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What mic does The Weeknd use?

The Weeknd uses a Sound Devices Astral HH wireless microphone fitted with his preferred Sennheiser MD 5235 capsule, per Mix in 2025. He has been seen using a Sennheiser SKM 5200 handheld and JH Audio Angie in-ears, and was seen wearing a hand-embroidered Givenchy jacket at Super Bowl LV.

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What microphone does The Weeknd use?

Mix reported in 2025 that he uses a Sound Devices Astral HH wireless handheld with his preferred Sennheiser MD 5235 capsule, in a gold shell.

What in-ear monitors does The Weeknd use?

FOH magazine reported JH Audio Angie in-ears on the After Hours til Dawn tour in 2022.

What did The Weeknd wear at the Super Bowl?

Givenchy says it dressed him in a hand-embroidered crystal jacket, black cotton poplin shirt, wool trousers, black leather tie, gloves and black and white derbies.

What plugins does The Weeknd use on his vocals?

For 'The Hills', Sound On Sound reported a chain of Antares Auto-Tune EFX, FabFilter Pro-DS, Pro-Q 2 and Pro-MB, Waves Vocal Rider, a UAD API 560 EQ, and on the chorus Waves Reel ADT, Soundtoys Decapitator and FabFilter Volcano.

What DAW does The Weeknd use?

Sound On Sound reported that producer Illangelo built The Weeknd's The Hills in Steinberg Cubase, recording the vocal at Abel's Toronto home studio and treating it with Altiverb 7, Waves H-Delay, the UAD EP-34 and FabFilter plugins.

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The Weeknd is the Toronto-born singer and producer behind After Hours and Dawn FM. This guide covers his stage vocal chain, in-ear monitors, the plugin chain on 'The Hills' and the Givenchy look from his Super Bowl LV halftime show.

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