As soon as I put House of Balloons out, I let the world know I’m coming out with two more albums this year, so I had my own little deadline. House of Balloons is the most important for me because I spent the most time on it. Which of the three resonates with you the most?
And if I didn’t, I definitely made the longest mixtape of all time. I just wanted to make the greatest mixtape of all time, that’s all. That was my whole thing: I’m going to let the music speak for itself. At the end of the day you can’t deny the music. There are super fans, and I was really testing their patience. The whole “enigmatic artist” thing, I just ran with it. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. I just fucking hated this shit, like, crop me out of this picture right now. I probably would have been like, “Fuck this guy.” And maybe I wouldn’t have done it if I thought you were an asshole. Why are they doing this? Because they feel like they have to do it to be a complete artist. And I can tell in the interviews they’re uncomfortable. I mean, Trilogy was a rerelease, but they still said, “Maybe you should do some interviews.” Honestly, I want to do interviews now because it’s one thing that I haven’t mastered. So why now? Is your label pushing you to do press for the album? Why haven’t you done an interview until now? Even though all three albums were available for free, Trilogy managed to move more than 300,000 copies. He collected these, along with Balloons, as a three-disc album titled Trilogy after signing a joint venture deal with Universal Republic (not through OVO) in September 2012.
#I feel it coming the weeknd zippy free#
The Weeknd closed out 2011 with two more stellar offerings via free download- Thursday and Echoes of Silence. The music caught the attention of another Canadian star by the name of Drake, who shared some of The Weeknd’s songs on his blog, invited him to perform on the first two OVO Fests, and enlisted the second-generation Ethiopian to work on his Grammy-winning sophomore album, Take Care.
His smoky, 3 a.m.-after-party-in-my-hotel-room debut, House of Balloons (released March 21, 2011), had fans and critics hailing him as one of R&B’s new torchbearers. The other parts-great music and live shows-he’s already got a handle on. Part of which means opening up to the media. But in order to accomplish them he must first master the art of stardom. The Weeknd’s plans are just as big, or bigger than, those of his peers and idols. Nor will he be one of those indie artists who wields tremendous influence but whose names are only known by “purists.” Fuck that. But the 23-year-old singer, songwriter, and producer, born Abel Tesfaye in Scarborough, Ontario, doesn’t plan to languish in obscurity. Perhaps he’s given you another impression-because he’s never done an interview (until now) and he rarely poses for photos. This feature appears in Complex's August/September 2013 issue. Now, As Abel Tesfaye prepares his debut album, Kiss Land, he’s speaking out for the first time. The Weeknd has always let his music do the talking-dark, debauched mixtapes that changed the sound of modern R&B and profoundly influenced Drake’s sophomore album, Take Care.
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