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The Weeknd Debuts Tokyo Live with Yoko Takahashi
The Weeknd performed his new song Tokyo live in Japan alongside Yoko Takahashi and clarified that retirement is not in his future.
In April, Abel Tesfaye previewed a new song under his stage name The Weeknd titled Rio. Following the preview of Rio, Tesfaye premiered another new track titled Tokyo. The Weeknd then performed Tokyo live for the first time at the Belluna Dome in Japan. During the debut live performance at the Japanese venue, he shared the stage with Japanese singer Yoko Takahashi to perform the track together.
The song Tokyo features a direct sample from A Cruel Angel's Thesis, recorded by Yoko Takahashi. That original composition served as the opening theme music for the 1995 anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. The concert at the Belluna Dome in Japan was the first time that The Weeknd and Takahashi performed Tokyo together live in front of an audience.
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