description Save Your Tears - The Weeknd Overview
The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” music video is a visually striking exploration of obsession and regret within a 1980s inspired synth-pop aesthetic. It utilizes elaborate sets and costumes to depict a stylized, almost artificial romance. The video's notable use of plastic surgery imagery alongside its melancholic tone has garnered significant attention. It’s primarily for viewers interested in contemporary music videos, particularly those drawn to the Weeknd’s style and themes of love, loss, and identity.
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Save Your Tears - The Weeknd ranks #93 of 115 in the Music Video ranking, behind Money for Nothing - Dire Straits, ahead of Scream - Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson.
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Did The Weeknd actually have facial surgery for Save Your Tears?
No, the altered face was created with prosthetic makeup for his After Hours character. The exaggerated cheeks and lips continue the character's progression from the injuries in Blinding Lights to bandages at later public performances.
Why are the guests wearing masks in Save Your Tears?
The masked, formally dressed audience creates an artificial awards-show atmosphere while The Weeknd performs for their approval. Combined with his prosthetic face, the imagery is commonly read as satire about celebrity, beauty standards and entertainment-industry spectatorship.
Is the woman in the Save Your Tears video Selena Gomez?
No, Selena Gomez does not appear in the video, despite comparisons made online about the featured performer's appearance. The woman is part of the staged audience and becomes involved in the video's pistol and confetti-gun sequence.
How does Save Your Tears connect to the After Hours videos?
It continues the red-suited character seen in Heartless, Blinding Lights, In Your Eyes and Too Late. By this 2021 video, his earlier injuries and bandages have given way to deliberately extreme facial prosthetics.
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