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The Weeknd performed at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for three consecutive nights (June 5, 6, and 7), during one of which he brought out Playboi Carti.
In a snippet from the concert shared on X by NFR Podcast, the Punk Monk rapper thanked the Weeknd—born Abel Tesfaye—for bringing him to his first-ever stadium tour. Hugging the singer on stage, he said:
"Yo Weeknd, I just wanna tell you, my n***a. I love you so much. I’m so motherf**in' grateful for the opportunity [to] see myself in the stadium. This sh*t crazy.”
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Their on-stage reunion comes months after the duo collaborated on the track Timeless, released on September 27, 2024, as the second single from Abel's sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow.
The Earned It singer dropped the album earlier this year, on January 31, and it debuted atop both the US Billboard 200 and Top R&B/HipHop Albums charts.
Meanwhile, Tesfaye resumed his ongoing After Hours Til Dawn Tour on May 9 and will be performing across the US until July 12, before kicking off the Canadian leg of the tour.
This week, his concerts are scheduled at Foxborough's Gillette Stadium (June 10 & 11) and Minneapolis' US Bank Stadium (June 14).
The Weeknd dropped the music video for Baptized in Fear last week
Last week, The Weeknd dropped the music video for Baptized in Fear, set in a dark church where he sits alone, with visuals of a marble statue liquifying scattered across the clip. The video has since amassed more than 2 million views and 100K likes on YouTube.
Baptized in Fear follows the release of Abel Tesfaye's debut movie, which accompanies his latest album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. The film is a full-length psychological thriller co-written by Tesfaye and Reza Fahim.
The singer also stars in the movie as a fictionalized version of himself. Jenna Ortega co-stars as Anima, a mysterious fan who stalks him. The movie premiered in theaters on May 16, 2025.
Days before its release, The Weeknd spoke to Entertainment Weekly (in an interview published on May 15) about his dissociation from his stage name, saying:
"It feels like it. I mean, I've kind of toyed with the idea in the past with albums. But it could also just be a rebirth. Who knows?"
In another interview with Entertainment Weekly published on February 3, 2025, Trey Edward Shults, the director of the film, spoke about the film:
"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. 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."
The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour will conclude later this year, on September 3, 2025, at San Antonio's Alamodome.
