On Tuesday,
The Weeknd
shocked fans by showing off a
new look
in his video for the song ”
Save Your Tears
.” Instead of the bloodied, bruised face or the bandages he’s been wearing while promoting his album
After Hours,
he appeared to have been grotesquely transformed by plastic surgery. But as you’ve probably guessed, it was all created with makeup and prosthetics.
Mike Marino,
the artist behind the Canadian star’s look, has posted a few behind-the-scenes photos of the
molds
he created to make the prosthetics. He says he used “four prosthetic appliances” overall to make Weeknd’s cheeks and lips look overly filled and Botox-ed.
Marino
describes
the look as “weird plastic surgery.” Fans have created memes comparing The Weeknd’s look to
Handsome Squidward
in
SpongeBob Squarepants
. They’ve also expressed the belief that singer is
dissing his much-publicized Grammys
snub in the clip, because of the scene in which he holds a trophy cup and then throws it across the room.
“Save Your Tears” is the latest single from
After Hours
, which includes The Weekend’s record-breaking number-one hit “Blinding Lights.”
By Andrea Dresdale
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