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The Weeknd has settled the lawsuit brought against him by Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, who perform together as Epikker, over his 2018 hit Call Out My Name.
The two musicians alleged that The Weeknd’s ‘lead guitar and vocal hooks’ were similar to their song Vibeking, according to The Guardian.
Moreso, the musicians had proof that The Weeknd –who will be seen in the HBO series The Idol – was aware of the song Vibeking as they sent it to the Canadian rapper’s frequent collaborator Eric White.
White allegedly replied saying that the Save Your Tears rapper thought the song was ‘fire,’ before telling Fox and Strange that The Weeknd, 33, ‘listened and liked’ Vibeking, and that he was going to tell the rapper he and his team had come up with the beat.
‘Just don’t wanna say “hey, Strange wrote this’ when he doesn’t know u,’ part of the email reportedly read.
Settlement: The Weeknd, 33, has settled the lawsuit brought against him by Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, who perform together as Epikker, over his 2018 hit Call Out My Name
Fox and Strange claim they were never asked for permission to use parts of their original song, nor were they given credit.
Call Out My Name is one of The Weeknd’s most successful songs, having peaked at No 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at No 7 on the UK singles chart.
Attorneys for Fox and Strange requested that the case be dismissed, citing the fact that they’d reached a settlement with The Weeknd and were ‘still in the process of formalizing, executing, and consummating’ the deal.
Meanwhile, the Creepin’ singer’s controversial upcoming series The Idol is set to have a high profile premiere when it debuts at the Cannes Film Festival.
The first two or three episodes of the HBO series will be screened at the iconic French festival out of competition, sources told IndieWire.
The news comes in the wake of a report in Rolling Stone from earlier this month in which insiders described how the show had been completely rewritten and reshot with new scenes that they described as ‘sexual torture porn.’
The report received a dismissive response from The Weeknd who posted a clip from the show in which his character shuts down the possibility of doing a feature with Rolling Stone.
The Idol is currently set to have a premiere on HBO sometime in the autumn of 2023.
HBO series: The Creepin’ singer’s controversial upcoming series The Idol is set to have a high profile premiere when it debuts at the Cannes Film Festival
Last month, The Weeknd made history as the first artist to obtain 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, days after releasing a remix of his track Die for You with Ariana Grande.
The news was confirmed by the digital music service, which puts him way ahead of his peers, like Miley Cyrus, who has 82.5 million listeners, Taylor Swift with 80.3 million and rapper Drake, who has 68.6 million, according to Billboard.
His latest collaboration, which was an instant hit with fans, marks the fourth time that he joined forces with Grande. This latest milestone also comes days after releasing his televised concert, Live at SoFi Stadium, which documented one of his sold-out shows in Los Angeles.
Over his career, the performer has taken home four Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards and been nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy.
The rapper is also set to make his feature acting debut alongside Wednesday star Jenna Ortega, 20, in a mysterious new project, according to a report from Deadline.
The film also stars The Banshees of Inisherin star Barry Keoghan, 30, which will be directed by Trey Edward Shults, from a script co-written with the singer and Reza Fahim.
The Weeknd has been working on the film for months, with Ortega and Keoghan said to have signed on after being ‘blown away’ by the script.
The Weeknd and composer and producer OPN will score the film.
Milestone: Last month, The Weeknd made history as the first artist to obtain 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify
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