[1] It features singles from his first three studio albums: Kiss Land (2013), Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) and Starboy (2016), his 2015 feature, "Might Not", from Belly's eighth mixtape, Up for Days (2015) and the songs "Call Out My Name" and "Wasted Times" from his EP My Dear Melancholy (2018).

[3] The album's release occurred shortly before the start of the Weeknd Asia Tour (2018).

[4] The Weeknd in Japan was released on November 21, 2018, by Universal Music Japan to commemorate Tesfaye's first performance in Japan, at the Makuhari Messe in December 2018, as a part of his 2018 tour, the Weeknd Asia Tour.

[5] It follows the release of his EP My Dear Melancholy, which was released earlier in the year,[6] and includes various songs from the setlists of his aforementioned tour.

[7] The album's cover incorporates various aspects of the posters which were used to promote the Weeknd Asia Tour (2018).