The Weeknd videography

This is the videography of Canadian singer The Weeknd.

The Weeknd performing at FEQ in July 2018

Music videos

Key

•	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".

Drake was featured in "The Zone", "Live For" and "Reminder".

Kiko Mizuhara appeared in "I Feel It Coming".

Title	Year	Other performer(s) credited	Director(s)	Description	Ref(s)
"Rolling Stone" •	2012	None	The Weeknd	Filmed in a dimly lit studio in black and white, Tesfaye paints the relationship he has with his fans.	[1]
"Wicked Games" •		None		Filmed in black and white, Tesfaye performs while the shadow of a model pulls him in.	[2]
"The Zone" •		Drake		The video features psychedelic shots of Tesfaye, Drake and several women with a plethora of balloons.	[3]
"Twenty Eight"	2013	None	+IAN (Christian Yu)	Tesfaye has a confrontation with a mysterious man.	[4]
"One of Those Nights"		Juicy J	Sam Pilling	A gunman confronts Tesfaye after robbing a bar.	[5]
"Kiss Land"		None	Andrew Baird	Set in Japan, the video contains a lot of NSFW footage.	[6]
"Belong to the World"		None	Roh Sang Yoon (filmbyteam)	Set in Japan, Tesfaye finds himself among the ranks of a military regime who go out for a night on the town.	[7]
"Live For"		Drake	Sam Pilling	Tesfaye and Drake perform in a dark studio and subway.	[8]
"Pretty"		None		The video revolves around Tesfaye murdering his unfaithful lover	[9]
"Gifted"		French Montana	Bang Jaeyeob	Tesfaye and French Montana perform in a club and in an alleyway.	[10]
"Or Nah" (remix)	2014	Ty Dolla Sign Wiz Khalifa DJ Mustard	Ryan Patrick	The video features Ty Dolla Sign, Wiz Khalifa, DJ Mustard and Tesfaye performing in a horror-like setting with several women.	[11]
"Often"		Jesi Le Rae	Sam Pilling	Tesfaye is filmed in a hotel room surrounded by women.	[12]
"King of the Fall"		None	Kid Studio	The video follows Tesfaye walking through his hometown of Toronto.	[13]
"Love Me Harder"		Ariana Grande	NOVVKIM	Grande and Tesfaye perform while withstanding natural elements.	[14]
"Earned It"	2015	Dakota Johnson	Sam Taylor-Johnson	As Tesfaye performs, Johnson and several other women perform a BDSM-themed burlesque dance behind him.	[15]
"The Hills"		Sophie Dalah Rick Wilder	Guzza (Kudo)	Tesfaye 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.	[16]
"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.	[17]
"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.	[18]
"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.	[19]
"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.	[20]
"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.	[21]
"Low Life"	2016	Future Sveta Bilyalova	Hobin	The video features Future and Tesfaye performing in a prison-like setting. Belly and French Montana make cameo appearances in the video.	[22]
"Starboy"		Daft Punk	Guzza (Kudo)	Tesfaye 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.	[23]
"False Alarm"		Kristine Froseth Randy Irwin	OJun Kwon	The video follows a bank robbery through the first-person perspective of one of the robbers.	[24]
"Party Monster"	2017	Zoi Mantzakanis	RIGEND FLIM STUDIO	Tesfaye is seen driving through the desert before the psychedelics kicks in and he's transported to a whole new world.	[25]
"Reminder"		Drake Metro Boomin Bryson Tiller ASAP Rocky Travis Scott Nav French Montana	Kid Studio	Released on Tesfaye's 27th birthday, the video features an all-star cast of rappers.	[26]
"Some Way"		Nav	RJ Sanchez	Nav and Tesfaye perform whilst surrounded by women.	[27]
"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.	[28]
"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.	[29]
"Secrets"		Black Atlass Hannah Donker	Yoon Seokyoung	Tesfaye wanders through mysterious anomalies in search of Donker, who is also being pursued by Black Atlass.	[30]
"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.	[31]
"Curve"		Gucci Mane	David Helman	The black and white video shows populating clones of Gucci Mane and Tesfaye.	[32]
"Try Me" •	2018	None	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).	[33]
"Call Out My Name"		None	Guzza (Kudo)	Tesfaye wanders through empty streets and a desert.	[34]
"What You Want"		Belly	Paranoid Paradigm (VM Project Architecture)	Belly and Tesfaye drive through a prison yard.	[35]
"Lost in the Fire"	2019	Gesaffelstein	Manu Cossu	Gesaffelstien and Tesfaye dance slowly in a dark setting.	[36]
"Price on My Head"		Nav	Kid. Studio	The video focuses on Belly and Tesfaye's hometown of Toronto being burned down.	[37]
"Power Is Power"		SZA Travis Scott	Roh Sang Yoon (filmbyteam)	Inspired by the television series Game of Thrones, Tesfaye, SZA and Scott take turns sitting on the throne.	[38]
"Heartless"		Metro Boomin	Vikings League	The video focuses on Tesfaye and Metro Boomin as they explore Las Vegas. It ends with Tesfaye licking a psychoactive toad and experiencing hallucinations.	[39]
