The 36-year-old star, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has backtracked on the idea of scrapping his persona, having first teased the idea well over a year ago.
However, during a concert in Stockholm at the weekend, he told fans: "I tested retirement a little bit, and I don't like the way it feels.
"Imma be here forever with you."
In January 2025, The Weeknd first opened up about starting to question his public persona, which came when he lost his voice during a 2022 gig in Los Angeles.
"I knew that I really needed to sit the f*** down and figure out my life," he told Variety at the time.
"To understand what happened, face it, learn something new and start again.
"I'd had a kind of a mental breakdown, which is pretty much what (the album Hurry Up Tomorrow is) about."
The Blinding Lights hit maker felt as if he had "said what he had to say", and he found life around his stage name had become a "rat race" for "more accolades, more success, more shows, more albums, more awards and more number ones".
However, he explained at the time that he had no plans to actually quit music.
"I don't think I can stop doing that. But everything needs to feel like a challenge. And for me right now, The Weeknd, whatever that is, it's been mastered."
A few months later, he told People magazine that he had started the process of retiring his moniker.
About the same time, he told The Hollywood Reporter: "We're brainstorming it right now. I feel like we don't have any definite answers, but I haven't dropped it yet because I'm on tour, so I've still gotta get out there and see the fans."
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