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The Weeknd Blames Last Year’s Voice Loss on His Role for ‘The Idol': ‘It Was Terrifying’

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lost his voice after his SoFi Stadium concert in September because he had to switch from his upcoming character in “The Idol” to his onstage persona.The concert doubled as a set for Sam Levinson’s new HBO show, set to premiere June 4.

A scene in “The Idol” in which Tedros performs live brought Tesfaye back and forth between the mind of his club-owning character to the mindset of The Weeknd.

Lily Rose-Depp was in attendance at the show to introduce Tedros in front of a live crowd for the scene being shot. Tesfaye’s Tedros, a darkly charismatic Svengali man, looks very different from how The Weeknd presents. “It was tough to go from one head to another.

Then, after the concert, I lost my voice. No voice came out at all. That’s never happened before,” the singer said. “My theory is that I forgot how to sing because I was playing Tedros, a character who doesn’t know how to sing.

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