The Weeknd videography

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Canadian singer-songwriter 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]

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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

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 •Denotes music videos directed or co-directed by the Weeknd
A frequent collaborator, Tesfaye has appeared in Belly's music videos for "Might Not" and "What You Want". ETalk2008-Belly (cropped).jpg
A frequent collaborator, Tesfaye has appeared in Belly's music videos for "Might Not" and "What You Want".
Drake was featured in "The Zone", "Live For" and "Reminder". Drake July 2016.jpg
Drake was featured in "The Zone", "Live For" and "Reminder".
Kiko Mizuhara appeared in "I Feel It Coming". Kiko Mizuhara at the Tokyo International Film Festival - 2019 (49013706881) (cropped).jpg
Kiko Mizuhara appeared in "I Feel It Coming".
TitleYearOther performer(s) creditedDirector(s)Description Ref(s)
"Rolling Stone" •2012None The Weeknd Filmed in a dimly lit studio in black and white, Tesfaye paints the relationship he has with his fans. [21]
"Wicked Games" •NoneFilmed 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"2013None+IAN (Christian Yu)Tesfaye has a confrontation with a mysterious man. [24]
"One of Those Nights" Juicy J Sam PillingA gunman confronts Tesfaye after robbing a bar. [25]
"Kiss Land"NoneAndrew BairdSet in Japan, the video contains a lot of NSFW footage. [26]
"Belong to the World"NoneRoh Sang Yoon

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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 PillingTesfaye and Drake perform in a dark studio and subway. [28]
"Pretty"NoneThe video revolves around Tesfaye murdering his unfaithful lover [29]
"Gifted" French Montana Bang JaeyeobTesfaye and French Montana perform in a club and in an alleyway. [30]
"Or Nah" (remix)2014 Ty Dolla Sign
Wiz Khalifa
DJ Mustard 		Ryan PatrickThe video features Ty Dolla Sign, Wiz Khalifa, DJ Mustard and Tesfaye performing in a horror-like setting with several women. [31]
"Often"Jesi Le RaeSam PillingTesfaye is filmed in a hotel room surrounded by women. [32]
"King of the Fall"NoneKid StudioThe 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 MAKESTesfaye 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		HobinThe 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 MAKESTesfaye 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		OJun KwonThe video follows a bank robbery through the first-person perspective of one of the robbers. [44]
"Party Monster"2017Zoi MantzakanisRIGEND FLIM STUDIOTesfaye 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 StudioReleased on Tesfaye's 27th birthday, the video features an all-star cast of rappers. [46]
"Some Way" Nav RJ SanchezNav 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 SeokyoungTesfaye 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 HelmanThe black and white video shows populating clones of Gucci Mane and Tesfaye. [52]
"Try Me" •2018None 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"NoneJINOOYA MAKESTesfaye wanders through empty streets and a desert. [54]
"What You Want" Belly Paranoid Paradigm

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

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Inspired by the television series Game of Thrones , Tesfaye, SZA and Scott take turns sitting on the throne. [58]
"Heartless" Metro Boomin Vikings LeagueThe 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"2020Miki HamanoBeginning 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 MiucciaFollowing 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"NoneThe video shows a dazed Tesfaye navigating through a balloon-filled mansion in a lost and damaged manner. [62]
"Too Late"Ashley Smith
Kenzie Harr		96waveA 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 TerreroThe remix serves as a continuation for the original video. [64]
"Blinding Lights" (remix) Rosalía Dylan CoughranThe video follows Tesfaye and Rosalía during a photoshoot. [65]
"Save Your Tears"2021Bianca Rojas96waveA disfigured Tesfaye performs at a lavish nightclub. [66]
"You Right" Doja Cat
Chris Petersen		Quentin DeronzierThe video is set in a majestic palace in the galaxy with heavy astrological influences. [67]
"Better Believe" Belly
Young Thug 		FLIPEVILThe video features Tesfaye, Belly and Young Thug in an explosive environment. [68]
"Take My Breath"Shaina West96waveTesfaye 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 LareseTesfaye, Nas and Belly perform in a dystopian-like world. [70]
"Can't Feel My Face" (Alternate Version) Camille Rowe Ricky SaizReleased 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 WesselyThe 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 YoonRosalía 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"NoneFLIPEVILMusic 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 JohnsonThe video features Tesfaye watching FKA Twigs perform in a tank with tears in his eyes. [76]
"Echoes of Silence"NoneKurando Furuya
Hajime Sorayama		Music video released for the tenth anniversary of Echoes of Silence's release. [77]
"Sacrifice"2022None96waveAfter 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"NoneTedynotbearAn 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 96waveTaking 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?"NoneJocelyn Charles
96wave		Animation directed by Jocelyn Charles. Creative direction and concept by Cliqua.
"Is There Someone Else?"2023Mackenzee Wilson96waveStarring Tesfaye & Mackenzee Wilson.
"Creepin'" (remix) Metro Boomin
21 Savage
Diddy
Mario Winans
FLIPEVILTesfaye, 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"2013Ricky HilLa Mar TaylorTesfaye appears alongside Hil throughout.
"XO Tour Llif3"2017 Lil Uzi Vert
Nav 		Virgil Abloh Tesfaye makes a cameo appearance with Nav. [85]

Filmography

Film

TitleYearRoleDirector(s)Notes
Road to Release2013HimselfHimselfShort 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 2020Anton TammiShort film
The Show 2021Nadia HallgrenDocumentary
Live at SoFi Stadium 2023Micah BickhamConcert film

Television

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

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