--- description: See the clip from the Grammy-nominated singer's album 'Beauty Behind the Madness' title: Watch the Weeknd's 'In the Night' Video Starring Bella Hadid image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Weeknd's Gritty New Video for 'In the Night,' Starring Bella Hadid  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2015 1:22 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2015 1:22 PM CUT The Weeknd a.k.a Abel Tesfaye has had no shortage of Michael Jackson comparisons in 2015, and he’s driving the point home with his gritty new video for “In the Night,” starring his supermodel girlfriend Bella Hadid. (Between this and sister Gigi Hadid showing up in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” video, it’s clear that a Yolanda Foster offspring is 2015’s hottest music-video accessory.) Music industry execs have called [“In the Night” Tesfaye’s own “Billie Jean,”](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/magazine/can-the-weeknd-turn-himself-into-the-biggest-pop-star-in-the-world.html "undefined") but the song’s epic music video has more in common with Jackson’s “Thriller” clip—except with strippers and gun violence instead of the undead and the occult. Between this video and [his seven Grammy nominations](http://time.com/4138186/2016-grammy-nominations/ "undefined"), it’s safe to say the Weeknd is having a pretty good week. **Read next**: [_The Top 10 Pop Music Videos of 2015_](http://time.com/4139171/top-10-pop-music-videos/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4142476/the-weeknd-in-the-night-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4142476/the-weeknd-in-the-night-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Weeknd's Gritty New Video for 'In the Night,' Starring Bella Hadid","datePublished":"2015-12-09T13:22:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:13:36.262Z","description":"See the clip from the Grammy-nominated Beauty Behind the Madness singer","url":"https://time.com/4142476/the-weeknd-in-the-night-video/","keywords":["Music","the weeknd"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4142476/the-weeknd-in-the-night-video/","name":"Watch the Weeknd's Gritty New Video for 'In the Night,' Starring Bella Hadid"}}]}] ```