As the Weeknd’s new album, Dawn FM … dawns, so have the fan theories. Abel Tesfaye has never shied from drawing on his personal life in his music — remember My Dear Melancholy and all its Selena Gomez references? Still, one particular song on Dawn FM surprised fans with its lyrics: “I Heard You’re Married.” Sound like a shot at the Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” and “off the table” collaborator Ariana Grande?
The same Ariana Grande whom fans often theorize dated the Weeknd and who indeed got married last year as the Weeknd prepped the follow-up to his 2020 smash, After Hours. So did the Weeknd and Ari hook up — and did he save his tears about the split for his new album? And on top of it all, how does Angelina Jolie fit into this mess?! Let’s break it down.
The Weeknd doesn’t make the subject of “I Heard You’re Married” too explicit, but it’s definitely possible to read between the lines. First, we know the Weeknd’s two highest-profile exes (not to mention some of his favorite lyrical topics),
Bella Hadid and Selena Gomez, are not married. That opens the door to some speculation as to other women the Weeknd could have been involved with … including Grande. After collaborating on the sensual 2014 duet “Love Me Harder,” the two reconnected in 2020 for “off the table,
”another duet for Grande’s album positions, widely seen as a proclamation of love to her then-new boo, Dalton Gomez. About half a year later, in April 2021, Grande hopped onto a remix of the Weeknd’s After Hours single “Save Your Tears.
”By that point, she was engaged to Gomez, just weeks away from her eventual intimate wedding and, theoretically, could have been intimate with the Weeknd, too. (And how’d he hear she was married? Well, he liked the Insta post, for starts.) The two went on to perform “Save Your Tears” at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in late May and released a Vevo live performance of “off the table” in July, both reportedly after Grande’s wedding.
