Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 199… Read Full Bio ↴Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and "left one weekend and never came home". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. The letter E was excluded to avoid trademark problems with the Canadian band The Weekend.
The Weeknd gained widespread critical acclaim for his three mixtapes: House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, which he later compiled to make a remastered, three-disc album titled Trilogy after signing his record deal with Republic. In 2013, he released Kiss Land, which was considered to be his debut studio album.
In 2014, he dropped “Often,” a remix of Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love,” and “King of the Fall.” The Weeknd released two songs in collaboration with the film Fifty Shades of Grey, with Earned It becoming his solo breakout hit.
His second studio album became highly-anticipated, with riveting singles like The Hills and Can’t Feel My Face leaving fans hungry for more. Beauty Behind the Madness was released on August 28, 2015.
His third studio album, Starboy, was released on November 25, 2016. The Daft Punk-assisted title track led the project as its first official single, released on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, before becoming his third number one track in the United States, as also his home country, Canada. The effort was a commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart with over 348,000 copies sold in its first week, all eighteen tracks debuting on the Billboard Hot 100, receiving a GRAMMY Award for the Best Urban Contemporary Album, category at the 60th annual ceremony, overall for the second time in his music career and being ranked as the third most popular album of 2017 in the U.S.
Next came the My Dear Melancholy EP, released on March 30, 2018 and revolving around his breakups with Bella Hadid during summer of 2016 and Selena Gomez in October 2017. With the lead single, Call Out My Name, the Canadian singer earned the largest first-day Spotify stream count of any song released in 2018 at that time and his eighth Top 10 entry on Hot 100.
Tesfaye’s fourth studio album (and his first in three years), After Hours was officially released on March 20, 2020, and is named after a 1985 movie directed by his idol, Martin Scorsese. It was primarily supported by November 2019-released singles Heartless and Blinding Lights, with the pair becoming his fourth and fifth #1 singles in the US and the latter his first #1 single in the UK. The title track and In Your Eyes were also released as singles.
Although widely expected to receive multiple nominations for After Hours, Tesfaye failed to receive any nominations for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (2021). Tesfaye took to his social media to criticize the Recording Academy, claiming corruption. Speculation arose that the announcement of his then-upcoming Super Bowl performance as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B contributed to the snubs. On February 5, 2021 The Highlights was released, as his second greatest hits album. Tesfaye performed at the Super Bowl LV halftime show on February 7, 2021 after announcing he would perform in November 2020. He reportedly spent $7 million on his performance at the show. Despite having a mixed response, the show resulted in a surge in streaming and downloads for Tesfaye's After Hours album as well as for the seven other songs he performed.
His fifth album, Dawn FM was released on January 7, 2022, continuing the writing and production work with Swedish pop svengalis Max Martin and Oscar Holter. The album was preceded by the single Take My Breath in August 2021, with Sacrifice announced as the second single.
The Weeknd gained widespread critical acclaim for his three mixtapes: House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, which he later compiled to make a remastered, three-disc album titled Trilogy after signing his record deal with Republic. In 2013, he released Kiss Land, which was considered to be his debut studio album.
In 2014, he dropped “Often,” a remix of Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love,” and “King of the Fall.” The Weeknd released two songs in collaboration with the film Fifty Shades of Grey, with Earned It becoming his solo breakout hit.
His second studio album became highly-anticipated, with riveting singles like The Hills and Can’t Feel My Face leaving fans hungry for more. Beauty Behind the Madness was released on August 28, 2015.
His third studio album, Starboy, was released on November 25, 2016. The Daft Punk-assisted title track led the project as its first official single, released on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, before becoming his third number one track in the United States, as also his home country, Canada. The effort was a commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart with over 348,000 copies sold in its first week, all eighteen tracks debuting on the Billboard Hot 100, receiving a GRAMMY Award for the Best Urban Contemporary Album, category at the 60th annual ceremony, overall for the second time in his music career and being ranked as the third most popular album of 2017 in the U.S.
Next came the My Dear Melancholy EP, released on March 30, 2018 and revolving around his breakups with Bella Hadid during summer of 2016 and Selena Gomez in October 2017. With the lead single, Call Out My Name, the Canadian singer earned the largest first-day Spotify stream count of any song released in 2018 at that time and his eighth Top 10 entry on Hot 100.
Tesfaye’s fourth studio album (and his first in three years), After Hours was officially released on March 20, 2020, and is named after a 1985 movie directed by his idol, Martin Scorsese. It was primarily supported by November 2019-released singles Heartless and Blinding Lights, with the pair becoming his fourth and fifth #1 singles in the US and the latter his first #1 single in the UK. The title track and In Your Eyes were also released as singles.
Although widely expected to receive multiple nominations for After Hours, Tesfaye failed to receive any nominations for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (2021). Tesfaye took to his social media to criticize the Recording Academy, claiming corruption. Speculation arose that the announcement of his then-upcoming Super Bowl performance as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B contributed to the snubs. On February 5, 2021 The Highlights was released, as his second greatest hits album. Tesfaye performed at the Super Bowl LV halftime show on February 7, 2021 after announcing he would perform in November 2020. He reportedly spent $7 million on his performance at the show. Despite having a mixed response, the show resulted in a surge in streaming and downloads for Tesfaye's After Hours album as well as for the seven other songs he performed.
