Netizens Have Mixed Reactions About How The Weeknd Announced His And BLACKPINK Jennie’s Collab For “The Idol”

BLINKs are excited for the song, but they don’t like how The Weeknd announced it.
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Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor The Weeknd (also known as Abel Tesfaye) has garnered mixed reactions from netizens for how he announced his and BLACKPINK Jennie‘s collaboration.

The Weeknd in “The Idol” | HBO
Jennie in “The Idol” | HBO

Since a snippet of an unreleased song was heard at Jennie’s Calvin Klein collection launch party, BLINKs have been anticipating it, especially as they believed it was a collab between her and The Weeknd.

Netizens suspected it would be released later along with HBO‘s new series The Idol, which both The Weeknd and Jennie appear in. While there are a few original songs for the show, as it’s about the music industry, they are being released weekly with new episodes.

Jennie dancing in “The Idol” | HBO

Now, The Weeknd has teased that Jennie’s anticipated song will release. Yet, the way he did it has been met with mixed reactions.

The Weeknd had shared a tweet announcing that Episode 3 of The Idol was now out on HBO Max. A netizen quote-tweeted with a racist comment directed toward the Weeknd, saying that he, Jennie, and everyone involved in The Idol would go to hell.

The Weeknd responded to the hate tweet, which has now been removed for violating Twitter’s guidelines. He said, “tell us how you really feel… jeez.” 

Netizens were disturbed that The Weeknd took the time to respond to a random racist troll on the internet than address actual criticisms about The Idol. Some questioned that he even did it with ulterior motives since the account had a profile picture of BTS‘s V so that it could spark fan wars between ARMYs and BLINKs, but it was not an authentic ARMY account.

It didn’t end there, though. The Weeknd continued to reply to hate tweets.

A netizen quote-tweeted him, saying he had no right to say anything about someone’s appearance when he looks “hideous.” Of course, he replied to this tweet too.

Previously, this same Twitter user had posted a now-deleted hate comment to The Weeknd, who replied, “Go cry about it more.” 

When The Weeknd saw that the user had replied to another hate comment on his Twitter, he responded again. He called them out for changing their profile picture while telling them to be prepared because Jennie’s new song would be released this weekend.

This was the first official announcement for Jennie’s new song. Some thought it was amusing that this is how we found out.

Most were just happy to finally get new music from Jennie. The overwhelming majority was disappointed that not only did The Weeknd keep responding to hate comments but that he used it as a way to make such an important announcement.

Other fans of Jennie are actually disappointed about the collaboration now. They feel that she is continually exploited, and it’s untimely, considering The Weeknd is under much backlash for his controversial role in The Idol.

Read more below.

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