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The Weeknd
The Weeknd
Canadian Musician
Born: Feb 16, 1990
First Like Me Music People You
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Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music. The Weeknd
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I usually don't like to 'spoon feed' my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same. The Weeknd
Nature Tell Feed Like Spoon Because Audience Up Same Grew Stories Story Who Using Symbolism
I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me. The Weeknd
Music Me People Trend Girl Ran Find Could No-One Put Hot Pictures Like Became Camera Very Artist Just Whole Enigmatic Thing Shy Shy People
'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one. The Weeknd
Me Song Year Before Every Right One Spent Perfect Had Knew Picking Nobody Like House Deadlines Because Making Least Were Balloons Versions Expectations Different Them Special Right
I feel like I'm the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids. The Weeknd
First Before Kids Kind Married Would Would-Be Guy Feel Like First Thing Getting The First Thing Getting Married Thing
Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated. The Weeknd
Me School Insecurity Someone Finishing Head Talking Still Educated
The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you're in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life - you write about the mindset you're in at that moment. The Weeknd
Life You Experience People Dark Better Mind Meet Relationships Mindset About More More People Point Write Very Get Different Hole Your Moment Grow Earlier
My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all. The Weeknd
Those Vocals Inspired Songwriting Environment Around Production
I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change. The Weeknd
Change Drastic Hotels Climate Climate Change Accustomed Grown
For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece that men wear every day, and it's something that I would wear for any occasion, whether it's on the street or going to an awards ceremony. The Weeknd
Day Generation Every Day Men Every Would Wear My Generation Something Like Piece Occasion Replacement Jacket Any Going Whether Ceremony Awards Bomber Street Suit
'Thursday' is a conceptual album. Whatever that situation was, I spent the whole album focusing on that situation. The Weeknd
Whatever Situation Spent Focusing Thursday Conceptual Whole Album
I always use Michael as, first and foremost, a vocal inspiration, and 'Off the Wall' was definitely the one that made me feel like I could sing. The Weeknd
Me Made First Definitely Vocal Inspiration Could Feel Like Sing Always Foremost Off Michael Wall Use
I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing. The Weeknd
Nature Onstage Touring Perform Until Sing Became Go Just Second Kept Second Nature
When I was performing the songs on 'Kiss Land,' it was a great singalong. But there were moments where I realized some parts were catchier than the others. There's maybe two choruses on all of 'Kiss Land.' The Weeknd
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For the chorus of 'Secrets,' we used The Romantics' 'Talking in Your Sleep' and 'Pale Shelter' by Tears for Fears. It's like hip-hop: just grab it. The Weeknd
Tears Fears Secrets Like Talking Shelter Hip-Hop Grab Just Romantics Your Used Chorus Pale Sleep
I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous. The Weeknd
Song Kind Spontaneous Ed Sheeran Wrote
I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor. The Weeknd
Love Think Inventor He Bowie Ultimate Just
I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no. The Weeknd
Music Think Make Apologise Ever
I think that's why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven't given people everything. The Weeknd
People Long Think Everything Given Because Going Why Career
I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.' The Weeknd
Myself Digital Saw Way Pictures Like Looked Camera
I probably could have toured off 'Trilogy' for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do a trilogy again without thanking The Weeknd. The Weeknd
Life Culture Rest My Life Changed Definitely Trilogy Could No-One Toured Without Off Thanking Again
'Eastern Promises' is great. The Weeknd
Great Promises Eastern
I'm mainstream. The Weeknd
Mainstream
My mother, my grandmother, my uncles would play Ethiopian artists like Aster Aweke and Mulatu Astatke all the time in the house. The Weeknd
Time Mother Would Uncles Like House Artists Grandmother Play
When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me. The Weeknd
Music Me Mother Listening Born Parent Michael Michael Jackson Jackson Third
Even though I've been putting out bodies of work for years, 'Beauty Behind the Madness' felt like the beginning. The Weeknd
Work Madness Beauty Beginning Though Out Putting Like Felt Been Years Behind Bodies Even
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