Canadian pop star The Weeknd has reverted to his birth name Abel Tesfaye on his social media accounts, the BBC and Agerpres reported on Monday.

The singer, known for pop hits like “Blinding Lights,” asked fans on Twitter in April if they should switch.

“Is ABEL officially known as The Weeknd?” he asked his fans in a tweet that has received over a hundred thousand likes.

The name change comes after the star told W magazine that she wanted to “kill The Weeknd.” “I’m on a cathartic journey right now,” which “leads to a place and time where I’m getting ready to close The Weeknd chapter,” the singer explained.

Where does The Weeknd’s stage name come from

The artist previously stated that his name appeared after he dropped out of school and “went off for the weekend and never came home,” reports the Daily Mail.

“As The Weeknd, I said everything I could say,” he told W Magazine. The artist added that his next album will probably be the last under this name.

Born in Toronto to Ethiopian immigrants, Tesfaye rose to fame after uploading his first songs to YouTube in 2010, performing a dark and raw style of R&B that dealt with drug use, casual sex and alienation.

During his musical career, the artist received four Grammy awards, had more than 45 platinum singles and albums and broke numerous music records.

In March 2023, Guinness World Records declared him the most popular artist in the world based on the number of monthly listeners he had on Spotify. However, he is not included in the list of the highest paid artists in the world.

As of March 2023, the 33-year-old star had 111.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify and was the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on the streaming app.