The Weeknd didn’t think he had the look to be a R&B Star.
The Weeknd is currently the biggest musician in the world, as named by the Guinness World Records recently, and one of the biggest R&B artists currently. However, the “After Hours” hitmaker didn’t think he had the sexy look to be a R&B star.
“I wanted to be very calculated about how I wanted people to see me or hear my music,” he said in a conversation with Interview Magazine. “The initial reason I did that was I didn’t think I was marketable when I was younger, especially for R&B. I didn’t think I had the right look.”
“The R&B look was very sexual back in the day. Obviously there were a lot of singers that didn’t have the conventional R&B look, but for me it was more of a personal thing. I liked getting an unbiased reaction from my music.”
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He continued, “People got to just judge me for the art, for the music I was putting out. So it worked in my favor, and then it became a gimmick. No one else was doing it at the time, so it was a breath of fresh air. Abel’s image was shrouded in mystery during the initial stages of his career, and this enigma became a defining aspect of his artistic persona.
“And then the mythology and the mystique of it ended up becoming as interesting as the music. I tried to ride that wave as much as I could. In the internet age it’s impossible, but I got a few years in.”
Just recently, The Weeknd teamed up with Future for another collaboration called “Double Paradise.” The track is the first offering off his upcoming soundtrack to his HBO drama series “THE IDOL”.
