The Occult Meaning Behind The Weeknd’s Videos
“The Hills”, “Can’t Feel My Face” and “Tell Your Friends”
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The Weeknd’s videos “The Hills”, “Can’t Feel My Face” and “Tell Your Friends” form a trilogy that tells a disturbing story. Through symbolism, the videos describe a dark and occult path to fame.
The Weeknd is a Canadian R&B singer who has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity in the past few years. However in 2015, his career truly took off with a hit album, a number one single, music awards appearances and even tabloid action (with his 18 year-old girlfriend Bella Haddid). As if narrating his meteoric rise to fame, the videos released for his album “Beauty Behind the Madness”, depict The Weeknd’s rise to fame in a rather dark fashion: It is indeed represented as the result of a deal with the devil himself.
Although the videos The Hills, Can’t Feel My Face and Tell Your Friends are quite simple and not exactly “action-packed”, the action that actually takes place is highly significant. The videos are also connected through the recurrent appearance of a shady character with supernatural powers who appears to be following The Weeknd around and who happens to share attributes with the biblical “devil”. Do the videos tell the story of man selling his soul to the devil for success in the music industry? Let’s look at the meaning of The Weeknd’s videos.
The Hills
The Hills is the first video released of the trilogy. It begins with a shot of a car that is upside down. A
