The Weeknd adopts the given name after announcing he would “kill” the artist; understand

After announcing that he is ready to retire the stage name, The weekend appeared on his social networks, this Monday 15, with his first name. Now, the singer will be called right Abel Tesfaye. The change is part of the artist’s plan to “kill The Weeknd,” as he told the mag. W magazinethe last day 8.

In addition to making this decision, the musician has started investing in his acting career, of which he is one of the protagonists The idolseries of HBO extension commanded by Sam Levisson. But she has assured that she will continue in music.

“I’m going through a cathartic journey right now. There’s coming a place and time where I’m getting ready to close the chapter on The Weeknd. I’ll keep making music, maybe like Abel, maybe like The Weeknd, but I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely looking to shed my skin and be reborn,” she said.

The artist also added that the album he is currently preparing should be his last as The Weeknd. “This is something I have to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve said all I can say,” she stressed.

OR Guinness World Record announced, second Cnn in March that the singer-songwriter is statistically the most popular musician in the world. He has two votes in the standings: the most monthly listeners in the Spotify, with 111.4 million on March 20; and became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners.

Source: Terra