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Has The Weeknd had plastic surgery?
THE Weeknd continues to shock fans after showing off a disturbing new look in the Save Your Tears music video.
The move comes after took the stage with his face covered in bandages and bruises at the American Music Awards 2020.
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What happened to The Weeknd's face?
In his video Save Your Tears, The Weeknd is to emulate the look of extreme plastic surgery, fillers and Botox.
This follows from his previous hit Blinding Lights, in which he wanted to raise awareness of drink-driving.
When he arrived at the with his , looked as if he'd either been in a terrible accident or just had a face lift.
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But the singer isn't injured and he hasn't had cosmetic surgery either.
Instead, the horrifying make-up is to raise awareness against drink driving.
The Weeknd hasn't revealed for how long he'll continue to alter his look for events and videos.
What is Save Your Tears about?
Save Your Tears is primarily about his past relationships.
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It's thought to reflect on his with and
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The Weeknd has expressed his regrets over the way he treated them both.
The lyrics include this verse:
You could've asked me why I broke your heart
You could've told me that you fell apart
But you walked past me like I wasn't there
And just pretended like you didn't care
Fans think the lyrics are based on an encounter he had with Bella in which she left a nightclub soon after he arrived.
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Has The Weeknd had plastic surgery?
The Weeknd has not had plastic surgery, despite his harrowing new look in the music video Save Your Tears.
In fact, in a new ad for Pepsi ahead of his Super Bowl LV halftime performance, The Weeknd ditched his cryptic bandages and CGI plastic surgery, and showed off his real face.
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The one-minute teaser for the Super Bowl shows a sequence of fans listening his song Blind Lights, including a grocery store workers, a pool cleaner, and a toll booth security guard.
Right at the end, The Weeknd flashes a smile to a toll booth security guard who was interrupted dancing to the hit.
It’s the first time in a while fans got to see his real face.
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What has The Weeknd said about it?
The Weeknd commented on the bandage in an interview with .
"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 told the outlet.
Previously he explained to in August 2020 about the dark meaning behind Blinding Lights.
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He said: "It's about how you want to see someone at night, and you’re intoxicated, and you’re driving to this person and you’re just blinded by streetlights.
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"But nothing could stop you from trying to go see that person, because you’re so lonely."
He added: "I don’t want to ever promote drunk driving, but that’s what the dark undertone is.”
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