On Wednesday evening, The Weeknd introduced the “last function” of his profession throughout his Warsaw tour cease.
The Canadian-Ethiopian celebrity born Abel Tesfaye carried out his verse from “One other Considered one of Me” at Poland’s PGE Narodowy. “This subsequent tune I’m about to carry out is an unreleased file. I haven’t dropped it but. It’s referred to as ‘One other Considered one of Me,’” he introduced. “And I simply wanna say that that is gonna be the final function I ever do, ever in my profession. So I wanna carry out it for you guys tonight.”
Whereas the opposite artist on “One other Considered one of Me,” in addition to the tune’s launch date, has but to be revealed, The Weeknd did underline the one situation that will get him to do a function yet another time. “The ultimate function… except daft punk ever get again collectively,” he wrote on socials.
The Weeknd and Daft Punk beforehand collaborated on the Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 1 hit “Starboy” in addition to “I Really feel It Coming” from the previous’s 2016 album Starboy. However 5 years later, the beloved French EDM duo comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Man-Manuel de Homem-Christo broke up, marking the tip of their 28-year musical profession. “These guys are one of many causes I make music, so I can’t even evaluate them to different individuals. Their branding and the way critically they take their craft and picture and every thing — they’re nearly not even actual,” The Weeknd beforehand informed Selection.
The “Blinding Lights” singer has additionally been hinting at his personal retirement. In his cowl story with W Journal, he revealed that the album he’s at present engaged on, the follow-up to 2022’s Daybreak FM, “might be my final hurrah as The Weeknd. That is one thing that I’ve to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve stated every thing I can say,” he stated on the time. “It’s attending to a spot and a time the place I’m on the point of shut the Weeknd chapter. I’ll nonetheless make music, possibly as Abel, possibly as The Weeknd. However I nonetheless need to kill The Weeknd. And I’ll. Ultimately. I’m positively attempting to shed that pores and skin and be reborn.”