The Weeknd's New Look

The Weeknd's New Look

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Updated Sep 11, 2019 at 11:36AM EDT by Matt.

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About

The Weeknd's New Look refers to a series of mock comparisons between singer-songwriter The Weeknd's sudden change in hairstyle and other pop-culture figures.

Origin

On September 9th, 2019, The Weeknd tweeted [1] a photograph of himself at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of the film Uncut Gems. The image is likely the first to showcase his new hairstyle, changing his normal look "dreadlocks or a high-top afro with shaved sides."[2] The tweet received more than 164,000 likes and 26,000 retweets in two days (shown below).


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Following the release of the film, people began posting comparisons between The Weeknd's look and other pop-culture figures with curly hair and or mustaches. For example, Twitter[3] user @StolenRapMeme compared The Weeknd to Jack Black's character in Nacho Libre. The tweet received more than 1,900 likes and 540 retweets in two days (shown below, left).

Others made jokes about his look. Twitter[4] user @turntmuslim tweeted, "It’s not The Weeknd anymore it’s El fin de la semana." The tweet received more than 19,000 likes and 11,000 retweets in two days (shown below, center).

Throughout the day, others continued to share similar jokes and comparisons (example below, right).

Several media outlets covered the reaction to the haircut, including The Washington Post,[5] Complex,[6] Marie Claire[7] and more.


Rap Facts @StolenRapMeme The Weeknd just turned into Nacho Libre. 10:11 PM Sep 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone TurntMuslim @turntmuslim It's not The Weeknd anymore it's El fin de la semana XO @XOnews_ Sep 9 The Weeknd Arriving To The #TorontolnternationalFilmFestival #TheWeeknd IURONIO tiff tiff Ff L'OREAL PARIS ell tiff VISA tiff ff TORONT tiff Bell Ontario tiff iff VISA tiff Royal Bank Ontario gettyimages Tommas Bodd iff Bell gettyimages Tornmaso Bodd tiff tiff ELEFILM NED To Royal RSC Bank 10:44 PM Sep 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Joseph Carro @cwalkenisgod If #LionelRichie and Billy from #StrangerThings had baby - You get The Weeknd's new look vibe. Lionel Richie and 2 others 3:03 AM Sep 10, 2019 from Lewiston, ME Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples


z @sheikhnamjoon my brain literally won't let me accept that this is the weeknd iff hil TORON On tif REAL PARIS iff VISA tif ORONTO iff Bel tif ISA 10:12 PM Sep 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone BASZ @r3al AJ Man this n---- went from The Weeknd to The Sunday Afternoon 1:41 AM Sep 10, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Stan @stanleyjayfern Nobody: The Weeknd: gettyimages Aaron Rapoport 534292782 12:55 AM Sep 10, 2019 Twitter for iPhone
Johnny Boy @prkrjhnstn Replying to @theweeknd Ididn't realize that they were rebooting Lando Calrissian again baby. 15m ago We irritating Caa Cawer СНAT 11:45 PM Sep 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Naiya @Girlbornin94xo A lot of you can't handle the fact that this is ABEL and not THE WEEKND and it really shows. Bell hTORONTO tiff A tiff FF L'OREAL RBC PARIS tiff tiff VISA ell Tff tiff tiff TO bTORONT Bell Ontario tiff TE VISA CA tiff Royal Bank Ontario iff Bell tiff ELEFILM To Daual 8:34 AM Sep 10, 2019 Twitter for iPhone SelamCentral SEL A M CENTEAL @SelamCen This ain't The Weeknd this Abel Makkonen Tesfaye

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