ABCWhen The Weeknd started promoting his smash album After Hours, he took on the role of a red jacketed character with a beat-up face, explaining to Variety, “This character is having a really bad night, and you can come with your own interpretation of what it is.”
But in a series of videos and performances, The Weeknd has moved on from just having bruises to wearing bandages on his face and on his entire head, showing himself being decapitated, and sporting what appears to be botched plastic surgery. So what’s it all mean? The Canadian star explains himself —