The singer updated his social media accounts to reflect his birth name.
It appearsthe Weekndhas begun the process of “killing” his stage name.
Tesfaye toldW Magazineearlier this month that his upcoming album is “probably my last hurrah as the Weeknd.”
The Weeknd now goes by his birth name on social media.Rich Fury/Getty
“I’m going through a cathartic path right now,” he said.
I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as the Weeknd.
But I still want to kill the Weeknd.
I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn."
“This is something that I have to do.
As the Weeknd, I’ve said everything I can say.”
“I may be looking too deeply into this, but it was terrifying.
As the Weeknd, I’ve never skipped a concert.
I’ve performed with the flu.
I’ll die on that stage.
But there was something very complicated going on with my mind at that moment.”
“Film and TV is a new creative muscle for me,” Tesfaye said.
“I don’t release my music until I think it is great.
Why would this be any different?
I realized that I need to know that I’ve made the best version of whatever I’m making.
