After almost 16 years spent as The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye says he is considering retiring his famous musical moniker after his upcoming projects. As he explains though, a trip to his doctor resulted in ...

It appears the Weeknd has begun the process of "killing" his stage name. The Canadian musician and actor has changed his name to Abel Tesfaye, his birth name, across his media accounts after ...

Gabrielle Tesfaye doesn’t do muted tones. Just the briefest consultation of the website of the New York–based painter, puppeteer, filmmaker, and animator results in color-saturated video tours through ...

This Monday marks not only the end of the weekend, but potentially, the end of The Weeknd, too. Pop star Abel Tesfaye — previously known under his stage name, The Weeknd — has started using his given ...

The musician continues his acting journey with 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' alongside co-stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, plays a ...

Abel Tesfaye has long toyed with ceasing to release music as The Weeknd, his globe-conquering R&B pop alias. Back in May 2024, he told W Magazine that his upcoming album, later revealed as Hurry Up ...

The Weeknd has a “new everything” coming out in 2025. A new movie. A new tour. A new album. And maybe a new identity. Ahead of the release of Hurry Up Tomorrow, billboards started popping up reading ...

Abel Tesfaye, the Canadian singer who performs as the Weeknd, is perhaps his generation’s most committed self-mythologist. Early in his career, he obscured his identity while his moody, debased ...

ABEL TESFAYE can finally get a good night’s sleep. The biggest R&B star to emerge in recent years, Tesfaye (who is better known as the Weeknd) recently changed his signature hairstyle—multidirectional ...

Singer and producer Abel Tesfaye signed with Universal Republic in September and his long-awaited release, "Trilogy," is due out Nov. 13. He writes: "I will not disappoint." By Colin Stutz “You will ...

After almost 16 years spent as The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye says he is considering retiring his famous musical moniker after his upcoming projects. Tesfaye spoke at length about his experiences with music ...