How The Weeknd Became The World's Most Unlikely Popstar
Abel Tesfaye has built a career on being completely and utterly unpredictable. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. Infinite Pop is a Music Junkee column about the past, present, and possibilities of pop music. It’s been nine years and eleven months since The Weeknd released his debut mixtape House of Balloons. Back then, we didn’t know Abel Tesfaye’s name — he was just a beautiful, disembodied voice pushing R&B into dark crevices the genre had never before plumbed. As he released two even more deba...
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