In the music press, Toronto's own Abel Tesfaye – better known as the increasingly famous The Weeknd – has been attracting big-ticket reviews and comparisons to A-listers like Taylor Swift. More prominent than ever after performing for a global audience on MTV’s VMA awards last weekend, and basking in the glow of “Can’t Feel My Face,” a tune that might well have been the song of the summer, Tesfaye is becoming Toronto’s latest global export. In a music column, Slate magazine compared him to Swift and Carly Rae Jepson, noting the resurgence of 80’s pop in their work. And the Los Angeles Times devoted a full review to his latest album, “Beauty Behind the Madness,” calling it “an impressive and revealing new album full of expertly crafted pop songs with clear-cut commercial goals.”
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Sources: Slate; The Los Angeles Times