The Canadian artist won his audience thanks to his ability to Hitmaker, although now he seeks to project his career towards a completely different direction.
On February 16, 1990 he was born The Weekndone of the most prolific pop artists of the last decades. His R & B style captivated millions of listeners, and went polishing over the years until he achieved his own sound that is already part of his musical identity.
However, the artist from Toronto is in a Artistic dilemmain which you want to strip the character he built throughout his career to explore other sounds.
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Abel, the man behind the character
Behind The Weeknd is Abel Tesfayearchitect of the pop monster that was born with House of Balloons (2011)he forged with Trilogy (2012) and Kiss Land (2013)and that finally became a star with Starboy (2016).
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Throughout that process, we were able to meet that unbridled alter-ego that always remained enigmatic and dark, although its true face was revealed in the last trilogy of the singer’s albums; After Hours (2020), Dawn FM (2022) and now Hurry Up Tomorrowlaunched on January 31 of this year.
With this ambitious last project, The Weeknd Use the 22 songs that compose it to exploit the limits of your character, which faces the consequences of fame and the search for genuine love. Meanwhile, A hedonistic fight holds the protagonist’s narrative threadthat on previous occasions he had dealt with the euphoria -The catchy “Binding Lights”– And the fear of death – Dawn FM It is a conceptual album that addresses this issue.
Unlike previous albums, in Hurry Up Tomorrow The classic Synth Pop of the Canadian commune so much with the Brazilian funk and other merged genres. It also has outstanding collaborations, such as Travis Scott, Lana del Rey, Anitta and Playboi Carti. Transitions in the album help give continuity to this story that seems to have an end.
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And is that Abel declared that his intention from now on was to abandon The Weeknd and become Tesfaye, to experiment with new artistic currents. However, he fears that his beloved public will not follow his way, because all the fame he achieved was thanks to his other self, the star. David Bowie style with Ziggy Stardust, Abel murders his past and looks to the future, in one of the most risky play on Modern musicto.
Source: Ambito
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