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Ariana Grande appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night and took part in one of the show's comedy bits, "Wing It and Sing It." On it, she was required to sing a song with lyrics composed by the show's writers, which she'd never heard or seen before. As a piano player played a generic tune, Ari made up a melody off the top of her head to the song, which was all about how small she is. "I'm a human baby carrot/ I'm a lady Pikachu," Ari sang. "I am little/ I am tiny/ I'm the perfect bite-sized snack/ ten of me stacked together/ only equals one of Shaq."

G-Eazy will release a new album, Helium, on Feb. 28 and will kick off a tour in support of the project starting April 4 in New Haven, Connecticut. He'll also do a Las Vegas residency at XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas on April 18, May 2, July 13 and Sept. 13. You can hear a new song from the album, "Kiss the Sky," now.

Tennis balls are in the house tonight. Redfoo of LMFAO -- best known for "Sexy and I Know It" and "Party Rock Anthem" -- has just become a professional tennis player, making his debut during an international tournament in Egypt. The rapper, born Stefan Gordy, won the first set of his qualifying round 6-0, but as he continued in the tournament, he lost his match in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.

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Post Malone is this year's Record Store Day ambassador, so it's no surprise that he's offering fans a special release for this year's version of the event, scheduled to take place in independent record shops nationwide on April 12.

He's releasing Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana, the audio of a livestream he did in April 2020, on yellow vinyl. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to MusiCares' Addiction Recovery/Mental Health Division. Among the Nirvana songs Posty performed: "Come As You Are," "In Bloom," "Heart Shaped Box" and "About A Girl."

Posty is also featured on Taylor Swift's RSD release: a 7-inch single version of "Fortnight" with the BLOND:ISH Remix of the song on the flip side.

Taylor's pal Gracie Abrams is releasing Live From Radio City Music Hall, a two-LP set with 22 tracks from her albums Good Riddance and The Secret of Us, including "That's So True."

Charli XCX has not one but two releases: her Number 1 Angel mixtape on candy apple red vinyl, released for the first time as a stand-alone album, and a 7-inch vinyl single of "Guess," with the original version on one side and the version with Billie Eilish on the other.

A limited and numbered two-LP version of Wicked: The Soundtrack is pressed on green glitter and pink glitter vinyl and features a bonus track, "Ozdust Duet" — which had previously only been available digitally — and a poster.

And Sam Smith has The BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall, a two-LP live album they recorded in 2024 with a full orchestra. It includes live versions of "I'm Not the Only One," "Stay With Me," "Dancing With a Stranger," "Too Good at Goodbyes," "Unholy," and the standards "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "My Funny Valentine."

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If you've lost track of specials celebrating the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, it's understandable. First there was the one focusing on the show's music, which aired on NBC. Then a star-studded concert was announced that will stream on Peacock in February. Now there are details on the third one.

SNL50: The Anniversary Special will feature appearances by a number of musicians who've appeared on the show over the years, including Miley Cyrus, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter, and rock legends Paul McCartney and Paul Simon.

In addition, the special will feature Kim Kardashian, Quinta Brunson, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson, Martin Short, Pedro Pascal, Robert De Niro, John Mulaney, Scarlett Johansson and more.

That special airs Sunday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

As previously reported, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert will stream live from Radio City Music Hall Feb. 14 and feature Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, Miley, Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Bonnie Raitt, The B-52's, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and many more.

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All eyes will be on Kendrick Lamar when he takes the field for his Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, but in an interview with Apple Music, he admits the Super Bowl stage was not something he had his sights set on.

"I wasn’t thinking about no Super Bowl ... we was thinking the best verse, how we gonna split this $5 at Church's Chicken," he tells Ebro Darden and Nadeska Alexis. "What I know is the passion I have now is the passion I had then and I think it carried on to the Super Bowl. Being present and not foreseeing everything kept me in a grounded state of mind in order to be on big stages like [the Super Bowl]."

As for what fans can expect from his performance, K. Dot says there will be some storytelling. "I think I've always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music, and I've always had a passion about bringing it on whatever stage I'm on. ... I like to always carry on that sense of, you know, make people listen, but also see and think a little," he says.

He also notes he's honored to be sharing the stage with SZA, whose success he says has been "amazing to see." 

Kendrick performed as part of the halftime show for Super Bowl 56, which was headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige. His performance Sunday, however, will make him the first solo hip-hop artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime show.

