The new look of the singer in " Save your Tears" shows a continuation of the flow of stories in the other songs of his fourth album, "After Hours".
The first video released from the album was " Heartless ", in which The Weeknd appears celebrating in Las Vegas drunk. He is then injured, bruised and bleeding in " Blinding Lights ". He is then beheaded in the clip of " In Your Eyes ", while in " Too Late ", his head joins the body of another person and he is "recreated".
The last live performances of The Weeknd have found him covered in bandages , while now in "Save Your Tears", the singer "reveals" the results of the surgery.
The singer has said that all the transformation with blood, bandages, bruises, etc. is to raise awareness about giving the car a drunken state.
In the last song, get acquainted with some details and references that may have escaped you:
- Surgery is linked to a part of his previous song, " Escape From LA ", when he says that "girls in Los Angeles all look the same" because "they do the same things on the face".
- In one part of the clip, Abel Tesfaye (the real name of The Weeknd) takes a trophy similar to those of the Grammy and slams it with as much force as he has.
- Some speculate that the girl in the clip resembles Abel's ex, Selena Gomez, especially in the song " Dance Again ".
- The evening with masks visually resembles the movie "Eyes Wide Shut", 1999, by Stanley Kubrick.
Meanwhile, some of the most interesting "translations" of people for the song are:
# 1
"Simply put, The Weeknd says he would rather die than wear a fake face and make meaningless performances in front of fake people." (At the end of the clip, The Weeknd "kills" itself.)
# 2
"He says: 'Keep the tears because there is no happy ending for Hollywood performers. "They need to 'keep a happy face' so that no one understands what's wrong."
# 3
"All the masks show that everyone is a slave to the system just like him. He needs to put on a mask for the audience to keep them happy and entertained. ”
# 4
"People appreciate you, only when you are no more." ( At the end of the clip, after Abel "Kills" himself, he gets all the applause in the hall.)
Meanwhile, The weeknd has started work on the next album after "After Hours" and says that 2020 events, such as the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, have made it more inspiring and creative.
