It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since the release of The Weeknd's 'Echoes of Silence' mixtape. In commemoration of the project, Abel has released a new video for the title cut which continues his onslaught of high cinematic visuals. Enlisting Hajime Sorayama as creative director, the CGI heavy video is stacked with a slew of sexy robots amongst a dystopian looking city.
Two weeks ago we thought that The Weeknd had concluded his stream of videos for 'After Hours' which all added up to one big story revolving around the masquerade of success, addiction and love. The vid for 'In Your Eyes' found the Toronto crooner chasing a woman with a knife, which ultimately ended up with him getting his head chopped off his head off by an axe.
With his latest album 'After Hours' having reached Number 1, The Weeknd has unveiled another video, this time for the song 'In Your Eyes'. This is actually the continuation to his previous 'After Hours' short film, in which the 'In Your Eyes' picks up from the elevator scene. Going all Jason style with a butcher knife from 'Friday the 13th', The Weeknd has clearly chopped up the male counterpart to the female (played by Zaina Miuccia) in the elevator. She then runs out in the street trying to get away from the R&B crooner before ending up in a nightclub. What has become a full blown horror short, Miuccia ends up getting her revenge towards the end. Check it out.
At this point, though there is still the anticipation for The Weeknd's forthcoming LP 'After Hours', which is out March 20th, even more excitement seems to have been generated by his acting in his previous videos. The Weeknd continues to highlight that side of himself in this new 'After Hours' short film. Directed by Anton Tammi, what you have here is the Toronto crooner pretending to be happy whilst in front of an audience, but as soon as he walks off stage the joy is rapidly transformed into sadness and a depressive state. Seemingly still battling demons, the real horror start once he's in an elevator with two other people. You'll just have to stay tuned for continued visuals. Have a look.
The Weeknd has unveiled his latest video 'Blinding Lights' which is a continuation of the story line from 'Heartless'. Whilst behaving like a man who has completely gone mad, living life in the most reckless manner, the Toronto crooner drives around Los Angeles at high speeds and eventually finds himself in bad run in with gangsters. The Weeknd is definitely going into full on acting mode in these days, which in all fairness, he does quite a good job. The video is directed by Anton Tammi.
Parisian producer Allure brings his touch of musical elegance to the Gesaffelstein and The Weeknd single 'Lost In The Fire'. Deep and seductive, the remix glistens with silky piano riffs, head-nodding drum programming and ethereal synth spreads that bubbles with class.
After releasing his 'My Dear Melancholy' EP, The Weeknd received echoed statements among fans that he had returned to his old sound that gripped listeners from the start. Now The Weeknd unveils the video for the lead-off single 'Call Out My Name'. Directed by Grant Singer, scenes shift between a dark, lonely street setting flooded with bats and a forest containing frozen animals, as well as a masked woman. In between all of this, The Weeknd gives a dramatic performance which many would attribute to the break-up of him and Selena Gomez. Never the less, he has another hit on his hands. Watch the video down below.
The Weeknd continues to ride his high streak with very sharp visuals for his track …
Aside from topping the charts and being caught up in celebrity gossip regarding singer Selena Gomez, The Weekend has released the official video for his single 'Party Monster'. The BRTHR-directed visuals are definitely on the weirder side of the fence as flickering effects coincide with clips of girls dressed in sexy attire, and even a cougar jumping out of a TV screen. This is sort of like experiencing a trip without the "substances".
Remember the days when The Weeknd released NSFW type videos that either contained a vast amount of hedonism or slightly violent imagery. Well it seems as if he's returned to his old self with his latest Ilya Naishuller-directed video 'False Alarm'. Whilst there isn't much happening in terms of hedonistic episodes, there is a whole heap of violence as the video is shot from a first person perspective and entails a group of men robbing a bank, shooting people and having a battle with authorities. It kind of looks like a live version of a video game.
