As he prepares for his monumental Super Bowl LV halftime performance, fans can't help but wonder if he will don the same style, or completely reinvent himself again. As the suspense grows, let's take a look back at what really happened to The Weeknd's face.The Weeknd’s face spent much of 2020 on a very public journey: from first bruised and bloody to then heavily bandaged and finally, seemingly both chiseled by a surgeon’s scalpel and pumped full of every filler in a cosmetic dermatologist’s arsenal. The musician also known as Abel Tesfaye had been more “show” than “tell” about the situation, and most fans figured it was a deliberate performance art-type choice. Though, in the latest promo clip for his upcoming performance during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday his face is back to normal, signifying an end to the storyline. Tesfaye is also now ready to comment on it a bit. “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,” the musician told Varietyduring a quick Q&A. “I suppose you could take that as being attractive isn’t important to me but a compelling narrative is.” “It’s all a progression and we watch The Character’s storyline hit heightened levels of danger and absurdity as his tale goes on,” he elaborated. The Weeknd also performed at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball with his natural visage, and it would seem like his face will be intact for his performance at the big game (a smart choice considering the more casual fans tuning in might be perplexed otherwise). The visuals and promotion for his latest album, After Hours, has been tightly controlled. Throughout all of his music videos and most of his television appearances, Tesfaye wore similar red and black suits and the same hairstyle, with only the contours of his face changing. The general idea: the album’s visuals were playing out over one very bad night in Las Vegas. (And as Variety noted, it’s the first Pepsi ad dropped before Super Bowl Sunday, which airs on CBS, and the first time the performer participated in one.It hit its apex with his video “Save Your Tears” in which he unveiled the disturbingly altered effects of apparent extreme plastic surgery. It’s the first time in a while fans got to see his real face since The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has been wearing bandages as part of an aesthetic for his latest album. Right at the end, The Weeknd flashes a smile to a toll booth security guard who was interrupted grooving to the hit. 7 show shows a montage of fans enjoying his song “Blinding Lights,” including a grocery store worker and a pool cleaner dancing to his tune like no one’s watching. In a new ad for Pepsi ahead of his big Super Bowl 2021 halftime performance, the 30-year-old singer opted to ditch his cryptic bandages and CGI plastic surgery, showing off his real face for the first time in a while. The Weeknd is feelin’ his own face again. Travis Kelce could bring these surprises when hosting ‘SNL’ Jay-Z, Rihanna surprise ‘amazing’ seniors who recreated Super Bowl Halftime Show Legendary NFL receiver dead at 80 years old
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