A year ago we covered how The Weekend was seriously considering letting go of his stage name and simply go by his first name.

Well Abel Tesfaye has officially made up his mind that yes, he is done with this “persona” of his.
In an interview he spoke about making music under his alias and how he wants to move past that phase in his life.

He quite literally used the works ‘kill The Weekend’.

“I’m going through a cathartic path right now. It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close The Weeknd chapter. I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”


Did he just feed into everyone’s favorite reptile theory?!


He then revealed that not only is he considering killing off The Weeknd, he’s actually put plans into motion as he’s recording his next studio album.

“…The album I’m working on now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd. This is something that I have to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve said everything I can say.”