Abel Tesfaye will return the Weeknd music persona following his album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' stating that he feels he has done all he could with it.

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, professionally known as The Weeknd, is the star of Variety Magazine's January 2025 cover story.

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In a new cover story interview with 'Variety,' The Weeknd also opened up about how it contributed to his forthcoming album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow.' Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE.

The Weeknd is delaying the release date of his newest album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, as well as cancelling his upcoming Rose Bowl concert due to the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. He announced via ...

Abel Tesfaye aka: The Weeknd has announced that the release of his sixth album, ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’, will be postponed. Originally scheduled to drop on 24 January, the album is the third and ...

In previous interviews, Tesfaye has hinted that this album will be the last under his “the Weeknd” moniker, and that he intends to “kill” the character. “The album I’m working on now ...

Los Angeles, Jan 10 Singer-songwriter The Weeknd opened up about experiencing a "mental breakdown" and how it led to him reconsidering how he presents in his music career. The singer, whose real name ...

The Weeknd is thinking about retiring his on-stage "persona". The 34-year-old music star - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - admits he could soon walk away from his stage name and move on to a new ...