Watching Saturday Night Live’s Oct. 10 episode was my first time experiencing the amoeba-like style that is Canadian artist Abel Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd’s hair. It’s dreadlocked, but not, it’s matted, but not, it just is.
Tesfaye’s indescribable mop even has a specific social media following. A website called The Weeknd Bible has dedicated an entire page to the evolution of Tesfaye’s “do”, following it from conception to it’s current amorphic shape. His hair has a vine, a series of hilarious meme’s and a tumblr page.
In a recent Rolling Stones article, reporter Josh Eells dedicated six paragraphs to the rising star’s hair. In the same article, Sex, Drugs and R&B: Inside the Weeknd’s Dark Twisted Fantasy, Eells goes on to describe Tesfaye’s first meeting with girl squad queen and music supernova, Taylor Swift. Swift apparently also holds Tesfaye’s hair in the same regard as her much loved cat, Meredith, as she began to pet the Canadian artists’ hair during their conversation.
Tesfaye is quoted in the article as saying “Hey, can you stop? I mean, it felt good! But when she started petting my hair, that’s when I was like, ‘I definitely need a drink.”
I find myself so entranced by Tesfaye’s hair that I am distracted to the point that I’m not even listening to what he’s singing. It wasn’t until I heard his song Can’t feel my face on the radio that I was like, “ooooh, it’s the guy with the hair!”
The take away here for me and hopefully for you is, if you plan on becoming a big deal in the music scene, perhaps put some thought into your crowning glory, because it may just be your biggest competitor.
