The Weeknd: PARIS, FRANCE – NOVEMBER 30: Weeknd performs during the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on November 30, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret).
Deftones: MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 21: Chino Moreno of American alternative metal band Deftones performs on stage on April 21, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images).
He may not seem like a Deftones fan, but The Weeknd has said that the band inspired some of his early work. Posting to Twitter on Wednesday, The Weeknd shared that the band was an inspiration to his 2012 Trilogy mixtapes. “DEFTONES HUGE INSPO DURING TRILGOY ERA ,” he wrote.
DEFTONES HUGE INSPO DURING TRILGOY ERA #MementoMori
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) August 18, 2021
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