His fifth album, Dawn FM was released on January 7, 2022, continuing the writing and production work with Swedish pop svengalis Max Martin and Oscar Holter. The album was preceded by the single Take My Breath in August 2021, with Sacrifice announced as the second single.
Die For It
The Weeknd Lyrics
I was told that it was Heaven
I was told that it was there before
I was told that you would never leave, ooh
And I was told that it was there before
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
I remember sleepin' on floors and missin' tours, I was rock bottom
Money on my head, that was top dollar
Had the stock piled up, gun powder for the Rottweilers
I was home with pops when the cops got him (paranoid)
Voices in my head, tryna kill the noise
They killed Nip', will never fill the void
I know the devil cried a tear of joy
Look, I know the devil cried a tear of joy (shh, wait)
I never tell, but you heard the stories
I can never tell, is this Heaven, Hell or purgatory? (What?)
Early mornin' ain't early for me, I'm losin' sleep
Whole lot of sheep, I'ma count 'em each
But fuck it, I been up late
I been gettin' twisted, I been mixin' up the love, hate
Swear this shit is glitchin', I've been missin' for a month straight
Lost faith, but I'ma die for it
I'ma win, I just hope that I'm alive for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
How much money will it cost us?
Feds, bounty hunters at the office lookin' for some of our artists
We just tryna help 'em out, so they can change the outcome
Instead of puttin' pain in the street, they makin' albums
Changin' they sourroundin', hopefully housing
Smokery lounge in Boca Raton, not a cloud in the sky, ocean from Mars shit
You can die a legend in your own right
Or die a street legend if it's on sight
I get so lost in my thoughts, powerful
Things I would die for, everything I built for twenty years
Won't allow you to make that crumble
Put you in the ground, I would catch a case for jungle
And lean through the window, extendo, to clean you up
Rest in peace to King Shooter
A foundation of such, my kids can stand
For respect, for my name, for the fam
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
I'll die for it, said I'll die for it
I'll die for it, said I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
I was told that it was there before
I was told that you would never leave, ooh
And I was told that it was there before
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
Money on my head, that was top dollar
Had the stock piled up, gun powder for the Rottweilers
I was home with pops when the cops got him (paranoid)
Voices in my head, tryna kill the noise
They killed Nip', will never fill the void
I know the devil cried a tear of joy
Look, I know the devil cried a tear of joy (shh, wait)
I never tell, but you heard the stories
I can never tell, is this Heaven, Hell or purgatory? (What?)
Early mornin' ain't early for me, I'm losin' sleep
Whole lot of sheep, I'ma count 'em each
But fuck it, I been up late
I been gettin' twisted, I been mixin' up the love, hate
Swear this shit is glitchin', I've been missin' for a month straight
Lost faith, but I'ma die for it
I'ma win, I just hope that I'm alive for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
How much money will it cost us?
Feds, bounty hunters at the office lookin' for some of our artists
We just tryna help 'em out, so they can change the outcome
Instead of puttin' pain in the street, they makin' albums
Changin' they sourroundin', hopefully housing
Smokery lounge in Boca Raton, not a cloud in the sky, ocean from Mars shit
You can die a legend in your own right
Or die a street legend if it's on sight
I get so lost in my thoughts, powerful
Things I would die for, everything I built for twenty years
Won't allow you to make that crumble
Put you in the ground, I would catch a case for jungle
And lean through the window, extendo, to clean you up
Rest in peace to King Shooter
A foundation of such, my kids can stand
For respect, for my name, for the fam
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
I'll die for it, said I'll die for it
I'll die for it, said I'll die for it
If this is what it is, then I'll die for it
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Skinny, Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Faris Al-Majed, Jason Quenneville, Nasir Jones, Richard Munoz, Sonia Ben Ammar
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@coooolibri
bro, i really really hate this trashtalk rap, of how much you have, and how crazy you are.
bellys part is crazy good too, but this part was so meaningful, and very good lyrics overall
in this song!!!
I get so lost in my thoughts, powerful
Things I would die for, everything I built for 20 years
Won't allow you to make that crumble
Put you in the ground, I would catch a case for Jungle
And lean through the window, extendo, to clean you up
Rest in peace to Kiing Shooter
A foundation of such, our kids can stand
For respect, for my name, for the fam
@airischan1269
☎️ Beautifull
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@TrapNation
This is magnificent! Hearing Nas on this gives me the urge to hear him on every haunting record.
@Product-Playbook
I'm ngl l I think u sleeping on this bruh: https://youtu.be/tEcp5E_FnYI :(
@millyoneyedeaz1350
@NAV Leaks nah, that shit is basura
@sinfuul2844
https://youtu.be/42QMDkHx5zk
@TheFeliciakelley
Nas gave us a Lauryn Hill verse!!!
@bangsimm
Honestly nas has proved himself these lasr few years
@rawllingsoketch3409
Am here for Nas! C'mon guys he's been slaying since the 90's when Pac and Biggie were the faces of HipHop .Real legend.
@sandaliovirenees6991
Best ever from NY!
@extrm161
https://youtu.be/dUNnQ2kyrQI
this is the hit of the year ⬆️🎵,,
@damnthisuser
That's why I'm here