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Continuing the narrative of his ‘After Hours’ visuals, the ‘Blinding Lights’ crooner reveals what’s really going on underneath the bandages that covered his face at the 2020 American Music Awards last November.

Jan 6, 2021
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd has kicked off the new year with something a little extra. The Canadian singer released a music video for his single “Save Your Tears” on Tuesday, January 5, shocking fans with his “new face.”
Continuing the narrative of his “After Hours” visuals, the three-time Grammy Award-winning artist unveils what was really going on underneath the bandages that he sported on his face at the 2020 American Music Awards last November. He debuts faux facial enhancements gone wrong in the new clip as he belts out the song at a creepy masquerade show where all the guests are masked up.
The “Can’t Feel My Face” crooner displays a thinned and crooked nose, bloated cheeks, puffed-up lips and surgery scars as part of the disturbing alterations to his face. “But then you saw me, caught you by surprise,” he sings in the song, perfectly reflecting the reactions of his fans after watching the video.

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“Why does The Weeknd look like that in the Save Your Tears music video!?! I don’t like it,” a horrified fan commented. Another quipped, “i bet he really cant feel his face now,” referencing to his 2018 hit “Can’t Feel My Face”.
“Thanks for the nightmares,” another shocked fan reacted. “What in the jigsaw f**k is this!!!” read a fourth comment, while another said, “I refuse to believe he wanted to look like the vampire from Brooklyn when he was dying.”
The Weeknd has not explained the idea behind his “Save Your Tears” music video, but he followed up the video release with a behind-the-scenes selfie, giving a close-up look at his exaggerated new look, which was seemingly achieved with prosthetic. He left it captionless, as one cheeky user called him “HANDSOME SQUIDWARD” in the comment section.

The Weeknd previously sported a bloodied face in “Blinding Lights” music video and had his decapitated head reattached onto another man’s body in the even gorier “Too Late” clip. Both songs and “Save Your Tears” are all lifted off his fourth studio album “After Hours”, which debuted atop Billboard 200 in March 2020.

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The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker has seemingly suggested that he’s got so much to say about the world in his next studio installment due to the events happening this year.

Dec 31, 2020
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd has been “more inspired and creative” than ever this year.
The singer – real name is Abel Tesfaye – admitted the follow-up record to 2020’s “After Hours” is likely to be more political than his previous albums because he’s got so much to say about the world following the coronavirus pandemic, the divisive state of U.S. politics, and the Black Lives Matter protests that took place around the globe this year.
“I have been more inspired and creative during the pandemic than I might normally be,” he told Tmrw magazine. “The pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement and the tensions of the U.S. election have mostly created a sense of gratitude for what I have and closeness with the people near me.”
The “Blinding Lights” hitmaker recently branded the Grammy Awards “corrupt” after he was snubbed for any nominations for the critically-acclaimed “After Hours” and revealed he’d been planning to perform at the ceremony until he was overlooked.

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In a series of tweets, he wrote, “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”
“Collaboratively planning a performance for weeks to not being invited? In my opinion zero nominations = you’re not invited! (sic)”
Following The Weeknd’s initial comments, Grammy bosses insisted they were “surprised” he wasn’t up for a gong, and blamed the lack of nods on there being “fewer” to hand out “than the number of deserving artists.”
Recording Academy Chair Harvey Mason Jr. said, “We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathise with what he’s feeling.”
“His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone’s admiration. Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists. All Grammy nominees are recognised by the voting body for their excellence, and we congratulate them all.”

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The Recording Academy official insists the ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker’s absence from the 2021 Grammy nominations list has nothing to do with his upcoming Super Bowl performance.

Nov 26, 2020
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd has attacked the Recording Academy’s Grammy voters again a day after he missed out on a mention for the 2021 prizegiving.
Despite his record-breaking year on the charts and critical and commercial acclaim with the album “After Hours” and hits like “Blinding Lights”, the Canadian hitmaker failed to land a single nomination on Tuesday (24Nov20) when the Grammy nods were announced.
Calling voters “corrupt” in a tweet on Tuesday, the singer has now revealed he was working on a performance at the Grammys, which had been scheduled a week before his half-time show at the Super Bowl in February (21).
“Collaboratively planning a performance for weeks to not being invited? In my opinion zero nominations = you’re not invited!” he wrote.

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The comment has sparked speculation The Weeknd and Grammy bosses clashed over his decision to headline the Super Bowl, but Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason, Jr. insists that’s not the case.
“We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated,” he says in a statement. “I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone’s admiration.
“We were thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we would have loved to have him also perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before… unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists. But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global community.”
“To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process.”

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Words are the ‘Blinding Lights’ singer lost his chance to get nominated for the 2021 Grammy Awards after given ultimatum to choose whether to perform at the event or Super Bowl LV.

