- Oku kwabhalwa kuqala ngu-Abel Tesfaye phantsi kwegama lakhe le-Weeknd kwi-mixtape yakhe ka-2011. Indlu yeeBhaluni . Ingoma kamva yaphinda yakhunjulwa kwaye yakhululwa njengeyona iphambili kwicwecwe lakhe lokuqala lika-2012 I-Trilogy , olusisishwankathelo semixube yakhe yokuqala emithathu. Xa ebuzwa ngu NME ukuba i-'Trilogy' yinto awayesoloko ezimisele ukuyenza, uTesfaye waphendula wathi: 'Bendisazi ukuba okwesibini ndiyigqibile irekhodi yokuqala - Indlu yeeBhaluni - kwaye yayinazo zonke ezi zinto ziseleyo ukuba i-trilogy iya kuba ngcono.'
- I-Weeknd ibhale ingoma kunye noDoc McKinney kunye no-Illangelo. Abavelisi babini baphinde benza zonke izixhobo zokusebenza.
Ukhulele eMinneapolis, uDoc McKinney ukhulele entliziyweni ye-Twin Cities indie scene edlala kumaqela ahlukeneyo e-punk rock kunye ne-hip hop apho ngaphambi kokuba azinze eToronto, eCanada, ngo-1994 njengoMvelisi onomdla. Ngaphambi kokudibanisa kunye ne-Weeknd, uMcKinney usebenze kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zamagcisa ukusuka kwi-Sting kunye ne-Maroon 5 ukuya kwi-Kelis kunye ne-Santigold. Ngo-2011 wadibanisa ne-Weeknd's Toronto esebenzisana noDrake ukuba abhale ezimbini. Zikhathalele iingoma, ' Crew Love 'kunye ne' The Ride.'
Umthonyama waseToronto uCarlo 'Illangelo' Montagnese ngumdibanisi wexesha elide weThe Weeknd, usebenzisane naye kuzo zontathu iimixtapes I-Trilogy iqulunqwe ukusuka. Ezinye iikhredithi ziquka isibini sikaWiz Khalifa O.N.I.F.C. engatshatanga, ethi, ' Khumbula .' - YayinguDrake owaqala ukwazisa uluntu ngeThe Weeknd emva kokuba ecaphule umgca osuka kule ngoma kuTwitter waza wadityaniswa nomculo weR&B kwiwebhusayithi yakhe.
- I-Weeknd yenza umboniso wakhe wokuqala kumabonakude nge-27 kaNovemba ka-2012, xa wayesenza inguqulelo eqinisekisiweyo yale ngoma kumdlalo wase-UK osekwe kumdlalo. Kamva... kunye noJools Holland .
- I-Trilogy ithengiswe i-90,000 e-US kwiveki yayo yokuqala nangona iphantse yenziwa ngeengoma ezifumaneka simahla kwii-Mixtapes ezintathu zokuqala ze-Weeknd.
- Xa wayeneminyaka eli-17 ubudala, iThe Weeknd wayeka isikolo waza walishiya ikhaya. Yena nabahlobo ababini bafudukela kwindlu enegumbi elinye e-65 Spencer Avenue, kwingingqi yaseToronto eParkdale.
65 Spencer Avenue waphefumlela isihloko Indlu yeeBhaluni . 'Singawaphosa la matheko e---ty kwaye sinamantombazana ngaphezulu, kwaye sizame ukuyenza ibe ngumbhiyozo, ukuze sibe neebhaluni,' utshilo uThe Weeknd. Amatye agiqekayo .
