The Weeknd has already pretended dating to have where to sleep and today dominates Spotify; See curiosities

Singer The Weeknd turns 35 this Sunday (16). Before becoming a pop star, he abandoned high school and lived what he defined as a “life without rules” in adolescence. Son of Ethiopian immigrants, the artist was born in Toronto, Canada, and is called Abel Tesfaye.

In an interview with the New York Times in 2015, the singer revealed that he stole food to survive when he left home at the age of 17, and when he was dumped, he told several girls that he loved them to have a place where to sleep. “There were, like three girls who thought it was legitimate that I was their boyfriend,” he said.

Today, he is the second most heard artist on Spotify around the world, and recently, he revealed that he intends to leave Persona The Weeknd behind and assume his baptismal name.

“The album I’m working on now is probably the last like The Weeknd. This is something I have to do. Like The Weeknd, I said everything I could have said,” he told W Magazine in early 2023, before Release the album “Hurry Up Tomorrow”.

Although he released his first album, “Kiss Land” in September 2013, it was the next album, “Beauty Behind the Madness” (2015), which took him to star. The album includes hits such as “The Hills” and “Earned It” – this last part of the soundtrack of the movie “Fifty Shades of Gray” – and reached the third position at Billboard Hot 100.

The release of “Beauty Behind the Madness” coincided with an increase in the artist’s search on the internet, according to Google Trends data.

In 2015, the singer also began dating model Bella Hadid, with whom she had a first -time relationship until 2019. In the meantime, he also dated actress and singer Selena Gomez, with whom she stayed for ten months in 2017.

Another great moment of his career took place in 2016, with the release of the album “Starboy”. The album marked a visual change for the singer, who abandoned the dreadlocks – a characteristic style until then.

The album was so emblematic that it reverberated years after the release. In 2023, he relaunched the track “Die for You” in partnership with Ariana Grande, after the song viralizes at Tiktok. By the way, the pair have collaborated other times, in hits like “Love Me Harder” and “Save Your Tears”.

The singer hit his peak search in February 2021, when he performed at the Super Bowl. Due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the stadium was partially busy.

In the soccer field, he presented “Blinding Lights”, the great hit of “After Hours”. Chubby Checker’s track has surpassed The Twist and became the most successful song in Billboard’s singles’ charts history.

Now, in February 2024, the singer has an increase in searching with the release of “Hurry Up Tomorrow”, which includes a partnership with Anitta in the song “São Paulo”. In addition, the album will also name a movie that it is producing and will be released in May.

The feature will be a psychological suspense and Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan star in the singer.