{"id":74916,"date":"2023-03-01T05:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/the-weeknd-to-star-in-movie-based-on-his-own-idea\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T05:41:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:41:41","slug":"the-weeknd-to-star-in-movie-based-on-his-own-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/the-weeknd-to-star-in-movie-based-on-his-own-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd To Star In Movie Based On His Own Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/artist\/the-weeknd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a><\/strong> is ready to make his feature-length performing debut, teaming with Trey Edward Shults on a currently-untitled film that additionally stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.udiscovermusic.com\/collections\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop the most effective of The Weeknd\u2019s discography on vinyl and extra<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shults will direct from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing associate Reza Fahim. Additionally, The Weeknd\u2013AKA Abel Tesfaye\u2013has recruited frequent collaborator, composer and producer Oneohtrix Point Never (AKA Daniel Lopatin) to attain the movie with him.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/the-weeknd-100m-monthly-listeners-spotify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify introduced<\/a><\/strong> that The Weeknd has change into the primary artist to achieve 100 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify.\u00a0The streaming service <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify\/status\/1630322259905708037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed the information in a Tweet<\/a><\/strong>, writing, \u201cIt\u2019s official: On February 27, The Weeknd became the first artist in Spotify History to reach 100 Million monthly listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the pop icon recruited <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> for a remix of his 2016 smash <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/weeknd-ariana-grande-die-for-you-remix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDie For You.\u201d<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cDie For You\u201d has been experiencing a latest resurgence on the charts, with the track remaining within the prime 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the final seven weeks (and counting), with a peak place at No.6. The authentic \u201cDie For You\u201d comes from The Weeknd\u2019s Billboard 200-topping album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/the-weeknds-starboy-and-blinding-lights-receive-diamond-certifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Starboy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, launched in 2016. But now, he\u2019s capitalizing on the seven-year-old track\u2019s momentum with the assistance of the \u201cThank U, Next\u201d famous person.<\/p>\n<p>Grande posted a TikTookay video earlier final week of her engaged on her part of the track. \u201cWrote and recorded a verse for my friend after a 14 hour day on set. This certain exception had to be made\u2026.\u201d she captioned the clip, the place she\u2019s seen laying down harmonies and slicing vocal takes. The \u201cCreepin\u2019\u201d singer posted her video on his Instagram account with a tearing up emoji. But their followers can certainly save their tears for an additional day, as a result of the \u201cDie For You\u201d remix has lastly arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the icon\u2019s wildly anticipated live performance movie,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/the-weeknd-live-sofi-stadium-hbo-max\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Live At SoFi Stadium<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, arrived through HBO Max on Saturday, February 25.\u00a0The Weeknd\u2019s final music TV particular, <em>The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience,<\/em> arrived on Amazon Prime Video in February 2022, which served as a theatrical growth of his final studio album <em>Dawn FM<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/weeknd-billboard-chart-record-dawn-fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>that topped charts throughout the globe<\/strong><\/a>. <em>Dawn FM<\/em> follows his critically acclaimed fourth LP <em>After Hours<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/weeknd-after-hours-top-rb-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>which debuted and remained at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 4 consecutive weeks<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the most effective of The Weeknd on <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/playlist\/the-weeknd-essentials\/pl.659f6a1cac0f4232ad19d1a2cfdc9fb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!--US \/ UK English--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Weeknd is ready to make his feature-length performing debut, teaming with Trey Edward Shults on a currently-untitled film that additionally stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Shop the most effective of The Weeknd\u2019s discography on vinyl and extra. Shults will direct from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing associate Reza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}