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Abel Tesfaye will leave The Weeknd persona behind because it's "been mastered"
Like so many other artists these days, Abel Tesfaye has struggled with the extent of his own celebrity. “People get consumed, especially now, by the concept of being famous,” he told Variety ...
The Weeknd Squashed His Beef With the Grammys
The Weeknd played “Timeless” and “Cry for Me” off his new (last?) album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. Tesfaye has been teasing ...
The Fader25d
Abel Tesfaye is still thinking about retiring The Weeknd
Abel Tesfaye has long toyed with ceasing to release music as The Weeknd, his globe-conquering R&B pop alias. Back in May 2024, he told W Magazine that his upcoming album, later revealed as Hurry ...
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Abel Tesfaye Explains Why He’s Considering Retiring His ‘Existence’ As The Weeknd, Which Has ‘Been Mastered’
Ahead of the release of Hurry Up Tomorrow, billboards started popping up reading “The End Is Near,” written in different fonts representing Abel Tesfaye’s different eras as The Weeknd.
Rolling Stone25d
The Weeknd Isn’t Abandoning Music, Just His Name: ‘I’ve Overcome Every Challenge as This Persona’
But when the artist born Abel Tesfaye inevitably returns after that release, it might not be as the Weeknd. “Everything needs to feel like a challenge. And for me right now, the Weeknd ...