The Weeknd has launched a brand new horror movie-inspired music video for “Is There Somebody Else?” to have fun the one-year anniversary of his most up-to-date album, Daybreak FM.
On Saturday (January 7), the XO vocalist unleashed the cinematic visible, which seems to transform the sinister plot of the 2000 movie American Psycho starring Christian Bale into a trendy and promiscuous story of affection and suspense.
Forward of the video’s launch, The Weeknd (actual identify is Abel Tesfaye) took to Twitter to express his excitement for the one-year anniversary of Dawn FM. “DAWN FM TURNS 1 TONIGHT … listing the most effective tunes… GO,” he tweeted.
Watch the video for “Is There Somebody Else?” beneath:
Retweeting a tweet from Buzzing Pop, The Weeknd additionally acknowledged one other new achievement after turning into the third artist total and first Black artist in Spotify historical past to have 10 songs every with over one billion streams.
Final month, The Weekend celebrated a one other milestone, this time for his hit single “Blinding Lights,” which just lately grew to become the highest-streamed track on Spotify in historical past after reaching the brink of greater than three billion streams.
Moreover, the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA) awarded the Canadian singer a diamond plaque final month for his 2015 single “Can’t Really feel My Face,” making The Weeknd the third solo artist and fourth artist total to attain 4 diamond certifications. He’s presently tied for second place on the all-time listing for many diamond plaques with Submit Malone and Think about Dragons.
The Weeknd can be the first Canadian artist to score at least four diamond plaques, whereas his fellow Toronto artist Drake presently has three.
Elsewhere, the Canadian hitmaker has managed to take his abilities to the large display screen as his new single, “Nothing Is Misplaced (You Give Me Energy),” helped ramp up the hype of director James Cameron’s newest blockbuster fantasy movie, Avatar: The Manner Of The Water soundtrack.