Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, professionally known as The Weeknd, is the star of Variety Magazine's January 2025 cover story. The magazine shared visuals from the shoot, and the Starboy crooner looked ...

With his icy picture session for a prominent magazine, The Weeknd has once again ignited the internet. For the cover, the singer—who is well-known for his seductive melodies and silky vocals ...

Like everyone from Frank Sinatra to Frank Ocean, The Weeknd dislikes interviews. "I felt like I had nothing to say," he told Complex for a cover story in 2013 when asked why he avoided interviews.

The Complex Cover The Complex Cover is a video series, in which we've reinvented our print magazine covers into a multi-platform digital and social media experience, bringing fans a candid look ...

When Abel Tesfaye released music as The Weeknd in 2011, he created an aura of mystery, leaving listeners wondering if it was ...

In a recent cover story interview with ... in 2023, he told W Magazine, "I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd.” This sense of ...

Algorithmic programming required a shift in thinking for everyone, not least a pop artist using darkness as cover for a tantalizing ... The pivot worked, turning The Weeknd into an edgy ...

The Weeknd's House of Balloons, his first mixtape, breaks back onto a pair of Billboard tallies this frame, becoming a strong performer again.