Super Bowl Halftime Show: See The Weeknd's Bloody, Bandaged Face Over the Months
The 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show has finally arrived, and you can see all of The Weeknd's bloody, [...]
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The bloody face and eventual bandaged look can be seen evolving over the course of The Weeknd's music videos from After Hours. To date, there are four: "Hearthless," "Blinding Lights", "In Your Eyes", and "Save Your Tears."
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When asked about how it all fits together in his original "bad night in Las Vegas" storyline," the singer explained, "It's all a progression and we watch The Character's storyline hit heightened levels of danger and absurdity as his tale goes on."
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After it was implied that there is possibly some irony in The Weeknd purposefully making his "face increasingly unattractive" while promoting After Hours, he had a very sly response. "I suppose you could take that being attractive isn't important to me but a compelling narrative is," he said.
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The Weeknd has not always made appearances in character, since debuting the After Hours plot, and this is something he sees no issue with. "Why not play with the character and the artist and let those lines blur and move around?" he replied, after being asked about the inconsistency.
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At the end of his Yahoo! interview, The Weeknd was asked if he was "in character" in the moment. He responded by saying, "I don't know, I'd have to ask him."
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Ahead of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, an ad was released hyping the big event. It featured The Weeknd walking down a stadium tunnel as clips from his past music videos and live performances played on the walk beside him.
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It was unclear at the time if he would show up to the performance as The Weeknd or The Character, but now we know.
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