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Is The Weeknd retiring? Singer opens up on future of iconic stage moniker

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The Weeknd has reported that he will be resigning his stage name sooner rather than later in an elite meeting on W magazine alongside his impending HBO show, The Symbol, co-star Lily Rose Depp on May 8, 2023. The artist and entertainer said that he was hoping to redo his picture, expressing:

“I’m going through a soothing way at the present time. It’s arriving at a spot and a period where I’m preparing to close the Weeknd section, I’ll in any case make music, perhaps as Abel, perhaps as The Weeknd. Be that as it may, I actually need to kill The Weeknd. Also, I will. In the long run. I’m certainly attempting to shed that skin and be reborn.”
The craftsman, whose genuine name is Abel Tesfaye, has had a renowned lifetime in the music business, traversing one live collection, five collections, two biggest hit collections, three mixtapes, three EPs, and an astounding 68 singles, according to MSN.

He as of late likewise showed up in the job of Tedros in The Icon, a HBO series that he co-composed and chief delivered, according to Individuals. The show highlights other striking names like BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Troye Sivan, Dan Toll, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

The vocalist expressed in the meeting that he is dealing with the following and probable the last Weeknd collection, the rearward in a set of three that started with the 2020 collection Late night and went on with last year’s Day break FM:

“The collection I’m chipping away at now is most likely my last hurrah as The Weeknd. This is the sort of thing that I need to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve said all that I can say.”
The artist has not delivered some other subtleties so far with respect to the new collection.

Other than his forthcoming last collection, he as of late likewise delivered his most memorable live collection, Inhabit SoFi Arena, on Walk 3, 2023. The collection reports the 2022 SoFi Arena shows by the vocalist.

In the interim, he as of now appears to have begun on his excursion of resurrection with his job as self improvement master and religion pioneer Tedros on HBO’s forthcoming show The Symbol.

The vocalist was purportedly a main impetus behind the conceptualization of the personality of Tedros, with Sam Levinson of Rapture distinction following alongside him during his time in Coachella. Levinson told W magazine:

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better realized by his stage name The Weeknd, was born on February 16, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and started his profession in August 2009 with unknown music recordings on Youtube, which pulled in the consideration of maker Jeremy Rose.

Together, they delivered three tracks, trailed by the artist’s presentation mixtape, Place of Inflatables, which was delivered free of charge on Walk 21, 2011, after he framed the mark XO with Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and Amir “Money” Esmailian.


The artist delivered his introduction studio collection, Kiss Land, on September 10, 2013. The collection was a significant graph achievement, cresting at number 2 on the Canadian collection outline as well as the Bulletin 200 collection diagram.

Following the outcome of his introduction collection, the vocalist delivered his second studio collection, Magnificence Behind the Franticness, on August 28, 2015. The collection was widely praised upon discharge, winning the artist the Best Metropolitan Contemporary Collection grant at the 2016 Grammy Grants.

The collection was a business hit too, cresting as an outline clincher on the Canadian, Australian, Swedish, UK as well as the Board 200 collection diagram. It additionally crested at number 2 on the Danish, Dutch, and Kiwi collection graphs.