Where’s all the blood and carnage?
Weeknd decided to play it safe on one of the biggest pop scenes on Sunday during his 2021 Super Bowl show at the break.
The 30-year-old multi-faceted young man has decided that his own face is good enough for his big, live concert – certainly not pre-recorded, rather than for the odd prostheses and makeup he wore. throughout his last album.
Supported by a choir of gospel singers, the “Starboy” singer started the show by walking through a series of sub-stage labyrinths. When his 2015 hit “I Can’t Feel My Face” came, dozens of banded double dancers were dancing around him. At least They he risked something strange.
Later, the entire field was filled with masked backups as he sang his famous TikTok dance song, “Blinded by the Light.”
During his anthem “50 Shades of Gray”, “Earned It”, the scene lit up his pornographic stache, now signed – complete with a sexy clip. However, this is the most dramatic thing that happened to the constantly changing face of the singer during the break.
However, The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, wore his red suit, paying homage to his “transformation,” said Richfresh designer Patrick Henry. His gleaming mother-of-pearl pause suit was otherwise simplified. “Everything is done in such a way that they look very together when standing, but they can still move, because Abel likes to move.”
In the year he released his fourth studio album “After Hours”, he carried more extreme versions of what he called “The Character”. It all started with a bloody face at the end of the movie “Dazzling Lights” in January 2020, but grew into a more messy gore for his short film “After Hours”, which followed in March.
Between April and August, his “character” was beaten even more, showing terrible bruises in addition to blood and bandages. By November, Weeknd had completely covered his face in gauze for the American Music Awards.
He followed the bloody appearance with a completely new look of “plastic surgery” – performed by prostheses – for “Save your tears” in January.
However, in commercials for the Super Bowl, the singer relied on his true face, seeming that fans of the arrested character could not stop talking. But, he took the time to explain everything before the big game to those who had been puzzled for months.
“The significance of the entire headband is reflected in the absurd culture of Hollywood stars and people who manipulate themselves for superficial reasons to please and be validated,” he told Variety. “Everything is a progression and we follow the character’s story reaching increased levels of danger and absurdity as his story continues.”
He added that fans may “think being attractive isn’t important to me, but it’s a compelling narrative” and even explained why he went back and forth between him and the “Character,” as he called her.
“Why not play with the character and the artist and let those lines fade and move?”