I know he's been out for a few years but thank god he did a song on 50 shades of grey that blew up because I believe that was the start of his exploding, ever since then he's been only moving upwards/
lol I know. I've been listening to the weekend since 2010, everyone I know has been into him for just as long - he's also been featured on plenty of tracks by other artists before Ariana as well...Love Me Harder helped push him a bit - but he's managed to get to where he is off of his raw talent.