The Weeknd AKA Abel Tesfaye is reflecting on the tumultuous production and controversial reception to “The Idol.” The 2023 HBO series starred Tesfaye as a sleazy club owner turned music manager who ...

The Grammy winner acknowledged that he loved "reading criticism" of the controversial show — even if "some of it didn't feel constructive" ...

Max's The Idol was The Weeknd 's first major acting role. Unfortunately, the series was canceled after one season-a blip on Abel Tesfaye's otherwise stellar career. In a new interview with Variety, ...

The Weeknd is opening up about his difficult 2022, saying he had "kind of a mental breakdown" after losing his voice on stage ...

Samir Hussein/Getty Images for ABA The Weeknd’s sixth album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, may be the last that he releases under his ...

The 34-year-old music star, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, admits he could soon walk away from his stage name and move on ...

The Weeknd is opening up about the storm of criticism surrounding his controversial HBO series, The Idol. Speaking to Variety in a profile published Friday, January 10, the Grammy-winning artist ...

The 2023 HBO series starred Tesfaye as a sleazy club owner turned music manager who becomes entangled ... Shults co-wrote the film with Tesfaye and his “Idol” co-writer Reza Fahim.

The Weeknd is looking back on missteps made by his controversial series The Idol. “I’m really proud of it — we all are,” said the musician, 34, who wrote and executive produced the series ...

That’s not to say The Weeknd is quitting music. Though he has also delved deeper ... that his short-lived HBO show, The Idol, was met with so much criticism, but that’s not why he did it.