Weeknd has closed any speculation that the Super Bowl LV Halftime Show will have surprise guests. “I’ve read a lot of rumors … I wouldn’t bet on that,” he told athlete Kay Adams in a new interview with the NFL Network. “There was no space to fit into the narrative, in the story I was telling in the show. So yes. There are no special guests. “See the interview clip below.
Many people speculated whether or not any of his previous collaborators would join the Weeknd on Sunday night – a list of names that includes Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, SZA, Lil Uzi Vert and many more. The most common rumor was that Weeknd could be joined by the elusive French double Daft Punk, who worked with the artist on his 2016 LP Starboy.