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  Trend of the Year: Alt R&B

  December 6, 2012 – The sheets of cheers coming from the first seven-or-so makeshift rows at Frank Ocean's Lollapalooza performance this past summer were practically the Beatles at Shea Stadium. It was the closest to an unbridled can't-hold-it-in embrace of a musician by his or her fans that I've ever witnessed. …
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  Hear the Weeknd's Lusty Live BBC 1 Radio Session

  November 28, 2012 – The Weeknd's once-reclusive Abel Tesfaye has abandoned his shroud of secrecy to indulge in a media blitz around Trilogy, his November major-label bundling of his three 2011 mixtapes. First he granted the NME an interview, then he played stellar slow-burner "Wicked Games" on Later... …
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  Watch the Weeknd and Lana Del Rey Bring the Gloom to 'Jools Holland'

  November 28, 2012 – BBC TV's music mainstay Later... With Jools Holland put it down for fans of downcast pop outliers in its most recent episode. Shadowy PBR&B man the Weeknd performed on Tuesday night's show, and so did the ghost of Jacqueline Onassis, albeit whilst possessing the purse-lipped form of Lana Del Rey.Abel Tesfaye can be seen above, backed by the most minimal-yet-sizable television band since Bon Iver did Saturday Night Live. …
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  The Weeknd Gets Used 'Till Dawn' on Final 'Trilogy' Newbie

  November 8, 2012 – The Weeknd's major label debut — a repackaging of his three mixtapes from 2011 — is there, just beyond the horizon, and Abel Tesfaye has debuted the last of the new songs that are tacked onto that release for added value. It's called "Till Dawn (Here Comes the Sun)," but it's far from the hope-filled sun salutation George Harrison had in mind. …
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  Watch the Weeknd and Drake Sulk as They Enter 'The Zone'

  November 8, 2012 – Last summer, when the Weeknd was still a whispered-about PBR&B enigma, the Canadian singer-producer surprised fans with a Drake cameo on his second mixtape, Thursday. …
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  The Weeknd Only Loves 'Valerie' on Latest 'Trilogy' Brooder

  November 7, 2012 – We're not sure who this "Valerie" is, but if it's the same girl that the Zutons and Amy Winehouse sang about, it seems we finally know why she wouldn't come on over: the Weeknd got to her. …
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  The Weeknd Can't Get That Girl Out of His Bed in 'Twenty Eight'

  November 7, 2012 – Michael Jackson had his dark side, too. …
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  The Weeknd Imbues 'Enemy' With the Smiths' Seductive Power

  October 26, 2012 – One way the Weeknd frontman Abel Tesfaye has signaled his difference from more conventional R&B stars (see Frank Ocean, Miguel, and Holy Other Usher in PBR&B 2.0) has been through his use of samples. …
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  The Weeknd Shares Haunted 'Wicked Games' Video, 'Trilogy' Track List

  October 18, 2012 – The Weeknd's enigmatic frontman Abel Tesfaye again faces the camera in the black-and-white video for his sex-seething single (aren't they all?) "Wicked Games." The clip is almost a sequel to the similarly shot "Rolling Stone" video, wherein a woman draped over the singer's back mysteriously disappears by the song's end. …
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  The Weeknd Pens Open Letter to Fans, Hints at New Material

  October 4, 2012 – The Weeknd's Abe Tesfaye is the latest musician to have feelings so powerful they could only be expressed through a letter to fans, instead of through, um, music. …
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