Ariana Grande and The Weeknd perform together for first time in 7 years at iHeart Awards

Seriously, The Weeknd's smile is everything.
May 28, 2021 10:42 a.m. EST
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The Weeknd has been cleaning up all awards season (Grammy snub aside), winning Brit Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and now iHeartRadio Awards. There’s lots for The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) to celebrate, so for his opening performance at the iHeartRadio Awards last night, he brought out a very special (and very newly-married) guest – Mrs. Ariana Grande Gomez.

Less than two weeks after her marriage to Dalton Gomez, Abel and Ariana rocked the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with their “Save Your Tears” duet off his record-smashing album After Hours.

Look at the chemistry. Listen to their epic pipes! Find someone who looks at you the way Abel looks at Ariana when she hits them high notes.

Not only was this the first time the pair had performed this song together on stage, it also marked the first time they performed together in seven years. This reunion was long overdue.

Both The Weeknd and Ariana were up for many iHeartRadio trophies last night, with The Weeknd nominated for eight and taking home song of the year, male artist of the year, and TikTok bop of the year.

Ari earned a total of four nominations, including female artist of the year, dance song of the year, best fan army, and best music video.

The Weeknd even hinted that this may not be the last time we see them absolutely demolish the stage together. On Instagram, he posted a clip of their performance, captioning it, “I can’t wait to tour @arianagrande!” Wait, WHAT?

The masked crowd at the Dolby Theatre was clearly loving this bopping duet, and so was the audience at home.

Look, all we know is that these two were made to perform together. We need more details on this possible co-headlining tour Abel and Ari, please and thank you.

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