The Weeknd

Singer

1990-02-16

Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer known for successful contemporary R&B and pop recordings. He became one of the leading global recording artists of the 2010s and 2020s.

Quotes by The Weeknd

Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.
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Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.
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Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.
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For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
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I'm a studio rat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one setting; that's probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that's what my life felt like. It felt like one long song.
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'Kiss Land' is the story after 'Trilogy'; it's pretty much the second chapter of my life. The narrative takes place after my first flight; it's very foreign, very Asian-inspired. When people ask me, 'Why Japan?' I simply tell them it's the furthest I've ever been from home. It really is a different planet.
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I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of.
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The effect of music on fashion has been immense, especially hip-hop and urban music.
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'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.
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My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.
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My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.
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It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish.
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