The Weeknd Shares Plan to Retire Stage Name: ‘I Still Want to Kill the Weeknd’

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Abel Tesfaye has been a force in the music industry for more than a decade under the guise of the Weeknd, but it appears the alter ego may be entering retirement pretty soon. In a new interview wit…

” actor and co-creator discussed his plans to release new music and dove deep into behind-the-scenes details on his upcoming musical drama that’s set to premiere on HBO later this June.

Tesfaye has previously spoken about an elaborate roll-out plan for his next musical project and hinted at the completion of a trilogy that includes 2020’s “After Hours” and last year’s “Dawn FM.” Though the specifics of those plans remain unconfirmed, the singer did say that “The album I’m working on now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd… This is something that I have to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve said everything I can say.

“It was tough to go from one head to another,” he said, going on to explain how the overlap played into him having to cancel a second concert at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium after losing his voice.

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