'You hear sirens at the end the song-that's me in the back of the cop car, that moment.' 'It was a real rock-star era, which I'm not really proud of,' the performer described.
I got arrested in Vegas,' he told the magazine, referring to his 2015 arrest for allegedly punching a police officer. 'I was getting really, really tossed up and going through a lot of personal stuff.
'So, this is about the darkest time of my entire life, around 2013, 2014,' he told Variety, referencing the time around his debut studio album and beginnings of his stardom. With his deeply personal latest work-his first studio album in four years-The Weeknd has brought fans along as he revisited his demons musically, including what he called the 'darkest time of my entire life' via the track 'Faith.'
In an interview with Variety, his first sit-down in nearly five years, the Grammy-winning star, who has just released his fourth studio album, After Hours, seems ready to confront the darker parts of his life thus far. The Weeknd is baring the demons of his past.
