The Weeknd doesn’t believe in vacationing; Says “I do staycations if that counts”

He said,"I do staycations if that counts."

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter the Blinding Lights singer 31, opened up about his new album, returning to concerts, and why he puts work before relaxing.

“I don’t even know what winding down really means, I just love work, you know,” the singer, born Abel Tesfaye, said. “I love to work. I love my job. I love to create. And if I do take a vacation, it can’t be for too long because I feel like I’m missing out on everything that I could be doing.”

“So, yeah. I try my best, but no, I haven’t in a while,” he added. “I do staycations if that counts.”

The singer — opened that his music evolution over the years has been “organic” — also shared on his current projects, including his upcoming album The Dawn Is Coming.

“I’m finishing the new album right now. It should be done by the end of this month and we’re just kind of figuring out when to put it out,” he said about the LP. “It’s been really cool because I’m working on this album this summer simultaneously with the writer’s room for the new TV show [The Idol].”

He further added, “So, I’ve been kind of going back and forth from finishing the album and pending up the show that we’re going to start shooting soon. It’s been quite a summer”.

He also talked about getting nominated at Emmy for his Super Bowl Halftime performance earlier this year, explaining that the “silver lining” of having the show during the pandemic was being able to “make it a cinematic journey — less of a halftime show spectacle, more of a narrative.”