The Weeknd may no longer exist.
In the new issue of W magazinethe 33-year-old artist said he wants to “kill” his music personality.
And in the future, the crooner from Canada wants to go under his birth name Abel Tesfaye.
“I’m going through a cathartic path right now,” began Bella Hadid and Selena Gomez’s ex-beau.
“It’s coming to a point and a time where I’m getting ready to wrap up the Weeknd chapter,” he stated before adding that he’ll “still be making music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd.”
Bye big star! The Weeknd may no longer exist. In the new issue of W Magazine, the 33-year-old artist said he wants to “kill” his music persona.
In hiding? And in the future, the crooner from Canada wants to go under his birth name Abel Tesfaye
Catharsis: ‘I’m going through a cathartic path right now,’ began Bella Hadid and Selena Gomez’s ex-beau
His full birth name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, but he became known as The Weeknd with the 2016 album Starboy.
However, he is done with the nickname. “I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Possibly. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”
Tesfaye continued, “The album I’m working on right now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd. This is something I have to do.
“As The Weeknd, I’ve said all I can say.”
And the artist shared that if both The Weeknd and Abel were not easy on the actor for his health.
“I had to take off the Weeknd outfit, put on Tedros’ wig, shoot with Jocelyn, and then go back to being The Weeknd,” he said.
‘Then, after the concert, I lost my voice. There was no voice at all. That has never happened before.
“My theory is that I forgot how to sing because I was playing Tedros, a character who can’t sing. I may be looking too deep into this, but it was terrifying.
New Path: “It’s coming to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter,” he stated before adding that he’ll still be making music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd
Birth name: His full birth name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, but he became known as The Weeknd with the 2016 album Starboy. However, he is done with the nickname. “I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Possibly. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn’
New show: He plays with Lily-Rose Depp in the series The Idol
“As The Weeknd, I’ve never skipped a concert. I performed with the flu. I will die on that stage. But something very complicated was going on with my mind at the time.”
It was not easy for him to get into acting.
“It was a challenge to redo The Idol, and honestly, I sacrificed my health and home to make it work. So let’s say it comes out and it’s fucking awful. I still know that I did my very best.
“From what I’ve seen, the show is great. Everything is a risk: if you’ve done your best, I’d call that a happy ending.’
His stunning costar: Lily was also interviewed for the magazine. She said she never thought she would get the role of The Idol
Lucky talent: “I knew there would be a lot of lovely ladies who are more musical than me, but I thought, I’m going to try,” she said of auditioning for the show
Pop star: “I wanted to wear pop star colors, and I wanted to channel a certain LA feel. “I grew up in LA, and I’m an LA girl, and so is Jocelyn,” she commented
W magazine presented to new covers for Volume 3, The Pop Issue, featuring four-time Tesfaye) alongside actress, model and co-star of the highly anticipated new series, The Idol, Lily-Rose Depp.
Filmed on two different continents using FaceTime and Zoom, the creative covers finally came to life.
The pop issue of W Magazine will be in the stands on May 23.
Lily was also interviewed for the magazine.
She said she never thought she would get the role of The Idol.
‘I knew there would be many lovely ladies who are more musical than me, but I thought: I’m going to give it a try.
“I wanted to wear pop star colors and I wanted to channel a certain LA feel.
“I grew up in LA, and I’m an LA girl, just like Jocelyn. I wanted to capture the style mix of mischief and shine,” said the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.
Her style: “I wanted to capture the style mix of mischief and shine,” says the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis
BB: And she talked about her inspiration, Brigitte Bardot. “As a blonde, Jocelyn could be good; she could be bad. You never know. I grew up watching older movies, especially French movies. Women like Brigitte Bardot have beauty mixed with an ‘I don’t give f**k’ energy. I wanted that feeling for Jocelyn’
And she talked about her inspiration, which is Brigitte Bardot.
“As a blonde, Jocelyn could be good; she could be bad. You never know. I grew up watching older movies, especially French movies. Women like Brigitte Bardot have beauty mixed with an ‘I don’t give f**k’ energy. I wanted that feeling for Jocelyn.”
Series director, Sam Levinson, on how the show came about: “Abel came to us with a pitch.
“He said something I’ll always remember: If I wanted to start a cult, I could.
What he meant is that his fans were so loyal and devoted that they would follow him everywhere. That was the germ of the idea for The Idol: what happens when a pop star falls in love with the wrong man and nobody speaks up.’