4/4/2023 0 Comments The weekend altered face![]() He has not confirmed or denied these claims, though he told Variety: “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.”īut, while Abel Tesfaye is well-placed to comment on the tribulations of fame, his commentary on tweakment culture feels as though it misses the mark. ![]() Fans have speculated that later stages of his narrative were a dig specifically at the aesthetic choices of his supermodel ex-partner Bella Hadid, along with the many other women who have chosen to opt for aesthetic procedures to alter their appearance. The same week, Variety published an interview revealing the intentions behind The Weeknd's actions. What was the meaning behind The Weeknd’s stunt? Many anticipated another appearance from post-procedure The Weeknd - but as the lights rose, there was ‘the old’ Tesfaye, and all became clear for those still in doubt. For one year, all of his public appearances would involve some form of bandages, bruises, blood or prosthetics - visual implications that he was undergoing a series of traumas, and was in the process of dramatically reconstructing his face.Ī post shared by The Weeknd extended stunt came to a boiling point this Sunday, during the singer's long-awaited performance at the Super Bowl half-time show. An achingly edgy trip-hop producer, he was widely regarded, quite simply, as the nonchalant soundtrack to our collective Tumblr scrolling.īut ten years later - with a whole load of fame, 28.8 million Instagram followers and many a magazine cover under his belt - Tesfaye embarked on a year-long stunt. We barely knew what Canadian singer The Weeknd looked like back in 2011 when he released his first ever mixtape, House of Balloons, as a free download. Why did The Weeknd get fake plastic surgery? ![]() Some fans have been left confused about the motivation behind his ‘performance art’ - and to be honest, I’m with them. Only his backing dancers were wrapped in head bandages (a move which felt more of a creative approach to COVID face covering requirements, than an extension of Tesfaye’s ‘narrative’). That he could re-emerge from an aesthetician’s office with a face inspired by the facial proportions of Jocelyn Wildenstein, or Kylie Jenner, or even his ex-girlfriend, supermodel Bella Hadid.īut at The Weeknd’s Super Bowl half-time performance, his appearance reverted back to its pre-2020 normalcy. Plus, considering the near-satirical hellscape that was 2020, it wasn’t entirely outside of the realms of possibility that Abel Tesfaye, AKA The Weeknd, could reinvent his bone structure. The prosthetics were pretty impressive, after all. A zig-zag silhouette from temple to pointed cheekbone to jaw. ![]() Pillowy lips pouting in a perfect circle. Eyelids strained tightly against his eyeballs. His curiously sloped eyebrows, defying gravity.
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