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Animation directed by Jocelyn Charles
Creative direction + concept by Cliqua
Story by Abel Tesfaye, Cliqua, Jocelyn Charles
Produced by Roisín Audrey Moloney for Somesuch
Produced by Felix de Givry & Ugo Bienvenu for Remembers
Executive Producers - Alli Maxwell, Tim Nash (Somesuch)
Executive Producer - Josephine Mancini (Remembers)
Production - Somesuch LA & Remembers Paris
Animators
Antoine Bonnet
Jocelyn Charles
Florian De Chelle
Julie Fournier
Rodrigo Goulao De Sousa
Armand Goxe
Emmanuel Lantam
Hugo Lemonnier
Alexis Maurice
Mila Monaghan
Vincent Pistien
Quentin Rigaux
Adam Sillard
May Taraud
Nicolas Verdier
Backgrounds - Fabio Besse
3D - Simon Cadilhac
Sound Design + Mix - Raphaël Ajuelos
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Music video by The Weeknd performing How Do I Make You Love Me? (Animated). © 2022 The Weeknd XO, Inc., marketed by Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Jul 22, 2022 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
The butterfly symbolism in particular paints a really clear picture of the emotional, and psychological rebirth. The rotting of the face could be interpreted multiple ways. This man is a true creative. The inflating face could be interpreted as his ego, and the rotting could be how he actually felt about the situation, but was unable to actually find a way to express it in the moment. The explosion, and subsequent banging on the door with his head could be his regret, and how he desperately wants another chance. He has effectively been reborn, he has become like a child again. The self awareness this process brought compounds the guilt he feels, and or felt during the time he made a sacrifice to get himself to where he is now.
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The first time he recovered in a hospital, he was wearing a mask and fully suited. He was different from other patients around him, whose faces were lifeless and ghost-like, implying that he got fixed up from something in the past, or so he thought because all the people who were trying to fix him thought he wasn't ready (his arms fell off before jumping out of the window).
With his new persona, he returned to the world that once scarred him. Once he was out, the world continued to crush him again and again, quite literally (car crash, balloon inflated, the tunnel became narrow), implying what he was going through in life at the time was crude. It killed him inside (limps fell off) each time it happened.
In the end, his body deteriorates while crawling in a dark hallway, implying that he is seriously damaged and most vulnerable when he finally finds somebody he believes could heal him (the woman was meticulously trimming the roots of a plant). He desperately wanted her to be in his life (banging on the door, mask finally shattered). However, when she finally decided to let him in, he was so fucked up and beyond saving at this point ( his head fell off) that he even scared off the person that would care for him.
Now alone in the dark, The Weeknd is finally showing his true form, a baby, implying that he wants to be loved the way only a mother can love a child.
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I have been ignoring The weeknd all these times, but since I started focussing on his music for nearly 2 months now, I will say the world should be thankful to him, the man is bringing back those great 70s, 80s, great pop music. I hope someone comes up some day to revive R&b and HipHop.
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this guy.....I don't know if it's all him, his writers, producers, handlers, etc. but what a team.....I thought he hit a peak with house of balloons. He's consistently brilliant; redefines himself with every album. Artistry like this is rare.
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His wounded inner child finally starting to show up and express himself and his need of love is somehow very relatable and showing a lot of self reflection and character developpement for his persona, I love this so much. The song, the story, the animation... It is DOPE, franchement Bravo !
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The Weeknd is the greatest artist of our generation. Change my mind
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The struggles of life, love, and growing and everything around it. Abel, this expression is more than poetry. Its art.
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Claim your "WTF DID I JUST WATCH" here.
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This album is only half a year old and it's already a classic in my opinion.
