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Here’s what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop

By Samantha Sobolewski| Photography by Kayla Rocca
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Toronto had a weekend full of The Weeknd. The Scarborough native hosted a listening party for his new album, Starboy, on Thursday, then performed at Canada’s inaugural Jingle Ball at the ACC on Friday night. In the meantime, die-hard fans lined up outside Rally on Ossington from Thursday to Sunday to snag limited-edition Weeknd merch. Here’s what a few of them picked up on Saturday.

Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Tristan Wright

24, Transporter at Etobicoke General Hospital Spent: $150 “I’ve been listening to The Weeknd since I was 18. On Thursday, I woke up at 5 a.m. to get tickets for the listening party that night. We waited until maybe 9 p.m. to meet him. Today, the wait was about two hours. It was totally worth the wait both times. And the money.”

 

Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Sharan Guru

22, Student Spent: $155 “I went to the meet and greet. I’ve been a fan since he first came out six or seven years ago. This is like my teenage dream.”

 

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Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Yasmine Hadid

15, Student Spent: $110 “I listen to his music all the time and I think he has a really nice sense of style, so when I saw he had a pop-up shop I thought it was a good opportunity to come and buy his merchandise. It’s also limited edition so you can’t really find it anywhere.”

 

Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Alessia Ditullio

17, Student Spent: $260 “The bombers were sold out, so I was kind of disappointed.”

 

Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Luis Reyes

16, Student Spent: $160 “I wanted to get merchandise to wear to his show next year.”

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Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Karthik Rabe

25, Civil Engineer Spent: $300 “I’ve been listening to The Weeknd since 2011. I missed the chance to buy merchandise in the past because I was in school, so I couldn’t afford everything. But now that I have a job I want to support the artist.”

 

Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Justin Tan

18, Student Spent: $585 “We came here on Thursday expecting to meet The Weeknd. We waited for maybe an hour and a half, and they ran out of wristbands, so we only ended up getting the wristband to skip the line for the listening party.”

 

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Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Jose

21, Student Spent: $250 “I met him yesterday. It was unbelievable. We weren’t allowed to take photos so I recorded it on my phone and you can hear me stuttering. I wasn’t able to get out what I wanted to say but as soon as I saw him, he smiled. It was amazing, it was surreal.”

 

Here's what fans of The Weeknd bought at his Starboy pop-up shop
Jessica Gervais

19, Student Spent: $110 “We waited overnight on Wednesday, for nine-and-a-half hours, to meet him on Thursday. It was amazing.”

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