Abel Tesfaye has hinted that he's planning to retire the Weeknd as a stage name, but that might no longer be the case.

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The Weeknd spent years preparing fans for the possibility that his famous stage name was nearing its end. Now Abel Tesfaye ...

The proposed change was never meant to signal the end of his music career. Instead, Tesfaye described it as an attempt to close a creative chapter, shed the character he had built and determine what ...

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In January 2025, The Weeknd - real name Abel Tesfaye - revealed he was "closing this chapter" on his stage persona.