With Illangelo’s thunderous bass, rattling snares, and The Weeknd’s wondrous falsetto, “Montreal” is the first original song from Echoes of Silence. The noticeable change in tone can be attributed to the change in recording location. In his first interview ever with Complex, Abel recalls recording Echoes of Silence: "Echoes of Silence was made in Montreal. I had a lot of darkness in that city." Contrary to Abel’s previous music, “Montreal” tells the story of a girl who was too late in realizing that he was completely in love with her. A sample from “Laisse Tomber Les Fille… read more
With Illangelo’s thunderous bass, rattling snares, and The Weeknd’s wondrous falsetto, “Montreal” is the first original song from Echoes of Silence. … read more
With Illangelo’s thunderous bass, rattling snares, and The Weeknd’s wondrous falsetto, “Montreal” is the first original song from Echoes of Silence. The noticeable change in tone can be … read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and "left one weekend and never came home". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. The letter E was excluded to avoid trademark problems with the Canadian band The Weekend. The Weeknd gained wid… read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He … read more
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was… read more