesfaye's breath is literally taken away as he gets strangled in West's braids. [69]
"Die for It" Belly
Nas 		James Larese Tesfaye, Nas and Belly perform in a dystopian-like world. [70]
"Can't Feel My Face" (Alternate Version) Camille Rowe Ricky Saiz Released to celebrate the six-year anniversary of the release of Tesfaye's second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015). [71]
"Moth to a Flame" Swedish House Mafia Alexander Wessely The video serves as a continuation of Swedish House Mafia's previous videos for the singles It Gets Better and Lifetime. [72]
"La Fama" Rosalía
Danny Trejo 		Jihye Yoon Rosalía performs at a dimly lit nightclub and seduces Tesfaye into joining her onstage. The two dance together until Tesfaye is stabbed by Rosalía with a hidden dagger. [73]
"One Right Now" Post Malone Tanu Muino Tesfaye and Malone engage in a violent shootout with their respective teams. [74]
"Die For You" None FLIPEVIL Music video released for the fifth anniversary of Starboy's release. The video pays tribute to Stranger Things and E.T. [75]
"Tears in the Club" FKA Twigs Amber Grace Johnson The video features Tesfaye watching FKA Twigs perform in a tank with tears in his eyes. [76]
"Echoes of Silence" None Kurando Furuya
Hajime Sorayama 		Music video released for the tenth anniversary of Echoes of Silence's release. [77]
"Sacrifice" 2022 None 96wave After the events of the "Take My Breath" music video, Tesfaye wakes up and gets abducted by some cloaked figures. He is tied up and his soul gets taken by an unknown red cloaked woman. [78]
"Gasoline" None Tedynotbear An older version of Tesfaye finds himself trapped in a disturbing dance party. As he tries to escape, he sees a younger version of himself amongst the crowd, with tears streaming down his face. When the two meet, the younger version attacks the older version and leaves him bruised. [79]
"Sacrifice" (Alternate World Remix) Swedish House Mafia 96wave Taking place in an alternate reality, Tesfaye and Swedish House Mafia watch a ballroom scene competition. [80]
"Out of Time" HoYeon Jung
Jim Carrey 		After the events of the "Gasoline" music video, the younger version of Tesfaye and Jung sing karaoke and begin a whirlwind romance alone in a hotel. His older version tries to reach out, but wakes up in an operating room as Carrey places a mask on his face. The video pays homage to Lost in Translation (2003). [81]
"How Do I Make You Love Me?" None Jocelyn Charles
96wave 		Animation directed by Jocelyn Charles. Creative direction and concept by Cliqua.
"Is There Someone Else?" 2023 Mackenzee Wilson 96wave Starring Tesfaye & Mackenzee Wilson.
"Creepin'" (remix) Metro Boomin
21 Savage
Diddy
Mario Winans
 FLIPEVIL Tesfaye, Metro Boomin, Diddy and 21 Savage are surveilled by a mystery woman on a rainy night. Mario Winans, the original artist of I Don't Wanna Know, which Creepin' partially covers, makes a cameo. [82]
"One of the Girls" Jennie
Lily-Rose Depp 		Boring Studio (Lee Suho) Montage of scenes featuring the Weeknd, Jennie, and Lily-Rose Depp from the television series The Idol interspersed with footage of Depp singing. [83]
Guest appearances
"Headlines" 2011 Drake La Mar Taylor
Highly Alleyne 		Tesfaye makes a guest appearance with members of his XO record label. [84]
"Sarah's Song" 2013 Ricky Hil La Mar Taylor Tesfaye appears alongside Hil throughout.
"XO Tour Llif3" 2017 Lil Uzi Vert
Nav 		Virgil Abloh Tesfaye makes a cameo appearance with Nav. [85]

Filmography

Film

Title Year Role Director(s) Notes
Road to Release 2013 Himself Himself Short MTV documentary
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live 2015 Jonas Åkerlund Concert film
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall 2016 Spike Lee Documentary
Mania Grant Singer Short film; also co-writer
Uncut Gems 2019 Josh and Benny Safdie Feature film; cameo appearance
After Hours 2020 Anton Tammi Short film
The Show 2021 Nadia Hallgren Documentary
Live at SoFi Stadium 2023 Micah Bickham Concert film

Television

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Saturday Night Live 2015–16; 2020 Musical guest S41 E2, S42 E1, S45 E15
American Dad! 2020 Himself (voice) Episode: "A Starboy Is Born"; also co-writer [86]
Robot Chicken Various voices Episode: "Endgame" [87]
Super Bowl LV Halftime Show 2021 Himself Television special [88]
The Dawn FM Experience 2022 [89]
The Simpsons Orion Hughes, Darius Hughes (voices) Episode: "Bart the Cool Kid" [90]
The Idol 2023 Tedros Lead role; also co-creator, writer and executive producer [91]

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