The Weeknd Talks Retiring His Alter Ego & if He'll Quit Music, Responds to Critics of 'The Idol'
The Weeknd opened up about his career in an interview with Variety.
The 34-year-old musician, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, looked into the future as he prepares to unleash his new album Hurry Up Tomorrow, which concludes a trilogy that started with 2020′s After Hours.
As this saga comes to a close, Abel reflected on the possibility of bidding his alter ego farewell. Does that mean that he’ll be retiring from music?
Elsewhere in the interview, he replied to critics of his show The Idol.
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