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The Weeknd "Shut the Fuck Up!" Scene refers to a scene in the 2025 film Hurry Up Tomorrow in which singer-songwriter The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) is confronting actress Jenna Ortega's character, saying, "Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up! Shut up. What are you doing?" and telling her that he's getting calls and that he's on tour. The scene went viral on TikTok and other social media sites in May 2025. Viewers thought that The Weeknd's acting was bad and made fun of the scene in memes and viral posts. The jokes at the expense of The Weeknd's acting mirrored similar memes about a scene in his canceled HBO Max show The Idol.

Origin

On May 16th, 2025, the film Hurry Up Tomorrow was released in theaters.^[1] The film stars Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) and Jenna Ortega. The film's synopsis reads, "An insomniac musician encounters a mysterious stranger, leading to a journey that challenges everything he knows about himself."

On May 15th, TikToker^[2] @cantwaittobedead posted a scene from the film, seemingly taken in a movie theater. She added text overlay praising The Weeknd, reading, "Typical men but it's Abel so it's okay." The scene showed Tesfaye's character confronting Ortega's, saying, "Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up! Shut up. What are you doing?" Over six days, the video received roughly 699,400 likes (shown below).

Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up! Shut up. What are you doing? What the fuck are you doing? I have to go right now. I’m getting calls. I have to catch a flight. I’m on a tour. I’m tryna be fucking nice. You see I’m tryna be nice right now, right? You’re forcing me to be bad but I’m actually doing a good thing. All right? So, just chill the fuck out and- I gotta go.

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On May 16th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @munchy_monk posted a video using the abovementioned video's sound. He lip dubbed the audio and added text overall asking, "Who keeps letting The Weeknd act?" Over five days, the video received over 343,500 likes (shown below).

On May 17th, TikToker^[4] @nikhiltoofye posted a video of himself "Ranking The Weeknd's acting," in which he organized his lines into a "top 9" list. Over four days, the video gained over 66,200 likes (shown below).

On May 18th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @_ilwid posted a video skit, titled, "The Weeknd in that one scene," in which he recreated the "Shut the Fuck Up!" scene with a white mouthguard in his mouth to replicate The Weeknd's suspected teeth veneers. Over three days, the video gained over 3 million likes (shown below).

At the same time, the scene was spreading on Twitter / X. For instance, on May 15th, 2025, X^[6] user @svperstarism reposted the original TikTok, writing, "Girl… who told him he's good at acting," gaining over 211,000 likes in six days (shown below).

Later on May 15th, X^[7] user @heroingIow quote-tweeted the abovementioned post, attaching the "What the Fuck is Up Kyle?" Vine, calling it "The reference." Over six days, the quote-tweet received roughly 161,000 likes (shown below).

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