A few days before his performance at Super Bowl LV which will take place this Sunday, February 7, The Weeknd finally explained the origin of his bandages ( we already had a track ) which raised many questions following his somewhat different appearance these last weeks .
The “After Hours” saga
It was during his rehearsals that Variety magazine met him to learn a little more about the mysterious bandages he wore earlier and their significance . But first we have to put ourselves in the context: indeed the series of clips proposed by The Weeknd for his album After Hours tells a story, in which we follow the evolution of his character . “__ My character had a very rough night, and you can interpret it however you want” explains The Weeknd in reference to the After Hours mini – film ,in which his character starts the night with a lot of alcohol or too much and a fight and then ends in what appears to be “demon possession” .
Then we were able to discover him with surprise at the American Music Awards ceremony , his face fully bandaged , and swollen, still in the role of his character in the After Hours saga , which he continued to promote . An appearance that had created a shock for Internet users who were almost worried about the health of the singer, even if we quickly understood that it was fake.
Behind Hollywood
Then we could see him disfigured in Save Your Tears , where he appears straight out of ten cosmetic surgery sessions with a face with exaggerated contours or even deformed . But what – it then? For Variety , The Weeknd was able to give some details while remaining in his mysterious character:
“The significance of his bandages on my head is due to a reflection on the absurd mentality of Hollywood celebrities who spend a lot of time transforming for superficial reasons for the sole purpose of pleasing and being validated __ . “
Basically, it’s a satire of Hollywood culture, centered around appearance and superficiality . A critique that makes perfect sense at a time when every detail is meticulously observed, criticized, accentuated by social networks, vectors of physical and psychological complexes .
