The Weeknd Becomes the First Pop Artist to Get a ‘Fangoria’ Magazine Cover Story

Fangoria has kicked off the week with a sneak peek at Issue 16 of the new run, which makes history by making The Weeknd the first-ever pop star to get a Fangoria cover story!

Bloody Disgusting’s own Noah Levine explored The Weeknd’s connection to the horror genre here on BD earlier this year, so he’s needless to say a natural fit for the Fangoria brand.

“Fangoria’s summer issue makes history by putting on its cover the collaboration between Oscar-nominated makeup FX artist Mike Marino and multi-million record selling recording artist The Weeknd,” the official press release from Fangoria announced this afternoon.

“Though Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video was featured in FANGORIA #34 and heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark at the Moon” werewolf makeup graced the cover of Fango #35, The Weeknd is the first pop star to net a Fango cover story.”

“Mike’s ongoing, mind-blowing work with The Weeknd is one of the most exciting talent/artist collabs happening in entertainment right now,” said Fango editor-in-chief Phil Nobile Jr. “Mike told us about watching ‘The Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller’ as a kid and wanting to be Rick Baker when he grew up; to see that childhood wish manifest in the form of the great stuff he and his team are doing in The Weeknd’s music videos made this cover choice a no-brainer for us.” 

The Summer issue also features coverage of Jordan Peele’s Nope, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, and John Logan’s They/Them, plus a new column from Stephen Graham Jones.

Fango’s The Weeknd cover is a subscriber exclusive; readers can subscribe https://bit.ly/TheFangoWeeknd and use code THEWEEKND to get 25% off a new subscription.