Singer The Weeknd might enter the best original song Oscars race.
Over the weekend, the singer will be singing in upcoming Avatar: The Way of Water. The long-awaited sequel will be released on December 16 and is expected to be a box-office smash.
According to the rules set down by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the organization behind the Oscars), a tune must be featured in a movie–and not simply after it ends–in order to be eligible for the Best Original Song trophy.
The Weeknd’s involvement is likely a play for the Canadian crooner to earn another Oscar nomination in the Best Original Song category. He was nominated once before in 2015 for his hit “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey.
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Meanwhile, The Weeknd is on break from his After Hours tour, which promotes his 2022 album of the same name. The trek wrapped its North American leg in November, and it picks up again next summer in Europe.
The singer has a presence on a number of Billboard charts at the moment with his single “Die For You”, which has become something of a surprise sleeper hit. The tune was originally released in 2017 from his album Starboy, but only now is it reaching new heights on the Hot 100.
