The Canadian singer-songwriter, a.k.a.

“I just think it was the last straw, man,” said the Weeknd.

I’d always kind of suppressed it.

The Weeknd performs onstage at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada

The Weeknd.Credit:Kevin Mazur/Getty

You know, delusion helps!

And in that moment, reality hit: Everything can change after this moment."

The Weeknd added that the incident was the first time in his life he’d experienced anything like it.

Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye performs on stage during the ‘After Hours Til Dawn Tour’ at MorumBIS on September 7, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Weeknd performs for his After Hours Til Dawn Tour.Wagner Meier/Getty

“My body, and specifically my voice, had never failed me before,” said the musician.

But I was always able to fight through it…

I was defeated on the world stage with everyone watching."

“Because this was a really important, pinnacle moment in my life.

How could it not be?”

Hurry Up Tomorrowis out Jan. 26, and its companion film of the same name arrives May 16.