The Weeknd has modified his title throughout social media, following feedback that he wished to “kill” his alter-ego.
The Canadian pop star rolled out the brand new title on his social media platforms yesterday (Might 15), and now goes by his delivery title Abel Tesfaye, as an alternative of The Weeknd.
He first posed the concept to his followers and followers on Twitter final month (April 3), when he shared an update studying: “ABEL formally referred to as The Weeknd?”. At the moment, the tweet has over 124,000 likes and a considerable quantity of replies, with followers sharing their ideas on the change of title.
The R&B singer additionally introduced his intentions to change names earlier this month, when he admitted that he wished to “shut The Weekend chapter”, and proceed his inventive endeavours underneath the brand new title.
”I’m going via a cathartic path proper now… It’s attending to a spot and time the place I’m on the point of shut The Weeknd chapter,” he advised W Journal. “The album I’m engaged on now might be my final hurrah as The Weeknd. That is one thing that I’ve to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve mentioned the whole lot I can say.”
Born in Toronto to Ethiopian immigrants, Tesfaye first rose to fame after he uploaded his first songs to YouTube in 2010. In 2011, he emerged together with his acclaimed mixtapes ‘Home Of Balloons’, ‘Thursday’ and ‘Echoes Of Silence’. These would go on to be collected because the now iconic ‘Trilogy’ set. Since then he has launched 5 albums, with the final being 2022’s ‘Daybreak FM‘.
One in every of his greatest songs got here within the type of ‘Blinding Lights’ — the hit single launched as a part of his 2020 album, ‘After Hours’. He has additionally appeared on each the massive and small display, showing in Uncut Gems, American Dad, The Simpsons and extra.
Throughout his time as The Weeknd, the singer has gained 4 Grammys and, as of March, was declared the most well-liked artist on the planet after reaching 100million month-to-month listeners on Spotify.
In January, he teased that he was engaged on new music — lower than a yr after ‘Daybreak FM’. It has not but been confirmed if the upcoming music will likely be launched underneath his delivery title or his well-known moniker.
Extra lately, nonetheless, Tesfaye introduced that he can be performing alongside Lily-Rose Depp within the long-awaited HBO sequence, The Idol. Set for launch subsequent month, it was revealed that the concept for the present got here from a pitch made by the singer, who advised the director that he might “begin a cult” if he wished to.