"For me, it mean everything because it puts the culture on the forefront where it needs to be, and not minimized to just a catchy song or verse," he says of the feat. "This is a true art form, so to represent it on this type of stage, it's like everything that I've worked for and everything that I believe in as far as the culture, like, I live and die by."

Super Bowl 59 kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. 

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Outfits worn on album covers, in music videos or onstage by artists like Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and more are going up for auction, with proceeds going to LA wildfire relief.

The Give a Frock celebrity fashion and memorabilia sale, via Julien's Auctions, will run through Feb. 25. Clothing and accessories worn by artists including Olivia Rodrigo, Gwen Stefani, Billie Eilish, Avril Lavigne, Cher, Latto, Paramore's Hayley Williams, Cyndi Lauper, Kelly Rowland and Toni Braxton are all on offer.

Among the items up for bid: The majorette outfit Chappell wore in the video for "Hot To Go" and to perform it onstage; dresses that Sabrina wore in the videos for "Please Please Please" and "Taste"; a custom Gucci outfit Charli wore during her Sweat tour; a Rodarte gown Olivia wore to the premiere of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes; and the earrings Billie wore in the video for "What Was I Made For?" 

One hundred percent of net auction proceeds will benefit the charities Altadena Girls, Friends in Deed, One Voice and Pasadena Humane Society.

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In an interview with The Sun published on Wednesday, Feb. 5, Liam Payne's girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, talked about why she left Argentina four days before the One Direction singer's death and how she's been coping with the grief.

"I think about Liam every second of every day," she said. "It still doesn't feel fully real for me that he's not here. Sometimes I'll wake up and it's a reality I have to face for the rest of my life."

Liam died on Oct. 16, 2024, after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Argentina. He was 31.

"Originally, we thought we were going to be in Argentina for a week, give or take. A little less, a little more," said Kate. "And after two weeks ... we had a responsibility, we had our dog and obviously I never would have thought this event would have occurred."

Kate said that she remembered Liam being in "a good headspace" when she left Argentina.

"If I could see into the future, I would have never left Argentina but unfortunately, I do have — we did have our own separate lives. This wasn't the first time we traveled separately," she added.

Kate was at the home she shared with Liam in Florida when one of his friends called to tell her of his death. She added that she can't remember what was said in the call because it's "blacked out" from her memory.

"I didn't want to believe it at first at all," Kate said. "I genuinely thought it was just a rumor. Or some made-up thing that somebody made up to get views online. And instantly I just had a bad feeling in my gut. I was like, 'Why would somebody make this up?"

Kate said her last text message to Liam read, "I can't wait for you to come home."

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The fan casting for the upcoming Britney Spears biopic, which is being directed by Jon M. Chu, has been going full force ever since the project was announced, and one person on the list says she'd be thrilled to portray the pop icon on film.

Actress Olivia Holt, who stars in the new horror film Heart Eyes, is one of the stars mentioned by fans for the role. Not only is she a former Disney star like Britney, she's also a singer. She tells Variety, "I would be so honored to play Britney." 

She adds, “I’m just so grateful to be in the running and around so many names and talent who are in the running for it. Just the idea that I am on people’s minds to play something as iconic as this, would be a dream.”

To be clear, Holt isn't actually "in the running" for the role — no casting decisions have been made. According to Variety, other stars who've been mentioned by fans to play Britney include Florence Pugh, Sabrina Carpenter, Millie Bobby Brown, Sydney Sweeney, Addison Rae, Elle Fanning and Tate McRae.

Asked to name her favorite Britney jams, Holt told Variety that her favorite is "I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," but added, "I also love the Circus era. There are so many eras of Britney. How could you choose?”

There's no timetable yet for the biopic. Chu told Entertainment Tonight in January, "I haven’t really started anything fully yet" and added that he'd "seen all the fan casting ... and I always take those into consideration because maybe there’s a good idea out there." He also said Britney will be "very involved" in the film.

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The Grammys don't just help artists who win — anyone who performs on the show tends to get a boost, as the latest streaming numbers from Luminate show.

As Billboard reports, Charli XCX didn't win on-camera, but her underwear party performance of "Von dutch" and "Guess" led to a 130% increase in streams for the former song. Similarly, RAYE didn't win at all, but her performance of "Oscar Winning Tears" resulted in a 54% bump in streams for the song. 

As for those who won and didn't perform, Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album experienced a 595% increase in streams on the Monday after the Grammys, following its win for album of the year, while Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" had a 74% increase in daily streams after it won record and song of the year.

But the real winners were those who both won and performed. Chappell Roan took home best new artist and performed "Pink Pony Club," which resulted in a 109% increase in streams for that specific song. Her whole catalog increased by 50%.

