Canadian singer
Born: February 16, 1990
The Weeknd, byname of Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, (born February 16, 1990, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Canadian rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter who was perhaps best known for his explicit songs about sex and drugs, many of which were autobiographical, and for his soaring falsetto and its singular tremolo.
Tesfaye’s mother and grandmother immigrated in the 1980s to Canada from Ethiopia, and his first language was Amharic. When he was in grade 11, he quit school and left home, devoting himself to unbridled partying. Tesfaye eventually landed a job at American Apparel and at the same time began writing songs about drug use, casual sex, and alienation. He crossed paths with musician and producer Jeremy Rose, and they started working together. Their collaboration yielded three atmospheric songs—“The Morning,” “Loft Music,” and “What You Need”—with lyrics that were partly sung and partly rapped. The songs, credited to The Weeknd, were uploaded as audio files to the video-sharing Web site YouTube in late 2010; their popularity grew exponentially after they were posted to the blog of Canadian rapper Drake.
The Weeknd’s 5 most popular quotes
- Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.
- You fall in love with the little things about someone, like the sound of their laughter and the way their smile forms.
- My purpose is to make exciting music, and I feel like I’ll be doing that for the rest of my life, so there’s no pressure.
- Staying in a hopeless and miserable situation doesn’t make you loyal, it just makes you miserable.
- When I’m faded I forget, I forget what you mean to me. I hope you know what you mean to me.
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