Abel released a snippet from his acclaimed debut album Kiss Land on August 30 via YouTube with a very slurred video of him singing in the studio. It was also revealed the song features a sample from The Police’s “Bring On the Night.” The name of the snippet is “Roman Polanski”. This isn’t the first time he used a filmmaker’s name in this way, however. He released a snippet of the song “Kiss Land” under the name “John Carpenter”. Both Roman Polanski and John Carpenter are movie directors, a connection that made more sense following Abel’s Complex interview. The entire album was inspi… read more
Abel released a snippet from his acclaimed debut album Kiss Land on August 30 via YouTube with a very slurred video of him singing in the studio. It … read more
Abel released a snippet from his acclaimed debut album Kiss Land on August 30 via YouTube with a very slurred video of him singing in the studio. It was also revealed the song features a… read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and "left one weekend and never came home". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. The letter E was excluded to avoid trademark problems with the Canadian band The Weekend. The Weeknd gained wid… read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He … read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was… read more