Listen to The Weeknd's "Kiss Land."

The Weeknd has some issues to work out on his jarring double release, "Kiss Land/John Carpenter."

We've been falling for the slow jams of Canadian crooner Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, as much as anyone over the past year; you'd have to have no heart, or ears, or, uh, pants-parts not to. But on this new one-two punch from his upcoming LP, Kiss Land, the already hyper-sexualized R&B crooner digs even deeper, if you know what we mean, into the lover-man-on-the-road down-and-dirty details, and it's giving us a funny feeling. But that's probably the point.

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Carly Rae Jepsen, Metric, and The Weeknd score Juno Awards; Pharrell Williams performs Daft Punk collab "Get Lucky," + Fall Out Boy is 2 Chainz's surprise guest at Coachella in today's Buzz Bites.

Carly Rae Jepsen took home three Juno Awards over the weekend.

+ The two-night Juno Awards (which is like Canada's version of the Grammys) took place over the weekend. Congrats to Carly Rae Jepsen who nabbed three Junos, including Album Of The Year for Kiss. Metric also won three awards, and The Weeknd grabbed two as well. (Ace Showbiz)

+ Don't know about you, but we've had Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" on repeat ever since it dropped early Friday morning, and it looks like their collaborator Pharrell Williams can't get enough of it, either. Watch him perform the addictive jam three times during an HTC One event in Brooklyn on Friday. (Billboard)

+ Watch surprise guests Fall Out Boy join 2 Chainz's Coachella set to perform their "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)." "Not only did I come to save hip-hop, I came to save rock and roll," 2 Chainz said. He also served double duty by hopping on Major Lazer's set to perform "Bubble Butt." (Idolator)

+ Speaking of surprises, check out Taylor Swift and her unannounced guest B.o.B. performing their collab from his Strange Clouds album, "Both Of Us," during her "Red Tour" stop in Atlanta on Friday. (Rap-Up)

+ Kid Cudi's Indicud features a seemingly odd collab with Michael Bolton, but it turns out Cudi's mom is a fan, and he grew up listening to Bolton. "It was really cool to have his energy and just to be around him because he's such a legend, so down to earth and cool. He was like the uncle I never had," Cudi said. (MTV News)

+ We're not sure who these "insiders" are, but if they're telling the truth, Selena Gomez's impromptu flight last week to Oslo, Norway, where her ex (?) Justin Bieber was performing was no coincidence. "They met up privately later... It was a personal visit," insiders told E! (E!)

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Hear snippets from Jay-Z produced "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack, Daft Punk reveals "Random Access Memories" track list via Vine + Jack White invites fans to record vinyl on Record Store Day in today's Buzz Bites.

Listen to snippets from "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack.

+ Listen to snippets from the "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack. Produced by Jay-Z, it features Florence + The MachineLana Del Rey, the xx, will.i.am, and more. The Beyoncé/Andre 3000 duet of the late Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" is not available to hear just yet. It will be featured on the deluxe edition. (Rap-Up)

+ Daft Punk revealed the track list for Random Access Memories in a creative way: They shared it via Vine. Watch the 13 songs flash by in 6 seconds, and also hear their tune "Get Lucky" with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, which was featured in an ad that ran during "Saturday Night Live." (Pitchfork)

+ If you're in Nashville on Record Store Day this Saturday, Jack White invites you to cut your own record on vinyl! His Third Man Records label has a one-of-a-kind vinyl record recording booth, which he's opening to the public. Watch his Raconteurs bandmate Brendan Benson demonstrate how it works. (Rolling Stone)

+ Listen to will.i.am's bumpin' collab with K-pop phenoms 2NE1, "Gettin' Dumb." The track appears on will.i.am's forthcoming #willpower, which streets April 23. (Billboard)

+ Selena Gomez was a total pro during her MTV Movie Awards performance of "Come & Get It," but she did what most of us would do when she met Brad Pitt: She played it cool, and then hid under a table. "He was like, 'Can I have a picture with you?' I was like, 'Can I have a picture with you?'" she said. "He's so pretty." (MTV News)

+ French Montana has revealed the track listing to Excuse My French, which will be released May 21. Executive produced by Diddy and Rick Ross, it also features collabs with Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, Drake, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, and more. (Rap-Up)

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Juicy J and The Weeknd team up on new song "One Of Those Nights"

Juicy J and The Weeknd play well together on "One Of Those Nights."

We honestly wouldn't expect Juicy J and The Weeknd to team up -- Juicy is a hype, trippy kinda dude, and The Weeknd is more the pensive, sit-in-front-of-a-candle-all-night type. We wouldn't even expect them to go party-hopping together, let alone release a song together, but like our favorite chocolate-meets-peanut butter snack, the duo's differing styles complement each other on Juicy's latest track, "One Of Those Nights," from his upcoming solo album, Stay Trippy. While the dark, creeping beat could be construed as a classic Abel Tesfaye production, it actually harkens back to Juicy's early days in Three 6 Mafia. (See? These guys have more in common than they thought.) Don't worry about Juicy mellowing out too hard, however, because he's still spitting his signature lyrics about girlz, drugz, and "champagne-poppin'" partying.

Listen to Juicy J featuring The Weeknd's "One Of Those Nights" after the jump.
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Watch The Weeknd's "Twenty Eight" video.

The Weeknd is walking with a ghost in his new "Twenty Eight" video.

Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, is, as Tegan and Sara might say, "walking with a ghost." Well, more like a few ghosts, and most of them just happen to be beautiful topless dancers, which might sound like a pretty sexy scenario if Abel wasn't terminally tortured by one ghost in particular. The Weeknd's trying like hell to exorcize his demons, going through day-to-day musician activities like filming press interviews, but he just can't stay focused in his video for "Twenty Eight," the latest bonus single from Trilogy.

Watch The Weeknd's "Twenty Eight" video after the jump.

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