Abel Tesfaye said he would be making one last album under the name the Weeknd. That album came earlier this year with the release of the anticlimactic Hurry Up Tomorrow, which completed a trilogy. Now he’s saying he might not retire the moniker after all.

The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, tells PEOPLE about retiring his stage moniker at the New York City premiere of his 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' film.