“I suppose you could take that as being attractive isn’t important to me but a compelling narrative is.”
“It’s all a progression and we watch The Character’s storyline hit heightened levels of danger and absurdity as his tale goes on,” he elaborated. “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,” the musician told Varietyduring a quick Q&A. Tesfaye is also now ready to comment on it a bit. Though, in the latest promo clip for his upcoming performance during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday his face is back to normal, signifying an end to the storyline. The musician also known as Abel Tesfaye had been more “show” than “tell” about the situation, and most fans figured it was a deliberate performance art-type choice. The Weeknd’s face spent much of 2020 on a very public journey: from first bruised and bloody to then heavily bandaged and finally, seemingly both chiseled by a surgeon’s scalpel and pumped full of every filler in a cosmetic dermatologist’s arsenal.
