The Weeknd just delivered one of the most moving tributes yet to Kavinsky. During Night 1 of his Frankfurt show in Germany, the Canadian superstar played the pair's 2013 collaboration 'Odd Look' in memory of the late French DJ. Additionally, he called Kavinsky a visionary, a pioneer and a huge inspiration to his own artistic journey.
The two had a long-running creative connection. Notably, ‘Odd Look’ remains one of the more genre-bending moments in either artist’s catalogue, and it landed years before The Weeknd’s mainstream superstardom. Furthermore, in a recent NME interview, Kavinsky himself revealed that another collaboration with The Weeknd could have been on the way.
“I happened to just love his voice when I heard it,” Kavinsky told NME. “So we did our track together back then very easily, very simply. This was way before he became super huge and was really accessible and available.”
Additionally, Kavinsky went on to reveal that the pair had been discussing the possibility of working together again “for a long time.” Meanwhile, he suggested a new collab was imminent. “So something might happen, something might happen very probably,” he said. “It’s happening soon, and he is still such a nice guy.”
Ultimately, The Weeknd’s Frankfurt tribute lands as one of the most meaningful public acknowledgements of Kavinsky’s influence since news broke of the French producer’s passing last week. Furthermore, it also underlines just how many artists across genres considered him a defining voice in modern electronic music.
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