the same group who works on Heidi Klum's famous Halloween costumes. To get back home, and not empty-handed."Ī rep for the Weeknd has not yet responded to ABC News’ request for further comment. To achieve his facial transformations, The Cut reports that the Weeknd enlisted the help of Prosthetic Renaissance a.k.a. I probably would never have gone back home," he said. "I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. Wearing a whole new suit jacket, this time a brighter red and studded with crystals, The Weeknd seems to have a new, more chiseled jawline. The Guardian reports that his mother now has a new place and new car. And then came the music video for 'Save Your Tears.' Fresh off a snub for a Grammy nomination, Vulture noted The Weeknd is sporting a whole new look, nay, almost a whole new face. The Weeknd added that after wounding his mother - who he said looked at him like he had "failed" the day he moved out - he was motivated to make something of himself. The singer also admitted to having what the Guardian calls a “near miss with the law,” though he didn't go into detail beyond saying it was "bad enough for me to smarten up, to focus." I think that’s more when you’re privileged, you know? Going to a therapist is not something you do when you’re growing up as a street kid in Toronto. And sometimes you’re like, I can’t do this sober."Īsked about whether he ever sought treatment, The Weeknd responded, "No. The past couple of albums, I do get back to that," he said, referring to his drug use.
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In case you missed it, CW renews 12 series including Batwoman, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.Yet, he later admitted in the interview to still using drugs while creating music. The Weeknd's New Face In Music Video, Selfie - Is It Real On Tuesday, The Weeknd released the music video for 'Save Your Tears,' a track from his 2020 album After Hours. Since the release of his album last November, he has switched into and out of the character, blurring the lines between the real artist and the fictional persona.Īs for whether or not The Weeknd is still in character, he leaves fans guessing with the response: “I don’t know. Being that he has maintained the trend of covering himself in more and more bandages with each visible appearance, fans have speculated the symbolic meaning of the look. The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” video left little to the imagination depicting that. The image resembled that of someone who had just had plastic surgery.
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His American Music Awards performance later made headlines when he came out with his face completely wrapped in bandages.
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As a continuation of the same character, The Weeknd’s following performances in his videos, on TV and award shows present a more battered version of himself with each appearance. The artist is seen dressed in a vividly red jacket, with a busted nose after a bad night out. The XO Records head’s visual performance of his smash album After Hours rose to fame with the single, “Blinding Lights”. The Weeknd continued to explain that the increasingly bandaged-look fits into his character’s storyline as he pushes on to “heightened levels of danger and absurdity as his tale goes on.” He commented on the idea “that being attractive isn’t important to me but a compelling narrative is,” fortifying that the series of events was in fact, intentional. At first look, many fans believed the beat-up face to be real and worried about the Weeknd’s physical & mental well-being. The surgical scars certainly added to the sentiment. “The significance of the entire head bandages is reflecting on the absurd culture of Hollywood celebrity and people manipulating themselves for superficial reasons to please and be validated,” he said in a recent interview with Variety. The structure of the Weeknd’s face was disrupted to accentuate a drastically thin nose, puffy bloated cheeks, unrealistic jawline, and seemingly glossy injected lips.