Doechii's memorable medley performance of "Catfish" and "Denial Is a River," which many singled out as among the best performances of the telecast, delivered respective bumps of 213% and 93%, while her win for best rap album led to a 182% increase of her entire catalog, according to Billboard. 

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Rihanna is, as she describes it, in her "blue era," playing Smurfette, the self-described "coolest Smurf in the village" in the new live-action/animated movie Smurfs.

In a newly released trailer for this iteration of the beloved franchise film, Papa Smurf, played by John Goodman, is kidnapped by the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, so Smurfette and the rest of the village head to Paris to rescue him. And at one point in the trailer, the Smurfs are actually seen in the non-animated, "real" world.

In addition to Rihanna and Goodman, the film also features the voices of Nick Offerman, James Corden, Hannah Waddingham, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Kurt Russell and more. The film arrives in theaters July 18.

This will be the fifth full-length feature film to star the blue creatures: The most recent one was 2017's Smurfs: The Lost Village. Both Katy Perry and Demi Lovato have played Smurfette in past films.

So, will this new film bring us any new music from Rihanna, whose last album was released in 2016? Well, in the trailer, we hear her hit "Please Don't Stop the Music" and someone -- possibly Rihanna -- singing a cover of the Belinda Carlisle hit "Heaven Is a Place on Earth." There's also a snippet of a single from the soundtrack: "Higher Love," by Desi Trill featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi. It's available for pre-order now.

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Kelly Clarkson is heading back to Las Vegas for a new residency.

Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions - The Las Vegas Residency is coming to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on July 4, and right now, 18 performances are scheduled through November.

In a statement, Kelly says, "I’m so excited to be back in Vegas! We’re bringing the studio to the stage this time with ‘Studio Sessions!’ See y’all there!”

It's not clear yet what Kelly means by "bringing the studio to the stage."

Kelly's most recent Las Vegas shows took place at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in 2023 and 2024.

A Citi card presale starts Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. PT via citientertainment.com. Fan club presale tickets will be available starting Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. PT; members of Caesars Rewards, Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers get a presale Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets go on sale to the general public Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. PT.

Here are the performances going on sale: 

July 2025: 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26

August 2025: 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16

November 2025: 7, 8, 14, 15 

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Ed Sheeran's daughter Lyra is five and his daughter Jupiter will be three this spring, so they're technically old enough to attend his concerts -- but that doesn't mean they're old enough to appreciate everything dad does on stage.

In a Q&A with fans, Ed was asked, "Have your daughters been able to see you perform on tour yet? Did they enjoy it?"  He responded, "Yeah, they love the fireworks." Ouch.  Ed also revealed that the next tattoo he plans to add to his ever-growing collection is "a bumble bee drawn by my daughter," although he didn't say which one.

Ed also offered advice to a fan who wondered how to overcome writer's block, noting, "Write every day and don't stress if it's bad ... dare to suck, and every now and then great stuff will come. No creator is on their A game 100% of the time."

And to a fan who wondered how he deals with negative criticism, Ed noted, "I've had it my whole life ... when I was unknown I was too weird, too ginger, too keen, when I was successful I was too formulaic, too pop, too bland."

However, he wisely notes, "I play stadiums every weekend so something must still be working."

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After apologizing for adjusting his jumpsuit "so aggressively" at the Grammys on Sunday night due to it being "extremely restricting," Benson Boone has apparently decided that what doesn't kill him makes him stronger. In a TikTok titled "I'm not taking it off (it hurts)," Benson is seen wearing the baby blue sparkly jumpsuit while lounging on his couch, snacking in the kitchen and riding on a motorbike. The caption reads, "When it hurts but you still like it."

After taking time off for solo projects, BLACKPINK promised to reunite this year and it seems they're going to keep their promise. A 21-second teaser shows footage of a packed stadium and the group standing onstage, with the caption "BLACKPINK 2025 World Tour." The group's members are currently doing pretty well on their own: Rosé, Lisa and Jennie all have songs on the chart right now.

And speaking of Rosé, the video for "APT.," her smash duet with Bruno Mars, has just reached 1 billion views on Spotify, 105 days after its release in October. According to Spotify, it's the fifth fastest music video to reach the milestone.

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Touring, winning Oscars, hosting Saturday Night Live, topping the charts — Billie Eilish has so many accomplishments that it's hard to remember she also has a side hustle as a perfume maker.

