Honestly speaking, The Weeknd has received so may positive comments for his performance at this year’s Super Bowl LV. The Weeknd, made sure to place a unique signature on his performance. The singer debuted his performance with his hit “Starboy.” He then followed it up with his other smash hits, “The Hills,” and “Can’t Feel My Face.”
Here are four facts behind The Weeknd’s iconic performance.
The Weeknd reportedly spent $7 million of his own money to make his Super Bowl halftime show happen
According to an article published by Essence magazine on Monday, The Weeknd’s manager, Wassim Slaiby told Billboard that the Canadian singer spent $7 million of his own money to cover the production costs of his own show. Songs from The Weeknd including “Blinding Lights” and “The Hills” began to climb the charts once again via iTunes immediately after the Halftime Show was complete. The 30-year-old singer paid a pretty penny to make it happen.
#TheWeeknd's "Blinding Lights" its the biggest Hot 100 chart hit of the century (@theweeknd). #SuperBowl
— chart data (@chartdata) February 8, 2021
.@theweeknd's "The Hills" has re-entered the top 10 on US iTunes following the #SuperBowl.
— chart data (@chartdata) February 8, 2021
The Weeknd’s Super Bowl handmade jacket took 250 hours to sew
The Weeknd wore a handmade jacket on Sunday during his performance at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was later revealed to PEOPLE magazine that the custom bedazzled jacket took four embroiderers more than 250 hours to finish. The jacket was designed by Givenchy’s Matthew M. Williams who said that “dressing The Weeknd for his incredible Super Bowl show was an honor.”
“It’s truly an honor to have dressed The Weeknd for his incredible Super Bowl show,” Williams People. “To me, fashion is all about infusing what you wear with a unique personality, and The Weeknd brought his look to life with his energy, character, and sense of style.”
Why his dancers wore face bandages?
The Grammy-winning singer whose real name is Abel Tesfaye made headlines on Sunday for his closing song “Blinding Lights,” during which dozens of dancers lined the football field donning full faces of bandages.
“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 Weeknd previously told Variety. “It’s all a progression and we watch the character’s storyline hit heightened levels of danger and absurdity as his tale goes on. I suppose you could take that being attractive isn’t important to me but a compelling narrative is,” he admitted to the outlet.”
Inspired by Michael Jackson
During an interview with Variety last week, The Weeknd said he was influenced by Michael Jackson’s performance at the 1993 Super Bowl. “Again, Diana Ross is my favorite performance so I watched her over and over again. I loved Prince’s obviously, Michael Jackson, Beyonce —they’re all amazing, but Diana is definitely my favorite,” he told the outlet.
You can watch the performance here in case you missed it.
