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 ...

Abel Tesfaye declared that he wanted to “kill The Weeknd.” His final album as The Weekend, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” delivers on ...

The Weeknd has completed the rebirth of his real life name Abel Tesfaye with the release of his latest album "Hurry Up Tomorrow," marking the new era of his career. "Hurry Up Tomorrow" is the last ...

Hurry Up Tomorrow is a similar act of leave-taking. It is touted as the last album that Abel Tesfaye will make as The Weeknd. Bowie is a reference point. The Canadian is an admirer: he titled The ...

Pop sensation Abel Tesfaye, widely known as The Weeknd, is set to make his feature film debut in the suspenseful thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow, which will hit theatres on May 16. The film has been ...

A day after showing the first pictures from the movie, Abel Tesfaye, AKA The Weeknd, and Lionsgate released the full trailer for Hurry Up Tomorrow. Now with a better look, it seems even more ...

Instead, cry for him. On Tuesday, the R&B star, real name Abel Tesfaye, released the dark video for Hurry Up Tomorrow‘s “Cry for Me.” The self-directed, simple video sees the singer in a ...

Just days after releasing his already acclaimed sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. the Weeknd, is ready to deliver another gift to fans: a sneak peek at the long-awaited ...

In the two-minute-long clip, which dropped today (February 4), the singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, plays a version of himself who’s struggling with insomnia and seems to be facing a breakdown.

Synthetic but gritty, licentious but charming, Abel Tesfaye’s music was full of contradictions from the jump, a dichotomy he would both benefit from and wrestle with his entire career.

"Everything returns exactly how it was." (As in, the Weeknd reverting back to Abel Tesfaye?) Tesfaye then repeats multiple times throughout the preview, "Call me by the old familiar name." ...

And you might have even figured out that Daniel isn’t talking about “the weekend” but rather The Weeknd, also known as the Canadian singer-songwriter Abel Tesfaye. Two other important ...