Tesfaye might have been content to play in his creation's personal Sodom forever, were it not for the rise of streaming and its effects on the acts of listening and discovery. The fully anonymous ...

Last week, The Weeknd dropped the year’s first blockbuster album, Dawn FM. His last album, After Hours, unspooled a cinematic storyline that paid tribute to various films; this time, he uses radio as ...

If dying had a soundtrack, I would imagine it to be filled with angels’ voices sweetly singing into my ears as I drift away into unadulterated bliss. The Weeknd, however, has a different idea in mind.

On Dawn FM, The Weeknd lets us consider whether we would like to age into the shape of our fears or the shape of our most heroic dreams. "Now that all future plans have been postponed, and it's time ...