The Weeknd is an artist who has led multiple lives. Born Abel Tesfaye, he surfed couches as a struggling artist, made experimental mixtapes blending R&B with post-punk and shoegaze, and then ended up playing the Super Bowl. The Weeknd sings like an angel over gloomy R&B, writing songs about life’s underbelly like he’s observed the […]
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