Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Here’s why your favorite recent chart-topper has probably gotten that sped-up remix treatment on TikTok, the app’s latest viral ...

On TikTok, one of the latest music trends is speeding up popular songs. And now, fans are demanding that artists comply with their expectations for speedy sounds. In one recent controversy, ...

If you’ve opened TikTok recently, you’ve likely scrolled past a video soundtracked by a fresh take on Miguel’s 2010 single “Sure Thing” — the defining moodiness of the original replaced by a jaunty ...

In this format, even new singles are breaking through to a mainstream audience. This year, a sped-up remix of Joseline Hernandez’s Vegas (I Wanna Ride) dominated TikTok FYPs everywhere, with more than ...

Abel's final album as The Weeknd is here. If this is really the end of The Weeknd’s artistic moniker, what a run it’s been for the R&B titan, who redefined the genre with his Michael Jackson-adjacent ...

The Gist: The Weeknd is getting his ass handed to him. Via voicemail. From an angry ex. Maybe he shouldn’t listen to it minutes before taking the stage in front of a football stadium full of people.

The Weeknd’s new album features guest appearances from Florence + the Machine and Lana Del Rey. The collaboration marks a historic moment in modern pop music, as these three powerhouse artists have ...

Throughout his relatively long and exceedingly productive career as the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye has seemed restless. His music, a rangy mix of electronic pop and R&B styles streaked with a touch of ...

On Sept. 3, 2022, on what was intended to be the final date of his exhausting “After Hours Til Dawn” North American tour, the Weeknd confidently took the stage of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California ...

The pop star enlists director Trey Edward Shults for a fictionalized re-creation of the circumstances around a disastrous tour appearance. The morning after his off-screen girlfriend (Riley Keogh) ...

You better hurry up and buy those movie tickets, because The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow movie opens in theaters, well, tomorrow. Directed by Trey Edward Shults (known for 2017’s It Comes At Night and ...