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How The Weeknd Nearly Gave His Ex, Selena Gomez, a Kidney

Singer’s surprise new album suggests he contemplated being Gomez’s donor.

Canadian singer The Weeknd was so in love with actress Selena Gomez during their relationship that he planned to give her a kidney, according to a lyric in a surprise album that dropped to an elated reception last night. The album, My Dear Melancholy, features a track titled “Call Out My Name,” which seems to be inspired by his ex-girlfriend, Gomez, who he dated for about 10 months until October 2017—during which time she had a kidney transplant to treat the effects of lupus. The lyric runs: “I said I didn’t feel nothing baby, but I lied/I almost cut a piece of myself for your life,” he croons. Gomez ultimately received a kidney transplant thanks to her best friend, actress Francia Raisa.