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i am relieved i aint the only one who noticed how melancholy and hurt he was when he debuted up to now where he accepts his fate a lot better, has some maturity and guidance in his life and sounds happy with the 80's retrowave sound. Out Of Time is my favorite track on here for these reasons and i always preface it with a tale by quincy. the acceptance, the ability to remember without becoming a complete wreck. and even in this video, how it shows all the damage he's done and absorbed hidden deep within his mask and when he shows people his true self, they don't want anything to do with it. however, it all served as a pathway to self-love and forgiveness, rebuilding one's self from the ground up and making peace with the destruction that lay in our footprints ad it doesn't truly define the person we desperately desire to be. this album is a masterpiece and it gives me starboy vibes as i find weeknd super relatable and as if he's answering the same questions i have in my life rn. i like happy weeknd and i doubly admire seeing how far he's come as an artist. easily my favorite artist. i hate to toss the GOAT term around but in my book, he's earned it. - 9.5/10
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The meaning of this song and the music video is deep. The peeling away of the alter ego that is the shell of the self ie the adult body. The shell that terrifies others spewing butterflies which are colorful and complex lies, creating monsters which are lies that have spun out of control, making you feel invincible the example being jumping out of the window and hitting the pavement and not feeling it, and being trapped between that car and the pole. All of this pain is absorbed by the shell. The self deep inside that is nothing more than a scared child begging for love and attention. Layers this video has. Layers. I can see why Jim Carrey joined this project. It's exactly about what he has been talking about for the last few years. Right in the beginning when they talk about brewing mushroom tea which is a psychotherapy where as detachment from reality causes self reflection and then the ego ceases to communicate with the selfs desire causing regression that helps remove the ego from the self. It can save your life and get rid of a distorted self image bringing you absolute peace of mind. It is traumatizing to realize that you have been relying on your ego to communicate thought into action your whole life though. That part is hard to get over. It makes you face your demons. But this video is so great removing this ignorance through expression. I love it. Very deep and psychologically artistic. I also love the part where he kisses that girl, but then the girl turns into an inflated him. Symbolizing that he contaminates everything he touches or tries to love with himself. Just a little FYI. This is legitimately what a bad mushroom trip is like, metaphorically speaking. But, do note that a bad trip doesn't necessarily mean bad results. For instance, you may never know your true self until you have had a chemical lobotomy of the ego. This in itself can cause a lot of mental discomfort because for a time you will be stuck in a thought in a cycle and will never accomplish fulfilling that desire. It will make you feel like you are dying. Like your heart is stopping and your skin is peeling off. But this is a rebirth if you can manage to get through it. It is a process which needs guidance. Never attempt it alone. You will need comfort to keep you grounded in reality. If you have none to help you with that, do not attempt to do this... You will go too far and will never come back.
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Love how this all connects to everything that's happened before. Most of the references are from the After Hours album, like Abel coming out of the elevator is a reference to After Hours and In your eyes. The mask and the fallen head is a reference to Too Late. Him walking in the streets as a cartoon is a reference to Snowchild.
The whole video is about being scared to show your true face/true feelings/true self to someone for the fear of being rejected. And throughout the video, Abel is in fact, being rejected by all the women who see him, the woman he likes included.
The whole theme with the insects is also a metaphor of festering wounds, decaying bodies/things but then "coming out of your shell" and starting anew, heal.
The Abel we see at the start is old!Abel. He's close to his own metaphoric ending because of old/frail exterior caused by his inability to show his true self to those he loves (including his fans). He's not really old, he's like "I'm close to the end" emotionally, but he can't take it anymore and the armor breaks and shows his inner child, the part that he is hiding but that is also making him feel pain/like a monster. When he turns into a child, the festering wounds turn into something new. It's a butterfly metaphor. The butterfly is not beautiful at the beginning, then it comes out of its shell and finally turns into something beautiful and new, and spreads its wings to fly. I believe that's what Abel is implying with this video. He's opening up to us but he's also hinting that his music is ever evolving, something that heals him and that enables him to show his true self.
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i like the use of moths in the video. they symbolize change/transformation/rebirth and i think this is what Abel is seeking and/or going through. also, "moth to a flame" moths are always attracted to the light and this album has that constant reminder to "step into the light" as always Abel does not disappoint in his use of symbolism and recurring themes throughout his album
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If you are reading this at night, you should get some sleep,🙏🏼don't stress about everything going on in the world, or what you are going through. Don't dwell on things from the past, don't stress on your future. Just live your life, because you only get one. Do whatever makes you happy, not what other people want from you. For me, I'm gonna wake up tomorrow morning, get hit the gym, and cherish life for the amazing blessing that it is. I hope you do the same and have an amazing day as well!❤
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Anybody else noticed the woman in the sewer is the one from Belong to the world & the woman The Weeknd held in his arm in the street (+the one pruning her plants) might be the same from Out of time? Seems apparent that there is one he moved on from cause it's no longer his reality / a reality he wants to be a part of; as we see him run away from her. On the flip side the one he's trying to reach out to is shown as the one he wants in his life... The type of desire he has is no longer a lifeless attraction to someone who will never able to share a special bond with him like in his older tracks. He's actually asking how can he show up in this connection! Id even argue that he's putting the effort into it too (the whole video is a journey to see her regardless the trials) Yet we find him by the end of this video not being quite able to get the response he's longing for. Regardless, a deep process of transformation definitely has been happening. Looking forward to seeing what's next
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The Weeknd is the only artist that still takes music videos serious. Love this!
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“All dreams have a meaning”
My dreams:
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Oh I get it. That's his inner child, he must have lacked love during childhood. All those images remind me of things u see in dreams. I liked it , it was creative.
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Weeknd never disappoints.
Weeknd dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
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@odilejones9129
1 year ago
When you look past the imagery but you think about it. It’s actually really beautiful and sad. Abel/the Weeknd is really allowing himself to open up to someone for the first time despite everything his past (the woman in the car/sewers) his fame (the big balloon) etc his own issues fighting against him. And even if e gets rejected by someone who sees him as a horrific mess deep down he recognises he’s a still a scared kid who is just really broken (literally in this video) and wants to be loved and accepted and is terrified of being hurt/rejected. That’s a crazy amount of growth and maturity from the Weeknd persona on kissland and trilogy as great as they are.
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