The Weeknd: The Birth of Venus in the XXI century

A standing ovation is not enough to applaud the cultural eye-opener

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, a.k.a.The Weeknd, took a social experiment to the extreme to prove the grotesque Hollywood beauty standards and its influence in our visual culture.

Throughout a full year, The Weeknd has been showing up publicly with bandages, bruises as if he was going through plastic surgery. In his music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYlFuWEuK), he shows a completely transformed face. A normal procedure in Hollywood, which sets the…