She'll launch her third fragrance, Your Turn, Thursday at noon ET at BillieEilishFragrances.com. Unlike her previous two fragrances, Eilish and Eilish No. 2, the bottle is not in the shape of her own neck and bosom. Instead, Your Turn is packaged in a container that looks like a pair of metal dice stacked on top of each other.

Priced at $90, the fragrance is unisex and is described as "a warm, woody, and fresh scent that blends bright ginger, velvety peach skin, and smooth sandalwood."

Billie says in a statement on the website, "I’ve always been extremely passionate about scent and love the process of developing something new. I’m excited to share the newest scent and bottle in my fragrance collection, Your Turn."

Last year while appearing on Chicken Shop Date, Billie said the number one thing she notices about a potential love interest is how they smell.

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In a new interview with Cosmopolitan magazine, Gracie Abrams talks about love, sex and, of course, Taylor Swift.

Commenting that Gracie seems to be very open about sex, the interviewer speculates that Gracie's pal Taylor wouldn't be quite as forthcoming. Gracie replies, "I couldn’t be more different from Taylor. We are different in all the ways that my friends and I are different or that you and I are different."

"Taylor is an athlete, a brilliant businessperson, and a genius writer. She’s a grounded human being who makes time for everyone in her life. It’s been really cool to be in the orbit of a person like her," Gracie continues. "There’s also nothing that comes close to what she has done."

"People will still gaslight her and her capabilities ... but please point me to one man who has come close to defining pop culture in this way. There is nothing! But people are not ready for that conversation."

Gracie herself isn't ready for a conversation about her body — specifically, her abs. When the interviewer tells the singer that "the internet is talking about your abs right now and everyone is demanding you share your workout routine," she responds, "It has gotten kind of out of hand."

"There’s no end to the discourse on women’s bodies, like Jesus f****** Christ! Shut up! It’s not complicated!" she continues. "It’s not your body. I don’t have a routine. I swear on my life."

The "That's So True" singer also reveals that she doesn't "go out at all," but that the "most f****** fun I've had in a long time" was at Charli XCX’s birthday party.

"It was heaven. And there was dancing," says Gracie. "I wish it was her birthday every single week."

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What do you do in Toronto when you're done filming your Christmas movie for the day? If you're the Jonas Brothers, you hit up a bar that's holding a trivia contest about a couple of your old Disney Channel movies.

Nick, Joe and Kevin shared a YouTube video in which they announce that a Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam trivia night is taking place at a bar five minutes from their hotel in Toronto, and they decide to drop in. Of course, the fans are delighted to see them, and Kevin even gets to ask a question. The trio then leaves after a few minutes, but say they want to be kept updated on who won.

Meanwhile, another video shared by Joe raises the question of who else is in that Christmas movie. In the video, Nick knocks on Joe's trailer door — which is decorated with a sign that reads "Your favorite Jonas Bro" — and asks him to explain the saxophone-sounding noises coming out of the trailer.

"Is Kenny G in there ripping solos?" Nick asks Joe. "No, what makes you think that?" Joe responds. The two then get into a back-and-forth conversation in which they both repeat the phrase "Kenny G ripping solos" multiple times, and Joe insists that's not happening. 

After Nick leaves, Joe goes back inside, where he and Kevin are, of course, watching Kenny G ripping solos.  "He's gone guys," says Joe.

Does this mean that Kenny G is actually in the movie, which, according to the sign on Joe's trailer, is called Get Us Home? We'll just have to wait and see.

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We really didn't think she'd make other plans, but Jason Kelce has confirmed that Taylor Swift will be cheering boyfriend Travis Kelce on Sunday as his Chiefs take on the Eagles at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

In an interview with People, Travis' brother said, "I think everybody's coming in" for the Super Bowl. He added, "I mean, I don't want to speak for everybody, but I think obviously, our whole family. I believe, obviously Trav and Taylor, and his family and his friends." 

Taylor also attended last year's Super Bowl in Las Vegas, flying in from her concert in Japan to see the Chiefs defeat the 49ers. If the Chiefs win again on Sunday, they'll be the first team ever to win three Super Bowls in a row.

Meanwhile, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said during a press conference that it's been awesome to have Taylor attend the team's games, adding, "I feel like I've built a great friendship with her. And my wife and Taylor have a built a friendship as well.”

Mahomes also said he appreciated Taylor "bringing light to the sport that I love and getting little girls like my daughter into it and watching the game.”

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Billie Eilish turned into a total fangirl on Tuesday night when she interviewed Ariana Grande at a special screening of Wicked -- an event that's part of the musical's Oscar campaign.

