Watch the Weeknd and Jimmy Fallon's surprise performance at a college graduation party
The 2 stars joined forces to sing Blinding Lights and Can't Feel My Face at Fordham University
Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. the Weeknd, is currently on a press run to promote his new film, Hurry Up Tomorrow, and he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for an interview — and to crash a college graduation celebration.
He teamed up with Fallon to surprise graduates from Fordham University in New York, and none of them knew they would be seeing the host and Grammy winner.
Fallon told the crowd he was there to DJ for them and said, "Congratulations class of '25" as they cheered.
"We're gonna get a dance party going," he added.
Fallon fumbled around with the DJ equipment before introducing the Weeknd, eliciting screams from the excited crowd.
The Weeknd began to sing Blinding Lights before the grads joined in, and Fallon also took a mic and sang along during the chorus.
The university mascot, Ramsey, also participated and danced beside the two stars before they started singing Can't Feel My Face. The song became the Weeknd's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and in his interview with Fallon, the Weeknd attributed some of the song's chart-topping success to Tom Cruise.
Cruise performed the song on Fallon's Lip Sync Battle segment back in 2015 and praised the Weeknd's singing talents.
"I definitely saw that. It actually helped the song," the Weeknd told Fallon. "It helped it peak to the record-breaking top, thanks to him obviously."
Hurry Up Tomorrow is in theatres now and has been receiving negative reviews from critics. CBC News film critic Jackson Weaver wrote in his review that "for all but the most devoted fans (and likely the hate-watchers) this is a hopelessly pointless therapy assignment serving no one but Tesfaye himself."
