The Weeknd is Doing Music for Avatar: The Way of Water

In about two weeks time, people will lastly see Avatar: The Way of Water in theaters. There’s been a variety of speak about if the multi-delayed, debatably long-awaited sequel to the 2009 juggernaut has something to supply throughout its 3-hour runtime past attractive visuals and blue folks with dreadlocks. And to that, James Cameron has stated: “What if I got a pop star to do music for the film?”

Yep, The Way of Water has a giant musical identify hooked up to it within the type of The Weeknd. The artist himself broke the information on Twitter, saying that his tune (or possibly songs, plural?) might be dropping on December 16, the identical day that The Way of Water might be releasing. It’s removed from the primary time that The Weeknd has proven up on a soundtrack for a giant movie: he first obtained into the soundtrack recreation with 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, then for 50 Shades of Grey the next yr. He’s additionally finished music for Game of Thrones, Black Panther, and even American Dad a pair years again.

The Weeknd doing music for Avatar continues to be noteworthy, given how shut it’s coming after Rihanna’s two singles for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It was understandably shocking, however not unwelcome, that Disney managed to get her to ship her first music in six years the place she wasn’t a visitor star on another person’s observe. While working with massive musical stars has all the time been a factor that Disney does, it feels prefer it’s been a while for the reason that company has locked down two big-name artists in a row. And it makes you surprise who else they’ve obtained ready within the wings to supply vocals for a few of their massive hits set to launch inside the subsequent couple of months.

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