4. Abel Tesfaye now known by his stage name The Weeknd was born on
the 16th of February 1990. He is a Canadian R&B recording artist, from Ethiopian descent,
who started his career by uploading songs onto YouTube under the name The Weeknd.
After a while The Weeknd released their first album ‘House of Balloons’ which was the first
of the trilogy. This was a nine song free album which was later followed by the second
album called ‘Thursday’ and finally the last ‘Echoes of Silence’ which was so popular
that it caused the site to crash that very day.
He has been described as ‘The songbird of his generation’ and ‘the best musical talent since
Michael Jackson’
This is The Weekends iconic
symbol which we have placed at
the end of our video with creates
a certain authenticity to the
video.
The Weeknd have a
recognisable style and
theme that is apparent in
their images that you can
see on the internet. They
have a heavy influence of
black and white pictures
often blurred.