Nov 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – The Recording Academy has spoken up amid the backlash over The Weeknd snub at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Despite still being one of the most celebrated artists in the industry today, the Canadian star who released his latest album “After Hours” in March didn’t get any nomination for the 63rd annual ceremony.
Speaking to Billboard on the eve of nomination announcement, the Recording Academy’s interim President/CEO Harvey Mason Jr. briefly touched on The Weeknd snub, insinuating that the “Save Your Tears” crooner didn’t receive any nomination simply because he lost the spot to other artists. “For The Weeknd, in every year you only have a certain amount of people you can nominate for each category,” Mason said.
Mason also explained Harry Styles’ absence on the “Big Four” categories, despite him still receiving nominations in other categories such as Best Music Video and Best Pop Vocal Album. As for Harry, he has some great nominations this year [even though he wasn’t nominated in the top categories],” he said. “We are excited about some of the other categories where he was nominated. It’s never easy to tell where people are going to land.”
Mason added that The Academy had a “very diverse group of new voters” and didn’t have much to say when it was noted that these “new voters” seemed to value rising, lesser-known artists than those who have established careers and bodies of work. “[Hesitantly] Yeah, it’s interesting,” Mason admitted.

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Elsewhere in the interview, Mason doubled down on his explanation, “From year to year, it is really hard to predict who is going to be nominated and who’s not. I personally wish we could give everybody a nomination, but there are only a certain amount of slots. There were some amazing records that did not get nominated.”
Meanwhile, The Weeknd has lashed out at The Academy, which he deemed “corrupt” for denying him any nomination. “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…,” he demanded on Tuesday, November 24 after the nominations were announced.

TMZ additionally reported that the singer, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, likely got snubbed for the Grammy nominations after testy talks with Grammy brass about him performing at the Grammys and Super Bowl LV. The organization allegedly issued an ultimatum for the singer to choose either one of the events.
Both parties eventually agreed that The Weeknd could do both, but the bitter back-and-forth reportedly pissed off Grammy honchos, which might have cost him the Grammy nominations.

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The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker, who comes to the awards show in a red suit with his head, jaw and nose being covered in bandages, takes home three trophies including the Favorite Album kudo.

Nov 24, 2020
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd’s bandaged appearance at Sunday’s (November 22) 2020 American Music Awards caused a stir among fans on Twitter.
The “Starboy” hitmaker – who won the Soul/R&B prizes for Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Song for “Heartless” and Favorite Album for “After Hours” – sported a red suit and his head, jaw, and nose completely bandaged during the award ceremony.
It’s a look he’s been developing since hit video for chart-topping hit “Blinding Lights”, but that didn’t stop bemused fans commenting on his unusual appearance on social media.
“damn, when the weeknd said ‘i can’t feel my face when i’m with you’ he wasn’t joking,” one user wrote, referring to the singer’s hit song “Can’t Feel My Face”, while another quipped, “when the weeknd took the ‘I can’t feel my face’ part to the next lvl. (sic)”

Fans poked fun at The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ in reaction to his unusual AMAs appearance.

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Others were confused and concerned for the star’s wellbeing, asking, “so were all of those bandages on the weeknd’s face for his performance or????”
“did the weeknd get in a fight or completely reconstruct his face? i cant tell,” posted another, while a further fan asked, “Guys what happened to The Weeknd’s face I’m so confused is he okay.”

Other fans expressed concern over The Weeknd’s bandaged appearance at AMAs 2020.
Despite the confusion, the bloody make-up is to raise awareness about drunk driving, and has been played out in the star’s recent music videos, including recent hit “In Your Eyes”.
In an interview with Esquire, The Weeknd explained his “Blinding Lights” video is 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, but nothing could stop you from trying to go see that person, because you’re so lonely.”
“I don’t want to ever promote drunk driving, but that’s what the dark undertone is.”

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The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker is officially announced to headline the halftime show at the upcoming Super Bowl in Tampa Bay, Florida in February next year.

Nov 13, 2020
AceShowbiz – R&B superstar The Weeknd has scored a musical touchdown as the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner.
The “Blinding Lights” hitmaker was announced as the performer for the coveted slot on Thursday (12Nov20), and he admitted it was a dream come true.
“We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position,” the Canadian singer says. “I’m humbled, honoured and ecstatic to be the centre of that infamous stage this year.”
Super Bowl LV will mark the second year representatives at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment firm have worked with bosses at the National Football League and sponsors Pepsi to book the Halftime Show stars, following Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s co-headlining slot at the 2020 event.
In a statement, Jay-Z declares, “The Weeknd has introduced a sound all his own. His soulful uniqueness has defined a new generation of greatness in music and artistry.”

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“This is an extraordinary moment in time and the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show is going to be an extraordinary experience with an extraordinary performer.”
Super Bowl LV will take place in Tampa Bay, Florida on 7 February (21).
Previous acts to land the big gig in recent years include Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Beyonce Knowles, and Bruno Mars.

Details of his performance are still scarce, but The Weeknd posted a short clip that teased what to expect from the upcoming gig. The footage included reference to his latest hit single “Blinding Lights” from fourth studio album “After Hours”.

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