As Variety reports, Ariana told the audience that she personally requested Billie for the interview, but thought, "She’s not gonna say yes. She’s too busy. She’s too fabulous. It’s too much." However, Ari added, "She said ‘Yes,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, s***. Now I’m so nervous.'”

Billie told Ariana that she's such a fan that on YouTube, "you can find old interviews of you from like 2014 with Billie Eilish comments like, ‘I’m Team Ari.’"

"I used to call you ‘Ari’ to my brother [FINNEAS]," she added. "And he’d be like, ‘Don’t call her Ari, you don’t know her!'”  Billie also gushed that Ariana is "one of the greatest singers of our generation,” but when Ariana tried to return the compliment, she cut her off: “This is not about me, ma’am.”

During the conversation, according to People, the audience members asked Ariana and Billie to sing a duet. "We do need to do that," Ariana responded, but then explained that Billie was on vocal rest due to her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, and so was she. 

"That's true. I do want to do that though,” Billie said, with Ari adding, “Me too.”

Ariana is nominated for her first Oscar for Wicked, but Billie already has two, both for best original song.

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Post Malone is giving fans something to wear -- and listen to -- while they eat their Post Malone-brand Oreos.

On Tuesday night, Posty marked the 10th anniversary of his first hit, "White Iverson," by announcing a collection of merch and vinyl that is available for pre-order now. It includes a limited-edition white vinyl 7-inch of the song, a Reebok "White Iverson" hoodie and a Wilson Sporting Goods "White Iverson" inspired basketball, featuring the artwork of the song's parent album, Stoney, and its lyric, "When I started ballin' I was young."

Unfortunately, the vinyl and the basketball are both sold out at this time, but Posty and Wilson plan to make more collabs in the future.

"I love you guys so much! I really can’t believe it’s been 10 years," Posty wrote on Instagram.

"White Iverson" originally came out in August of 2015 and peaked at #14 on the Hot 100. Since then, it's racked up two billion streams and has been RIAA-certified multi-Platinum. Fun fact: the song's success helped him land the opening slot on Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour.

The song's title was inspired by the fact that Posty had recently styled his hair in braids, which he thought made him look like legendary basketball player Allen Iverson.

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The unlikely trio of Billie Eilish, Adam Levine and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, came together to help a teen whose family lost their home in the deadly LA wildfires.

Meghan shared an Instagram post on Tuesday in which she related the following story: A few weeks ago, she and her husband, Prince Harry, visited Altadena, a neighborhood that was destroyed in the fires. While there, they met a woman whose 15-year-old daughter was upset because when they fled their home, she had to leave behind her beloved Billie Eilish t-shirt. Meghan said she told the girl she'd find a way to replace it, even though she doesn't know Billie.

"I thought of everybody that I knew and I made a voice note and I was like, ‘Please, can someone get this voice note to Billie Eilish? Here’s what I’m asking,'” Meghan explained.  

The result, which Meghan showed off in the video, was a huge pile of signed Billie merch, including t-shirts, vinyl and a lunch box, just for the girl.  A delighted Meghan thanked everyone involved, including Adam and his wife, Behati Prinsloo, for, as she put it, "getting this over the line."

"To everyone who is showing up for people in big and small ways to get through what’s happened in California, just thank you so much," she concluded. "I’m going to go and email her mom now. Just wanted to share that with you guys.”

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After telling Variety in January he'd like to end "my existence as The Weeknd," the singer born Abel Tesfaye is dropping a lot of hints that his new movie Hurry Up Tomorrow may actually be the way he's going to do it -- and the film's director agrees.

In the trailer for the movie, we hear not once, but twice, someone say, "Call me by the old, familiar name," followed by a woman yelling, "Abel!" Asked if the film was specifically designed to be The Weeknd's "last hurrah," so to speak, director Trey Edward Shults told Entertainment Weekly that it's "absolutely" a possibility.

"I tried to make the movie in a way where, for his fans and people who want to approach it at that level, I hope it's very satisfying and you get a good meal out of it," Shults said. "And for people that aren't his fans and don't know anything about him or even care about the final capping of the Weeknd, I think you still have a great movie to go through."

Shults says the movie is about "an artist, you could say, on the verge of a mental breakdown." The director adds, "He meets this woman, and they go on this odyssey together. It's a mix of psychological thriller and drama."  And Jenna Ortega, who plays the woman, has an interesting interpretation of her role.

She tells EW, "It was my understanding while shooting that my character, Anima, is a version of Abel. A side of him that the persona the Weeknd doesn’t show as much."

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