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That’s what I mean by the unbiased reaction. I started listening, seeing what people thought of it. “Mind you, nobody knew who The Weeknd was. A good friend of mine hooked me up with a job at American Apparel, and I was folding clothes there when somebody at the store played the song,” he says. What’s also wild is that he reveals the first time he heard his single “What You Need,” he was working in retail and got to hear audience reactions while he was on the job.

Especially R&B, which is a genre that is heavily influenced by how the artist looks.” And I felt like it was the most unbiased reaction you can get to the music, because you couldn’t put a face to it. “With House of Balloons, nobody knew what I looked like. ”I feel like with me it’s never been about the artist and the image of the artist,” Abel says. Welcome to the modern man’s guide to style advice, dating tips, celebrity videos, music, sports and more.For the story, The Weeknd reaches way back in his memory bank, to before his face was famous, speaking about how no one knew what he looked like when he did House of Balloons. So join celebrities from 2 Chainz, Stephen Curry and Channing Tatum to Amy Schumer, Kendall Jenner and Kate Upton for a look at the best in pop culture.

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