Abel Tesfaye has been a pressure in the music industry for additional than a ten years under the guise of the Weeknd, but it seems the alter moi might be getting into retirement pretty before long.
In a new interview with W Journal, “The Idol” actor and co-creator talked about his designs to release new audio and dove deep into at the rear of-the-scenes particulars on his forthcoming musical drama that is set to premiere on HBO later on this June.
“It’s finding to a position and a time exactly where I’m finding all set to near the Weeknd chapter,” he instructed the publication. “I’ll nevertheless make new music, it’s possible as Abel, it’s possible as The Weeknd. But I even now want to eliminate The Weeknd. And I will. Ultimately. I’m absolutely hoping to get rid of that skin and be reborn.”
Tesfaye has formerly spoken about an elaborate roll-out strategy for his subsequent musical project and hinted at the completion of a trilogy that includes 2020’s “After Hours” and past year’s “Dawn FM.” Even though the details of those programs continue being unconfirmed, the singer did say that “The album I’m doing work on now is possibly my very last hurrah as The Weeknd… This is one thing that I have to do. As The Weeknd, I have stated all the things I can say.”
On the topic of alter egos, Tesfaye spoke at duration about the trials and tribulations of balancing his time as the Weeknd while also stepping into his character — a cult chief named Tedros — on the new HBO sequence that also stars Lily Rose-Depp.
“It was tricky to go from a person head to a different,” he mentioned, heading on to explain how the overlap performed into him acquiring to cancel a 2nd live performance at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium right after losing his voice.
“That’s by no means happened in advance of,” he continued. “My concept is that I forgot how to sing because I was actively playing Tedros, a character who doesn’t know how to sing. I could be wanting too deeply into this, but it was terrifying. As The Weeknd, I have never ever skipped a live performance. I have done with the flu. I’ll die on that stage. But there was anything extremely sophisticated likely on with my intellect at that moment.”
The W Magazine job interview appeared as section of a protect story that also highlighted commentary from Depp. One of the most-predicted series of the calendar year, “The Idol” has experienced its honest share of scandal-ridden delays and reshoots following the unexpected exit of original director Amy Seimetz in 2022. Seimetz was afterwards changed by “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson in a shift that drew a good share of criticism.
“Film and Tv is a new inventive muscle mass for me,” Tesfaye claimed about the reshoots. “I do not launch my audio right until I think it is excellent. Why would this be any unique?”
