The Weeknd is riding high on the release of his new album. The Canadian singer is on the cover of Variety, and in the issue, opens up about the darkness of After Hours, how Ariana Grande helped shape the new album, and the birthday surprise he got from Jim Carrey.
RELATED: The Weeknd Drops New Video For ‘Until I Bleed Out’ “So, [the song “Faith”] is about the darkest time of my entire life, around 2013, 2014,” the Weeknd says. “I was getting really, really tossed up and going through a lot of personal stuff.
I got arrested in Vegas [for punching a police officer; he later pleaded no contest].” “It was a real rock-star era, which I’m not really proud of.
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