The Weeknd Is No Longer Retiring His Stage Name
Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, has changed his mind about retiring his stage name. He talked about his change of heart to the crowd in Stockholm during his European tour, “I tested retirement a little bit, and I don’t like the way it feels. Imma be here forever with you, baby. I’ll never disappear.”
He previously said he’s dropping his stage name after releasing his sixth album, ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow,’ in January 2025. “It’s a headspace I’ve gotta get into that I just don’t have any more desire for,” he said at the time. “I feel like it comes with so much. You have a persona, but then you have the competition of it all. It becomes this rat race… It never ends until you end it.”
He pointed to his 2022 performance at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles where he lost his voice halfway through ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ and had to cancel the show halfway through.