"Blinding Lights"	2020	Miki Hamano		Beginning 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.	[40]
"In Your Eyes"		Zaina Miuccia		Following the events of the After Hours short film, Tesfaye chases Miuccia through different locations before she decapitates him with an axe.	[41]
"Until I Bleed Out"		None		The video shows a dazed Tesfaye navigating through a balloon-filled mansion in a lost and damaged manner.	[42]
"Too Late"		Ashley Smith Kenzie Harr	96wave	A heavily bandaged Smith and Harr find Tesfaye's severed head on the street and transplants it onto another man's body.	[43]
"Hawái" (remix)		Maluma Yovanna Ventura	Jessy Terrero	The remix serves as a continuation for the original video.	[44]
"Blinding Lights" (remix)		Rosalía	Dylan Coughran	The video follows Tesfaye and Rosalía during a photoshoot.	[45]
"Save Your Tears"	2021	Bianca Rojas	96wave	A disfigured Tesfaye performs at a lavish nightclub.	[46]
"You Right"		Doja Cat Chris Petersen	Quentin Deronzier	The video is set in a majestic palace in the galaxy with heavy astrological influences.	[47]
"Better Believe"		Belly Young Thug	FLIPEVIL	The video features Tesfaye, Belly and Young Thug in an explosive environment.	[48]
"Take My Breath"		Shaina West	96wave	Tesfaye 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.	[49]
"Die for It"		Belly Nas	James Larese	Tesfaye, Nas and Belly perform in a dystopian-like world.	[50]
"Can't Feel My Face" (Alternate Version)		Camille Rowe	Ricky Saiz	Released to celebrate the six-year anniversary of the release of Tesfaye's second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015).	[51]
"Moth to a Flame"		Swedish House Mafia	Alexander Wessely	The video serves as a continuation of Swedish House Mafia's previous videos for the singles It Gets Better and Lifetime.	[52]
"La Fama"		Rosalía Danny Trejo	Jihye Yoon	Rosalía 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.	[53]
"One Right Now"		Post Malone	SL8	Tesfaye and Malone engage in a violent shootout with their respective teams.	[54]
"Die For You"		None	FLIPEVIL	Music video released for the fifth anniversary of Starboy's release. The video pays tribute to Stranger Things and E.T.	[55]
"Tears in the Club"		FKA Twigs	Amber Grace Johnson	The video features Tesfaye watching FKA Twigs perform in a tank with tears in his eyes.	[56]
"Echoes of Silence"		None	Kurando Furuya Hajime Sorayama	Music video released for the tenth anniversary of Echoes of Silence's release.	[57]
"Sacrifice"	2022	None	96wave	After 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.	[58]
"Gasoline"		None	Tedynotbear	An 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.	[59]
"Sacrifice" (Alternate World Remix)		Swedish House Mafia	96wave	Taking place in an alternate reality, Tesfaye and Swedish House Mafia watch a ballroom scene competition.	[60]
"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).	[61]
"How Do I Make You Love Me?"		None	Jocelyn Charles 96wave	Animation directed by Jocelyn Charles. Creative direction and concept by Cliqua.
"Is There Someone Else?"	2023	Mackenzee Wilson	96wave	Starring Tesfaye & Mackenzee Wilson.
"Creepin'" (remix)		Metro Boomin 21 Savage Diddy Mario Winans	FLIPEVIL	Tesfaye, 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.	[62]
"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.	[63]
"K-Pop"		Travis Scott, Bad Bunny			[64]
"Popular"	2024	Madonna, Playboi Carti
"Young Metro"		Future & Metro Boomin			[65]
"We Still Don't Trust You"			Hidji World, Omar Jones
"Dancing in the Flames"		—			[66]
"Timeless"		Playboi Carti			[67]
"São Paulo"		—			[68]
"Red Terror"		—			[69]
"Open Hearts"	2025	—			[70]
Guest appearances
"Headlines"	2011	Drake	La Mar Taylor Highly Alleyne	Tesfaye makes a guest appearance with members of his XO record label.	[71]
"Sarah's Song"	2013	Ricky Hil	La Mar Taylor	Tesfaye appears alongside Hil throughout.
"XO Tour Llif3"	2017	Lil Uzi Vert Nav	Virgil Abloh	Tesfaye makes a cameo appearance with Nav.	[72]

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Notes
Road to Release	2013	Himself	Himself	Short 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	2020		Anton Tammi	Short film
The Show	2021		Nadia Hallgren	Documentary
Live at SoFi Stadium	2023		Micah Bickham	Concert film
Live From São Paulo	2024
Hurry Up Tomorrow	2025		Trey Edward Shults	Feature film

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Saturday Night Live	2015–16; 2020	Musical guest	S41 E2, S42 E1, S45 E15
American Dad!	2020	Himself (voice)	Episode: "A Starboy Is Born"; also co-writer	[73]
Robot Chicken		Various voices	Episode: "Endgame"	[74]
Super Bowl LV Halftime Show	2021	Himself	Television special	[75]
The Dawn FM Experience	2022			[76]
The Simpsons		Orion Hughes, Darius Hughes (voices)	Episode: "Bart the Cool Kid"	[77]
The Idol	2023	Tedros	Lead role; also co-creator, writer and executive producer	[78]