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The Weeknd is still reeling after performing at the Super Bowl LV over the weekend.

The 30-year-old musician, who was without bandages on his face, took to social media to celebrate the experience of the night.

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“still buzzing from last night. i couldn’t stop smiling the whole performance. thank you @pepsi @NFL @RocNation for believing in me to bring a fresh new take on the halftime show,” he wrote on twitter. “XO we did it !”

The Weeknd‘s medley of songs included “Starboy”, “The Hills”, “Can’t Feel My Face”, “I Feel It Coming”, “Save Your Tears”, “Earned It” and then to “Blinding Lights”.

The Weeknd‘s performance also birthed a brand new meme reaction to things online, as many shared the moment with him looking every which way as he navigated through a light maze.

If you missed it, check out how celebs reacted to The Weeknd‘s performance here!

The Weeknd just performed during the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show, but his stage name “The Weeknd” is not the current trend on social media.

The 30-year-old singer’s real name is what people are using in their tweets right now to talk about his performance!

Abel Tesfaye is the singer’s birth name and this is currently the number two trend on Twitter, right behind #SuperBowl.

You can watch the full video of The Weeknd‘s halftime show performance right here and we also compiled tweets from lots of celebrities who commented on the big show.

Have you ever wondered why The Weeknd spells his stage name without the last “e” in the name? We found a quote he gave back in 2013 to explain why he did this.

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The Weeknd has just finished rocking the stage at the 2021 Super Bowl!

The 30-year-old entertainer performed as the headliner during The Halftime Show at the big game on Sunday (February 7) at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida.

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After his performance, celebs took to Twitter to react to The Weeknd‘s show.

“DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN @theweeknd !!! loooooved the entire field being THE STAGE !” Keith Urban tweeted.

While Keith may have loved the show, not everyone was sold on The Weeknd‘s performance.

“Ok, throwing a flag at the halftime show is a little much…” Bradley Whitford tweeted.

You can watch The Weeknd‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show here!

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The Weeknd just rocked the stage during the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show and you can watch the full performance video right here!

The 30-year-old singer gave us a huge spectacle with his performance on Sunday (February 7) at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

The Weeknd performed from several stages and he had a huge choir kick off the show with him while singing “Starboy.” He then segued into his hit song “The Hills.”

While singing “Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd was seen walking through a hall-way of mirrors with dancers in bandages, just like he used to wear for some of his previous performances.

The Weeknd then went back on his incredible stage to perform “I Feel It Coming,” “Save Your Tears,” and “Earned It.”

The action then took to the field, where tons of dancers wearing the same red suit jacket, black pants, and face bandages were performing a march. The Weeknd then showed up on the field to perform his song “Blinding Lights.”

Wondering what was live and what was pre-recorded? Check out our previous post that explained it!

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The Weeknd has been known for his heavily bandaged face during performances in the past few months, and now, he’s explaining the significance of the bandages.

For those who haven’t followed The Weeknd’s bandages, here’s a recap:

• The Weeknd Sports Bruising on His Face for VMAs Performance in August 2020
• The Weeknd Is Seen in Full Face Bandages in November 2020
• The Weeknd Performs in the Bandages for the First Time in November 2020
• The Weeknd Reveals the What’s Underneath the Bandages in January 2021

The Weeknd seemed to be playing a character on a journey in his album, After Hours. In his latest music video for “Save Your Tears,” he finally took off his fake bandages just a few weeks ago and revealed this heavily bandaged persona had undergone plastic surgery.

He finally explained why his album, After Hours, had featured so much of this bandaged person in a new interview.

The Weeknd shared with Variety, “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.”

When asked why he had been promoting his biggest album to date with a persona in heavy bandages, he responded, “I suppose you could take that being attractive isn’t important to me but a compelling narrative is.”

Check out photos of The Weeknd in bandages from his appearance at the AMAs in November…More Here! »

Some past Super Bowl halftime shows have had to have moments pre-recorded to create some amazing moments. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, fans were wondering if any aspects would be taped before hand for safety measures. We’re learning that The Weeknd‘s performance will be totally live!

“It’s all happening in that stadium, in that moment,” Jesse Collins, co-producer of the halftime show this year, told ET. “We’re not bouncing off to another stadium and then cutting in like some people have had to do [before]. We are fortunate enough in this situation that we are able to do a live live show.”

“It’s gotta be about entertainment from a truthful perspective,” he added. “Get away from the massive sets, all the hoopla, the flying this and that. And get to the core of what makes an artist special.”

This year, the big game will take place at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.

“I think there’s a lot of stuff happening in the show that people aren’t going to expect,” he added. “It’s just going to be fun. It’s so perfect.”

“We started creating this thing back in September, and the message of it really worked out,” he continued. “The world worked out for the message that The Weeknd wants to communicate in this performance.”

As for cameos, he said, “Maybe there will be cameos, but we can’t say what he’s doing. It’s definitely a very special show. But you’ll just have to watch and see what happens.”

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The Weeknd has a very unique way of spelling his name and there are probably many people misspelling his stage name as The Weekend right now!

The 30-year-old singer has a good explanation of why he had to drop that last “e” from his name.

The Weeknd opened up to fans during a Reddit AMA back in 2013 and explained how he choose his stage name, as well as why he spells it that way.

“I left home when I was about 17 dropped out of high school and convinced Lamar to do the same lol. We grabbed our mattresses from our parents threw it in our friends shitty van and left one weekend and never came back home. It was gonna be the title of HOB. I hated my name at the time though so I tried it as a stage name. It sounded cool,” The Weeknd said about how he chose his name.

He added, “I took out the ‘e’ because there was already a canadian band named the weekend (copyright issues).”

Wondering what his real birth name is? Click here!